Sovereign Quarter Horses
Big Fenland skies, fifty years of Quarter Horses and four generations of foals. Sovereign is where champions are bred, and where English riders come to find out what western feels like.
- 1970sFounded by Henry and David Deptford
- 300+Foals bred
- 12International medals
A family story, fifty years long
It began in the 1970s, when Henry Deptford and his son David started Sovereign on Horse Creek Farm, just outside March. It became one of the first fully licensed western riding schools in the country. David and Sarah Deptford have run it together since 1990, and the mares in the paddocks now carry the fourth generation of Sovereign foals.
The record speaks for itself: more than 300 foals bred, 12 international medals, and three horses holding the AQHA Champion Award, one of the highest honours a Quarter Horse can earn. David has ridden for Great Britain at the FEI World Reining Championships, and the stallion Gunnawantme, imported from Indiana, was AQHA UK Supreme Halter Champion in 2019, 2021 and 2022.
Sit back. Do less.
David DeptfordCoaching an English rider at a Western Experience DayCome and ride
Western Experience Days
Never sat in a western saddle? Spend a day on a Sovereign Quarter Horse and feel what a well-schooled western horse can do. Lessons run Monday to Friday, on their horses or yours.
Photo: Western Equestrian SocietyMeet David
Shows under one roof
A 30 by 60 metre indoor arena with an all-weather surface and lights for the evenings, room for more than 150 temporary stables, and a gallery cafe above the ring. Some of the biggest western shows in the UK run here.
Photo: Western Equestrian SocietySee the datesCamps and clinics
WES has held its national camp here. Bring your horse, pitch a tent or park the caravan, and ride all weekend.
Open Day
Every autumn the gates open for free: reining demonstrations, the stallions and the year's foals.
Ride where the champions are bred
Shows, camps, clinics and experience days all year at Horse Creek Farm.
Where this comes from: Sovereign Quarter Horses' own website (home, about, stallions and a Western Experience Day), the Wisbech Standard, and WES's own records. Facts read on 6 November 2026; photos are credited on each. Something out of date? Tell us.
Ride at Sovereign Quarter Horses
Get in touch with the venue direct: they take their own bookings.
Horse Creek Farm, Coldham Bank, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0BS
