Private Paddocking

$135 p/w (per horse)

*includes all feed

Makino offers spacious private paddocking for owners with two or more horses that would like the convenience of keeping them together, separate from general herd grazing. This is suitable for owners with horses of similar needs that can be managed on pasture all year round.

Makino takes care of all pasture management in these paddocks to take the worry out of it for you. Horses are strip grazed to ensure access to lower sugar grass and limiting overgrazing by back fencing where appropriate. Paddocks are harrowed, rested and cross grazed with cattle to ensure a healthy, sustainable pasture sward for your horses, while also helping to manage parasite burden.

Horses have a fresh break of grass in front of them every day, year-round, and are supplemented with haylage over the winter which is grown at Makino to ensure the best quality for your horse.

The weekly charge includes a daily feed of Harvest Grains Timothy Smart Feed and Kohnke’s Own Cell Vital as well as Makino’s low sugar haylage over winter. Because of the way we manage our pastures at Makino, most owners find that their horses don’t require any additional feeding, even for hard keeping TB types.

Horses in our private paddocks are checked at least twice daily and owners are able to enjoy full use of all facilities as well as join our group hacks.

FAQs

  • Yes! There is plenty of space for you to store your tack, gear and rugs.

  • We have limited float parking on site however we normally have space to store floats if needed. Please note that floats stored on the property must be well maintained and have a current registration and WOF.

  • No. Our pastures are very carefully managed to minimise weeds and unwanted pasture species. Bringing hay onto the property introduces seeds which might not be desirable. We have plenty of hay available on site for you to use in hay nets when yarding or floating your horses. All winter hay and balage is included in the weekly grazing charge so you don’t need to worry about sourcing or storing any hay.

  • Yes! You’re more than welcome to store additional feed at Makino and feed it when you come out to visit your horse.

  • Of course. We’re more than happy to add one or two supplements to your horses daily feeds such as 4Cyte, Digest rite or any other supplement we can fit into our containers on the motorbike!

  • You’re more than welcome to ride your horse on our property at any time. There is also quiet road riding available and some farm hacking which we organise for group rides with a neighbouring farm.

  • You can bring your dog with you but they must be kept on a lead when around the yards and house. Please note that we have entire dogs (male and female) that are out and about so please leave your bitch on heat or entire male dog at home.

  • For the safely of our herd members only front steel shoes are appropriate. You’re more than welcome to have fully shod horses in private paddocking.

  • You can visit your horse as little or as often as you wish! Regardless of how often you visit your horse is treated as one of our own and is checked on at least twice daily. We will notify you of anything out of the ordinary ASAP.

  • If you think you want to use the arena on your own, we have a fb page for you to let others know things like this. Otherwise, it is a shared facility free to use at any time.

  • Lizzie Maundrell from Hoofcare and Horsemanship has us on her schedule and visits us every 5 weeks. Lizzie is a superb hoofcare professional and we recommend her while you are grazing at Makino.

  • Definitely! We have floats available for casual hire. If you don’t have a tow vehicle, we are more than happy to help where possible.

  • In the very sad event that your horse passes away while grazing at Makino we can offer to bury them on the property for you should ground conditions allow. The bond which is paid at the beginning of your time here will cover all the costs of burying your friend.