Meet the Team
Team
Friendly, dedicated and passionate about horses and ponies and their welfare.
As a team we want to welcome you to enjoy being at Bulby as a haven to connect with horses and ponies and to enjoy the beautiful countryside and wildlife and bird song and the whickering of horses.
Proprietor
Sue
Introduced to ponies at a show in Kenilworth by her grandparents, Sue has loved the smell and sound and beauty of horses ever since spending the afternoon bringing grass to the ponies in the line and being offered a ride.
Chief
Jamie
Focused on the environment and wildlife, Jamie has planned and overseen the planting of woodland, and the grassland management at Bulby EC and surroundings, enhancing its beauty and the diversity of fauna and flora
BHS Stage 3 & BHS Stage 2 Coach,
Pony Club AH Test
Jade
A Bulby original, Jade is our Pony Club Training and Safeguarding lead. Jade has coached riders of all abilities and levels reflecting her own background and experience as a member of the Burghley Pony Club and a competitive Polocrosse Team.
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Yard Advisor and Media Manager,
BHS Stage 4 and Stage 3 Coach, Pony Club A Test
Di
Di, daughter of Sue, grew up with Jade at Bulby yard, enjoyed Burghley Pony Club and with Roberto pictured won the Pony Club Open Evening Championships. She has represented GB student riders and won individual gold in dressage competing in Ireland and team gold competing in Germany.
BHS Stage 2, Pony Club Leader,
Jockey
Sarah V
Sarah has a degree in Equine Rehabilitation and brings this special insight to the care of horses and ponies at Bulby. She teaches at all levels, on the yard, in the arena and in the classroom.
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Trainee instructor, jockey and farm machinery operator
Lydia
Lydia has a huge background in stud work and handling youngsters, hunting yards and also in farming and livestock. She is adding to her skills operating and looking after the farm machinery and looking after the Bulby herd.
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Yard Groom
Farm hand
Kim
Kim came to the yard as a volunteer and is now a key member of staff. Multitalented he has adapted to roles on the yard and the farm. As a professional chef he may have a few tips for us for camp cuisine!
BHS Stage 3
Instructor
Sarah
Sarah has returned to the yard to resume teaching at Bulby. She is a busy mum of a carriage driving eight year old. With her husband, Sarah runs a busy and rapidly growing carriage driving business but is making time to return to Bulby to teach.
NVQ Level 2 in Horse Care.
Groom and trainee coach
Maisie
Maisie has completed her Horse Care Apprenticeship at Bulby, supported by Keits. She gained good results with distinctions and merits in several subjects in her NVQ Level 2 in Horse Care. She is now working towards her BHS Stage 2 in Complete Horsemanship.
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NVQ Level 2 in Horse Care.
Groom and Trainee Instructor
Shannon
Shannon has grown up with farm livestock and horses, been a member of her local Pony Club and has a Riding School Background working with children and ponies in a Pony Club Centre as well as a background working as a senior herds woman of a large dairy herd. She has joined the team to make progress towards BHS qualifications and coaching certificates.
Volunteer
Tina
Tina is a volunteer who is a retired Child Play Therapist with the NHS. Her role is helping with general yard duties and with Thursday Night badge night lessons during team time and in teh holidays on busy Saturdays supporting and supervising Saddle Clubbers. Extending her engagement with the yard as a client she become part of the Team.
Book keeper
Yard administrator
Sarah M
Sarah, our book keeper, is a long standing owner and horse breeder and grew up, like our Saddle Clubbers, learning and helping on a Riding School Yard. She knows the ropes and she keeps our health records and planning in order.
BHSII
Instructor
Rachel
Rachel is a very experienced instructor as a
BHS Stage 4 Coach in complete Horsemanship.
In addition to riding lessons at Bulby, Rachel is the main instructor for the new Group of C Testers in training. She says ."I specialise in developing confidence and harmony between horse and rider of all ages and abilities. I have a passion for educating young horses and developing those who need re schooling
Pony Club Badge Night Assistant
Lydia
Lydia is our most senior Saddle Club member. She has passed her Pony Club C Test and is working towards her C+. She assists the instructor with the younger children who attend the Early Thursday Pony Club Badge
Night. She leases Akela at the yard and still looks after Shadow, her first lease pony who absolutely adores her.
Pony Party food and Summer Camp caterer
Helen
Helen provides an independent service for parents who want to have party food prepared to go with their Bulby Pony Parties. Contact details for Helen can be provided to parents who want to make organising food on the day easy and special. Helen also organises food for the Bulby Summer Camp.
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Staff Coach and Visiting Examiner
Linda
Linda is our visiting BHS Instructor in Complete Horsemanship. She was Pony Club Coach of the Year ini 2018 and is an FEI Dressage Judge. She is a visiting examiner, provides Staff Coaching and also BHS Training to clients. She sets high standards helping staff and clients achieve success in BHS Stage Exams.
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Handyman
Invventor &. Mechanic
Bryan
Bryan keeps the yard and machines working. Repairing and fixing things, finding solutions through his inventiveness. he has made us a fabulous sturdy arena viewing bench, created field shelter stable bars which swing up out of the way to make the best use of space. The muck cart fencing layout was a triumph allowing the tractor to reverse in but also allowing safe deposition of muck from barrows without risking escape of horses through open gates.
Children's friend and yard dog
Edie
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Edies just loves recruiting Saddle Clubbers for ball throwing duties and she puts a smile on everyone's face.
Saddle Clubbers
Purple Emperor Kaleidoscope
Dressed in their distinctive purple uniform, Saddle Clubbers form part of the team at Bulby. On the yard to develop the practical skills needed to look after ponies, they have a social time learning whilst supervised and supported by yard staff.
Chrysalis Club allows development from Pony Club caterpillar skills to fully emerge as part of the Saddle Club kaleidoscope.
Saddle Clubbers
Purple Emperor Kaleidoscope
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Dressed in their distinctive purple uniform, Saddle Clubbers form part of the team at Bulby. On the yard to develop the practical skills needed to look after ponies, they have a social time learning whilst supervised and supported by yard staff.
Chrysalis Club allows development from Pony Club caterpillar skills to fully emerge as part of the Saddle Club kaleidoscope..