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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

Just over here waiting (not so patiently) for Lizzie to let me meet her baby!! Do we think c**t or filly 🤔 I know what I...
24/09/2026

Just over here waiting (not so patiently) for Lizzie to let me meet her baby!!

Do we think c**t or filly 🤔 I know what I’m hoping for 🫣

Well when it rains it pours 🌧️😢It’s been a tough week in the stables this week with not one but both of my girls being s...
29/08/2026

Well when it rains it pours 🌧️😢

It’s been a tough week in the stables this week with not one but both of my girls being sadly retired 😔

My wee superstar Emma has been plagued with soundness issues throughout her career and unfortunately they are now past the point of fixing so she has been forced into early retirement. Extremely gutting as I had hoped we could’ve had one more season together.

The other blow we were dealt with this week has been Silly Lily, 9 months since her horrible crash she was back and better than she had ever been, 2 days out from going to the trials she stumbled in work and pulled up lame. X-rays showed a fractured sesamoid, a real kick in the guts to be honest. So much time and effort has gone into her and now her career is over.

One of those weeks where you question why you do this and struggle to come to terms with the unfairness of it all, however there’s still other horses that need to be worked and fed etc so you just have to keep going and carry on.

Both girls are heading to the broodmare paddock and are booked in to very exciting stallions so that is something to look forward to at least.

I am looking forward to seeing big sister Lizzie’s baby even more now! 1 month to go 😍

It’s a bit hard to believe breeding season is just around the corner! Time is absolutely flying by. My first mare due is...
09/08/2026

It’s a bit hard to believe breeding season is just around the corner! Time is absolutely flying by.

My first mare due is Lizzie, in 6 weeks!! I’m super excited for this baby, I have put my orders in for a chestnut c**t, with some bling to top it off nicely 🫢 and being by Habibi Inta there is a high chance of that bling!
But let’s be honest, as long as baby is happy and healthy I’ll be over the moon with whatever Lizzie gives me.

My second and final mare of my own is Fancy Pants, also very excited for this baby being by one of my favourite stallions in Creatine. She is due a couple of weeks after Lizzie so I don’t have to wait too long for either of them.

I still have spaces available for breeding and foaling this season so please get in touch if you’d like to book your mare/s in.

Countdown is on!

07/07/2026

Well winter has well and truely arrived now!

Thankfully not as bad as last years down pour but still bad enough 🌧️

Not that it will worry me for long as tomorrow we jump on the plane and set off for South Africa! While it’s winter over there as well I highly doubt it will be as bad as here, might even be T-shirt weather ☀️

Looking forward to getting away and doing something completely out of my comfort zone! Will be an experience for sure, I’m hoping I get to see a few zebras and other wild animals.

See you all when I get back! Fingers crossed there’s some sunshine for me to come home to 🤞

I’m back!!! 🤗🤗 2 weeks since my surgery and I’m back in the cart, have been slowly easing myself back into work over the...
17/06/2026

I’m back!!! 🤗🤗

2 weeks since my surgery and I’m back in the cart, have been slowly easing myself back into work over the last few days and finally felt good enough to drive the best wee girl, Emma of course. Not quite ready for Lily yet 😅 but won’t be long and I’ll be at 💯 again.

Things will be a bit hectic over the next 3 weeks as I try to play catch up before jumping on a plane and heading all the way to South Africa for 10days!! Very excited about that, especially now I’ve had surgery and don’t have that hanging over my head.

Once we are home it will be full steam ahead as we start saying goodbye to winter and hello to spring 🌼 which means I finally get to meet Lizzie’s baby, very exciting times ahead!

Hi everyone, I’ve been debating with myself about sharing what’s been going on but as we all know this industry is rife ...
08/06/2026

Hi everyone,

I’ve been debating with myself about sharing what’s been going on but as we all know this industry is rife with rumours so thought better to just clarify even if it is a bit embarrassing! 😳

I had surgery last week to try and sort out an abscess and fistula in my butt area (told you, embarrassing) thought to have been caused by Chrons diesase, which I have to have further tests for confirm. I’ve been dealing with this since November last year and it definitely hasn’t been a walk in the park, but as most of us in the horse industry do we just deal with the pain and soldier on, unfortunately last week I couldn’t just do that which is probably just as well as if left untreated the abscess can become sepsis and I’m sure we all know how bad that can be ☠️.

So now unfortunately I’m laid up on the couch for an unknown amount of time to try and heal, I had big plans to be back in action this week but as I still can’t sit for long periods of time I think those plans have been quietly destroyed.
And yes I’m feeling extremely guilty about the mountain of work that isn’t being done, horses that aren’t being worked and weanlings that are halfway through their education.
I don’t have a team of staff to pick up the slack when I’m not able to, I do however have great parents and a few lovely ladies that graze their horses at my place so thanks to them Emma and Lily are still being jogged and everyone is being fed but as for the rest of the horses, feel free to send me an offer to take some off my hands 😅.

Hopefully I’ll be back out there very soon, only so much tv one can watch!

If you stuck around to read all of this then thank you, and thank you to everyone who has offered me support and help already, you know who you are!

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 ☺️

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