As autumn dawns and the days get shorter and darker, we’re lusting after a property with a horse walker. Take a look at these four horsey properties that all offer the luxury of such a facility.
1. Butterton Racing Stables, Staffordshire
For you: Butterton Racing Stables has a a five-to-six-bedroom “owner’s house” connected by a covered walkway to a three-bedroom “trainer’s house”.
For the horses: there are two six-horse walkers, three American barns each with 16 Monarch looseboxes, a 20x33m arena and a five furlong all-weather gallop with a grass gallop running alongside. Set in 52 acres.
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2. Heywood Equestrian and Therapy Centre, Wiltshire
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For you: Heywood Equestrian and Therapy Centre has a spacious detached four-bedroom house, which is in the course of being completed.
For the horses: there is a Claydon five-horse walker, 26 looseboxes, six feed rooms, two tack rooms, a solarium, a 33x42m outdoor arena and a 22x42m indoor school. Set in nine acres.
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3. Kingfisher Farm, Somerset
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For you: Kingfisher Farm has a four-bedroom farmhouse plus a flat, cottage and annexe, with fishing rights on the River Brue.
For the horses: there is an indoor horse walker and exercise/lunge pen, 15 stables, a 21x61m indoor school, a 20x60m outdoor school, feed room and hay store. Set in 35 acres.
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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.
