Premium Horse Agistment
Full Care Silver: Private Paddock, Owners feed
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Horses are fed and rugged twice daily. This is only the top rug that will be changed, other than by arrangement.
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This is where our farm is quite unique as all horses are fed on the same tour of paddocks at the same times of day, in the same order, nobody misses out or waits for an owner to appear. This minimises stress and tendency to colic.
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Here you are providing the feed and supplements that you can individualise for your horse. A space in the feed room is provided for 2 bins. We prefer that you have made several dry feeds up in advance ready for your horses feed bucket. We can add powders, medicines, carrots, water or molasses if required just prior to feeding.
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These are private paddocks with Paddock shelters and fabulous fencing. All Equimesh and Equiwire electric fencing. The advantage is that it makes it exceedingly difficult for a horse to hurt itself if it has a disagreement with a neighbour. Usually at the instigation of a mare. The Equimesh can take a kicking without a horse or foal putting its leg through. The Equiwire electric is a coated medium tensile wire with carbon fibre / poly covering. The covering will roll around the wire if a horse puts a body part on it, reducing the formation of a hard edge that would strip skin (as opposed to plain wire, barbed wire and wooden rails). The electric fence is offset from the mesh to bring the horses further from the fence, but close enough to still have some social interaction.
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Paddocks are rotated as needed before being machine swept for manure, harrowed or mulched and sprayed for weeds. This prevents the fields from becoming horse sour, gives good grazing cover and low-level worm larvae. When the horses are moved, we try to keep them with their usual neighbours where possible. As always, your horses individual needs are our priority.
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This level of agistment also provides full use of the facilities:
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Hot and cold wash
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70m x 30m all-weather fibre sand arena.
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18m sand round yard for lunging and starting horses safely.
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Under cover and open air concrete floored tie-ups.
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Locked Tack room beside tie-ups, shared between 2 horses / riders.
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Mirrors along the full width of the short side of the ménage.
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Fabulous tracks and trails all around our farm, for safe pleasure riding, fitness work and occasional hurdle.
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Tan bark gallop track on top boundary has been recently installed.
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Short ride from our front gate down a quiet lane past the cherry trees is the Warburton trail. This is often used by our agistees and local riders. So plenty of people to go riding out with!
Prices start at $140 per week, as at January 2025
Full Care Gold. Private paddock: Feed Included
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All of the facilities provided by Full Care Silver but where horses are fed our feed and hay twice daily.
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Rugs changed as needed twice daily.
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Most of our agistees have started on our silver rates, however once they see how well our horses are fed and looked after they often change to our gold standard.
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Prices start at $180 per week
Stabled Agistment​
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Can be used with either our silver or gold level agistment packages.
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Boxed overnight, paddock during the day, unless really foul weather where the horse may stay in the box longer.
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Can be worthwhile prior to a show, or when weather has turned nasty.
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Low stress stables, large 4.5m x 3.5m boxes all with a view to the outside and good air flow. DEEP shavings, not concrete flooring.
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Bedding and cleaning supplied. Reduction in price if owner cleans the box before 9.30am each morning and returns the horse to paddock.
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Extra $40 per day on an occasional basis, $30 per night on a weekly basis.
Retired Horses​
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*discontinued wef January 2025*
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Retiree horses are split into two separate groups.
One comprises the good doers- those who maintain a good condition and who don't usually require supplementary feeding during the year other than minimal hay in winter if pasture is insufficient.
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The other small group that are usually older do require some hay. Hay is supplied when needed. The cost is split between the horses in the paddock. There is a maximum of 6 horses per group.
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Both groups of horses are rotated through 5 large paddocks. These paddocks are regularly harrowed, mulched and weed managed.
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Fabulous fencing, with Equimesh separating the herd from other horses. Where there are no horse neighbours, the fence may revert to 6 wire medium tensile fence, all with Equiwire electric fencing to the perimeter of these paddocks.
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Good shelter trees, some paddock shelters and automatic water troughs.
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The horses are checked twice daily, wear fly masks in summer, and are rugged in winter.
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Worming and feet trimmed on a regular basis, which is billed to the owner at the end of the month as it occurs.​
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Once our retirees, require more feed and TLC they move to our Geriatric Paddocks.
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Geriatric Agistment
These are private paddocks with Paddock shelters and fabulous fencing. All Equimesh and Equiwire electric fencing.
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Generally the horses are kept in pairs as a buddy system. Horses are a herd animal by choice.
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Feed is supplied twice daily and hay supplied for those that can eat it. A senior pre-mix feed such as Mitavite Gumnuts is predominantly fed. The rugs are changed as required.
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Horses are feet trimmed and wormed on a regular basis which is an additional charge and is billed as it occurs.
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This is a full board situation, for our golden oldies, and one of the reasons we first started this agistment farm. It was that we were running out of room to provide suitable retirement living for our own old horses as well as those in work. Tends to happen in 19 years of accumulation on the same farm.
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We take pride in giving our old horses a fantastic and dignified end to their careers with room to run and play with a buddy where their increased needs are met at an affordable price.
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Prices start at $150 per week depending on your individual horses needs
Hospitalisation Stabled
For residential horses or outside horses that need the protection of a stabled environment due to illness or injury; or need frequent or daily monitoring or care. It may be where movement needs to be restricted.
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Rates start at $66 per day plus professional fees.
Founder Care​
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For residential care of acute or chronic founder ponies or horses.
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These are dedicated Deep fine sand yards with Loose Boxes. Sand is separated from soil by geotextile fabric. Provides a supportive medium to the foot, reducing discomfort and restricting access to sweet pasture.
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Provided feed is LOW sugar and based on Teft and Lucerne hay.
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Rates are $180 per week inclusive of feed, plus any professional fees.
Short-Term Holiday Agistment​
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For temporary care of horses whilst the owners can not arrange home care for their horses. May also be where animals need to continue on medication whilst the owner is unable to perform its administration.
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Rates by negotiation.
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