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A Pony Club Summer

Local chief instructor Mouse Berry looks back on busy months of Pony Club activities as the season grows colder The lighter evenings and better weather...

Two big competitions for Team Bartlett, with lessons learned

New boy Equador MW showed his Aston Martin tendencies but Freebie slowed to miss out on his second International win, says Toots Bartlett Another boiling...

The circle of stud life seasons

As weaning begins for this year’s foals, the stud begins to focus on sales, says Lucy Procter of The Glanvilles Stud August has disappeared in...

Getting back under the saddle

Laura Wilson watched a therapist treat her horse – and gave up accounting to train as a McTimoney animal chiropractor My event horse Cookie had...

Where the horse work happens

Margaret Millward agreed to help with the show’s equestrian classes – temporarily – in the 1990s. She’s still there and does most of the...

(Very) early mornings and stable fans were the heatwave drill for team TB

The weather forced a change in the yard schedule, says Toots Bartlett, but it was an opportunity to discover how the horses might cope...

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Woman on fire

Just don’t call her a female farrier – Abby Bunyard never set out to break barriers, she just forged her own path by refusing...

Lessons from a yearling (pt2)

In the second part of her series, Tamsin Doar is heading out for a mooch, cautiously trying out loading, and surpassing all expectations at...

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