Happy Hooves Ponies

30/08/2024

As we come to the end of summer, we are sadly saying goodbye to lots of our regular toddler session children as they head off to school 👋🏼😢

We therefore have a few spaces available for toddler sessions throughout September and beyond!

Toddler sessions run 10am - 12pm Monday and Wednesday mornings. The children get to ride, lead, groom and feed the ponies as well as play in our small play area, mud kitchen and crafts barn! Drink and biscuits for children and parents are included in the price of just £15 per child!😱

No previous pony experience required, we are the perfect introduction to ponies but equally regular riders are also more than welcome and catered for.

You can book just one session, every week or anything inbetween! Suitable for children aged 18 months onwards, we take children who are home educated (or on school holidays) up to 6 years old.

Based in Rowde, just outside of Devizes we are easy to get to with plenty of parking.

Please email [email protected] to book your child’s space!

27/08/2024

🎅 Christmas Grotto 🎅

Our popular Happy Hooves Ponies Christmas grotto is back for 2024🎄

The sessions will take place on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th December at 10am, 11.30am, 1pm and 2.30pm. Suitable for children aged 2-7 years old.

Each session will be 1 hour long with a maximum of 6 children per group. The children will have a pony ride, complete a Christmas themed obstacle course with goodies from the North Pole at the end, make Christmas decorations to put on their tree at home and write letters to Santa before the big man himself arrives with a sack full of quality gifts for the children.

Each child will also receive a chocolate reindeer and there will be both hot and cold drinks as well as Christmas biscuits and mince pies on offer included in the price for all the children and their parents.

The sessions are £35 per child to be paid at the time of booking. Bookings will be taken on a first come first served basis via email only to [email protected].

Please email with your preferred time and date but let us know if you can be flexible. It will mean we can fit everyone in easier. We also need to know your child’s name, age and gender to ensure Santa buys the right presents!

Please also let us know of any allergies or dietary requirements at the time of booking so we can cater accordingly.

07/08/2024

I am heartbroken to share the news that at lunch time today, we said our final goodbye to Angelo 💔

There is so much that could be said about him, but I think the amount of children and adults that adored him does all the speaking that needs to be done.

Angelo; thank you for being my solid rock, my Mr reliable and my all around best friend in the whole world 🌎 this business never would have survived without you, but to me you were so much more than that. Anyone who knows me, will vouch for the fact you are my favourite 💙

Until we meet again little man, run free and eat all the grass in the world 🍔

Your wings were ready, but my heart will never be 🖤

Please feel free to share your photos or memories of Angelo in the comments, we would love to see them 📷

24/07/2024

Would there be any interest if we were to run a ‘Hobby Horse Competition’ over the summer holidays? Low key and fun would be the name of the game!🤪

17/06/2024

🥳 Pony fun day 🥳
Throughout the summer holidays we will be running a series of pony fun days for children aged 6-10 years old.
The days will run from 10am-3pm and be full of action packed games and hands on pony learning. It is suitable for children with any level of pony experience (including none).
Activities will include a 20 minute riding lesson, grooming and leading the ponies, helping to make their favourite treats, scavenger hunts and even some educational pony painting! Each day will be themed around a different element of pony care, so if children wanted to attend more than one day we can guarantee a variety of fun activities!
There will be a medal for each child at the end of the day and lunch and snacks are also included 🌭🍫

The cost is £70 per child with only 4 spaces available meaning your child will get a fully interactive, hands on experience.

The days will run on;
30th July
13th August
15th August
29th August

Please email [email protected] to book your space! Please include your child's name, age, experience and any special dietary requirements when booking.

10/05/2024

I have one or two spaces available for toddler sessions on Mondays throughout May. These can be booked as a block, or one off sessions. £15 for two hours of pony fun including riding!😱

Please email [email protected] to book 📧

25/04/2024

Last minute space for a toddler session on Monday 29th April 10am-12pm!

Please email [email protected] to book 📧

(Toddler sessions are £15 per child and include grooming, leading, riding and feeding ponies as well as lots of play time, cars and diggers to ride and a mud kitchen to play in, arts and crafts and drinks and biscuits!)

16/04/2024

As we come into summer with big waiting lists for toddler sessions, I unfortunately need to implement a new booking, cancellation and refund policy for toddler sessions. The amount of time I have been spending recently chasing money, and the amount of money we are missing out on by people not paying, cancelling or turning up is getting a little out of hand! So effective immediately;

Please ensure ALL toddler sessions are paid for one week in advance. If you haven’t paid a week in advance you will be sent a reminder email and given until 9am the following morning to pay, if not your space will be given to the waiting list.

