Over the years we have all learned a lot about the care of our animals.And in many cases just using common sense or horse sense.

We have found that It is very common for horses to be kept in all different situations here on the island. Often inside a room/ stable/ space made of metal bed frames for 24 hours a day only taken out to go riding. Of course sometimes this comes with the mistreated cases, knee deep in their own waste with no food or water. But sometimes this is also the case for the « well » looked after horses, having food, water and general care but being kept inside alone. Often the only horse on the property. Sadly, it can all be due to ignorance and genuinely not knowing any better regarding the welfare of horses.

This island is fairly small with limited access to land. And the land is generally rock and very uneven making it almost impossible for big open paddocks allowing free movement for horses. Here at our finca we keep all of our horses in mini herds of between 3 and 6 and they live out 100% of the time. We currently have 5 different paddocks of various sizes allowing as much movement as possible. But we would love to expand and buy neighbouring land for more and bigger paddocks. Although the size of our paddocks are very large compared to the norm here. They are still in our opinion too small to allow complete freedom for optimum health and well being. To keep all of our horses appropriately exercised and stimulated, we have volunteers who work with them daily. This includes a variety of different ways from in hand walking, free schooling to some riding.