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Craig Fearn
I run Stable and Hoof — a UK studio that prints personalised horse gifts to order. Every product on the site is made when someone places an order; nothing is warehoused. The brand exists because horse owners already have a small mountain of generic horse-themed homewares and what actually lands as a gift is something that names their specific horse.
I write the breed guides, gift collection pages, and product descriptions on the site myself. They are based on what we actually ship, what UK horse owners actually buy, and what we hear back from customers. Where I cite a breed society, a studbook, a Rare Breeds Survival Trust priority listing, or a competition calendar, I link to the source. Where I cite operator data — "of every ten Friesian orders, six are the framed canvas" — it comes from our actual order history.
What I write about here
- Breed guides — 20 British, Irish, European, and American breeds, each with breed-specific knowledge and what we ship most for that breed
- Gift collections — nine occasion-, price-, and recipient-based guides with lead times tied to UK retail moments
- Gift guides by recipient — picks for horse owners, riders, mums, dads, stable managers, and equestrians more broadly
- The collection — eight products, all made to order, all using the same editorial typography across substrates
How to reach me
Email · hello@stableandhoof.com · reply within one working day
Press, equestrian publications, charity partnerships, or genuine review requests: same address.
About the studio
For more on how Stable and Hoof works as a business — production via Gelato's UK partners, the photo-to-canvas portrait pipeline, free UK delivery on every order, and the production lead times — see the about page and the delivery and returns policy.
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