Holly Tree Riding School, Knutsford - www.htrs.co.uk

Anyone who says they go to this yard are completely horse blind to what horses deserve, horrible horrible yard!!!!!!!

Holly tree is a poor excuse for a riding school, some of their horses should have been retired and put out of work a long time ago yet, to our understanding they are STILL in full work which is absolutely ridiculous. They are unprofessional and get the kids to do all of their work for them, so they are getting paid for just sitting back and bossing around children as young as 7-15 years of age. I found this riding school absoloutely Appauling and eventually pulled my daughter and her friend away from there as they were crying in the car home every time they went and it was just getting far too much. The people there are utterly unfair and judgemental therefore they couldn't learn properly in an environment so unfriendly. Horses are treated unfairly as they stay tacked up ALL day and have like an hour in total rest every day which is terrible. we now have our own horse and I can assure you that we will never be returning to holly tree, except maybe with an inspector! They are only ever on a bit of form and have a bit of strategy when they know someone is watching what they are doing e.g. Inspectors&viewers! This riding school is not about helping children or their horses it is just about the CASH!

WONDERFUL STAFF WHO ARE VERY PROFESSIONAL AND VERY EXPERIENCED AND THE HORSES ARE lovly to ride cant wait for my riding lesson on sunday

My daughter rode there for 6 years and never had a dull moment! She learnt more and more and got to the highest lesson and she loved it. They had a brilliant outdoor arena and horses which are trustworthy and so gentle to look after. She only left last year as she did other activities and was going through her big exams. So I just wanted to say Thankyou for all of her time there and I would strongly recommend it to all of my friends

I have had several lessons and absolutely love the staff,it's nice when they have been in the same place for years .the horses and ponies are all well cared .I so pleased I have found holly tree

I recently had an hour long lesson at the Holy Tree which was an experience best forgotten. The staff were incapable of planning a lesson, which was extremely unstructured and rushed.

One of our horses refused to trott under any circumstances, and after much effort was put down to rider inability. Not the nicest approach, especially when said rider is experienced.

In addition to this, our instructor repeatedly tried to cut our lesson short on numerous occasions. After the first attempy i was forced to tell the instructor to continue, upon which point she stormed out to check the time. Low and behold, we had another 20 minutes left. Utterly shambolic.

Hideous place, I think they play on the novice. I was shocked to learn they put novice riders on ponies backed for only a few weeks with gawpy primary school kids leading them.

The pinnacle of the experience was seeing the instructor kick a horse up it's backside to get it in canter. Disgraceful.

This place is terrible,unhappy staff which don't stay long,lessons uninteresting and never get the full time that was paid for,money grabbing and not interested in their clients,people tend not to go back here look around there are much better places.

Not very professional establishment, only out to take your money, be careful not to purchase vouchers as they dont tell you that if you dont use them you cant get a refund. the owner and the staff disclose the bare minimum and lack any sense of customer service or goodwill. If you plan to take a child there for lessons think twice. Even the instructors walk out which shows what a poor business it is, money grabbing with no interest in building a rapor just how much they can take. disgusting, should be ashamed as an owner and I will ensure I tell as many people in the industry as I can.

I loved the staff and enjoyed the lesson