Green Cottage Riding Centre, Livery & Stud, Wimborne, Dorset
Dorset Council Licence No: 8862 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Awarded 5* Licence
Why not come horse riding in Dorset!
Based on the outskirts of The New Forest, we offer
- Children’s horse riding lessons
- Adults horse riding lessons
- Beginners and experienced riders
- Trekking
- Hacking
- Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA)
We also offer
- Activity pony experiences
- Birthday Parties
- Pony Loans
- Summer Camps
- Fun Gymkhana
- Jumping days
- We occasionally have stud youngstock available for sale
Green Cottage is a family-run, ABRS Approved riding school, livery yard and New Forest pony stud on the border between Hampshire and Dorset
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RIDING SCHOOL : Opening hours and lesson information
We are open for lessons on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday all day, and Saturday mornings (Sat morning are group lessons only).
Lessons during the week can be Group, Private or Semi-Private.
After-school rides at 4pm on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are all WTC, please call to find out which group would suit your ability.
We have a variety of ponies, suitable for complete beginners and experienced riders. We are happy to discuss your requirements and will always endeavour to give you a pony suitable for your ability.
Spaces are dependant on having a suitable pony to match weight & riding ability & providing there are spaces within the lessons at the required level. New riders may be offered waiting list space only due to not having a suitable pony or suitable lesson. Weight limit 12 stone.
CONTACT US
Our answerphone is on 24/7. – please leave a name, number, rider details ie age / height / weight / riding ability and somebody will contact you as soon as possible for them to do so. 01202 822632
Half day Pony activities for Children
Half day Pony activities for Children are available from 10am-1pm during the school holidays on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (excluding bank hols). Children are supervised with an allocated member of staff.
Activities include 1hour group riding on your chosen pony and grooming.
Activities will also include some of the following – tack cleaning, making feeds, mucking out stables, learning colours and parts of horses, learning parts of the saddle and bridle, learning how to tie up horses and haynets using quick release knot, learning the items in grooming kit, watching farrier demos and much more.
Ring to book 01202 822632
GREEN COTTAGE NEW FOREST STUD
All our breeding lines from our Stallions & Broodmares have been tested PSSM1 negative. We occasionally have youngstock for sale.
Stud Stallion - Fijal Jupiter (Green Cottage Ambassador x Fijal Prelude.) Foaled 2004. Dark Bay. PSSM1 negative. NFFR.
Jupiter is a very correct stallion who has inherited the best from both parents. He is an excellent pony type with good bone and free movement, he has a sensible disposition and a positive and enthusiastic attitude to the work.
In 2014 Jupiter was selected for the New Forest Futurity Scheme to introduce his bloodlines into the forest run herd for the preservation, health and diversity of the breed. He has had numerous championship wins and placings in both new forest breed classes in hand & ridden, sports pony, showjumping, dressage, and combined training.
Some of his results include Supreme Championship at the Breed show 2008, BSPS Olympia Qualifier 2015, HOYS Qualifier 2015, Breed Show Ridden Stud Stallion Champion 2017, NPS Supreme Dressage Finals Qualifier 2018, and BRC Intermediate Dressage Winter Champs Qualifier 2023.
GREEN COTTAGE STUD KEEP
Please ring 01202 822632 for Stud Keep. This is charged at a daily rate and cost will be dependant on field or stable needs etc for the duration of the broodmares stay with us. A grooms handling fee will also be applied to visiting broodmares keep.
GREEN COTTAGE LIVERY
Green Cottage offers assisted grass livery, full stabled or working livery – no DIY. Prices are worked out on an individual package basis depending on your and your horse’s needs.
Please phone 01202 822632 to enquire about spaces and prices.
GREEN COTTAGE RDA
An independent charity (No.1073563) that is a member of the Riding for the Disabled Association. Green Cottage RDA was founded more than 50 years ago, and since then they have benefited hundreds of local children and their families. They rely entirely on voluntary help, donations, and legacies to deliver services on a complimentary basis to the families they support.
Please contact them via https://greencottagerda.org/