Proprietor and Instructor Sarah is a BHSAI and holds her level 5 diploma in coaching horse riders for competition. After growing up with horses from the age of 5, Sarah went to The college of west anglia after leaving school and achieved her Bhs teaching qualifications as well a National Diplomer, National Certificate in the management of horses.
Sarah started Hill Farm in 2010 and has built the yard up from a handfull of horses and ponies to what we have today. Sarah teaches riding and horse husbandary for all abilitys from the complete beginer to competition level riders. The yard has always been for all the customers to enjoy and she thrives to ensure that everyone has a happy and enjoyable time while at Hill Farm, and can go off and enjoy riding all over the world or even to having their own horse or pony.
Sarah also competes and represented Suffolk at British Dressage in 2023, as well as Qualifing Billy at the Sunshine Tour and enjoying one day events, showjumping and eventer trials. Billy also won the worlington riding club dressage championship and combined training.
Sarah and Billy represented Worlington Team dressage at the AREA 14 competition coming a nobal 3rd out of 8 teams.
Yard Manager
Kayleigh is our yard manager at Hill farm. Originaly from a racing back ground Kayleigh has completed the British Racing school level 3 course and has a wealth of knowledge across the equestrian industry. Including foaling, riding Thoroughbreed racehorses and Arab race horses. Kay also owns her own ex race horse Arab Al Hakeem (aka Alan), who she enjoys hacking and showing, last year being placed at the Royal Norfolk Show.
Kay is incharge of Yard staff and yard routine, as well as the day to day care of the horses, also keeping all the admin and records up to date for them. From vet to farrier, feed to lesson admin.
Kay also teaches our Pony Club sessions. For the first time our Hill farm teams qualified for both the 2023 Quiz Championships and the Blue Cross Horse and Pony Care Championships. A fantastic acheivement from all of them. also adding to the list Kay insures the smoth running of our Showjumping Shows, Scoring at the Horse and pony care qualifier that we host and has the duty of Camp Cook and entertainer during our Summer camp's.
Philippa Kemp-welch
Philippa is a BHS level 4 complete coach with level 5 Stable management, C level Sidesaddle instructor, and has a foundation degree in Commercial Harness Driving.
Philippa is also a Driving coach for DDA, And in the past an instructor for the RDA. Philippa is a fully registered Pony club instructor and holds her first aid, safeguarding and DBS certification.
Philipa ran a BHS exam centre (up to and includingA.I) for 30years. Due to her Mothers health Alzheimer’s/dementia caused the centre closing and she moved to Aldeburgh in 2003.
After her mother passed Philippa updated her skills and taught freelance both at college’s and riding centres. Have a lovely a gypsy cob called Albert and 3 dogs and is often put carriage driving with Albert the cob and if time she enjoys competing in various driving competitions.
In the last few years she has participated in several sponsored events raising money for charity.....cycling to Paris/from Vietnam to Cambodia across Cuba and then in 2018 on horseback across Mongolia, and more recently a sponsored walk in ade of Alzheimer’s.
Another one of Philippa many talents is growing a lot of salad and vegetables, that along with walking her dogs up to 5 miles a day keeps her pretty busy!
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