Why Pasture Lodge Livery?

Sun bathing in the sand

 Pasture Lodge is a home from home, where you will always feel welcome.  It is small and friendly, with only 7 boxes and so each client has maximum use of the facilities.  All horses at the yard are treated as part of the family and receive the same very best quality of care which we afford our own horses.   Owners are amazed at how quickly their horses settle and how calm they are at Pasture Lodge.  Horses also benefit from being checked and having their forage topped up, late at night.  

Floodlit Arena

The arena is much larger than would normally be found at other small  livery yards.  No booking of the arena is necessary, except when you have a lesson.  It is very rare that liveries do not have sole use of the riding arena whenever they come to ride.  There is a good selection of show jumps which include a variety of fillers, planks and style.  

Stables

The  livery stables are second to none.  Large airy loose boxes with a walkway in front and rug racks, fold down saddle racks and bridle racks outside each stable.  Each stable has automatic watering, Soft Stall rubber matting, ' tongue twister'  stable toys, and salt lick.  There is also a very large heated tack room with seating and tea and coffee making facilities.

Inside the main stable block

All weather turnout

Muddy fields are lethal to horses.  There are countless stories of horses sustaining fatal leg fractures due to slipping on surface mud or sinking in deep mud, whilst playing.  Unfortunately Sally has had first hand experience of such tragedy in the past, which is why the horses at Pasture lodge are turned out in the all weather sand menage when conditions in the fields are considered dangerous.  The horses love the all weather turnout and are provided with ad-lib forage.  They play and roll in safety, and never stand waiting to come in like horses do in muddy fields.  

Top Quality Products

 At Pasture Lodge Livery, only the best branded products are used.  We use Megazorb bedding which is dust free, extremely soft and comfortable, and highly absorbent in addition to Soft Stall rubber matting (which is 5 cm thick!).  Horses are fed to owners' specification and with the owners' preferred brands.  We are careful that feeds are guaranteed not to include animal products which is why our own preferred brand is Allen and Page. In addition we feed Dengie Alpha A original, Hi Fi or Hi Fi Light, depending on the horses nutritional requirements.   Our haylage supplier , Baillie Haylage , is a premium quality supplier supplying top equestrian establishments throughout the country.  It is dust free but of the dry type, and can be fed just like hay without the 'heating' effect of some haylage. It is also ideal for horses whose digestion would normally be upset by other haylage.

Help and Advice

Help is always at hand from owner/manager Sally Bruce, whether you need a confidence boost, schooling or jumping lessons, or help and advice preparing for a competition, Sally helps clients get the best from their horses and themselves.  

Pasture Lodge Livery

Bourne Road, Colsterworth, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG33 5JP