Our
Facilities
We are based on our beautiful 12 acre property in Clackline,
just off the Great Eastern Highway. The property and surrounding
area is ideal for working with horses as it offers so many
different types of riding.
We are close to the Heritage Trail and our property is adjacent
to public open space for riding. The horses are exposed to
a range of interesting animals (donkeys, camels, alpacas,
peacocks etc) that all live in the neighborhood, plus our
neighbour trains ponies to harness so the horses are exposed
to horses and carts going past regularly and sharing their
riding space. We also have an earthworks business down the
road so the horses are exposed to graders, diggers, trucks
ect on a daily basis.
We have access to 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, a winter
creek and a large open dam for water training which Fred says
is great for handing out bravery awards and gaining horses’confidence.
We live on a gravel road but also have some higher traffic
areas near by with nice safe shoulders to safely ride on and
expose the horses to traffic.
Fred’s
round yard is the perfect size and in full shade 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 steel yards with shelters that are
a good size. We also have several post and sighter wire paddocks
that all the horses have access to during their stay. We also
have some heavy duty steel yards with shelters, suitable for
stallions and wild/feral horses.
The yards are on the hill above the roundyard 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
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