Facilities

• Stabling

  More Than Livery offers spacious boxes in a quiet yard with 24 hour supervision, conveniently located between Faringdon and Burford.

• Turnout

  Turnout is available all year round – although not many horses enjoy standing in a field in the pouring rain. The paddocks are securely fenced with a combination of post/rail/electric – there are no gateways directly on to the road and therefore safety and security is easily provided.

• Tack-rooms

  We have secure tack-rooms, separate warm and dry rug-room. Tack-rooms are fully alarmed.

• Club room

  This is our retreat when the weather turns bad, or just a place to sit, chat and enjoy some refreshment during the rest of the year. A notice board is kept up to date with local events, competitions, tack-sales etc, and of course, yard birthdays. In addition, the club-room doubles up as a classroom and is equipped with TV and video.

• Outdoor school

  We have a floodlit outdoor school. 20m x 60m Sand and fibre surface. New construction by Williams and Williams.

• Jumps

  A good collection of show-jumps (including some fantastic “scary” fillers – created and decorated by Vicki). Good range of show jumps and cross country type fillers for practice ranging from 2ft to 3ft 6in plus.

• Dressage

  A set of white dressage boards, to re-create the competition atmosphere at home. Can be put on the grass or arena for test practice.

Location

• Oxford

  30 min driving distance.

• Swindon

  30 min driving distance.

• Burford

  10 min driving distance.

• Carterton

  5 min driving distance.

• Hacking

  For those who enjoy hacking, we are situated in a quiet village and can offer safe hacking to the surrounding villages as well local bridleways with rides of varying length from a quick circular ride to an all day outing.

• Competitions

  We are ideally situated for many regional competition centres - Addington Manor, Hunters' Equestrian, Warwickshire College, West Wilts Equestrian Centre and Crown Farm to name just a few.

Livery

• Use of facilities

  • All livery arrangements include the full use of all yard Training facilities
  • 20m x 60m Manege
  • Show jumps
  • Canter field

• Part Livery

  • Bedding - top quality shavings
  • Feeding and watering - Top quality hay/haylage
  • Hard feed not included, also additives and vet/farrier etc bills in addition.
  • Mucking out
  • Daily turnout (weather permitting) and bringing in
  • Daily rug-changes and feet picking out
  • On-site supervision and late check

• Full Livery

  • As Part Livery
  • Also including all hard feed
  • Extras not included are feed additives and vet/farrier etc bills.
  • 5 days per week exercise – a combination of schooling, lunging and hacking – to suit each horse.
  • Grooming

• Schooling Livery

  • As Full livery
  • But 6 days per week of intensive schooling work is provided aimed at specific individual requirements.
  • 'Problem horses' a speciality

• Breaking

  • As Full livery
  • But 6 days per week of focused educational work is provided.
  • Preparation for any area of Equestrian activity from Dressage to Racing.

• Holiday

  Any of the above available as care for your horse while you are away.

• All services include

  • Holding for vet, farrier, physio etc
  • Washing of Bandages, Numnahs, Sheets

• Possible extras

  • Lungeing
  • Long reining
  • Individual lessons, discounted to livery clients
  • Plaiting
  • Clipping
  • Maine, Tail pulling, trimming
  • Exercise and schooling for Part Livery clients as needed
  • Tack cleaning

Breaking

• Starting young horses'

  education directed to their eventual career from racing to dressage, western riding to 3 day eventers or riding ponies or horses.

Schooling

• Fixing specific problems

  stiffness, problems with canter strike-offs, biting issues, basic control issues

• Tuition

  in flatwork and jumping is available to both livery and non-livery clients.

• Non-residents

  lessons can be provided at your own yard if required (travel costs may be charged depending upon distance).

• Cross-country

  schooling can be arranged at many local facilities – please ask for details.

Training

• Specific Tuition

  aimed for each discipline - for either horse or horse and rider. Dressage trainer for Junior 3 day event team member 2008/9.

• Horses prepared

  for competition so that the rider can work full time but still compete effectively

• Support at the show

  or event also available by arrangement.

• Others

  towards competition, focus on horse, for Dressage from Prelim to Prix St George, Eventing from Pony Club to Four Star level, Beginning jumping to your first affiliated levels.

Instruction

• Focused on the rider,

  working on improving the rider's position and influence on the horse to achieve better results.

