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Valentino is an Irish Sports Horse, and he stands at 16.1hh. He is 6 years old and belongs to Rachel Calder, who has owned Valentino since September 2014. Rachel explains: “I do mostly dressage, schooling and hacking with Vallé. I currently compete with him in British Dressage Team Quest, and our te...

Meet Daisy, an Irish Sports Horse who is rising 11 years old. Daisy stands at 16.2hh and has been owned for six years, by Jayne Nicholson. Jayne explains: “Together, we mainly compete in low level dressage, and we do a few Show Jumping clinics also. Daisy achieved Reserve Champion in my local Dressa...

This is Icelander, he stands at 15.2hh and is 6 years old. This Welsh Cross is owned by Tiernee McCall, and has been for three years. Tiernee explains: “Mainly, we compete in affiliated British Dressage, but we also jump for fun. I broke Icelander in, just over two years ago. Since then, we have pla...

Paddy is our new Horse Of The Week. His owner, Suzanne Kelly, explains: “Paddy is a 26-year-old Irish cob whom I have owned since he was 3 years old and very green. He is 14.3hh, barefoot, and I ride him in a treeless saddle. Paddy is a happy hacker now, but together we used to participate in charit...

Feedmark’s Horse Of The Week is now Chico, who is owned by Andrea De Laine. Andrea explains: “Chico recently spent six months on box rest, she was only allowed to walk for ten minutes, twice a day. Following a lot of loving care, I then had to introduce Chico to being turned out again. At first she ...

All change as far as Plans go! No, not the dreaded endurance gods this time (the curse of every endurance rider), Fantom and I are now on the Championship squad for the World Championships in September or October this year. Right, this sounds fantastic but in reality we still have to qualify by succ...

The new flat season is upon us, and we leave pleasant memories of the gallant performances witnessed at Cheltenham and Aintree behind to focus with huge excitement on those lovely jumpers speedier thoroughbred counterparts. Being a mainly flat focused yard, we are now in full swing and the lads are ...

This week’s Horse Of The Week belongs to Trish Seabury, who explains: “About 20 years ago, when my lovely mare was about 16 years old, she was suffering from noisy breathing during the spring months.  As she got older, this progressed to being all year round, and I was told she would never be able t...

Our newest Horse Of The Week is Flick. He is owned by Deanna Savin, who told us: “Meet Flick, otherwise known as my best friend. This horse has taken me on a crazy 5-year journey, but if I’m honest I wouldn't have had it any other way. When we bought Flick we were under the impression that he was a ...

This is Penny, a 14.2hh Cob. For 5 years she has been owned by Jess Kemp, who has had Penny since she was almost 24-years-old. Jess explains: “I loaned Penny to start with, and was later given her by a very lovely lady who is very proud of us both. We mainly just hack together now, we have competed ...

This is Hinke, our new Horse Of The Week, she is owned by Jacqueline Barron, who told us: “Hinke is a Dutch name, and is pronounced ‘Hinka’. Hinke is rising 14-years-old, and she stands at approximately 16.1hh. She is a Friesian, and I have owned her for seven years. I am in my 60’s, but together ...

Meet our new Horse Of The Week, Akehurst Rose-Mary, also known as Maya. She is owned by Sarah Hall who explains: “Maya is five years old, 14.1hh, and a Dales Pony. I have owned her for almost five years as I bought her as a nine-month-old foal. Maya was broken in last year. So far we have competed a...