About Friesians Scotland

Friesians Scotland is made up of myself (Janine Mason) and with a lot of help from my mum Kay.

My mum has always been involved with horses, she often tells stories about the fun she had as a child, galloping along beaches and jumping over the sunbathers with her friend
(I recommend that no one else tries that one!).

She has owned and run a riding centre and now helps me a great deal with everything from mucking out to helping break the youngsters.

Without her help and advice I am certain I would not be where I am today. This is her pictured with her Friesian mare.

My experience with horses began from being a baby and over the years I have worked with many horses. My work experience has been varied from rehabilitating abused horses to training eventers and racehorses etc in order to develop more of an understanding of the many different methods to train a horse. I have worked with people whose training methods were entirely one extreme to another.

The best example of this is a holistically run rehabilitation yard where the horses well being was put before everything. At the opposite end of the scale was a racehorse training yard where thoroughbreds were broken to ride at one year old and kept inside for 6.5 days of the week.

I have experience with many different breeds of horses and have found no other breed to be as easy to train, as willing to please and as breath taking to look at as the Friesian.

The nature of the Friesian for me is the most admirable, I find it amazing that a horse so big and powerful is so gentle towards people and they seem to actively seek human attention.

I truly believe that in looks and nature no other breed comes close to that of the Friesian!

The easiest way for me to explain why I fell in love with this breed and why I want to promote the Friesian horse, in one word is Oscar!

Oscar is my Friesian stallion and the reason why I fell in love with the Friesian breed. Before buying him I had only admired Friesians for their outstanding beauty and movement to match.

Now I admire them for their amazingly gentle temperament, ability to learn and their eagerness to please. They are my idea of absolute perfection in a horse!

PURCHASING A FRIESIAN

We aim to have a varied selection of good quality Friesian horses for sale at all times, from youngsters to well established riding horses. My main point of focus is dressage and so I always train my horses with dressage in mind. If we do not have exactly what you are looking for then we offer our help to find the perfect Friesian for you, whether that is a happy hacker, a dressage horse, a Friesian for driving or even just a big pet!

If you have any questions regarding purchasing a Friesian I am happy to help.
Janine