A family owned and run training ground in Thornton -le Moor, North Lincolnshire, which opened in August 2020. From Ange's passion for horses, our aim was to provide a friendly training ground with something for everyone, resulting in a confidence building course for horses and riders of all levels.
Located at the Winters' family farm, the ground is hosted by Ange and Bob, who will often meet you on arrival. Bob has been a farmer all his life and farmed in Thornton le Moor since 1986 until recently retiring from everyday farming in 2019. The new XC venture has left little time for retirement, having embraced the new business with his secret, underlying passion for horses. He has spent hours on his digger getting the water complex / banks / ditches to where they are today and putting his heart and soul into making the course a success. Bob, being a farmer and knowing his land is vigilant about maintaining and looking after the ground which we pride ourselves on.
Ange's passion for cross country riding began at an early age, she would spend the summer holidays with her friend Venetia, whos family owned a farm and XC course. When they held ODE's she was a runner on her pony, Star, bringing in all the fence scores. Leading to her first hunter trial at the age of 13 on her 2nd pony Sunny, falling in love with the sport even more. Then a family tragedy, Ange lost her 20-year-old brother in a motorbike accident in 1988, life changed a lot and she didn’t ride again until adulthood.
Fast forward to now, after a 17-year career in fashion retail buying Ange and her family moved back to her husband's childhood home in 2017. After the move to Lincolnshire, it wasn’t long before horses appeared, and she picked up the reins, getting back in the saddle for the first time in 33 years. The idea of the XC business was a lightbulb moment after she began XC training, resulting in putting our heart and soul into making the course a pleasurable and fun experience for your enjoyment and training.
We'd especially like to thank Joe Weller, BE course builder and owner of A.J Weller Equestrian of Norton Disney for the all the advice and support over the last 20 months. Joe's extensive knowledge and belt and braces approach to the sport has helped us get to where we are today.
On arrival into the farmyard you will turn right and park in the signed areas. Here you will find the training ground office for payments and disclaimer acceptance, customer toilets and wash down area for your horses. Bob or Angela will be on hand to meet and great you if you are a new customer.
Set in 20 acres of securely fenced & gated grass and woodland you will find over 70 jumping efforts from 30cm to 110cm jumps, boasting a huge water complex of 53' x 78', water splash, ditch complex, mounds, logs, corners , which you can see on the gallery page.
For the safety of the riders and horses, all jumps are anchored to the ground with Spirafix ground anchors. We continually add more jumps or adjust layouts so you will often find something new on your return visits.
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