• One to one

  Dressage or Jumping tuition aimed at improving the rider's position and technique - looking at the physical and mental approach to riding. I aim to help riders improve communication with their horse. Looking at individual personalities and finding the key that unlocks the door to a more harmonious partnership for better understanding and therefore results.

Judging - Dressage

• Currently Trainee

  British dressage judge - available to judge unaffiliated competitions and riding club.

• Competed

  to PSG level and 4 Star 3 Day Event

• Experienced trainer

  up to international 3 day level.Dressage trainer for Junior 3 day event team member 2008/9.
• I try to judge sympathetically and aim to give constructive comments.
• Also available to do test riding clinics.
• Judging provides a basis for Training ensuring that horses and riders produce correct work that will gain higher scores.
• As a judge I have continuous access to top judges and trainers through seminars and training opportunities Stephen Clark, David Trott, Ferdi Eilberg.

Dressage

• Dressage training began with a classical theme - Nuno Oliveira - read books, then luck enough to train with one of his leading pupils - Philippe Davenport. At that time very much an event rider, but Dressage was one of our strengths.
• Quickly developed a keen interest in the overall training of Dressage to Grand Prix.

• Books

  • Ride from the heart - The art of communication between horse and rider by Jenny Rolfe
  • Horse Morse Code - A riding revolution by David WB Dodwell
  • FEI Dressage handbook - Guidelines for judging,
  • Riding success without stress
  • Real life dressage by Carl Hester
  • Down to earth dressage by Carl Hester
  • Perfect confidence by Kelly Marks

Sheena Grierson

• Influences

  Dressage training began with a classical theme - Nuno Oliveira - read books, then luck enough to train with one of his leading pupils - Philippe Davenport. At that time very much an event rider, but Dressage was one of our strengths.
• Quickly developed a keen interest in the overall training of Dressage to Grand Prix.
• Following 10 years in eventing, I spent 13 years working for Barry Hills (flat racing), 8 years as Head Lad involved in breaking all the young race horses.
• From those experiences I developed a way of working, involving many areas of horsemanship, which allows me to work with all types of horses and find the best solution to the problems or key to their training.
• I spent a lot of time studying various trainers from abroad when they visit for seminars in this country. Recently, Hubertus Schmidt, Jean Bemmelmans, and trainers in this country, Ferdi Eilberg, Carl Hester and my own trainer at the moment, Adam Kemp. Have also trained with one of the top internaltional judges, David Trott.

• Pilates

  Becoming increasingly interested in Pilates as a way of learning how the body works and the use of various muscles can help to convey the feel riders need to develop. I have weekly Pilates classes myself to help with my own riding and as a new dimension to my teaching for other riders.

Vicki Randell

• Responsible for day-to-day

  care of all the horses on the yard taking sole charge when Sheena is away competing, teaching or on holiday. She has trained completely with Sheena.

• Interested

  in all aspects of horse care and welfare and in helping to provide additional support to clients.

• Short Bio

  • Started as part time worker in 2002
  • Full time in 2004
  • 2005 - Completed NVQ level 2 in Horses Care
  • 2008 - Completed NVQ level 3 in Horse Care and Managemet
  • Rode from 8 years old as a 'Happy Hacker'
  • Bought own horse in 2004, 10 years old, TB
  • Began competing in Dressage and Showjumping
  • 2005 Won first Dressage competition
  • 2006 First unaffiliated one Day Event
  • 2007 First British Eventing one Day Event, finished 14th
  • 2008 Won first Hunter trial
  • 2009 Competed in RC area Hunter Trial and One Day Event
  • Now sold that horse and is embarking on a new challenge with a 3 year old warmblood

All Artwork

• for More-than-livery kindly provided by Cat Tyack - Animal Designs, commissions taken, +44-7805-075-095.

Contact

• Sheena Grierson, 0777-5676-482

What's on

• Jumping clinic

  Pole work and jumping exercises to help improve your horse's suppleness and balance. Fun exercise for you and the horse. 17th January 2010

• Contact workshop

  Off-horse day looking at how to achieve contact and maintain the correct fee. Interactive off-horse exercises and discussion to help demystify this concept. February 2010

• Contact workshop

  Off-horse day looking at how to achieve contact and maintain the correct fee. Interactive off-horse exercises and discussion to help demystify this concept. February 2010

• Posture workshop

  Video supported on the horse exercise to improve posture and position. March 2010

• Test riding days

  On-going opportunity to ride new tests or get support on challenging aspects in your current dressage level. BD judges will be in attendance available for discussion and training. Starting from March 2010

Contact