BHS APPROVED
Maddybenny offers 5* BHS approved livery service in the Causeway Coast area conveniently located between Portrush, Portstewart and Coleraine. Easily accessed from the A29, open all year and the staff are on hand every day!
long term livery & short/holiday livery
Full, DIY, Semi DIY and Grass livery available
Bespoke packages available to suit your needs
Special rates for retired horses and ponies
Inspection of facilities welcome
Holiday and short-term livery available
No horsebox? No problem, Transport available
on request.
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Philip was the driving force behind Maddybenny Complex, and was often called the “Ideas Man”, a lot of what you see today on the Farm was created by him. Philip sadly passed away in May 2021 and leaves behind a legacy that the Family will strive to live up to.
He was a BHS Accredited professional coach, and had vast experience in equestrian activities both nationally and internationally. Philip first competed at the RDS in Dublin in 1963 and indeed competed there again many times up to 2017. He also competed internationally for Ireland in Eventing competition from 1973 up to 1994.
He began the stud farm in 1988 and has bred many competition horses for both show jumping and eventing including the diminutive Portersize Just a Jiff who competed with Camilla Spiers on the Irish Eventing team in the 2012 Olympics and who was reserve on the team for 2016 Olympics. Philip has show jumped several of his own home bred horses and was Amateur Ulster Region Champion in 2017 on Senate Hill.
Fiona is the yard manager at Maddybenny and is a qualified HSI coach (stage 2). She has competed in show jumping competitions for many years both on her own and on Maddybenny horses and was the Amateur Ulster Region Champion in 2018, and more recently won the 1m Ulster Region Tour on our homebred horse, O’Harabrook in 2021. Fiona has been teaching for several years, all age ranges and abilities up to competition standard. She also has vast experience in training and schooling young horses.
Tegan, daughter of Philip and Eavan, first sat on a pony at the age of 1 and has been addicted to horses ever since! She started in Pony Club aged 4 years old and went on to represent the Route Hunt Pony Club at the UK Championships, represented Ireland in the Junior European Show Jumping Championships in Germany, and more recently switched to Eventing and represented Ireland at senior level in Nations Cup Championships in Boekelo, Holland.
She is currently producing young horses for show jumping and eventing and campaigning her 4* event horse Texan Style (another home bred horse!)
We offer individual and group lessons to all equestrians on their own horses and we take in horses for schooling.
Arenas available all year, 7 days per week and cross-country course available weather permitting. Riding Clubs and Pony clubs can hire the total facilities for training courses and camps from Easter to October.
Maddybenny has hosted competitions for Pony Club, Riding Club and Eventing Ireland as well as running in house competitions for livery clients. We run Show Jumping, Dressage, Tetrathlon, Eventing, and Derby competitions for all levels.