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Retirement Livery

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The beginning of our retirement story starts back in 2017 with my then 18yr old retired warmblood gelding, Caesar. With serious arthritis and advancing age, I knew traditional stabling would only exacerbate his painful condition. So, our free roaming, barn to grazing retirement livery was born. We are very proud to boast that, (as far as we know), we are Yorkshires premier, industry leading yard, to offer free choice, barn to grazing, herd retirement livery!

Proudly championing higher welfare, happier, herd living, free choice, veteran care.

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Our retirement livery provides a natural, peaceful and fulfilling environment for our veterans. Our set up resembles the equicentral style of living in that we allow our retirees to live in a herd environment with permanent access to their grazing AND large communal barn. Meaning, they can please themselves and wander between their field and barn at their leisure, giving them the choice to decide where they want to be.

 

We have 2 seperate retirement barns, each with their own dedicated grazing and can take up to 20 horses between them.

 

During the winter months our barns are bedded down with our home produced wheat straw and we provide our own, quality adlib hay & haylage using tombstone ring feeders. During summer we empty the barns, but our horses still retain access to them should they wish, whilst also being free to graze their well maintained, plentiful large pasture.

 

With regular photos & updates, we aim to provide peace of mind to owners, knowing their old friend is looked after & cared for to the best of our ability.

 

Please note our retirement liveries are all of advanced age so we do not take on turned away / recuperating younger equines.

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What our retirement livery includes;

• Adlib hay, haylage and straw throughout winter (usually Nov – April)

• All field maintenance including rolling, spraying, fertilising and regular summer harrowing

• A large communal barn bedded down with our home produced wheat straw

• Quality grazing directly & freely accessed from their barn, 24/7, 365 days a year

• Tombstone ring feeders within the barn filled with our home produced hay and / or haylage during winter

• Deep littered barn, skipped out everyday throughout winter

• Twice daily checks, 365 days a year

• All rug changes according to weather and specific to each individual horse, including fly masks

• Provision & administration of fly spray & sun cream, if and when required during summer

• Arranging and attending to the yard vet, dentist, farrier, genital hygienist and physio (if and when required) Monday - Friday only.

• Arranging and sorting rugs for washing / reproofing / repairing, if & when required

• Purchase and collection of routine faecal worm egg counts 3 times a year

• Regular updates with photos and videos

• Owners are welcome to visit whenever they choose

• Use of undercover yard area & wash down facilities

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What our retirement livery DOES NOT include;

• Vet, farrier, dentist, genital hygienist, physio costs

• Worming costs if and when required (including equisal saliva tests which we use twice a year)

• Provision & administration of hard feed

• First aid equipment (to be reimbursed if used from the yard first aid kit)

• Rug washing, reproofing & repair costs. (Onsite washing and reproofing is available if and when required at an extra cost)

• Mucking out, hay, haylage and straw throughout summer (eg if box rest is required)

• Use of riding facilities such as our indoor arena, grass jumping & dressage paddock and on farm hacking

• Euthanasia & disposal costs (If the necessary forms are completed, we will arrange and attend to this, if and when required)

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Extras available at additional cost if and when required;

• Grooming

• Bathing

• Mane & tail tidy​

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