Katy Malone - Livery & Coaching

23/06/2026

😂🤣I have no idea who the authors are, but I really appreciate the hilarity and realism of this post re: Horses + heatwave ("Unaffiliated pony patting clinic..." "Walking sea pickle" etc. etc.)! 🤣

Horse welfare is, of course, paramount. But, my word, we do like to faff, don't we? 🤣

Katy Malone

How not to be a moron in a red heat weather warning.

1. Don’t ride your horse when it’s hotter than the surface of the sun. If you need telling the exact temperature of ‘too hot’ then you’re already an idiot and unfortunately I can’t help you. Use common sense. Key point, if you’re already sweating - don’t. A week off won’t kill you or your horse but justifying riding to the Facebook police might well do.

2. Bring your horse in or leave them out. Pick one. Commit to something for once in your life. Don’t outsource basic decision-making to Facebook strangers who think wind direction causes laminitis. Go stand in your horse’s stable, then stand in the field, and use your brain to decide which feels less like living inside a kettle. And if they’re not used to being in and they’re going to stress, don’t.

3. If you can get a fly mask on your horse, put one on. If you can’t, don’t. Unless you particularly enjoy chasing a horse around a field trying to Velcro a hat to his face in 35 degrees.

4. If they’re sweating, wash them off. Scrape it off or leave it on, stop over complicating things Sharon and wash the damn horse.

5. Water is not optional. Make it plain, make it fresh, make an additional bucket fancy with electrolytes if you’re feeling like a wellness influencer—but don’t f*ck around with their basic water.

6. Electrolytes and salt in feed are great—turning dinner into a sodium-themed buffet is not. We’re aiming for “recovered horse,” not “walking sea pickle.”

7. And obviously… don’t travel your horse for fun in a heatwave. This is not the week for a spontaneous outing to an unaffiliated pony patting clinic. However, if your horse is actually unwell and you need an emergency vet, yes—travel them appropriately and sensibly to a vet. Just don’t be a total spanner.

Didn’t really think this needed to be said but apparently Facebook is now used over common sense. So here’s the official guide, you’re welcome. I’m off to marinate in a puddle of my own sweat. ☀️

21/06/2026

Following on from my reflective post, yesterday, offering myself compassion for being a one-woman show (whilst simultaneously having a wonderfully supportive partner and father, of course, but you know what I mean) 🥰💪...

Today was an empowering day of tackling a big problem that has been bothering me for the last two summers - usually solved with farm machinery, contractors, money, or pesticides - on my own, with whatever resources I had to hand, on this beautiful Sunday. 😊☀️🔥

Docks! Not really the end of the world (insects and birds love them 🤷‍♀️ ), but they are an invasive w**d and horses won't eat them. They were here when we arrived, but I don't really want to cultivate them much further, thanks. And, aesthetically, once horses have grazed around them, pastures look over-grazed and unhealthy.

One woman and her strimmer (very red faced and wearing a Christmas T-shirt 🙈) , following the weekly Sunday tidy up around the caravan... vs docks! 💪😁
It's a temporary measure, as I've essentially just spread the seed heads around to cover a wider area, next year 🤣
But, for now... Resting paddocks are looking a bit tidier 👌💪🥰

Katy Malone

20/06/2026

I needed this timely reminder (thank you Facebook Memories 🙏) that I only bought Penmeneth Meadow two years ago. 🥰

I have been constantly racing, for the last two years. 🥵

Racing to gain planning permissions. Racing to find a caravan under £2k, so we could move in before paying housing rent, as well as a land mortgage, crippled me. Racing to get all the services in. Racing to make enough progress, before the 3-year temporary planning permission needs renewing. Racing to restructure finances, before the bridging loan period runs out.

It can feel like I am constantly running around, with my clothes on fire. And any progress I make is never good enough, in my eyes, by the timescales I set myself ('We should have a glorious track system set up, by now, beautifully landscaped gardens and an idyllic, Instagram-ready home!' 🙄😂)

I need to keep in mind that I am only one woman, with her wheelbarrow and hand fencing tools. With three children to support. 💪
There is no construction or farm machinery, to hand, on site. No money to pay contractors to swoop in and sort a project out, for me.
I can only shuffle whatever spare pennies I can scrape together, towards a helpful farmer and ask them to, 'Please dig that patch, there, and we'll come back to it in a few months, when I can pay you, again.' 😂

With this context, it is actually miraculous, what has been achieved in the last two years. 😍

Whilst looking at the beautifully manicured agricultural pasture I started off with, two years ago (which has now supported a happy herd of horses over two winters and is due a spa day🙈), makes me feel slightly nostalgic for aesthetic order...

