Breeding operations and stallion stations — find a farm to stand your mare or shop the next generation.
New Hill Farm Stud in Worsley, Manchester, stands sport horse and pony stallions. It offers semen collection, AI and scanning, a veterinary package and takes mares to foal, with 24-hour supervision.
Kaydrith Stud near Cullompton, Devon, is a small stud owned by WPCS panel judges John and Stacey Cuddy. It breeds Welsh Cobs and Welsh Mountain Ponies. It also breeds British Shorthair cats.
Hools Shetland Pony Stud on Orkney was established in 1958 and is run by Kelly Peace. It breeds black standard Shetland ponies for showing, riding and driving and stands several stallions.
Stretton Hall Stud near Malpas, Cheshire, is a small stud run by Caroline Leigh and Carl Shone. It breeds sport horses for dressage and sells foals and young horses.
Shovern Stud near Crediton, Devon, is run by Jill Webb and breeds coloured sport horses. It stands stallions including Airborn, with frozen semen available through the season, and sells horses.
Keravel Quarter Horses has bred Quarter Horses at Edern in Finistère since 2011 on a farm of nearly 150 hectares. Horses are raised in herds and handled daily. It stands stallions and sells horses.
Vendée Lusitanien – Charles Coutant in Sèvremont, Vendée, breeds Lusitano horses and sells horses. It offers livery in field or box with turnout and personalised programmes, including preparation for competitions.
Élevage des Baïsses in Seine-et-Marne, less than an hour from Paris, breeds dressage horses. Its mares are crossed with approved stallions and it sells foals and young dressage horses.
Premier PRE Dressage was established in 2010 and breeds and produces Spanish PRE horses for dressage. Its stallions compete at top level dressage across Europe. It describes itself as a PRE dressage stud and training livery.
Aberaeron Stud is a small stud in West Wales established in 1964. It breeds performance Welsh Cobs and Welsh part-bred horses for showing, show jumping, dressage and eventing. Horses are offered for sale.
The Fronarth Stud near Aberystwyth is run by the Jones family, who have bred Welsh Ponies and Cobs of Sections A, C and D since 1936. It stands several Section C and D stallions. The stud has a long record of show wins, and the family also breed sheep.
Sweet Wall is a stud and equestrian yard in Antrim with a history of breeding racehorses since the 1920s, including Florida Pearl. Its focus has turned towards competition through eventer and dressage rider Lucca Stubington, and it sells horses and ponies. It offers DIY livery with an all-weather arena, and full or part livery by arrangement.
Premier Sports Horses is a breeder of showjumpers and eventers in County Armagh. It keeps a select group of broodmares combining Irish pedigrees with international stallions. Horses it has bred have competed internationally, and young and competition horses are offered.
The Glanvilles Stud is a flat and National Hunt thoroughbred stud near Sherborne in Dorset run by Doug and Lucy since 2008. It offers full and seasonal boarding for mares, mating advice, AI services, sales preparation and transport. Its bred horses include a Grade 1 winner.
Folly Farm Stud is a small commercial thoroughbred stud near Ilminster in Somerset, founded in 1992 by Rosemary Pease. It breeds horses for flat racing on a 120-acre farm, with horses kept out at grass. Young stock is sold or leased, and the site lists its mares, foals and horses in training.
Park Wood Stud is a 155-acre thoroughbred stud farm between Badminton and Westonbirt owned by Ruth Pitman. It breeds and rears flat and National Hunt racehorses. It offers foaling, sales preparation, rest and rehabilitation, and permanent or seasonal boarding.
Aghern House Stud in Conna, Co. Cork, runs a foaling unit and broodmare boarding on 100 acres with 75 stables. It prepares foals, yearlings and mares for sales. Its equine hydrotherapy spa takes injured horses for rehabilitation.
Hobart Haflinger Stud was founded in 2003 by Emily Bambridge on the Blickling Hall estate in Norfolk. It breeds Haflingers from mares sourced in Tyrol and stands stallions including Hobart Socrates.
Écurie de Vertain in Templeuve, 20 minutes from Lille, is a family livery yard for horse owners. It has 22 boxes, many with individual paddocks, an arena, a lunging ring and seasonal grazing. It also sells horses from its own breeding.
Élevage Vavon breeds Pura Raza Española horses from breeding stock selected in Spain. Its yard, Écurie des Moulins at Alligny-Cosne, offers livery, horse leasing and schooling, with boxes, an arena and a lunging ring. It also offers pony rides for children.
Green Meadow Farm near Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise in Pas-de-Calais breeds Quarter Horses for leisure and competition. Its foals are handled from birth and registered with AQHA and SIRE. It stands the reining stallion Flashy Rima Jac, available by artificial insemination.
Haras de l'Ermitage at Laventie in the Pas-de-Calais has operated since 2009. It offers an owners' livery yard with 50 boxes, breeds horses under the Ermitage prefix, and produces, competes and sells horses and ponies. An associated club hosts courses and official show jumping and dressage competitions.
Sugarloaf Equestrian Centre at Cobbity, NSW breeds and trains Stock Horses and Quarter Horses for cattle working performance. The centre has an undercover arena, outdoor sand arenas and stabling. It hosts events and offers agistment and horses for sale.
