Birchgrove Park - Agistment

31/08/2026

What a beautiful last day of winter!! Let’s hope it continues to improve 🌞☀️

17/07/2026

Another “Interesting reading” 😁

1) It’s short and prickly and gets stuck between teeth where it irritates the gums, causing painful inflammation, tooth decay and infection.

2) It’s short and prickly which irritates the stomach - it’s important to have forage in the stomach to prevent ulcers, especially before exercising, but chaff is a bad choice. Hay produces up to 50X more saliva than chaff and silva is a super buffer to the acid in the stomach.

3) Feeds don’t need fibre - your horse only needs vitamins/minerals and protein when extra calories are needed. They don’t need fibre in their feeds as they should be eating ad-lib (or as close to) fibre all day. Adding beat to balancer/cubes is much better at reducing the risk of choke and absorbing supplements/medication.

4) Feeds don’t need “bulking” - the smaller the feed the better it will be digested. The more you feed, the quicker the gut moves it along. Adding a load of chaff to a feed causes the horse to empty its stomach into the hindgut quicker, often before it’s been fully digested and nutrients absorbed. Not only does the horse not get the full benefit of the feed (wasting your money) but partially digested food upsets the hindgut.

5) It’s really expensive for what it is - why are you paying so much for fibre? Hay is vastly cheaper per KG!

6) Many commercial brands of chaff are coated to make them less dusty, less coarse and palatable. These additives - even if not molasses - often aren’t good for your horse.

21/05/2026

Birchgrove has Lee back in June for the last time until spring.
Lee’s clinic’s and private lessons are suitable for all levels of riders/horses and all disciplines. For those that have green horses that want more exposure to seasoned horses that may need a little more finesse.
Please join us in a friendly and supportive environment for fun and educational day out with your horse 🐎 🥰

19/02/2026

Thinking about Cowboy Dressage??
Come join our intro in to Cowboy Dressage day with Lee Davis, accredited Cowboy Dressage instructor.
Lee will explain everything we need to know and then show us some basics to get us going.
Lesson day on Friday has limited spots, so if you are interested in a private lesson, get in quick!!

19/12/2025

We have approx 120 small squares of native grass hay. Baled yesterday (18-12-25) pick up now out of the paddock $10 per bale

15/11/2025

Another, absolutely, amazing clinic today with Lee from Lee Davis Horsemanship. We can never thank you enough!!! Lee has finished for this year but will be back in the new year! If you are interested please contact us!!
Next year we are going to look into Cowboy dressage, which will be very exciting!

And of course the two superstars having a well deserved bath afterwards 💗