Just to answer an earlier question about 'why don't trainers provide a horse they can teach on'... We have a training yard (in Leicestershire) and we do actually have one horse that would be great to teach lessons on however, we already pay a 'freelance instructors' insurance and one that covers us to look after and train other people's horses - they cost approx £450 per year. We have looked into being able to teach off our one suitable horse but have found that the first band on the insurance is 1 - 6 horses and will cost approx £1500 / £2000 per year so it's just not viable without having more than one lesson horse. And that's not taking into account that we would have to pay to be a licensed riding school (which is a yearly fee) and be council inspected and have health and saftey checks and the list goes on. We would love to be able to teach people without them having to have their own horse but just can't cover the costs without becoming a fully fledged, 6 horse teaching centre
From the midlands I would suggest that the nearest place that has their own lesson horses would maybe be Sovereign in March, Cambs.
