Harmony Stables

10/10/2026

💚🐴 Jammy after his Bodywork Session with Laura Clinton🐴💚

We believe routine musculoskeletal care should be an important part of responsible horse ownership for every horse expected to carry a rider.

Whether they’re a happy hacker, competition horse or riding school pony, carrying a rider places additional demands on their body. And just because a horse appears sound and works willingly doesn’t mean everything is definitely functioning as it should. Horses are master compensators.

🐴 Why is bodywork important?

💚 Identifying areas of tension, soreness and restricted movement.

💚 Monitoring changes in comfort, mobility and way of going.

💚 Supporting rehabilitation, conditioning and a comfortable ridden career.

💚 Putting welfare before performance. A willing horse isn’t necessarily always a comfortable horse.

If you ask a horse to carry you, you have a responsibility to consider what that asks of their body. They are not pieces of gym equipment. ❤️

Bodywork is one part of the bigger welfare picture, alongside veterinary care, saddle fit, farriery and appropriate exercise. Every horse is an individual, and treatment should be tailored to their needs.

A huge thank you to Laura Clinton for working with every member of our herd and helping us prioritise their comfort and welfare. 💚
Corevelio Equiflexion - Laura Clinton - Equine Musculoskeletal Therapy

09/10/2026

🌿🐴 Nature, Nutrition & Equine Welfare at Harmony Stables 💚

Another lovely delivery from Natural Horse Supplies, topping up some of the herbs we use as part of our horses’ individual care routines.

We believe good nutrition goes beyond a bag of feed. Horses evolved to graze and browse a variety of plants, and we value the diversity that quality herbs can contribute to their diets.

🌼 Cleavers & Calendula – Two of our favourites, particularly when managing some of our horses with CPL.

🌿 Milk Thistle – Traditionally used to support liver health and provide antioxidant plant compounds.

🌳 Boswellia – A botanical of interest for joint comfort and mobility.

🌹 Rose Hips – A natural source of antioxidants and a variety of beneficial plant compounds.

💚 So how do we use them?

Not every horse receives the same herbs, and we don’t use everything all year round. Some are mixed into feeds, others prepared as infusions or offered through our water buffets, with plain drinking water always available.

We choose quality, identifiable ingredients, observe how each horse responds and adapt their care to suit their individual needs.

🌱 Herbs are just one part of the picture, alongside appropriate veterinary care, medication, farriery, forage management and rehabilitation. We’re not suggesting one approach suits every horse, just sharing what we use and the experiences we’ve had with our own herd.

Because understanding what goes into our horses is just as important as understanding what we ask of them. 💚

04/10/2026

Percy’s strut- feeling good in his new hoof boots helping him to staying more comfortable
Here at Harmony we’ve been putting lots of effort into the Shetland’s management during this Autumn flush with the grass sugars. Percy’s needed the extra support for his little tootsies

28/09/2026

We had an incredible turnout for our pony day on Saturday! The weekends are super busy currently which is brilliant although we have space on our Tuesday own a pony sessions regularly
If you are someone who is looking for a regular slot in either a group lesson or own a pony, have a look at our Tuesday session slots. if you see that a session looks full on certain days join the waiting list anyway because if we have enough leaders we can split the riding groups into ability groups and means we can help more people out on days where we’ve got more leaders ☺️

🌟 SEPTEMBER 2026 – HARMONY STABLES C.I.C 🌟🐴

September is here and we’re heading back into our normal school-term routine! 💛 Here is our regular timetable, plus some important dates for your diary.

MONDAYS – CLOSED
Our ponies’ well-earned chill day! 😴🐴

🐴 TUESDAYS
Own a Pony – 4pm
Group Lesson – 4:45pm

💛 WEDNESDAYS
Owners & Loaners – 4–6pm

🐴 THURSDAYS
Private Lesson spaces – 2pm, 3pm & 5:15pm
Own a Pony – 4pm
Group Lesson – 4:45pm

✨ FRIDAY SESSIONS – EVERY OTHER WEEK
📅 Friday 11th September
📅 Friday 25th September

Own a Pony – 4pm
Group Lesson – 4:45pm

💛 Private Lesson space also available at 4pm on Fridays.

🐴 SATURDAYS
Tiny Tots – 9:30am
Private & Semi-Private Lessons – morning
Own a Pony – 1pm
Group Lesson – 1:45pm

🐴 SUNDAYS
Tiny Tots – 9:30am
Own a Pony – 10am
Group Lesson – 10:45am
Owners & Loaners – 10am

🌟 SATURDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER – PONY DAY! 🌟

🐴 9am–2pm OR 9am–5pm

Our Pony Day is a full day of ponies, riding, learning and fun! 💛

📌 Please note that Pony Day is a day OFF our normal timetable. There will be no Tiny Tots, private/semi-private lessons or regular Own a Pony sessions on this day.

🌿 WANT TO LEARN SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT? 🌿

If you or your child would be interested in learning more about horsemanship, including:

🐴 Groundwork
🤝 In-hand rehabilitation skills
➰ Long reining
⭕ Lunging
📚 And much more!

Please send us a message and let us know what you’d be interested in learning - we can find a suitable slot and tailor something around your interests! 💛

📌 Private and semi-private lessons can potentially be arranged around our Own a Pony and Group Lesson sessions, subject to availability.

📩 All spaces are allocated on a first pay/first booked basis on our booking system

27/09/2026

Apparently yesterday’s Pony Day afternoon activity turned into “Yard Dos and Don’ts” 😂🐴❌✅

We gave the groups the task of making an educational TikTok about measuring haynets and a clipping video and they came up with their own extra wrongs vs rights video completely by themselves with the help of Elles 😁

From putting on boots and putting hats on properly, to behaviour around the stables and placing saddles on the horse - they chose what they wanted to demonstrate, planned the clips and acted out both versions themselves.

Safe to say they enjoyed demonstrating the wrong ways slightly too much 😂🤦‍♀️

But we love seeing them use what they’ve learnt at Harmony in their own way - and if they can explain and demonstrate it to somebody else, they clearly understand it themselves too 💙🐴

14/09/2026

Happy Monday everyone!
Can you spot your favourite pony in the crowd? All bar the Shetlands who are in their own herd
The Harmony Herd will be enjoying their Monday off playing out in the sun ☀️

This is the first time in a long time that 2 of the herds have merged and what a beautiful sight it is 🤩😇