Welcome to Hawtins Stud Hawtins Stud is set in just over 100 acres in Gloucestershire in the heart of the famous Three Counties country. This provides a peaceful, stress-free environment for our horses to grow up in. At the same time, our location has great links for quick and easy access. Hawtins stud was established with the aim of producing the highest quality modern horses for the British dressage market. The Hanoverian breed was selected as the foundation for the stud for the following reasons: The very high standards of selection and performance testing set by the Hanoverian society which are applied to all potential stallions before they are licensed and all potential mare candidates for the State premium award The expertise of the German breeders based on a long history of conscious, recorded breeding and the on-going refinement of blood lines within the Hanoverian breed which provides a sound basis for breeding programmes As a result of the above, the Hanoverian breed has been foremost in dressage and show jumping. Hanoverians have been, and still are, a cornerstone of many other German breeding areas and other European stud books. Hawtins stud offers the best of German bloodlines and experience, combined with high standards of care and management and the professional and appropriate training of young horses. Horses are produced for sale and competition from four years of age. Facilities Here at Hawtins stud, we have invested ahead in our facilities to ensure that we can provide the best and safest environment for our youngsters to grow up in and learn. We have both indoor and outdoor schools so we can start the youngsters in the relative safety of indoors, but progress outdoors later as their working life will bring the need to perform well in all environments. Our horse walker was imported from Germany. We specifically wanted an oval shaped walker which minimised the amount of turning and subsequent stress that round walkers that are too small can result in. All our youngsters and brood mares are housed in the winter in spacious barns with clean straw, ad lib haylage and daily feed supplements. Each of these barns also has a large outdoor pen which allows the horses to play and exercise. The horses are housed by age group for their social development. Our investment is for the long term.