Gallabar Farm

Topper and Kayley are 5 and 6 years old respectively.  I bred them myself.  This year Sarah Dent and Clair Turner started them for me. They were not remedial horses but Topper is a highly strung Anglo Arab, and handled wrongly, could have lost his character and perhaps even become aggressive.

The facilities at Sarah’s were just what I was looking for – spacious, well maintained paddocks, off road hacking, and indoor round pen, outdoor manege and secure stables.  The horses were to live out, which pleased me.  Sarah has a quiet demeanour, which instilled confidence in the horses and me.  She explained the training programme and timescale to me, which was all agreed before the horses arrived at Gallabar Farm.  Despite the dreadful summer weather the training programme went ahead as scheduled and I had frequent reports by text and phone.  I was also able to visit and see the progress and I knew then that there would be no problems.  By the end of the period Sarah had done more than I had asked of her – both horses had been hacked round the local village.  I know that Sarah and Clair could have produced either of them for whatever career I might have had in mind; the training my horses have had would have been a good grounding for any young horse.  They have had no unhappy experiences with humans and will do their work with confidence and pleasure.

F Sheed, Darlington