Welcome to the Chorley Stud and Flock, located in the village of Chorley, just west of Lichfield, in South Staffordshire. A small, but busy farm, run by husband and wife team, Jenny and Robert Alsop. We aim to breed Champion animals of the highest quality – horses, ponies and sheep alike!

Robert – spent many hard working, but formative years, with the Bass Shire Horses of Burton-on-Trent and then went on to develop his own ‘Breaking and Schooling’ of Draught Horses business. He later spent several months timber extracting with Shire horses in the National Forest. Concurrently, he ran a successful Stud, standing the Shire Horse Stallion ‘Shortheath Stylish’ (who was hand reared as an orphan foal). After a break of a few years and moving to Chorley, horses and the Alsop family business of Kerry Hill Sheep breeding has started again.

 

Jenny – née East, born in Hampshire, moved to the Midlands in 1987, once qualified as a Veterinary Surgeon, to join the practice as an assistant of John Newcombe. Partnership followed in 1992 and a very specialised Equine Reproduction Practice ‘Newcombe and East’ developed, including Artificial Insemination (A.I.) with fresh, chilled and frozen semen; Embryo Transfer; routine stud work of all breeds from Show Ponies, Sport Horses, Thoroughbreds to Shire Horses; Walking in Thoroughbreds to all the top TB Stallions in the country etc etc. A busy, but successful Small Animal side of the practice has also developed. Jenny has also competed with her own horses, both home bred and purchased, in several spheres, winning both under saddle and in hand with show horses, at County level. Her home produced horses have also competed and been placed at Regional Dressage Finals.

 

Chorley Stud is gradually achieving its goals – breeding top class show animals, specialising in coloured horses and shire horses. Our mare base is varied, but of as near perfect conformation and show action as we can achieve.