Breeding operations and stallion stations — find a farm to stand your mare or shop the next generation.
European Sports Horses at Rumer Stud, Welford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, breeds, imports and produces competition horses, specialising in showjumpers. It is run by Carron Nicol and her son Leo Lamb, who compete nationally and internationally. It has a crop of foals each year, including embryo transfer foals, stands stallions at stud and sells horses.
Sheepcote Equestrian is an equestrian centre and stud in Bartestree near Hereford, set up in 1980 by David Pincus. David and Serena Pincus offer dressage training for horses and riders from novice to Grand Prix, with about 25 horses in training. It also takes working pupils and paying students and sells arena watering systems.
Hillend Farm and Stud is an equestrian facility at Chaceley in Gloucestershire. It breeds and produces sport horses. Facilities include large turnout paddocks, an all-weather arena and modern stabling.
Springtime Equestrian is a family-run yard that breeds and produces competition horses. It has been producing and competing horses for over 15 years, mainly in dressage and eventing. Its own breeding programme started about ten years ago, and it also produces clients' horses.
Passive Horsemanship at Noverton Farm near Prestbury, Cheltenham, is a Western riding school run by horseman Brian Sinnett. It offers Western and English riding lessons, trail rides over 200 acres, horse training and starting, and team-building days. The farm breeds Quarter Horses and Appaloosas and offers DIY livery.
Felinmor Stud near Aberystwyth is a small stud breeding Welsh ponies and cobs, with a few mares and one stallion, Felinmor Triple Crown. Its foundation mare Welsh Twinkle was born in 1948. Youngsters are occasionally shown or offered for sale.
Red Kite Lusitanos breeds Lusitano horses on a small farm at Llanarth in West Wales. It sells Lusitano mares, foals and riding horses, with a breeding programme focused on athleticism, intelligence and temperament.
Teifi Stud is a stud near Lampeter in Ceredigion. The TEIFI prefix has had stock registered in the WPCS Stud Book since 1906. The stud is based on the stallions Dimbeth Sion (Section D) and Trefaes Guardsman (Section A), both successful in hand, in harness and under saddle. Stock is offered for sale and the stud shows at the Royal Welsh Show.
Raheen na Gun Stud is a long-established equestrian centre and stud in Kilkenny run by Ger O'Brien, a breeder, producer, competitor and trainer. It stands show jumping stallions and offers semen for purchase. Facilities include two large all-weather show-jumping arenas.
Achar Fada Stables in Kilmuckridge, Co. Wexford is run by MJ Kavanagh. It breeds and produces performance sport horses for all disciplines. Sport horses are offered for sale with viewings by appointment.
Monbeg Sport Horses is run by Marti and Tomas Doyle in the south east of Ireland. They buy and produce young Irish Sport Horses for eventing and show jumping. They sell sport horses and have a stud.
Sovereign Quarter Horses breeds and trains Quarter Horses in the Cambridgeshire Fens. It trains its own and clients' horses, from halter preparation to starting under saddle. It also offers Western riding lessons, experience days, horses for sale and a Western store.
Rebel Racing is a boutique racehorse breeding and private training operation at Sefton Lodge Stables in Newmarket, active since 2016. Its horses are trained by private trainer Richard Spencer for owner Phil Cunningham, with some horses with other trainers.
Spanish Mustangs UK breeds Spanish Mustang horses in the UK. It stands stallions for selected Spanish Mustang mares and sells horses. It also makes custom mohair girths and cinches.
Pinewell Stud breeds Welsh Mountain Ponies Section A. Its ponies are bred for type, temperament and movement. The stud lists its stallions, mares and youngstock, and has ponies for sale. Visitors are welcome by phoning first.
Robert Smith Equestrian is the yard of Olympic showjumper Robert Smith at Brook Furlong Farm, Lowsonford, Warwickshire. He trains aspiring show jumpers and sources and sells horses. The yard breeds from its mares and stallions and offers embryo transfer packages, livery and horse leasing.
Euro Sport Horse is a family-run show jumping stud in the Midlands, home of international riders Mennel Watson and Helen Van Heynagen. It breeds, produces and sells show jumping horses from foals to Grand Prix level. It stands two AES-licensed stallions at stud.
Corvedale Equestrian is the home of Mark Walters Equestrian and Nick Lawson Dressage at Fold Farm, Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire. It offers bespoke livery and training packages, private coaching, training clinics and stud work. Training draws on classical and modern principles.
Little Lodge Farm near Droitwich in Worcestershire specialises in rearing and producing National Hunt young stock. It has been farmed by Robert and Jackie Chugg for 40 years on 350 acres of grassland. Horses of all ages are offered for private sale and can be viewed by appointment.
Kilan Dressage Stud is a small family-run stud on the Wales and Cheshire border that breeds dressage horses. It is led by Eleri Jones, a veterinarian and partner in a veterinary practice. The stud focuses on early handling and socialisation of its foals.
Mistrals Stud is a family-run stud in Gedney Hill, Lincolnshire, founded in 2003. It breeds pure and part-bred Spanish horses, as well as crosses with Rocky Mountain, Arab and American Saddlebred lines. Its stallions stand at stud for natural coverings, with stud livery available.
Bromelands Falabellas is a family breeder of purebred Falabella and other miniature horses in Brome and Burgate, Suffolk. It breeds foals and sells miniature horses, with a waiting list for future foals. The family keeps its horses as naturally as possible with grazing, woodland and shelter. Visits can be booked by appointment.
Isaac Hall Equestrian is a showjumping yard on the outskirts of Leicester run by rider Isaac Hall. It breeds and produces showjumpers and helps clients buy and sell horses. Services include livery, facility hire and lessons. The yard has 20 boxes, a 70x40m showjumping arena, a floodlit dressage arena, turnout pens, a lunge pen and a horse walker.
Sandbeck Stud is a miniature horse stud on a 60-acre farm in Lincolnshire, established in 2005. It breeds registered Shetland ponies, Falabella horses and American Miniature horses and sells ponies and stallions. Some stallions are available at stud for a visiting mare in May and June.
