As well as taking advantage of the extensive facilities for building up fitness, Higher Spen Equestrian Services is now being widely used by owners who want their horses or ponies "let down" after a hard season competing, showing or hunting.
"Swimming, as well as time in the horse walker and in the equine spa, is ideal for horses and ponies that have been
kept in the peak of fitness for several months.
The treatments are excellent
for "letting down" and getting
them in the right physical
condition before being
turned way,"
says Jane Dewhurst.
Higher Spen Equestrian
Services has a full range of
professionals who can be
brought into the centre to
provide specific treatments
such as back massage and
dentistry as well as a
farrier work.