Oxfordshire

Checkendon Equestrian Centre is a BHS approved riding school and livery yard set in beautiful countryside on the borders of Berkshire and Oxfordshire, surrounded by woodlands and country lanes. The Centre offers lessons and hacking for all abilities and ages, full and part livery, indoor and outdoor schools, cross country course, BHS training and examinations, show jumping and dressage competitions, clinics,  Pony Days and is a Pony Club Centre.

Welcome to the Malthouse Centre website.

The Malthouse Centre has been an established venue for many years. The current proprieter Moira Robertson - took over the reins in June 2003.

The venue is easily accessible from most of the country, being located within the A34/M4/M40 corridor, with easy access from the A34.

With this website you will be able to see the range of competitions, shows and events held throughout the year as well as the facilities we have to offer.

The Badgers came to Crown Farm in 1934, my grandfather was the 1st tenant followed by my father and I took over the tenancy in 1972. The farm is 460 acres, we also farm Ascott Hill Farm which is 150 acres, and we are in partnership with Pat and Simon Edginton.

In the 70's farming was reasonably profitable with a big push to increase production, soon increase production led to surpluses and therefore poor profits. Thus the need to diversify. We originally built a UK chasers course, but soon realised this was not the way to go and made a XC training field as it is today.

Over the next few years we were asked by various pony clubs and riding clubs to run events, this we did but always felt that the course was too undulating, so we asked Mike Etherington Smith to design a XC Course. This he did, we then built lots of new fences and joined the British Eventing calendar in 2003. Every year we make a few changes to keep the course interesting and challenging. However the basis of the course remains the same, hardly surprising employing the best course designer in the world.

Almost at the same time we built 12 stables and over the years this had expanded to 35 stables, an outdoor, indoor, lunging arenas, horse walker, 10 miles of off-road riding. We are also in partnership with Mark Rimell on the all weather gallops.

If you have a horse at Crown Farm, all these facilities are free and the use of the XC course!

We accomodate facilities to include all displines at whatever level, from leisure riding, Western, riding club, show jumping, dressage and British eventing. We allow all clients to use their own trainers, or we could recommend.

Silver Lane Stud and Baulking Grange are two complementary equestrian establishments, situated within three miles of each other on the outskirts of Wantage, Oxfordshire, and both within riding distance of the beautiful and historic Ridgeway route. Both centres are under the supervision of Sally Colliver BHSII SM and daughter Emma Green, and provide a wide range of services for owners and riders of all ages, abilities and aspirations.

Baulking Grange is a BHS and ABRS approved equestrian centre, situated on the outskirts of the village of Baulking, between Faringdon and Wantage. In addition to two indoor schools the facilities include a full size outdoor arena and showjumping paddock. The centre is part of a larger arable farm, which offers the added benefit of off-road riding through the cornfields and beside the river which bounds the farmland.

The horses and ponies at Baulking Grange are carefully selected to satisfy riders of all ages and abilities. For the novice rider we offer well mannered ponies and cobs, whilst for the more ambitious or the career student we can provide quality performance horses, several working at advanced levels.

Lyneham Heath Farm, set in the heart of the Cotswolds, offers superb Cross Country Schooling for £25 per horse.
Over 200 fences from 1’9” to 3’9” with 3 water complexes, a quarry, sunken road, banks, steps, mounds, coffins and much more…all designed & built by renowned Olympic course builder David Evans who returns every Autumn to add to our collection