Bourne Vale Stables

What a night! 🍕🧠🍹🐴

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for last night’s Pizza and Quiz Night. The weather was warm, the yard was full, and it was brilliant to see more than 80 people come together for another Bourne Vale evening.

Papa Leeks Pizza kept everyone very happy with the pizza, and the cocktails went down extremely well once again. Bonk in the Barn and Passion in the Paddock seemed to be the favourites of the night!

The raffle was also a great success, helped by some very generous prizes, including donations from Ebrook Osteopathy and Sports Clinic and ACME Whistles. Thank you to everyone who bought tickets and supported it.

Most importantly, the evening raised enough to cover another set of specialist shoes for Sally and Danny, which makes a real difference to their ongoing care.

It was lovely to see the Bourne Vale community together again, enjoying the evening, supporting the horses and having a good laugh.

Our next big date is now confirmed too:

Christmas Quiz and Awards Night
Friday 5th December
Veseyans Rugby Club

We look forward to seeing everyone there

Thank you again to everyone who came, helped, donated, bought raffle tickets, made pizzas, mixed drinks, answered quiz questions and made the night such a success.

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The Chicken, the Highland Cow and the Rabbit 🐓🐮🐰loving the hat silks and the creative expression from the girls on today’s 3 o’clock Young Riders class

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There is an old saying in the horse world - No Foot, No Horse

Yesterday, Sally and Danny had a visit from Kelvin at Sandpit Forge for a refit of their specialist glue-on shoes.

These are not ordinary shoes. They are part of the careful, ongoing management that keeps both horses healthy and happy.

Sally has navicular disease, so she needs specialist support to help keep her moving well.

Danny has an autoimmune condition that affects the quality of the horn he grows. He has previously suffered with deep cracks in his hooves, which became infected. His therapeutic glue-on shoes have helped protect the hoof, allowing it to heal and grow stronger.

Both Sally and Danny have benefited hugely from this specialist farriery. Without it, they would not be sound enough to continue comfortably in lessons.

Huge thanks to Kelvin at Sandpit Forge, whose skill and patience make such a difference to them both.

This kind of care is specialist, ongoing and expensive, but it is also essential.

That is why our Pizza and Quiz Night on Friday 19th June is raising funds towards Sally and Danny’s ongoing remedial shoeing and farrier treatment.

It is one of those behind-the-scenes activities that makes a huge difference to the welfare of the horses.

This year’s Pizza and Quiz Night is fast approaching 🍕🧠🐴

Last year was our most successful yet, and looking back through these photos has made us even more excited to do it all again in just a few weeks.

It was such a brilliant evening at the yard, with wood-fired pizza, drinks, plenty of laughter, a fantastic quiz and a real sense of community.

This year, we’re back on Friday 19th June, from 7pm to 10pm, with fresh wood-fired pizza from , summer drinks and cocktails available from the bar, a raffle, and another brilliant quiz to put your knowledge to the test.

We’ll also be raising funds for Sally and Danny, who both need ongoing specialist farrier care and remedial shoeing to keep them comfortable and doing what they love.

Tickets are £25 for adults and£12.50 for under 16s.
BVS members discounts are available

Bring a chair, bring your team, and come and enjoy a fantastic summer evening at Bourne Vale!

To book please call 0121 353 7174 or follow the link below:

https://www.bournevalestables.co.uk/event/quiz-pizza-night/

Today we are talking about 💩

Over the last week, Abi and the rest of the team have been busy collecting and cataloguing poo samples from all of the horses and ponies.

It might not be the most glamorous job on the yard, but it is an important part of our horse welfare plan.

The samples are sent away for faecal egg counts, which help us monitor for worm eggs, including those from redworm. The results show whether a horse is shedding a low, medium or high number of eggs, which helps guide whether treatment is needed.

This matters because worming should not just be done automatically. Testing helps us target treatment properly, avoid unnecessary worming, reduce resistance to wormers, and keep the horses and ponies as healthy as possible.

At Bourne Vale, samples are checked every 8 to 12 weeks as part of the routine care plan that sits behind the scenes for each horse

Not glamorous but definitely very important!