Our Story

We love sharing our passion for horses with others.

Codetta is a small, family business which values a personalised approach. This allows us to get to know our riders well and help them achieve their goals.

Having had a life-long interest in horses, and a coaching history spanning over 20 years, we decided the time was right to share our love of horses with others from our home.

Big ‘Ashby’ is a family horse with the perfect gentle nature for helping adults and children learn to ride. His favourite speed is ‘slow’ and he loves to be on the lead. He is really an overgrown child’s pony! Ashby’s large size (16.3hh at least) can be intimidating for smaller riders so we welcomed ‘Lollie’ to Codetta to join the team for our younger clients. She is a cute Welsh pony, 11.2hh, and is friendly with people and other horses. She loves to play hoofball and does think she is the boss of Ashby! Chestnuts ‘Shelby’ and ‘Bruce’ are suited to older children or smaller adults and have their own special qualities - Shelby loves to hack out at the forest and beach and Bruce is a fabulous all rounder, enjoying hanging out with Shelby and also having the odd jump here and there. ‘Timmy’ and ‘Eddie’ (both 12.2) have Welsh bloodlines. Eddie was purchased from a loving family on the West Coast mid-year 2021. He is a sensitive soul, perfect on lead rein and and an excellent calm jumper. Tim is perfect for teaching our younger clients to canter and is a keen jumper. We are very proud of our little team of furry friends.

We offer a range of services from 15 minute pony rides to hour long lessons and horse mastership for those looking to further their theory knowledge. Holiday programmes include forest and beach rides and pony club experiences. More learning can be arranged through participation in local training days, shows and low-level jumping competitions.

Our regular school term bookings are full at present, however we do have some weekend spaces on occasion and plenty of school holiday availability.

Feel free to message us to discuss what experiences you are looking for.

We hope to meet you soon!

Keryn Wilson :)

 Xanthe (coach) and Ashby

Riding for Springston Pony Club at Rangiora

 Keryn (coach) celebrates with Mac after their Springston/View Hill ODE 2 place