If you need to cancel for any reason please cancel by 10am Friday for a Monday session (We are closed over the weekend and therefore emails aren’t monitored and we can’t fill spaces beyond this point) or 10am Monday for a Wednesday session. Up until this point we will give a full refund/ credit. After this point, you will only receive a refund/ credit if I am able to fill your space.

Finally, if you don’t pay, respond to my emails or cancel but have future sessions booked in (unpaid) then these spaces will be given away until your previous sessions are paid for.

So far this month alone, we have had enough no shows to fill an entire session. This makes me sad as there are so many of you waiting for sessions that can’t get them and all I really want to do is bring joy to these children and let them experience the magic of ponies!

Sorry for the moan, but I want to keep my prices where they are, and if we keep going as we are I’m going to have to put them up just to cover the additional admin, let alone to recoup the losses from no shows and that isn’t fair on the majority 😢

10/04/2024

I’ve thought long and hard about how to work this, so please bear with me 🫣

I am now OPEN again for lessons! We have new ponies, and a restructured schedule with a slightly different offering. I have a wait list as long as my arm and so many people waiting to recommence slots. However, what we are offering now is different and I do not have enough slots even for those who are waiting for theirs to recommence so I think the fairest way on everyone is to start fresh.

I have a waiting list from both Happy Hooves Ponies and Oakwood Equestrian but my new offering will be suitable for both lists of clients, hence my dilemma on where to start!!! I don’t want to be unfair to anyone, so I’m going to give everyone equal chance.

With all that said, I am now offering 40 minute sessions at a cost of £30. This includes 20-25 minutes of riding time, and the rest preparing and putting away your pony, learning to care for them along the way. This will include some hacking once the children are ready. These are for children from 4 (must have started school) up to 9 years old and under 40kg (I hate asking people to weigh children but this is for the ponies welfare). Any level of experience is welcomed as our new ponies are seasoned school masters.

As I ease these new ponies in slowly, the slots I currently have available are; (these must be booked as a weekly, consistent slot until you decide you no longer want it- these aren’t for one off sessions)

Monday 5.10-5.50pm

Tuesday 5-5.40pm
6-6.40pm

I really hope I don’t upset anyone by doing it this way but please appreciate I literally have two spaces for over 300 children. Please email me at [email protected] with your child’s name, age, and riding experience (if any). These will be filled with the most suitable children for the ponies- not necessarily first come first served. For now, please only apply if you have either had a slot with us before, or are on our waiting list in order to do this the fairest way possible.

I will update here as and when I have more slots to offer.

I’m looking forward to a summer of fun with some fantastic children and ponies! ☀️

08/04/2024

LAST CALL FOR AFTER SCHOOL CLUB!

With lots of last terms attendees moving onto riding lessons, I am low on after school club numbers. Please see my previous post and let me know ASAP if your child would like to attend, I need to make a definite decision by 6pm tomorrow (Tuesday) 🤞🏼

04/04/2024

📚 After School Club 📚

I have a few spaces available for after school club this term.
We had a brilliant time last term, with lots learnt and lots of badges achieved! These sessions are the perfect way for your child to learn everything about ponies and how to care for them as if they were their own. Riding is not a regular part of these sessions, but we do have the odd pony ride as a treat 🙈

All details can be found here; https://happyhoovesponies.co.uk/after-school-care-club/

The dates for this term are below, Tuesday sessions are for children in years 2, 3, 4 or 5 and Wednesday sessions are for children in reception, year 1 or 2. Tuesday is 4.15-5.45pm and Wednesday is 4-5.30pm.

Tuesday 4.15-5.45

16th April

23rd April

NO SESSION 30th

7th May

14th May

21st May

Wednesday 4-5.30

17th April

24th April

1st May

8th May

15th May

NO SESSION 22nd May

Please email [email protected] to book your child’s space!

These sessions are aimed at children who want to learn more about how to care for ponies and give them the opportunity to work towards our own Happy Hooves achievement badges. Your child will recei…

24/03/2024

Last minute cancellation spaces for this Wednesday 27th March toddler session!! These are our last Wednesday spaces until the end of May, so if you want to get a session in please get in touch!

10am-12pm £15 per child, a great introduction to ponies for children 18 months- 5 years.

Please email [email protected] first come first served 📧

22/02/2024

👧🧒 Toddler morning availability 📔

Our toddler sessions are starting to get really busy again with spring just around the corner (hard to believe today I know!! ☔️)

If you would like to join us this spring, please book in sooner rather than later to avoid disappointment!