I would definitely trade a few docks and poached gateways, for the view outside my caravan window, right now (with the comforting audio back drop of my sons playing with lego on the floor 🥰).

Eight happy horses and ponies, enjoying a rugged life of freedom and movement, with their friends. 🥰😍

Here's to looking back in another two years' time, from my fancy twin lodge, admiring the magnificent field shelter and car park, that I eventually got built! 😂🤞

Katy Malone

18/06/2026

Seeking a friend for 'Tiny' 💖🦄👀

Looking for another miniature type (or up to 13hh pony), to live a grass-free, laminitic-friendly lifestyle, and be Tiny's new best friend.

Trying our local community before approaching the charities. Would prefer a private re-homing or sale situation, but open to all arrangements and opportunities (i.e. loans, cost-free livery agreement at Penmeneth Meadow Retirement Livery etc.)

Only non-negotiables are an easy temperament (please no kickers, biters or super nervous types) and good with the farrier.

Loving home with BHS APC/BHS Welfare Adviser (and more importantly, doting Shetland pony friend! 🦄) awaits!😍

Based in Woolley, EX23 9PW. Happy to travel within an hour-ish.

Please message: Katy Malone

18/06/2026

A rare and beautiful view...
All eight horses, on the horizon, at once! 🙌😍

Katy Malone

15/06/2026

⚜️Call to Action! Petplan Awards! Nominate!⚜️

I am lucky enough to use and have access to a wide variety of fabulous local veterinary services and practises, for both myself and my livery clients.

Zoe Marsh of 'Three Moors Veterinary Services' (I can't tag, sorry!) is one of these.
A couple of weeks ago, Zoe braved torrential rain to rasp teeth and vaccinate the Penmeneth Meadow herd, in the field.
Zero facilities - just us, some headcollars and our wellies!
You are a hero, Zoe! 🙏

I know so many of you use Zoe for your own horses.

The Petplan 'Vet of The Year' 2026 nominations are currently open and Zoe is a nominee.

If you would like to add your own nomination (each one helps!) you can do so, here:
https://awards.petplan.co.uk/

Katy Malone

11/06/2026

A big adventure out, for two of the Penmeneth Meadow retirement herd crew, yesterday. 🤠

Lovely Des needed to take a trip to Torch Equine vets to have an ultrasound of her ovaries.

Tiny came along for the ride, to keep Des company, and generally make all the vets swoon with his cuteness and adorableness 😂😍

A safe, successful trip out. With some helpful answers and a treatment plan to go home with. 🥰

Katy Malone

07/06/2026

New pasture day for the founding Penmeneth herd 😍🌿☘️🌱😍

Feeling grateful for this perfect equestrian weather, today... No rain, no wind, no scorching sun and no flies, yet!
Just perfect pleasant, 'bland' conditions. 🙏🥰

It won't last, so appreciating the now. 🤣

Katy Malone

06/06/2026

Fantastic afternoon at The Grange Equestrian, storming through some of the writing that is required for my British Dressage judge training. 😁💪

Absorbed as much wisdom as I could from today's judge, Jane Lavington, who was so kind and generous with her advice, and took time to impart some of her wisdom in between classes.

Aside from a masterclass in how to judge the higher level music classes, the key takeaway for me, was that I should invest in a miniature pairs of binoculars, to decipher the saddle cloth numbers from a distance! 🧐😂

Thank you to both Jane and The Grange for having me 😊

Katy Malone

03/06/2026

This is the sort of thing I get very excited about, these days... 🤩

20 tonnes of crush & run from Nigel Hayes (8 year-old Monty for scale) to get me started on the base for the field shelter.

Something tells me I won't be able to shovel this lot, myself, this time 🤔
So, it may have to just sit there until next month, when I might be able to actually afford someone to shift it. 🤣

The 'demolition team' are already in, clearing the ground.
Heroes, the lot of them. 🐴🤣

It may just be a mound of rubble, currently. But, it feels like progress! 💪😍

Katy Malone