Hardy Hooves Barefoot Track / Equicentral Living

13/06/2025

Catch up Friday 😘

Ive managed to catch most of the herds this time but not all 😳 but who have I missed 🤔😘

Thank you for all the interest everyone has shown in our two spaces that came up last month. One was filled instantly and the other is now reserved so we’ll be letting the herds go back to their difficult task of chilling, eating, snoozing, playing and generally just ‘being horses 😘” as they settle back with their two new herd members.

As always, if you missed out this time, please forgive me, it wasn’t quite the right circumstances or fit for you at this point BUT always worth getting in touch and going on our waiting list for the future, should anything change 🙏🏻

Have a wonderful weekend 💗

13/06/2025

When you wake up to find these photos waiting for you, you know you’re surrounded by “your” people 😁😍

Freedom, Forage, Friends…..& lazy Friday morning snoozes 🙅‍♀️😘😂

06/06/2025

So good to see more and more tracks setting up 👏

Hard to believe it will be 10 years next year since we took our first steps with creating Hardy Hooves 🥰

We're seeing a growing interest in more natural livery types such as Track Livery and Equicentral systems – and it's easy to see why! These setups are brilliant for promoting movement, mental stimulation, and a more balanced lifestyle for our equine friends. 🐎💚

At LiveryList, we have a wide selection of natural and alternative livery options across the UK, ideal for:
✅ Retired horses
✅ Youngstock
✅ EMS sufferers
✅ Laminitis-prone ponies
✅ And even ridden horses on track-based livery!

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Whether you're looking for a long-term retirement home or a more holistic setup for your riding horse, there's something to suit every need. 🌾🐴

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04/06/2025

So, just day 3 and the herd have decided it’s girl power time 💪 how affections are so quickly won and lost eh boys 😂

In all seriousness, we are really pleased with how smoothly this intro has gone. Most intros do, although we don’t do them very often. As one friend departed, a new friend stepped into the void and this has helped Quest enormously who was most bonded to Shah.

Interestingly though the girls have teamed up and left the boys….to be boys 🙅‍♀️ we’ll see how the herd dynamics settle over the coming days and weeks 💗

02/06/2025

Calling all barefoot geldings 😂

All change at Hardy Hooves but the horses just take it all in their strides 💗

So our lovely newbie Echo finishes quarantine today amd joins her herd mates on the grass free track later 🥰

We also wave a very fond farewell to Jonny and Shah as their mum moves closer to home 🥲 it has been lovely having you all here and many a lunch is still to be had 💗

This means that we still have that elusive avo/evening gelding space 😂

Please pm if you are looking for a more natural and enriched life for your horse on a track system on the East Leicestershire/Rutland border 🙏🏻

See pinned posts for prices and details.

17/05/2025

🤔 how many of you are really allowed adlib hay at your yards???

Hardy Hooves…..

🤔Grass livery? No, we’re not that!
🤔 traditional livery? No, we’re not that!
🤔 confining to stables for hours on end or any hours for that matter! No, we’re not that!
🤔 Allowing one hay net per night? No, we’re not that!

So what on earth is Hardy Hooves????

The EXACT opposite of the above 🙅‍♀️😘

Freedom, forage and friends 24/7, 365 days a year. NEVER confined to stables! ALWAYS with access to adlib trickle fed and, if needed, easier hay; freedom to roam; freedom to play; freedom to take shelter….:get the vibe?

We don’t apologise! We are different! We care! We don’t have all the answers BUT we have 9 years of experience running Hardy Hooves barefoot track / equicentral living and are always learning and are humble enough to know that NO ONE has ALL the answers!!

So, if you like the sound of this; can commit to picking up a FULL barrow of poo a day AND distribute hay into approx 3 netted boxes a day….& turn up EVERY day, no excuse…..& you have a gelding who would LOVE to live life to the full like this…..PLEASE get in touch 💗

I was referred to as the “furry Godmother” this evening 😂 I’m not sure I’m that BUT I will always do everything I can to help and care for the animals and humans that the universe sends our way 💗

17/05/2025

So our mare space went almost as soon as we advertised it but it has gone to the loveliest mare and her human who we can’t wait to join us tomorrow 💗💗

The boys however are still looking for a new friend of the lesser spotted gelding variety 😂

So many enquiries but either for more mares, full or retirement spaces 😂🤦‍♀️😍 we’re so, so sorry but the space remaining is for assisted DIY or part and is for geldings only. Only one visit required a day.

If you would like a life of freedom, forage and friends for your gelding. In a beautiful setting, in a small herd. No longer having to confine to a stable for periods of time. Freedom to choose shelter, or not, as they decide. Freedom to roam with their friends. Constant access to forage and surrounded by like minded & supportive people and professionals…..then do get in touch.

These boys want to hear from you 🥰💗

16/05/2025

Life with friends 💗 No waiting at the gate for their owners. No pacing back and forth in tiny paddocks. No weaving. No vices. Just calm enjoyment of life in a herd. Freedom to play, hang out, snooze and all with friends by your side.

If I was a horse …….id choose a track system over traditional living & stabling EVERY single time 🙅‍♀️💗

14/05/2025

A short stroll around the village….

Something else I love about our humans here is that we are all on the same wave length. No pressure to do anything but always supportive of each other when we do. Whether it’s groundwork, walking out in hand, ridden and in what ever shape or size…..no judgement, no criticism, just 100% support.

Lovely horses, lovely humans 🙏🏻💗🥰

17/02/2025

The morning munching chorus as demonstrated by two of our lovely grass track/equicentral dwellers 🥰

Despite this herd having 24/7 access to standing hay in the middle paddocks over winter, they still have access to hay 💗

16/02/2025

Living out 24/7, 365 days a year with friends, forage, freedom 🙏🏻

We’ve had another influx of enquiries for which we are very grateful but please bear with us. We’ve been struggling with a nasty bout of flu and it’s taking us a little while to bounce back.

If we’ve not replied, please send a gentle reminder and we’ll send out our standard enquiry form. I know we have a lot of people of our waiting list already for a mare space. We haven’t forgotten you. It is just a case of waiting I’m afraid. If a mare space comes up, we’ll be in touch, I promise 💗

Some pics in the mean time of some of our residents, still living out, 24/7, 365 days a year with friends, forage and freedom so if you have a gelding who would like to join us……pm for a form for our grass track/equicentral side and we can see if the fit might be right 🤞