Fairfield Equine Services
for ponies and their people
Training Services
A dynamic, holistic approach...
We believe that when you set a horse up for success in all aspects you achieve the best possible results.
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We address all aspects of a horse’s well-being and education within our training. Especially with horses who come from a challenging or unknown background. We look into each horse’s physical and mental health, diet, equipment, paddock environment, and more. This ensures that they are at their best and able to take their training fully on board.
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We train with a dynamic and patient approach, taking the time to get to know how each horse learns best, and what they need from us to take in their training, fill any gaps, and move forward with their education.
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We have an amazing team of professionals who we work with to provide any needed body work, dentistry, veterinary, and dietary care that your horse may need.
Pricing & Packages
We have a range of training packages available. Read about our training below, or jump to Packages & Pricing.
Saddle Starting / Breaking In
We start all of our horses and ponies from the ground up, ensuring a solid understanding of each step along the way. Your horse’s individual program will be determined by their age, physical and mental fitness, your goals. and the disciplines you wish your horse to be furthered in.
It is important to us to take the time your horse needs to feel confident in their new skills and be ready to come home and continue with their new job. We highly recommend owners of young stock consider a pre-starting stay to set their young horses up for a future starting stay.
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A typical stay lasts between 6-10 weeks depending on the horse’s prior training, and the level of education you are seeking to achieve, etc.
Further and Re-Education
We offer further and re-education for behavioural concerns, in pleasure riding, or in any of the English disciplines. These training stays are tailored tailored to suit the needs of both you and your horse. The perfect choice for bringing a horse back into work, or furthering their education in a new area.
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These stays may also seek to address issues such as learned pigrooting, bucking, separation anxiety, or other behavioural concerns. In these cases especially we believe in investigating the horse's entire comfort, management, and confidence throughout their training.
Children's Ponies
With experience teaching young children, we understand the unique challenges and requirements kid's ponies need to keep up with! We ensure we investigate their responses and suitability for this purpose thoroughly throughout their training.
We can start your pony in with lead-line and or independent riding, and can further educate ponies with children in mind including teaching lead-line ponies to be ridden off lead.
Our petite pony rider is also the perfect choice for giving your pony a tune up to remember their manners for their little riders.
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Foundation Handling & Float Training
We also offer training stays for horses who are not (or not yet) ridden, including miniature pony handling. These stays include the basics such as general good manners, leading, tieing, and standing for the farrier. They can also include additional skills such as float training, lunging, and in-hand showing preparation.​
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Foal and Youngstock Handling
We offer basic, foundation, and show training for horses as young as foals. As breeders and experienced foal handlers, we understand that foals and youngsters learn differently to adult horses, and require a slightly different approach to best set them up for success. If the idea of training a foal seems daunting, you need some assistance with show handling, we can help.
Sales Campaigning
If you need your horse prepared for sale and moved onto their perfect home, we can handle the entire process for you.
We spend the first two weeks getting to know your horse, and that they are ready for viewings.
From here we handle all advertising, enquiries, viewings, including sales videos and professional photos.
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Pricing & Packages
Starting / Breaking
$400 per week
Includes hay, small hard feed, and a free lesson package*
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Training - Full Work
$400 per week
Ideal for retraining, further education, addressing behavioral issues, show prep, etc.
Includes hay, small hard feed, and a free lesson package*
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Training - Moderate Work
$350 per week
Ideal for horses coming back from a spell, horses needing a tune up, horses preparing for future starting etc.
Includes hay, small hard feed, and a free lesson package*
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Training - Foundation Handling & Float Training
$300 per week
Short & sweet sessions ideal for weanlings, youngstock, and horses needing work with basic handling (catching, handling legs, leading, tieing, etc), or for float training stays.
Includes hay, a small hard feed, and a free lesson package*
*Lesson packages vary based on the type of training being done, and the duration of the stay.
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Travel Training Sessions
$80 per hour +travel
For services such as Foundation Handling, Float Training,
Training Rides, etc.
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Sales
$800 for 2 week assessment period
$400 per week for full work, or $375 per week for moderate work thereafter.
+ 10% commission at the time of sale.
Includes professional photos, sales videos, advertising, viewings, etc.
Includes hay, and a small hard feed.
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Extras:
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Private Paddock +$50 per week
We believe it is important as herd animals that horses have appropriate social interaction. Typical paddocking is 2 - 3 horses who we ensure get along appropriately. If you require your horse to be housed alone there is an additional charge to cover us needing to reduce numbers within our space to accomodate.
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Stallions & Colts +$65 per week
To cover additional handling & housing needs. Stallions & Colts housed in private yard, away from mares & fillies, on an independent electric fencing system. Outside stallions & colts taken one at a time.
Additional Feed
Additional feed packages available to suit horses with higher feed needs, or special dietary requirements. We are experienced owners of laminitic, metabolic, and cushings cases.
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BOOKING:
Please contact us to discuss your needs & joining our wait list.
As training stays are often open ended, at the time of being added to our waiting list you will be given an estimate of when we will have a place available that suits your needs. Once dates have been finalised - the first week of costs are due up front as a booking fee. This fee is non-refundable, and non-transferable.