Testimonials

“Thank you Jackie and Johnny – we enjoyed our lessons on Wizard and Foster as much as the wine tasting in St Emilion! Great food, fantastic horses in a beautiful part of the world.”

— Maddie and Tom, Shetland Isles.

“Thank you for nice week with very good lessons on Wizard and Yogi. The food was really good (I eat only fish and vegetables)  and the weather warm and sunny.”

— Martina – Helsinki, Finland.

“Thank you for a wonderful week – lovely food and company.  As a non-rider here with my partner, I had a great time relaxing and doing my own thing as well as watching Matt having a great time in his lessons !”

— Matt – Epsom, Surrey UK.

“Thank you Johnny, Jackie, Archie , Yobo and Yogi – my riding is back on track! A hugely rewarding week which has given me wonderful riding and lots of things to take away with me.  Without doubt my lessons have been the most rewarding I have ever had – thank you for trusting me with your lovely horses, especially Archie!  Great staying at your home – so welcoming, delicious food – I felt really privileged !”

— Ruth – Oxfordshire, UK.

“The surroundings are beautiful and the stables relaxing and peaceful – the horses clearly so happy in their work. Jackie and Johnny provide an excellent, superior level of instruction with the added value of really learning about horses! I took the decision to come here after much research and it far exceeded my expectations . Thank you so much.”

— Tracey

“As the non-rider – I was warmly welcomed and made to feel totally at home. I adore this place – the peacefulness and tranquility, the welcoming hosts and a chance to thoroughly unwind – I was part of the whole experience. Thanks a million.”

— Andrew – Leeds, UK.

“Thank you for a lovely escape from the daily grind this week!  Excellent food, wine and space to relax.  I loved every minute of the riding, and thank you for reminding me how to look after a horse on the ground too!”

— Victoria – Cheltenham, UK

“I had a wonderful week – really DON’T want to leave. The horses were amazing, I wish I could take them back with me!  Thank you so much for making me feel so welcome and or your hospitality, food was delicious! (I’m a vegetarian)”

— Susan – Cork, Ireland.

“Thank you so much for a fabulous week … it has been refreshing & a huge inspiration. It’s also been a joy to watch Johnny in action … schooling his young horses. Harris Horses are the best!”

— Joanna – London, UK

“Your warm welcome, smiles & endless enthusiasm have made my stay truly enjoyable. Thank you, Jackie, for your patience & amazing way with horses & humans – look forward to visiting you all again very soon.”

— Amanda – London, UK

“Thank you for a fantastic week – I feel I have made more progress in 6 days than I have in 6 years!”

— Matt – Epsom, UK

“A wonderful, relaxing holiday – the perfect combination of riding, lounging by the pool & good food! Exactly the right thing for an adult beginner – like me!”

— Nicola – Hastings, UK

“So, just to say a huge thank you again to you both, and to all my 4-legged teachers… trying to decide which one I would have squeezed into my suitcase… and I realised what an impossible decision that was! Each taught me something valuable… amazing how such different characters can all have something equally as important to say.”

— Gail – Madrid, Spain

“Thank you for a WONDERFUL stay – fabulous lessons on super horses!”

— Sandra and Ove – Stockholm, Sweden

“We just wanted to say thank you so much for such a wonderful holiday, we all had a great time. Claire has learnt so much from the lessons with you and is very excited about trying new things out with her own pony. We can’t wait to return to you next August”

— Lizzie, David and Claire – Sussex, UK

“I just wanted to say a massive thank you for giving me such an amazing work experience. I have definitely come back 100 times better and I feel much more confident. I really enjoyed myself and my parents were really impressed in both the set up and the instruction, and  I will be back very soon! Thank you again it really was just amazing”

— Lydia – Surrey, UK

“We had a great time, thank you very much indeed.  Katie thoroughly enjoyed her training and is now going to quote Johnny at every moment – and she’s certainly improved her seat on horses beyond recognition. It was a fantastic opportunity to make the pony to horse transition… and on such good horses. She was very very excited and pleased to feel she’d made such a lot of progress. Mike thoroughly enjoyed his lessons with Jackie – he felt the jumping was no longer such a daunting thing – once properly taught and on a good horse! We loved all of it – the gite, the pool, the area, the horses, and you were all very kind and friendly, so thank you very much indeed… we would love to come back again.”

— Kathy, Mike and Katie – Cheshire, UK