THE YARD
Thundry has been a life saver for me - I have had horses in full livery, rehab, and retirement and all are looked after as if they were Christine’s own horses. The attention to their wellbeing is first class and it’s easy to spot horses from Thundry as they are always in perfect condition! Its a friendly yard and whether you want to ride your horse once a day or once a month you can rest assured he/she is having the finest equestrian care!
Jill Thomas
Thundry Farm Livery and Training Yard
Established 1987
Our facilities
We can offer you and your horse great facilities, exceptional care and a pleasant friendly environment, whether you jump 1.00m, 1.30m or hack.
The yard has 16 boxes, of which 12 have full time liveries. The remaining boxes are used for those visiting for training.
Whilst we have the facilities of a larger yard, numbers are limited to ensure a personnel service and that facilities are not over crowed.
Although run to a competition standard, all at Thundry like the yard to keep the feel of a private yard, a friendly place where people can come to enjoy their horse and riding, whatever they do.
The Yard comprises of:
- An American barn style of 16 stables with automatic drinkers
- Indoor arena 50m x 25m
- Lunge arena
- Show jump field
- Horse walker
- Kitchen
- Coffee room
- Shower
- Post and rail individual turn out
- Secure alarmed tack rooms
- Direct access to a bridleway
- BHS approved
- Lorry Parking
Quality facilities for you
Thundry Farm provides a good base for the competitive owner rider. Livery owners of all grades have the use of the facilities (e.g. school, show jumps, horsewalker). Depending on your choosen livery grade, coaching with Christine is either at preferential rate or complementary.
The yard has good access to excellent hacking, on sand, in the Surrey Hills, whilst also enjoying easy access to the motorway network, making journeys to shows, near or far, straightforward.
Thundry is for all and you don’t have to be competitive or compete at a high level to join us. In the main our liveries show jump, but we have eventers and hackers too. Whatever the discipline, the one thing that all our clients share is a need to know their horse is treated fairly and is well cared for.
All tack rooms are locked and alarmed. There is a kitchen, with tea (inculding Earl Grey & Green) and coffee and cooking facilities and a sitting room where you can relax after your ride. Liveries also have use of a shower.
Professional, friendly staff
The yard is staffed by three grooms who live on site, as does the proprietor, Christine Shubrook. Christine manages the yard and is hands on in the running of the yard day to day. This ensures quality control in all aspects.
The grooms live on the yard in modern accommodation and are either studying for or have qualifications. The yard is approved for NVQ training and our team take the competition horse management option. We find these opportunities limit staff turnover giving us continuity.
Turn Out
All horses are turned out indivdually in post and rail paddocks. The soil at the farm is sandy so this means we dont have thick heavy mud, allowing us to turn out year round. We don't turn out in heavy rain or on frozen ground.
All horses have a day off factored into their work program, which they spend in the field.
On a daily basis the horses go in the field, dependant on the weather conditions, according to their personal requirements and how it fits with their work program. We monitor the turn out of the horses so that there is grass in the fields year round and we can control their diet. We do not turn out as a replacement for work or feed. Unless the weather is extreme the horses never stand in as we have the indoor school & horsewalker to give them a leg stretch.
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