Thatchers farm equestrian

10/04/2026

This came up on Facebook memories.. Glammy was the most gorgeous, confident, sassy little foal 💕💕

04/04/2026

After giving us three beautiful foals we have made the decision to retire fhinastia. After scanning her last year and discovering a month after birth she had quite a nasty haemotoma on her uterus we think that’s her body’s way of saying that’s enough now. She is also 16 this year, she owes us absolutely nothing and will live out her years with us 💕 we’re sure she will feel a bit jealous when Jeanie has her foal this year as if she was a person she is the kind of mum that would breastfeed long after teeth had kicked in! Luckily for her Jeanie is an ‘out of sight, out of mind’ kind of mum so she’ll probably get the opportunity to nanny (or re enact ‘the hand that rocks the cradle’ film)

We felt blessed when she allowed us in the stable just after birthing her first foal with us, Glam. we had been warned by her previous breeder she was extremely foal proud and ‘dangerous’ we felt so bonded with her in that moment. She is settled, happy and very much loved and will want for nothing going into her golden years 💕

31/01/2026

January ❄️🌦️💨💦💦💦🌦️

All of our lovely residents love a photo op 🩵

23/01/2026

Freelance groom wanted Feb 23rd - march 3rd (weekdays only) to help muck out a few and bring in horses. (Late morning to early afternoon ideally, but negotiable)
Horses are well mannered, but big and young so must be confident.

We have been mucked around a few times so pls only message if you can commit to this

01/01/2026

Wishing a happy new year to all 🎉
2025 saw the birth of these two cheeky chaps and (to everybody’s surprise as we do have a horse hoarding problem!) we found new homes for three of our homebreds - only the best ❤️

A happy new year to our lovely liveries, we hope its filled with health, happiness and success 💕

25/12/2025

Merry Christmas everyone ❤️

10/12/2025

Our lovely Marcel went to his forever home today ❤️ the yard is going to be really quiet without him (I know his fan club are going to miss his antics!)

It was very hard saying goodbye to the loveable little sod 🙈

01/12/2025

two legends lost - RIP 🌹

Sleep well Blueberry and Uti, two of the greatest horses of our generation.

It is with immense sadness that we have said goodbye to Valegro and Uthopia and without question, this is a loss that just feels hard to comprehend.

Trying to write a tribute to these two horses feels harder than I imagined. The yard just doesn’t feel the same without them, there’s an emptiness in the air.

Valegro and Uthopia did more than win medals and write history, they gave our sport a golden era. They both showed that greatness can be gentle, sensitive and harmonious and they made a nation proud and inspired so many.

Being part of their journey will always remain one of my proudest achievements and the whole team and myself are deeply grateful for the joy they gave to us at home but also to their fans around the world.

Their entire lives ran in parallel; they travelled to the shows side by side, lived in neighbouring stables, grazed in the same fields and retired together. Their bond and companionship were absolute.

As life as old boys advanced, so too did the health challenges, so allowing them to leave this world together was the final act of loyalty and dignity I felt I could give them, honouring a partnership that had never been separated in life.

They leave behind a huge void, and the yard has changed forever and so have we. They were our family and I will love and miss them always. The impact they had will remain but sadly, we don’t get to keep horses forever.
We only get to carry what they leave inside us. And these two left us so much.

Carl x

Photo credit: Rose Lewis

09/11/2025

Lest we forget ❤️🌹

01/11/2025

Fonsi, Leo & their mums headed off to Toby Barker Horsemanship + today for weaning. Mummies have gone to help settle them in and are coming back next week - they couldn’t be in better hands. Leo was unexpectedly very laid back about his first time on the box!

31/10/2025

Happy birthday to the king 👑💙🩵

29/10/2025

Please sign! The unregulated sale of fireworks are not only a cause for concern for horses, but all livestock, wildlife and pets and in some cases humans