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A new surface was installed in our indoor school in October 2011, many thanks to Karl from Equestrian Surfaces for all his hard work in installing the new silica sand and fibre mix surface, and in refurbishing our outdoor woodgrain surface. We may be walking through rain, but we’re riding on great surfaces this winter!

Hogholm Stables was awarded BHS Approved Livery Yard & Facility Centre ‘Highly Commended’ status in 2011. This category is the highest available in the BHS’s new classification categories and is a wonderful public acknowledgement of the quality of our staff, our clients, our equine care and our facilities.

Using the previous classification standards, Hogholm was nominated by the BHS Regional Inspector for ‘outstanding performance’ – the highest category - in Autumn 2010. Hogholm was the only Scottish yard to be nominated.

Our clients said:

Congratulations, that’s fabulous news –really well deserved and a great reflection of all the hard work done by everyone working at Hogholm!

Congratulations Lorna, that is fabulous news!! You have such a lovely yard and it deserves to be recognized!

Wouldn’t have expected anything else but the highest of standards from Hogholm!!!!! Well done to you and your staff for all the hard work.

Fantastic, Lorna! What a nice surprise. Congratulations to everyone responsible. It is hard earned and well deserved.

To find out more about the British Horse Society Approved Livery Yard scheme, visit www.bhs.org.uk

Well-known north-east event rider and producer Alison West of West Eventing moved her event team to Hogholm in September 2010 and greatly enjoyed her first winter of riding indoors while the weather did its own, rather horrible, thing. This was followed by a miserable, wet, wet, wet, 2011 summer, where the indoor school proved invaluable for working the youngsters. Alison evented several talented horses on behalf of clients in 2011 and has a waiting list for backing and production – see www.westeventing.co.uk for more information.

Over the summer of 2011 Hogholm played host to pre-vet-school interns keen to learn about the care of both leisure and competition horses, while in 2010 a number of dressage interns from the UK and Ireland came to learn more about the choice, care and production of dressage horses.