Rebecca B Chalmers BHSAI Reg
Rebecca is qualified to instruct and she is also on the BHS Register of Instructors. This involves having an up to date First Aid at Work Certificate and certified attendance on a Child Protection course.

Rebecca regularly attends training Teaching to keep her practices and techniques up to date. She is also a competitor at local and national level showing highland ponies and competing her young horses in dressage, show jumping and cross-country competitions.

She has worked in many fields (excuse the pun!) including dressage, hunting, showing hacks & riding horses at county level, and on eventing and racing yards.

She also spent two years near Lambourn backing yearlings and preparing them for racing. This was invaluable experience and has shaped the way she backs and brings on young horses ever since, she has learnt never to cut corners! She bought her first Highland pony as a two year old 6 years ago and has been an enthusiast ever since. Most of the working ponies here are Highlands and compete in the season.

Rebecca likes all the horses and ponies to be well-schooled and stimulated, and finds competition is a good basis for this work. All our horses and ponies are suitable for lessons depending on the client's level of riding ability.

Neil Chalmers
Born and brought up in Cyprus, keen competitive member of Pony Club until he got his apprenticeship in England in 1982. Apprenticed to Tom Ryan in Bedfordshire for 4 years then self employed Farrier to present day, moving to Scotland in 1995.

Neil passed his Approved Training Farrier Certificate in 2000, but as yet not taken on an apprentice. Shoes all the horses in the business, helps with the more difficult horses as he has a steely nerve; and he undertakes all the maintenance and improvements about the place.

Jenny Roy - has been helping us part-time for the last four years having learnt to ride with us at Kirkmichael. She competes all the horses and ponies and takes them to Strathearn Pony Club camp and Rallies.

Sam Brown is our new member of staff, she is an SVQ Level 2 Trainee. Click the pic to see Sam with Lilly.