10am to 4pm

Care and management of heavy horses

The course

A mix of theory and practice using the Museum’s team of heavy horses.  An introduction to stable care, feeding, harness and safe handling of draught horses and some opportunity for driving.

The tutor

Mark Buxton is the Museum’s horseman.  He has wide experience in working with horses and has recently come to the museum from the Royal Parks, where he was head horseman for 14 years.

Participants

A ploughman’s lunch is included, please bring any other refreshment you may need. Everyone must wear sensible warm and waterproof clothing and suitable steel toe-cap footwear and gloves.

Fee

£85 per person per day, including tuition and ploughman’s lunch.
If you book and pay for more than four horse courses at one time you may deduct £15 from the total.

The Museum

The Weald & Downland Open Air Museum has over 45 historic building exhibits.  It is also home to the award winning and innovative Downland Gridshell, which houses a conservation workshop and artefact store, and is also used for many practical courses.  The Museum runs a full programme of courses in historic building conservation and traditional rural trades and crafts, along with MSc programmes in Building Conservation and Timber Building Conservation validated by Bournemouth University. Please telephone for further details.

To book, download a form here. Alternatively, fill in the booking request below.

Make a Booking Request

 
This is an initial booking request form, and does not guarantee a place on the course. The Adult Learning Team will check the availability of the course, and reply to you as soon as possible - usually within one working day.