About us

Charmaine Senior took an interest in horses at the age of 5 and has maintained a passion for horses and horse care for over 15 years. She is qualified as a BHSAI that she attained at Bedgebury College.

Charmaine has managed a number of stables so can offer customers of Send Barns not only years of experience but also first hand optimum horse and client care.

She started show jumping as a child and competed BSJA and British Eventing with success.

Having worked as an event groom and freelance show jump groom, she has travelled throughout Europe assisting her clients.

Alongside her responsibilities as a competition groom, she also spent time as head girl in a busy riding school in Surrey and has run a large livery yard under the same title.

Training horses is her passion and her firm but encouraging approach to teaching has been praised and supported by all her clients.

Valerie Ralph whilst always having an interest in horses didn’t have the opportunity to indulge fully in the industry until her mid thirties.

However her passion never faded and within 6 months she was sharing her first horse, by the end of the year she was an owner and working within the industry at a riding school and livery yard in Cobham.

Valerie has riding and stable management stage 2, and experience of teaching and all areas of horse care.

Valerie is keen to take her HGV including CPC, and obtain an operators license enabling her to commercially use her horse box.

What our clients think

"Charmaine has an instinctive understanding of the horse and is a natural at communicating with them at all levels. I have witnessed her gain the trust of unconfident horses and also seen her manage and control aggression and negative behaviour. Her care and knowledge of the horse is second to none. It is a comfort to know that when you leave your horse in her care, you can fully trust that the service that she tells you she will provide, will be given." - Nicola Brewer

"Charmaine looked after my horse for 3 years. Her work was always to the highest standard and she has the rare gift of dealing with everything in a professional and friendly manner." - Joyce Davidson