About us
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Wallace River Haflingers and Equestrian Centre at Folly Farm is an equestrian enterprise owned by Nigel and Gillian Allan.
The focus of the farm is to breed superior Haflinger horses for riding, driving and pleasure pursuits.
The herd stallion, Nick M-J, is silver classified and imported from the World Haflinger Centre, Fohlenhof Ebbs in Austria. He is a proven stallion with quality offspring throughout Canada and the USA.
The farm is also an excellent driving and riding centre. Stables and paddocks, a large indoor arena, fields, and miles of country roads and trails provides for first rate driving and riding opportunities.
Gillian provides driving instruction with a focus on safety, using the farm Haflingers and client horses. The farm also hosts clinics combining riding instruction in the morning and trail riding in the afternoon to riders of all levels.
Stabling, accommodations and fine dining make this a ‘bucket list’ experience.
Wallace River Equestrian Centre also hosts the Equine Education Series, a series of lectures and workshops on Equine related topics such as Equine First Aid, Lameness and Joint Injuries, and Respiratory Risk Factors and Diseases.
The Wallace River Equestrian Centre is passionate about Haflinger horses and the enjoyment they bring as a versatile, gentle ‘Golden Horse with a Golden Heart’.
The focus of the farm is to breed superior Haflinger horses for riding, driving and pleasure pursuits.
The herd stallion, Nick M-J, is silver classified and imported from the World Haflinger Centre, Fohlenhof Ebbs in Austria. He is a proven stallion with quality offspring throughout Canada and the USA.
The farm is also an excellent driving and riding centre. Stables and paddocks, a large indoor arena, fields, and miles of country roads and trails provides for first rate driving and riding opportunities.
Gillian provides driving instruction with a focus on safety, using the farm Haflingers and client horses. The farm also hosts clinics combining riding instruction in the morning and trail riding in the afternoon to riders of all levels.
Stabling, accommodations and fine dining make this a ‘bucket list’ experience.
Wallace River Equestrian Centre also hosts the Equine Education Series, a series of lectures and workshops on Equine related topics such as Equine First Aid, Lameness and Joint Injuries, and Respiratory Risk Factors and Diseases.
The Wallace River Equestrian Centre is passionate about Haflinger horses and the enjoyment they bring as a versatile, gentle ‘Golden Horse with a Golden Heart’.
Gillian's Bio
Gillian driving 6yr old Haflinger mare, Maritime Fantasia
Gillian Allan is an active member of the Nova Scotia Driving Society, regularly competing in the NSDS shows and Combined Driving Events. She has been a member of the NSDS board of directors for three years and participates in the education committee. Gillian takes in as many clinics as possible, recently returning from a Robin Groves driving clinic. Gillian is also an active member of the Nova Scotia Haflinger Club and the Canadian Haflinger Association. She has been on the board of directors for the NSHC for several years.
As a teacher and educator by profession, Gillian is keenly interested in driving education at the grass roots level. She feels that a broad base of driving clubs and training facilities will bring more people into contact with driving and competition. She writes regularly for the Horse and Pony and the CHA publication, The Chatter. Gillian has introduced a number of Maritimers to the joys of safe driving. She has initiated and hosted the Equine Education Series with the inaugural event of Equine First Aid.
As a teacher and educator by profession, Gillian is keenly interested in driving education at the grass roots level. She feels that a broad base of driving clubs and training facilities will bring more people into contact with driving and competition. She writes regularly for the Horse and Pony and the CHA publication, The Chatter. Gillian has introduced a number of Maritimers to the joys of safe driving. She has initiated and hosted the Equine Education Series with the inaugural event of Equine First Aid.
Nigel's Bio
Nigel on a winter's day.
Nigel Allan, now retired, works tirelessly on the farm to maintain and improve with projects, painting and fencing. He has built and rebuilt barns, the guest house, peacock palace,the stone patio and stone walls. Click on the following link to watch a 2012 CBC news video about Nova Scotia's Stone Circle to appreciate one of the projects Nigel has completed.