Every horse deserves a chance
Witheford Equine

After more than 20 years of remedial work with horses and ponies of all sorts, Autumn 2008 saw Gary announce his decision to close his yard to the general public.  This decision had been deliberated on for the last 2 years and was obviously not taken lightly.  The demand for Gary's services to the racing industry has taken the business in a new direction and over the last few years his dealings with private horse owners has become more frustrating - those owners who ask his advice but will not heed it cause him the most frustration along with others who fail to settle their debts!

 

Gary says "This has been a tough decision for me and one that has been brewing for a couple of years now.  I feel sad that there will be many horse owners out there who will contact me for help and I won't always be able to respond, not only will that be sad for me but also my staff who all still share my passion for helping all sorts of cases"

 

Gary will still accept repeat bookings from long-standing customers who are familiar with his work and also referrals from professional instructors or trainers who he works with and who endorse his techniques, but new enquiries from the general public will generally be out of his remit.  

 

"The beauty of working with professional trainers or breeders is that they let me get on with my job and once I know what a horse needs they take my advice.  The anguish I sometimes have with the public is that I see horses desperately in need of certain specialist treatments or work programmes but the owners don't follow my advice for either financial or blinkered reasons.  This means I see a horse that I know I can help but my hands are tied and I have to accept that sometimes I am restricted from doing my job as I would see fit"

 

That being said Gary stresses that he has thoroughly enjoyed meeting all the owners past and present from all over the UK and from all backgrounds.  "I have made some very good friends over the years and also worked on some amazing horses which I will never forget, I have a very loyal following and I would like all my owners to know that it has been an honour for me to work all the hundreds of horses that they have sent to me"

 

Westcourt will continue to be as busy as ever.  Gary and his son, Craig, both have hectic schedules covering race meetings all over the UK, Eire and Europe.  His wife, Suze, will continue to run all aspects of the business, including the on-going investment in further facilities scheduled in 2009 and Nicky Davies, who has been with Gary for 13 years, will remain as Yard Manager and continue to work remedial cases that are referred along with assisting with the racehorses that are sent to Westcourt. 

 

Gary's interest in Andalucian horses will continue with his stallion, Brujo, standing at stud.  Gary will also continue to visit Spain to buy bloodstock for UK owners and is soon touring the studs to find another stallion to take over from Brujo when he retires in the next few years.

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Webshop

We relaunched our webshop on an external site last year in order to enable us to take payment by Paypal.


The ever popular Double Diamond Halters are available to buy on-line, together with booklets written by Gary, Aloe Vera and special offers


Go to our Merchandise page for full information or visit the external site by selecting this link or going to :

http://garywitheford.org.uk/cgi-bin/online/storepro.php

Witheford Equine Ltd

Westcourt Stables Westcourt · Burbage

Marlborough · Wiltshire

SN8 3BW
 

Office  01672 811423

Fax  01672 811416
info@garywitheford.co.uk

Changes at Westcourt

News Page under construction - news being updated.......

Gary at home with Sea The Stars

Gallery and Website

Yard available for rent

We have a separate self contained block comprising 7 stables, courtyard / wash down area and storage facilities available for rent.

Monthly rental £625.00 to include twice daily half hour use of 6 horsewalker and use of on-site gallops and round pens.

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Available from September 1st, 2010 on 6 month short term renewable lease, £500 security deposit required

For further details please contact Suze Witheford on 01672 811423 or info@garywitheford.co.uk

Despite the changes to the business we will continue to update our Website and have plans to upload a Press Cuttings page with articles from the Racing Post and Irish Field which have highlighted our racing work.

Other archive clippings will include the work from the past 5 or 6 years with racehorses and zebras!  For a variety of photographs taken of Gary and his team, please visit our Gallery.....

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Witheford Equine is a company registered in England and Wales with Company No  3574879
Registered Office  Westcourt Stables, Westcourt, Burbage, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 3BW
VAT Registration No 717 9615 07


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