Livery Yard Website Example: Hollybrook Livery Stables

Horse owners choosing a yard care less about the view than about who will turn their horse out on a wet Tuesday, so the page starts there. After an opening photo of a groom leading a rugged bay across the yard and a small chalkboard that writes out the day's turnout, Hollybrook goes straight to a table of seven daily jobs. Each row says whether the yard or the owner does the job on full, part and DIY livery, from the morning feed to holding a horse for the farrier. A last row shows the 21:00 check of water and rugs that every horse gets, whatever its owner pays. The weekly prices follow, from $65 for DIY to $255 for full livery, with a nightly price for holiday stays and box rest. Most horse boarding websites print a price and leave the work vague, and this order puts that right.

The second half of the page covers the land, the rules and the facilities that make a yard pleasant or difficult to live with. A split section describes daily turnout from April to October, half days on all weather paddocks in winter and private strips for horses on restricted grazing. Six cards on a dark band set out the yard's care rules in general terms, from two weeks apart for new arrivals to worming by egg count and the order in which owners and vets are called. Chips list the arena, the hacking, the wash bay and the tack room, followed by the yard's rule on outside instructors. Example reviews, photos, six questions and a stable request asking for arrival and departure dates complete it. A horse stables website built in this order lets an owner decide before the first visit whether the yard fits their horse and their week.

Barn by barn, the Hollybrook page from chalkboard to lane

Everything a yard of 24 stables needs to say sits on one page, listed here row by row from the chalkboard to the directions for lorries.

Page	What it opens with	Its sections
Opening view	Your horse's stable, field and arena, cared for your way	Out to field 4 at 7:30 · 24 stables · 40 acres · Staff on the yard 06:30 to 21:00
Who does what	Who does what on each livery	Morning feed and hay · Turn out and bring in · Mucking out · Rugs · Evening feed · Farrier and vet · Last check at 21:00
Prices	Liveries and weekly prices	DIY livery from $65 a week · Part livery from $150 a week · Full livery from $255 a week · Holiday and box rest from $32 a night
Turnout	Turnout through the seasons	April to October · Winter half days · Restricted grazing
Care rules	Care at the yard, in general terms	New arrivals · Vaccinations and papers · Worming by testing · Farrier and dentist · When a horse is unwell · Feed charts on every door
Facilities	Around the yard	Floodlit arena · Hacking from the gate · Wash bay · Tack room · Outside instructors
Photos	The barn, the arena and the bridle paths	The timber barn · Floodlit schooling · Tack room lockers · Haynets weighed
Questions	Asked over the stable door	Waiting list · Living out · Calling the vet · Own instructor · Notice · Stallions and youngstock
Stable request	Ask for a stable	Livery and number of horses · Arrival and departure dates · Your horse · Turnout needs · A look round first

Wheelbarrows, winter fields and the evening check: what owners compare between yards

Split the daily jobs between yard and owner

Owners compare liveries by the jobs they still have to do, so a table of jobs explains the choice better than three paragraphs of description. Hollybrook lists seven tasks, from the morning feed and turnout to rugs, evening haynets and holding for the farrier. Each one is marked yard or owner for full, part and DIY livery, and a few carry a small charge, such as $4 to turn out a DIY horse. The table ends with the last check at 21:00, which applies to every horse and reassures owners who work late. A note below explains who supplies hay, hard feed and bedding. With the work divided this clearly, an owner can see in a minute which livery fits their week.

Price livery by the week and short stays by the night

Livery is usually paid by the week or the month, while holidays and box rest run for a set number of nights, and a yard page should show both. The sample prices DIY from $65 a week, part from $150 and full from $255, then lists holiday and box rest stays from $32 a night. The intro states what every price includes and adds $10 a week for a large stable for horses over 16.2 hands. A note under the cards explains monthly invoicing in advance and a calendar month's notice, while short stays simply end on the agreed departure date. The request form asks for an arrival date and, for short stays, a departure date. Owners who see the notice period before they move rarely fall out with the yard when they leave.

Describe summer and winter turnout separately

Turnout is the question that ends most livery conversations, so the page should say exactly how much grass a horse will get in each season. Hollybrook gives daily turnout from April to October in small groups, with mares and geldings kept apart and the fencing walked every morning. It then explains that winter turnout moves to half days and all weather paddocks once the clay turns soft, which spares owners a surprise in November. Horses on restricted grazing get a strip of their own or a bare paddock, decided by the owner and the vet. The ticks add that new horses meet one companion first and that the turnout board is updated daily. A yard that writes all this down attracts owners whose horses suit its land.

Set out care rules without giving veterinary advice

A livery yard needs firm rules about health, but its website should leave diagnosis and treatment to vets. The sample's six cards stay general on purpose: two weeks apart for new arrivals, records and papers kept on file, worming planned from egg counts with owners and their vets, and feed charts that only owners may change. One card says plainly that vaccination and identity requirements vary by country, so the yard follows local rules and the owner's vet. Another explains the order of calls when a horse is unwell, owner first and then the vet, as agreed on a form signed on arrival. The questions repeat that staff give only basic first aid. Rules framed this way protect the herd without the yard pretending to be a practice.

Name the facilities, then the rules for sharing them

Owners picture their evenings at a yard through its facilities, and the page should name each one in a few words. Hollybrook uses chips for a 40 by 20 m arena floodlit until 21:00, hacking from the gate, a hot water wash bay, lockers in the tack room, a rug drying room and parking for lorries and trailers. The intro explains that a yard board shares out arena slots, turnout groups and farrier days among 24 horses. A short note says outside instructors are welcome with their own insurance and that yard staff do not teach, which keeps teaching and livery apart. The contact section adds directions for lorries down the narrow lane. Facilities and rules side by side show a yard that has thought about the people as well as the horses.

Reading for yard owners who let stables online

Would an owner searching for part livery with winter turnout land on Hollybrook?

Owners look for livery by the care they want and the distance they can drive, such as part livery near their town, a yard with a floodlit arena or winter turnout for a laminitic pony. This sample names its liveries, prices, facilities and turnout rules in plain words, so search engines can match it to those searches.

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