HRH Equine

13/11/2025

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I reminded myself this morning that during lockdown I made a whole App platform focusing on learning about Equine care and management.

This was great when my horsey students couldn’t get out to their riding lessons and supported them to continue learning the theory at home.

I’m going to revive it for any home school or weekly learners who love to learn about horse care in our sessions so please contact me if you’d like a login.

And to the previous students who’ve all grown up - feel free to add your learning and new horse adventures to the platform.

Thanks! X

12/11/2025

We might be quiet on the equine front but still very much busy bees on the Education side! Pop over to HRH Education to see more! X

06/09/2025

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Win one of bespoke children’s books, Written about your pony (or pet) and your little human.

All you have to do is like our page and comment a picture of who you would like a bespoke book about.

Once we have over 250 page likes, we will announce our winner, if we get over 300 likes before the end of September we will announce two winners, So dont forget to share and tag your friends.

04/09/2025

Due to the sad loss of our Hamish, who this whole home and life style was for, we will not be taking viewings for any liveries at this time and will remain closed to the public for the next few months.

Possibly by the new year at the latest, we will be ready to take on a livery, maybe even two in the short term.

But for now, we’re closing the yard to guests so we can rebuild our lives without the big man.
Settle Thunder and Wilfred into their routine without their leader and cherish our home we built here for us all.

As I say, there will come a time when we want a livery or even two but for now we want the space to grieve with our furry family.

In the future, when ready I will probably search for a “horse” that won’t replace the big man but will give me some of the things that Thunder, Wilf and Hamish couldn’t/can’t but I’m not going to be ready for that for a long while. So we may be able to accept more than one short term livery when the time is right.

Keep your eyes on this page for when we reopen but for now we will be offline and closed for the next few months.

Best wishes

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04/09/2025

REPOSTED
From Personal Profile.
After a sad few weeks, loosing our Tinkerbell- the day finally arrived and Hamish’s journey ended.

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2025… what a year 💔

Well the day I feel like I’ve been anticipating for the last 10 years arrived - over the last 3 years it’s been more up and down with lots of TLC to manage and implement due to small factors of old age and care and so I was ready….
As ready as you can ever be for what this morning brought us.

Last night, after a fabulously chilled start to the Autumn term with great weather and everyone in good spirits, Hamish got impaction colic. He was fine one moment, happily eating his hay net and a few hours later was calling and in pain. Vet came, gave treatment and told us to give him time. We spent all night camping outside with him and Layla in the school in the rain. Moving him, syringing liquids and giving him lots of love and care. In the early hours of the morning, despite some signs of improvement he dipped to a point where we knew it was time to stop.

It was peaceful, quiet, beautiful and sad. Layla cried. Thunder and Wilfred said goodbye and a lovely company came to collect him whilst we hid inside with Layla howling his procession. It was everything I wanted for those last moments of ours.

The anxiety of owning such an elderly horse and always worrying about how it would happen has been worse than the actual time to action it, obviously the colic part wasn’t great but it could have been much worse and it felt like a dignified time where all of us were in agreement to let you go out strong and not to suffer in the long term.

Master Hamish. The mighty beast. 34 years old this summer. My life, my soul, our angle.

We’ve had the best summer. Rides at Shouldham where you literally cantered off up hills, running in the fields, kicking your door down for food, making new friends, seeing family and friends, grooming all your buddies and being the gentle giant to everyone. Being told off for being strong and naughty up till your last moments! Great rides in the last few weeks and a nice sunset photoshoot the other day.

I had questioned whether to make the call this Autumn and I think subconsciously I’ve known for a while but everyone I’ve confided in said he was looking so fit and well, healthy and strong and so it wasn’t time. Until fate took it out of our hands and gave us the time for you to depart, luckily it was private with no liveries currently here and the perfect time to miss winter and any more drama elderly horse life can bring.

So we are at peace. Sad but strong. Grateful to be surrounded by lots of fur babies who we built as a family around Hamish. The horses will miss their leader but they have each other.

I’m so pleased he was fighting fit, healthy and strong as he left - that’s what he would have wanted and I knew this morning that he would keep fighting because he is stubborn and he’d do it for me. But I didn’t want that, we made a call years ago that he would never suffer at the end and we’d be dignified.

