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SOMERSET RACING STABLES & EQUESTRIAN offers the following services...
- Arena hire
- Agistment
- Syndicate opportunities
- Foal Weaning
- Harness Racing breaking in/pre-training/training
Excellent facilities, competitive rates, experience and 5 star care

A month since my last post 🫢 whoops! Times flies when you’re having fun right 😅 I guess you’d call it fun haha. Haven’t ...
17/04/2026

A month since my last post 🫢 whoops!

Times flies when you’re having fun right 😅 I guess you’d call it fun haha.

Haven’t even introduced the first two babies to be weaned and they’re almost finished!

Two of my own to start things off, Sutton is a c**t by Ride High out of Miranda Maguire, bit of a cheeky wee thing but coming to it nicely now.

And miss independent is Hazel, a filly by Waterloo Sunset out of The Last Gamble, she has been super friendly out in the paddock, coming up for pats etc but once I started asking the questions she showed her attitude 😅 got to love a filly with an attitude right!

The next two are due to come in this weekend, a Betters Creek c**t and a Carlton c**t.
Introductions to come 🤗

She’s back!! Emma has made her return to the track after a freshen up, she’s looking and feeling great. Had a quiet run ...
11/03/2026

She’s back!!

Emma has made her return to the track after a freshen up, she’s looking and feeling great.

Had a quiet run at the trials yesterday and now lining up on Sunday at Motukarara.
Massive fields and starting off the unruly isn’t a help but as long as she does everything right I’ll be happy 😊

Also couldn’t be without travel mate Moose, he’s a vital part of the team 💙

12/02/2026

One of my young ones is really impressing me with her attitude at the moment, fast becoming a stable favourite with her easy going nature in the cart. 3 yr old Creatine filly, 2nd time back in the cart after a big break and she just jogs around like an old hand, fingers crossed she keeps this up!

03/02/2026

Mares and foals were pretty happy to move into a new paddock before the rain that came today.

Fresh grass and sunshine ☀️ what more could they want ☺️

Time sure does fly! Hard to believe we’re nearly halfway through the first month of 2026!! Things are ridiculously busy ...
10/01/2026

Time sure does fly! Hard to believe we’re nearly halfway through the first month of 2026!!

Things are ridiculously busy around here, if anyone wants to take some horses off my hands please feel free 🫢 (not joking 🙃).

The foals from this season are all growing nicely and are a super looking bunch, of course the standouts for me are my own two, specifically the Ride High c**t, photos really don’t do him justice!

Snapped some updated pics of them all this week while their mums got their feet done.

Enjoy!

Things are pretty quiet around here since Lily’s accident, Emma is also have a wee mental refresher. My plan was to get ...
17/12/2025

Things are pretty quiet around here since Lily’s accident, Emma is also have a wee mental refresher.

My plan was to get cracking on some of my young ones while I had a wee bit of spare time, but as we know with horses it doesn’t always go to plan!

Last Tuesday while putting shoes on a young horse he cow kicked me in the head 🫢
Thankfully I am fine, no blood just a giant egg head and now a lovely black eye.
It did however affect me more than I thought and after working the mornings I have been exhausted 😴
Slowly getting back to normal now thankfully, starting to feel like myself again.

It does make you think how quickly life can change and in a split second everything could be completely different, I came out of this pretty ok but for some people they aren’t so lucky.

I hope everyone enjoys the few weeks left of 2025, for me it has been a very good year (apart from the last couple of weeks 🤫).

Pictured are my two beautiful coloured boys who are growing up to be very handsome indeed! 💙

Unfortunately with the highs of racing come the lows of racing. 5 days after celebrating Poison Ivy (silly Lily) winning...
12/12/2025

Unfortunately with the highs of racing come the lows of racing.

5 days after celebrating Poison Ivy (silly Lily) winning at Methven we had to deal with something none of us want to, a race fall.

Lily was back to her usual silly self and overraced, unfortunately hitting the wheel in front of her and falling to the track, if that wasn’t bad enough she then took off driverless, somehow thought she saw a way home and ended up running face first into the tin fence behind the water cart.

Thankfully her injuries weren’t life threatening but she still ended up with a broken nose which means time out in the paddock.
I’m pleased to say both drivers involved weren’t seriously hurt so that’s a positive.

It’s never nice witnessing a crash in the races and even worse when it’s your own horse involved, for all her silliness she’s still one of my own and does mean a bit to me.

Her physical wounds will heal but only time will tell if the crash was mentally traumatic for her, fingers crossed she will be back on the track again 🤞💙

Mumma Ash smashing show season 🤩
05/12/2025

Mumma Ash smashing show season 🤩

And just like that Cup Week is now behind us! Always feels like such a wait leading up to it and then suddenly it’s gone...
18/11/2025

And just like that Cup Week is now behind us! Always feels like such a wait leading up to it and then suddenly it’s gone.

Unfortunately we didn’t have much luck with Emma but that’s racing for you, and I’m still extremely proud of her and myself for getting there ☺️.

I do however have some extremely exciting news to share…. Her big sister Lizzie (Ruthless Lizzie) has had a positive pregnancy to Habibi Inta!!! I am sooo excited for this, we tried several times last year to breed her and didn’t have success. This year she looks amazing and took the first time we served her.

I cannot wait to see her baby arrive next year, it’s going to be a long 11 months 😅😅

Quietly asking for a chestnut c**t 🫢 but will be happy with whatever she gives me!

It’s that time of year again, the week we all look forward to…. Cup Week!! This year things are a bit different for me… ...
09/11/2025

It’s that time of year again, the week we all look forward to…. Cup Week!!

This year things are a bit different for me… for the first time since I started training I have a horse racing on Cup Day 😱😱
The goal I set for myself all those years ago is finally happening, it still doesn’t feel real.

My wee girl Emma (Ruthless Emma) has made it to cup day. Nearly 4 years ago I made the decision to purchase her, hoping she might be the one to help with my dream and here we are. That dream is now a reality.

I am so excited and also so nervous at the same time 😅 I’ve managed to nab one of the best horsemen out there to drive her as well.

No matter what happens on the day I’m just so happy to be able to say ‘yes I do have a horse racing on cup day’.

I just want to say a big thank you to everyone who has supported me throughout the years to be able to achieve this goal, especially my parents. Without them this wouldn’t be possible.

Bring on Tuesday!!!

Here’s a wee throwback to Emma as a yearling 💙

Babies number 3,4 and 5 have all arrived now. First up is the one I have been waiting for, 2 weeks over due but worth th...
30/10/2025

Babies number 3,4 and 5 have all arrived now.

First up is the one I have been waiting for, 2 weeks over due but worth the wait. And lovely c**t by Ride High out of Miranda Maguire. Super happy with this boy, nice and strong!

Second is a very cute c**t by Carlton, he chose the worst night of spring to arrive, Monday night in the rain but is pretty tough and didn’t worry at all.

Lucky last is a gorgeous Clyde x c**t. This big boy gave me a very sleepless night, first by being too large for his poor mum to push out on her own, and then by not being able to stand himself or drink, thankfully by morning he was doing fine and he’s slowly growing into his giant legs!

Still a few more foals to come throughout November plus some racing updates as well 🥰

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