FORGE Livery

26/08/2026

Macca doing his thing and storming to take the win, RIHS ticket, and championship, at the NPS autumn performance show last September

24/08/2026

22/08/2026

I still have have livery spaces available inc DIY. Please PM.

22/08/2026

🦄 Livery focus 🦄

So smart! Their first CHAPS champs and qualified for the evening performance tonight. Their gallop was unreal 👏

09/08/2026

How on earth did I think this was a good colour this morning? I don’t think the picture shows I filthy I am this evening.

31/07/2026

Still feeling discombobulated but finally had an hour or so to try and tick off some overdue jobs. I found this photo on one of the (many) open tabs on safari. I thought that a month on from the show it was time I bought a copy. back on the and at North of England 💜💛💜 Hy Equestrian

31/07/2026

Hickstead was but my pony was an absolute star. Jumped his socks off.

21/07/2026

*** IT IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO REMOVE RAGWORT FROM ALL LAND USED FOR GRAZING HORSES AND LIVESTOCK ***

I have, once again, been shocked at the amount of ragwort I’ve seen left in paddocks with horses in. Even the most clueless of horse owners can normally tell you that ragwort is poisonous to horses, so why are so many owners not pulling it?! There really is no excuse! Most of the UK currently has little to no grass, and yes, horses will eat it; they normally only eat it when it’s dry/wilted, but why risk them eating it by leaving it in bare paddocks? I’m talking about the fields absolutely covered in it, rather than the odd piece that catches us all out.

It is actually an OFFENCE to leave ragwort in any field intended for grazing or hay making, AND an offence to allow it to seed and spread onto neighbouring land, if that neighbouring land is used for the same. That neighbour is within their rights to take LEGAL ACTION against you, if you allow ragwort to flower and seed on your land. I cannot fathom why you wouldn’t want to clear your own paddocks of ragwort, as it is both chronically and acutely POISONOUS to horses. It is absolutely not safe to just assume that horses won’t eat it. There is hardly any grass in any paddocks at the moment, and these are normally the paddocks that you see full of ragwort.

Under the Weeds Act 1959, you can be FINED for leaving ragwort to flower and seed on your land, if it is used for, or adjacent to, grazing livestock. Yes, obviously it’s unlikely that DEFRA are going to look into every reported case, or even many cases, but I don’t understand why people with horses think it’s ok to leave it.

Ragwort poisoning is often fatal, and at best causes severe liver damage.

Don’t be complacent and lazy; pull that ragwort TODAY! We are all caught out by the odd bit of ragwort here and there, that has seemingly appeared overnight, but I’m talking about the crops of the stuff that should have been pulled weeks ago.

21/07/2026

Available for viewings from Monday 27th July

Cheeky picture of Macca for attention!

1x diy livery space available
£207 a month paid for in advance, to be paid by standing order 1st of each month

Indoor Monarch stables. Paddocks post and rail or hedges with electric.

Paddocks shared by two to three horses/ponies. Separate winter and summer paddocks.

Currently all liveries live out overnight and come in for the day for a snooze, riding, etc. so needs to be somebody able to fit in with that routine.

The land is clay so turn out is restricted in winter. Small space for all weather turn out which is shared so only for short periods eg whilst mucking out.

Small amount of storage for hay and bedding. Bedding available at £9 per bale or can source your own. Chopped r**e, pellets, paper or card only. No straw or shavings. Source your own hay. Haylage deliveries approx once per month or source your own.

Spacious and secure tack room.

Space for parking a trailer or small lorry.

School, lunge pen, jumping field, grass tracks and access to nearby excellent hacking.

Experienced and reliable staff available for holiday cover, lessons, clipping etc.