Facilities
Holden Fold Dressage & Stud set in in the picturesque village of Tockholes with easy access to the remote bridleways leading onto the vast moorland surrounding Darwen Tower.
Yet only 1 mile from the M65 motorway network offers an extensive range of facillities to be enjoyed by our clients be it ordinary full livery in a calm proffessional environment with consistant stable routine (eg full livery ensures your horse will not have to look on while others are fed ,a practice which is a serious contributor to stable vices & undesirable behaviour developing)/Foaling livery/breeding stallion livery with or without excersise/walk in stallion collection/holiday livery/stud livery for breeding mares to hfd stallions/breeding mare livery for mares to other stallions/youngstock & weanling livery/breaking livery/hunting & competition fittening livery & sale livery are all services are provided by experienced professionals under the supervision of Laboratory Technician & Stud Manager Brian & International Grand Prix Dressage rider Angela.
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24 Hour Surveillance & Security
CCTV & Alarm system with 24 hour supervision & on site security in place.
Heated Changing Area
With washing facilities & w/c.
Heated Office
With TV/DVD & seating to relax & watch you & your horse at work, or relax after your ride in the grounds on one of the several outdoor seating areas enjoying the wonderful views offered to this location.
Heated Tack Room
With security locking, refreshment making facilities & individual tack storage with tack cleaning fittings in place.
20m x 60m Olympic size Riding Arena
Complete with quadraphonic music system/lights/covered viewing gallery & rubber matted tack up area.
Enclosed Loading Bay
Situated alongside the Arena, this is a valuable peice of equipment for training young or nervouse loaders & mares with foals at foot, or simply to use as a safer more inviting way to load your horses.
All Stables Livery & Breeding Station Accomodation
These are all equiped with automatic water bowls, haymangers to enable correct posture while foraging, feed bowls, tyline 18mm rubber matting the doors have tamper proof bolts & chain fittings for use when the doors are open for access, they are light airey and dust free with clear views to the outside world and fresh air.
Indoor Rubber Matted Wash Area
Indoor Rubber Matted wash area.
20ft X 15ft Foaling Boxes
Individual CCTV/mares fitted with foaling alarms & 24 hour supervision in place.
Post & Rail/Dry Stone Walled Fields
All year t/o weather & conditions safe and horse friendly.
Feed Room & Washing Machine
Where individual horse feeds & supplements can be stored & your horses clothing cleaned here at the stables.
Monarch 45ft 3 speed 6 Horse Walker
With rubber matting to the floor & sides & electric partitions for the utmost safety of its users.
Fully Equipped Collection Area
Complete rubber matted floor,includes adjustable phantom for safe hygienic semen collections, fully padded safety stocks with foal enclosure & Scanner fittings.
Laboratory
Equipped with the latest technology including spermacue/water bath/microscope plus heat stage/centrifuges and cryologic freezing machine for up to date accurate processing & freezing of semen/equitainer shippers & frozen semen storage all complement the elite services offered by the Stud department.
