Flatholm & Derwen Equestrian

13/05/2026

06/05/2026

29/04/2026

Improved Permissive route 🙂

Cwm George and Case Hill Woods - Close to Dinas Powys - owned and managed by the Woodland Trust https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/cwm-george-casehill-woods/
Since our last update in December the Great Glamorgan Way team Miriam and James https://greatglamorganway.co.uk/en_gb/have procured and appointed contractors to carry out repair work on the permissive bridleway.
The work required to dig out the landslide and relay a path costing £20k. The majority of this is being funded by GGW, with contributions from the Woodland Trust and SAFE ( Safety and Facilities for Equestrians) https://safe.random3d.co.uk/ with an application to the BHS Ride Out Fund - Granted 🏇
https://www.bhs.org.uk/about-us/our-access-work/ride-out-fund/

The work has now been completed with a big shout out to the Woodland Trust for providing a safe and beautiful environment in which to ride 🏇A successful collaboration achieved by all 🙂

19/04/2026

2 stables available!

13/04/2026

💛🐴 EIDS is proud to be a Strangles Awareness Week collaborator to help share the BEST steps that can stop the spread of disease. Strangles can happen to anyone but being proactive really does protect horses, owners and yards from the misery of an outbreak.

🔹This year EIDS' Dr Abbi McGlennon and Dr Richard Newton are both getting involved - Abbi will be answering the top questions for all things strangles throughout the week and Richard is a speaker for a special SAW webinar on 5th May which will explore how strangles compares to West Nile Virus, a disease that is moving closer to the UK with our warming climate

Sign up to the webinar here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/strangles-and-west-nile-virus-webinar-tickets-1985080309643 👀

13/04/2026

Rider’s video for HGV drivers brings grown men to tears in attempt to keep horses and people safer on our roads. Read more below

14/02/2026

As equestrians, we’re notorious for powering forward and putting our horses first, even if our own mental and physical wellbeing isn’t at its best. However, there’s no shame in admitting it if your periods and menstrual symptoms can sometimes make it difficult to enjoy equestrian activities 🐴

In some studies, up to 93% of participating women reported menstrual symptoms and, of those, two thirds reported that it affected their performance in sport 😱

Physical and mental symptoms can include…
🩸 Heavy bleeding
🩸 Painful periods
🩸 Bloating
🩸 Feeling distracted
🩸 Reduced motivation
🩸 Fluctuating emotions
🩸 Breast tenderness
🩸 Fatigue

All bodies are different and some people have more severe symptoms than others. If you’re finding that menstrual symptoms are affecting your time in the saddle, speak to your doctor and work with your coach to tailor your training to give you optimum support 🫶

14/02/2026

🌧️❄️☔️🌥️💦🌪️If anyone has admin access to British weather, please could they hit ‘restart.’

Asking for every groom currently standing in a muddy, flooded, frozen field.

P.S. Now is a really good time to make sure your BGA personal accident insurance is up to date. Do it BEFORE you attempt to scale that muck heap ramp!

01/02/2026

*How do horses keep themselves warm?*

Thanks World Horse Welfare for this great graphic and information

Horses have a much wider thermoneutral range than we do, which means they don’t feel the cold in the same way people do. The ambient temperature range in which a healthy adult horse can easily maintain their body temperature is between 5 and 25°C.

When the temperature drops below 5°C horses can warm themselves up in a variety of ways.

Please remember that all horses are individuals and there are a number of factors to consider when choosing if your horse needs a rug, and what rug they need.

06/01/2026