As it stands our availability is as follows;
Monday 26th Feb
Monday 11th March
Monday 25th March
Monday 15th April
Wednesday 17th April
Monday 22nd April
Wednesday 24th April
Monday 29th April

To book in please email [email protected] 📧

14/02/2024

Following the success of yesterday’s pony fun day, we are going to run more of these days in the Easter holidays!

It will be on 9th April. (Possibly another to be added)

🥳 Pony fun day 🥳

We are running a pony fun activities day for children aged 6-9 years old.

The day will run from 10am-3pm and be full of action packed games and hands on pony learning. It is suitable for children with any level of pony experience (including none).

Activities will include grooming and leading the ponies, games such as treat making or hobby horse racing, scavenger hunts and even some educational pony painting as well as a craft to take home.

There will be a trophy for each child at the end of the day and lunch and snacks are also included 🌭🍫

There won’t be any riding on this day but there will be plenty of hands on time with the ponies.

The cost is £55 per child with only 4 spaces available meaning your child will get a fully interactive, hands on experience.

Please email [email protected] to book your space!

01/02/2024

🥳 Pony fun day 🥳

On 13th February we are running a pony fun activity day for children aged 6-9 years old.

The day will run from 10am-3pm and be full of action packed games and hands on pony learning. It is suitable for children with any level of pony experience (including none).

Activities will include grooming and leading the ponies, helping to make their favourite treats, scavenger hunts and even some educational pony painting!

There will be an award and trophy for each child at the end of the day and lunch and snacks are also included 🌭🍫

There won’t be any riding on this day but there will be plenty of hands on time with the ponies.

The cost is £55 per child with only 4 spaces available meaning your child will get a fully interactive, hands on experience.

Please email [email protected] to book your space!

30/01/2024

FREE AFTER SCHOOL CLUB?😱💸📚

We still have a few spaces left on our after school clubs beginning after February half term.

These sessions are full of fun and had a very long wait list when we used to run them from our old base, so get in quick to avoid disappointment!

The sessions are £20 a week and the course runs for 6 weeks, but I will offer the first session FREE 💸 this way you can make sure your child loves it, before committing to the following 5 weeks for just £100!

All details can be found on the post below!

28/01/2024

📚 After School Club 📚

After school club is back! We will begin after February half term with two days available (one day per child per week as both sessions will cover the same topics), the dates are as follows;

Tuesday 20th Feb
Tuesday 27th Feb
Tuesday 5th March
Tuesday 12th March
Tuesday 19th March
Tuesday 26th March
Tuesday sessions will run 4.15pm - 5.45pm and are for children in school years 2,3 and 4.

Wednesday 21st Feb
Wednesday 28th Feb
Wednesday 6th March
Wednesday 13th March
Wednesday 20th March
Wednesday 27th March
Wednesday sessions will run 4pm - 5.30pm and are for children in school years Reception, 1 and 2.

The cost is £120 per child for the term.

More information on our after school club can be found here:

https://happyhoovesponies.co.uk/after-school-care-club/

Please email [email protected] with your child’s name, age, experience (if any) and day to reserve your space. Parents of children in year 2, please let me know your preferred day and if you are flexible. Spaces are limited to 4 children per day to ensure they get the most hands on experience possible.

N.B after school club does not include riding, but does include plenty of hands on time with the ponies!

These sessions are aimed at children who want to learn more about how to care for ponies and give them the opportunity to work towards our own Happy Hooves achievement badges. Your child will recei…

24/01/2024

Our popular after school club is going to make its return!🎉

This will likely happen after February half term but dates still to be confirmed.

At the moment I’m just looking to see how much interest there is so that I can plan number of days etc.

Our after school club is a place for your children to learn all about what it takes to care for a pony. There isn’t any riding involved, but there is still heaps of fun! We’ll learn how to groom, lead, tack up, learn points of the pony and about common ailments and how to spot them as well as lots more. There will also be plenty of play, including horse treat making and hobby horse competitions!

Groups will be limited to just 4 children to ensure your child gets the most hands on experience possible. The sessions will run 4pm-5.30pm on days to be confirmed (likely Tuesdays or Wednesdays or both depending on demand)

The cost will be £20 per session, but by securing a space you are committing to pay for the whole term.

At the moment bookings aren’t open, but please comment below if you are interested so that I can finalise the number of sessions per week we need to run.

I’m planning to run the sessions for children aged 6-9 years, but if there is demand for sessions either side of this age bracket (enough to fill a whole group) I would happily run those. I’ve found in the past mixing ages isn’t always beneficial to the older children but would be happy to run sessions for these children if demand is there.