Oakleigh Stud is set deep within the tranquil and beautiful North Devon countryside on the edge of Exmoor.

We are a family run stud with a small select herd. Our values are in quality rather than quantity.

We offer our visiting mares a loving and caring environment with all the comforts of home. All the horses at Oakleigh, resident or visiting, have access to pasture every day and warm comfortable stables by night. We offer a specialised Equine Veterinarian on call at all times. Our stables are extremely close to our house and have the added security of recorded CCTV. 'We can watch your horses on monitors from the house'. The paddocks surround our house and garden.

Our stallions are extremely well mannered and only cover their mares in hand. This is the safest way for both the mare and stallion. It also provides definitive dates for foaling.

We are happy to work with you to accommodate all yours and your mares individual needs. We cater for all types of care and feeding regimes.

In order to safeguard our stallions and your broodmares. All visiting mares entering the stud, are required to have negative Contagious Equine Meritis tests (CEMO). We can arrange for this service to be undertaken at the stud (subject to additional costs) or owners must produce a negative CEMO test certificate for the current breeding year prior to the mare being covered.

We have a specialised Equine Vet on call 24hrs a day www.equine-clinic.co.uk . Western Counties Equine Clinic is a state of the art equine hospital based within a short distance to the stud. Amongst being able to offer you the reassurance of top quality veterinary care, we can also offer, through Western Counties, the option of having your mares scanned in foal before they leave the stud (subject to additional cost). This eliminates the uncertainty as to whether or not your mare is in foal and unnecessary traveling and wasted time waiting to see if your mare returns. Depending on the size of your mare and which vet is available, we can confirm pregnancy by internal scan from 28 days post covering, and provide a scan picture of your baby (please enquire for details).