Welcome to College Farm Equestrian Centre

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Dressage Training by Vikki Hayton

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Resident trainer Vikki Hayton has run the centre for 20 years, Vikki is a British Horse Society Instructor, has a Master's Degree in Learning and Teaching, she is a British Dressage Judge and National British Dressage Trainer.

Vikki has also produced many horses from novice through to advanced both in dressage and eventing competing under the 'Markham' prefix.

Vikki is always available for advice on competing and training and students are welcome from novice to advanced, to improve their dressage techniques, whether for competition or exam preparation. You can receive training on your own horses or on one of our schoolmasters. Whether you are looking for short-term schooling, or a long-term solution, our team of professionals can help.

Vikki is available also for clinics and will travel to your premises to teach you if required. No distance is too far and Vikki frequently works in Ireland.

For detail of Riders trained by Vikki Hayton see our document here (Word Document) or here (PDF Document).

College Farm Introduction

College Farm Equestrian Centre is located in the delightful village of West Markham (Between Retford and Tuxford), in the heart of rural Northeast Nottinghamshire with easy access to some of the best hacking in Nottinghamshire. For a location map see here.

We are situated within easy reach of some beautiful countryside as well as being convenient for both the local Grove and Rufford Hunt and other Hunts in the area, including South Notts, the Burton, The Blankney and the Belvoir.

We are a Local Authority-licensed riding establishment and our premises are British Horse Society and the Association of British Riding Schools approved. We are also a local Pony Club Centre. You may be confident therefore, that we work hard to maintain the highest standards of horse management, tuition and safety.

We are a friendly Centre with BHS qualified staff who are available to discuss your requirements, whether they be for a novice, just for fun or a BHS career student wishing to compliment the tuition received on one of the courses for BHS NVQ stages currently being run during term time by College Farm Equestrian Centre (further details of the current courses on offer may be found here). We offer help and tuition towards the many BHS stages and teaching qualifications, we are flexible to enable those training whilst working to fit their horse education around a full-time job.

Whatever your aspirations, whether they be to sit on a horse for the first time or prepare for a British Horse Society examination, we are dedicated to provide you with a series of tuition tailored specifically for you. We welcome all riders - children and adults, novice or experienced, with or without your own horse or pony. We also break and school young horses and re-school older ones when required.

You are most welcome to come and have a look around the Centre and meet the staff. We will do our best to answer your questions. It would be helpful if you would telephone beforehand, just to check that someone will be available to spend the time, that you rightly deserve, with you.

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