Our Facilities

We are based on a beautiful 110 acre property in Bakers Hill, just off the Great Eastern Highway. The property is ideal for working with horses as it offers so many different types of riding.

We are also close to some fantastic riding trails in the National Park and the Railway track that runs along the Great Eastern Highway (and straight to the Pie Shop – apparently they are putting in yards for horses!) Chitty road is also ideal for training horses in traffic, as we get quite a few trucks and cars and the shoulders on the roads are nice and wide for safe exposure.

On the property itself we have some wonderful flat open paddocks, ideal for first canters and for getting great forward in horses. We also have some quite scary river gullies and banks which Fred says are great for handing out bravery awards and gaining horses’ confidence.

Up the back are some real ‘Man from Snowy River’ hills to ride up and down with wonderful views. This is especially good if you’re on Roy, our lead horse, as he is a buckskin, just like in the movie!

The dam is fantastic for getting horses confident with water and is perfect for cooling off after a ride in summer. It can get a bit boggy too, which is also good for gaining horses confidence with different surfaces.

Fred’s round yard is the perfect size and there is a bench beautifully positioned on the hill over the round yard, under a tree for optimum viewing. BYO drinks!

Agistment wise, we offer post and rail yards that are a good size. We also have some stables with walk in/walk out yards. These are suitable for stallions and wild/feral horses as they are portable panels especially designed for horses.

All of our yards have good shelter with plenty of shade in summer. The yards are on the hill and all the horses have a great view of the ‘horse telly’, being Fred in the round yard and horses being worked thoughout the day. The property offers a wonderful, calm, rural environment that all the horses enjoy.


Hotel Watkins


Riding on the property


Stables and portable panel yards

 

The Dam

Roundyard and tie up pole

'Man From Snowy River' hill