If you're dreaming of escaping to a Scottish horsey haven having been hooked on the action at Blair Horse Trials this weekend, take a look at this selection of equestrian properties for sale
1. Whitehills Farm, Aberdeenshire
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For you: a south-facing farmhouse with six bedrooms, a large Carpenter Oak kitchen extension and mature gardens. It is reached via a long drive, which winds uphill between old stone walls.
For the horses: a traditional steading with extensive stabling, a feed room, tack room, hay barn, four-horse walker and a 40x60m fibre sand arena. Set in 148.5 acres.
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2. Kilry Lodge, Angus
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For you: an impressive Victorian country house with five bedrooms, and a range of traditional stone outbuildings as well as a tennis court. Its location at the foot of Glen Isla is ideal for country pursuits.
For the horses: a brick-built stable block with three loose boxes and barn storage beside an area of hard standing. There are a further two loose boxes within the stone steading. Set in 8.6 acres.
For you: set in a secluded and tranquil setting, this three-to-four bedroom house has views of the Cairngorms and there are pretty gardens including a wooded area and a burn.
For the horses: there is a paddock of about three acres for the horses and a steading yard with several outbuildings, including a bothy. There is also an agricultural building which has been used for stabling in the past, measuring 4.5x12m.
For you: a recently refurbished farmhouse with five bedrooms and beautiful views over open countryside, set in 130 acres.
For the horses: a purpose-built livery yard including an American barn with 20 stables, a tack room, wash room and a 50x100m all-weather outdoor school. There is excellent hacking from the property in the surrounding countryside.
Next week: Equestrian properties near Burghley Horse Trials
Ref: Horse & Hound; 25 August 2016
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A graduate from Durham University, Madeleine joined H&H in 2011 and became Features Editor — producing content across the magazine and website, including the popular inside back cover article ‘The horse that made me’ and the weekly ‘The best of my fun…’ interview. She has written on topics as diverse as hay making and headcams, to hot totty in the horse world and circus horses. Madeleine now works as a freelance feature writer for Country Life, The Telegraph, Horse & Hound, cntraveller.com, The Spectator and The Field, as well as writing obituaries for The Times.
