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
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