Horsey Talk

You can all now breathe a sigh of relief. She did it. The Chairman of The Pony Club, Cherry Michell completed the Horses4 Heroes sponsored ride......

How  to say, Goodbye.
In the old days it was straightforward and, maybe, crude and unthinking. Certainly, there was little emotion about it. A call to the nearest Hunt or to the local knackerman.

Want to try something different from show-jumping ? Become a stunt rider.Learn how to ride bare-back, joust, make your horse rear up on his back legs.

No.  Polo is not for Toffs. No.  You don’t have to drink champagne, speak Spanish and wear expensive boots.....

Two things run in the veins of Kaye Glendenning-Jones - jewellery craftsmanship and horses. Luckily, earlier this year she found a way to combine both.

She first saw him through a dissecting microscope. He was just one-fifth the size of a pin-head. She delivered him when he was born.

Behind a new multi-million pound equestrian training centre in the south east is tiny, dynamic, action-packed Canadian businesswoman, Gabriella Atkinson.

Is she the longest travelling weekend rider in the world? Over the last 18 months, she has travelled over 250000 miles to ride her horse, Charles Chequers Blue.

They call her, Mrs Golden Horseshoe.
They also say you need lots of endurance to keep up with her.

From the age of four, Ross Algar wanted to ride. At 19-years-old he wanted to join the army. Having spent, as he says “12 glorious years” in the Army, he then wanted to become an instructor and an author.

Rebecca Slough has recently launched her own brand, Equitility, to design and manufacture jump and training banners for everyone from the amateur enthusiast to riding clubs and even professional coaches.

The two leggeds walked toward him. He wanted to jump up and dash away but he could not. Over the next few days he grew too tired to move at all.

Rupert Isaacson believes riding has transformed his autistic son. Now he wants others to benefit from his experience.

Focus, a 6-year-old TB, was badly injured in a storm. He had a gaping hole in his chest, measuring a foot long and a foot wide, which continued through to his abdomen. Everyone rallied round to help him survive.

Alida Stander has just started riding again.
She describes the aches and pains - and absolute joy of riding her Percheron, Big Chester

Anna Twinney tells the unforgettable story of Ledger, a two-year-old chestnut colt. How he was struck by lightning. How she cradled his head in her arms. And how she communicated with him “on the other side"

The Horse Refuge at Wittersham, Kent isn’t just a five star horse rescue and re-homing centre, it is also backed by no end of famous five –star show business stars and personalities.

Another Chance 4 Horses - Horse rescue network saves hundreds of horses from slaughter in one year

Read the wonderful, inspiring story of Ali and her Ashdown Forest Group of Riding for the Disabled

A horse needs Susan Pohlman's help.
Opening a metal pasture gate, Susan Pohlman walks across uneven, frozen mud toward a chestnut horse lying on its side, limbs taut.......

Remsky could no longer leave the pasture without getting extremely upset, his entire body would shake, he could no longer be tied and he would pull back as though he had just seen a ghost!

Bouie was a very talented, beautiful, four-year-old,  grey, Thoroughbred racehorse. Trouble was half-way through a race he would always slow down and whinny ......

Donna Howman tells us the story of Troy, who came into her life when her husband, Mark, asked her, “Do you want a honeymoon or do you want Troy?”

“I remember always liking horses. I would always run out and give the horse a carrot..”
Today, he is a best-selling equestrian author.

She has helped literally thousands of people all over the world pass their BHS Exams. Now she talks - about how she first started riding ....

"Horses are my life. They always have been.  Literally from the moment I wake up until the moment I fall asleep....

Pure-bred Cleveland Bay mare, Pembridge Symphony, is a rare breed in more ways than one.

BHS Development Officer for London and the South East, Claire McCaffery-Clarke  is prepared to tackle anything.

Ian Adams-Lane owes his business success to the fact that for 25-years he was walking around with a broken neck.

Today Levade Systems is one of the leading manufacturers of wooden stables, ancilliary  and garden buildings in the South-East

AS Linda Parelli canters effortlessly around on her beloved horse Remmer, spectators look on, keen to find out more.

Charlotte is one of the top three elite double-harness scurry drivers in the country. Thanks to Princess Michael

“All part of the day’s work,” says Tina Cook, daughter of the famous four times champion jockey and trainer, Josh Gifford,

From Mexico to Canada. Tracey's 3,000 mile hack.

Horsey girl, Charlotte Packham, has decided to have another go at winning the title, the most prestigious beauty pagent in the country.

Tamsin talks about her life and horses as well as her latest book,  Budget Horse and Pony Care

Nobody can deny that he has done more than anyone to turn the once staid, boring, middle-aged world of dressage, into one of the most popular, fastest-growing sports in the country.

Both are in the Metropolitan Police Service. Both are police constables in the Territorial Support Group, which is responsible for policing and controlling public demonstrations.

When champion jockey Dick Francis turned his hand from horses to writing bestselling thrillers, he enlisted the help of his family – and now his son Felix is co-author.

Ten years ago Christine Yeoman was told she had multiple sclerosis. It changed her life completely.
She decided to take up Endurance riding.

The leading amateur rider of his era. A jump jockey with over 200 winners to his name. Everyone’s favourite loser of the Grand National. And all round thoroughly good egg.

"Whatever people say, it is an emotional business. You do it for love. Sometimes it’s thrilling." Marlene Davey is one of the leading pony breeders and producers in the country.

Colin and Margaret Green have been breeding Cleveland Bays for over 30-years. This is their personal story

They have produced and supplied over 70 winners – Lead rein, Hunter, Show and Intermediate - at both the Horse of the Year Show and the Royal International Horse Show ..............

Meet Rae Turner. She’s the model being featured in the new British Horse Society road safety poster.

The former No 1 British female polo player, 65, and her son, 32, captain of the England polo team

The Olympic rider and winner of 44 national dressage titles encouarges everyone to get back on that horse.

A day in the life of one of Britain’s most talented dressage riders? From the Weakest Link to the star studded Butterfly Ball there is never a dull moment in sight.

Talk to Anne Wilson and Susan McBane about the standard of riding today, the approach, the style and the effect on the horse and, in some cases, it practically reduces them to tears......

In 1993 Julianne Aston, finally decided she had had enough of being refused entry to competitions with Minty, a 40- year-old veteran Irish Draught cross just because of his age.......

Horses can and do survive on three legs.
Most will survive amputation surgery.

A Reilly good saddler. The serious saddler, who is always making people laugh, has just designed and produced his own brand new, unique - Patents pending -
Omniflex saddle.

She used to keep her pony in the garage behind the family Daimler. Now she is devoted to finding the dream horse for riders all over the South East.