I could share literally 200,000 photos of every moment and memory I have with my boy. Every moment was magic, riding him felt like flying and fit like the perfect glove. We were in sync and will forever be. We made lots of friends and great memories. In the last 10 years I took more photos cause I was always aware he’d never be there forever but in these photos and memories he can be. And he will forever be in my heart.

From the day I laid eyes on him as a 14 year old girl, now nearly 34 year old woman myself, I knew we were going to be together from that moment on. At 18 I took over his ownership and since then his well being has been my priority. He walked me down the aisle, we brought a home for him, got him friends, moved work around for him and he gave me everything- and over the last 12 years Peter to.

Thank you to everyone who loved him or who supported us in our life together.

Please don’t be sad or sorry. Be proud of that handsome shire old man who was everybody’s best friend.

I hate sympathy and relate much more to a Harry Potter - Dumbledore loss image where everyone raises their wands in love, solidarity and appreciation. So please, no words of sorrow, sympathy or sadness - just love, respect and peace.

Feel free to raise your wands or glasses to Hamish tonight and comment with a little black Hamish heart to send us your love - 🖤 .

So there it is 3rd 9th 2025. My Facebook profile has always been for- Hannah and Hamish hopefully the memories will live here always. Forever …. My boy… 🖤

Here’s to you- always. X👑

Thanks Victoria for the image x

25/08/2025

Oat straw tastier than barley straw. ✨

20/08/2025

Epic!! X

19/08/2025

Had some lovely interest but nothing that would perfectly fit our herd sadly.

Wondering if there is any interest for Assisted DIY or Working Livery?
Working Livery being offered at reduced rate in return for some mornings of groom work each week. Assisted DIY would be subject to terms and conditions but we are open and flexible for the right human and equine.

References available and site visits encouraged before place is secured.

DM for more info.

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19/08/2025

Summer at Silverlight Stables!
Hello to our new additions:
Albus, Marmite and Marmalade 🐑🐑🐑
And Pumpkin andSilver 🐾🎃🩶

21/07/2025

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🐴STILL LOOKING FOR ONE MORE HORSE AND RIDER FOR 7th AUGUST NEAR WISBECH!🐴

**𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗦𝗘𝗦 & 𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗗**
𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗘 & 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗜𝗡 𝗔 𝗕𝗜𝗧𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗟𝗘
We are looking for riders located near Wisbech who are interested in participating in the research trials ⤵️ on Thursday 7 August 2025 (Hartpury data collection day - full)

As part of our extensive bridle-horse interaction research, using state of the art measuring equipment, we are conducting a scientific study comparing behaviour, noseband and headpiece pressures, and rein tension for horses ridden in a bitless bridles and a snaffle bridle.

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿:
🐴Horses and riders who compete in dressage with a snaffle bridle
🐴Horses and riders who regularly train in a bitless bridle (side pull or cross under. Not a hackamore)
🐴Both horse and rider must be accustomed to both the snaffle and bitless bridle, and will be required to carry out a short ridden test (walk, trot, canter, transitions and turns) to confirm suitability.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼?
🐴Ride in two types of bitless bridles, and a snaffle bridle
🐴Ride in walk, trot and canter in a straight line, and perform transitions

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀?
Thursday 7th August 2025 - ONE SPACE REMAINING
Wednesday 27th August 2025 - FULL

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴?
Woolcroft Saddlery, Wisbech
Hartpury University, Gloucester - FUL

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺?
Dr Russell MacKechnie-Guire, Prof. Hilary Clayton, Dr Rachel Murray, Mark Fisher, Diana Fisher, Professor Jane Williams, Dr Victoria Walker, Dr David Marlin and Dr Janet Douglas

For further information and inclusion criteria, please email [email protected]

Thanks to World Horse Welfare, The Worshipful Company of Saddlers and Hartpury University for their suppourt.

21/07/2025

🦄Freelance Coach and trainer🦄

Qualified, Enhanced DBS, Safeguarding up to date and First Aid trained (Equine First Aid too).

Former coach from Surrey, have worked at multiple riding schools and RDA centres. We relocated here in September 2023 and since then I have been busy setting up our livery side of the equine business. However, now I am ready to take on a few coaching clients locally.

Particularly over the school holidays when I am not coaching else where.

Currently coaching for the RDA across Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. Backing, training and behaviour support available.

Specialise in teaching novices, beginners, children and those with SEND. Also teach confidence, mindset with a holistic approach, keeping the equine’s welfare at the centre of all learning.

Discount for bulk or group bookings.

18/07/2025

And he made it safe and sound x