Category: Equestrian Dorset

Stud Life | October 2021

Lucy Procter, co-owner of the Glanvilles Stud, shares a diary of life on a Thoroughbred stud.This month - pregnancy checks and floating teeth. October 1st...

Weaning a Thoroughbred Foal

It’s September, and the first lot of early foals born in February and March have turned five months and are weaned and roaming their...

The Bridleways We’re Losing – And What you Can Do About It.

How many of us have met barriers at the end of a bridlepath, usually where the Parish boundary has turned the route into a...

Kingston Maurward Equestrian Seeking Student Horses

Kingston Maurward College is a BHS Centre offering full-time equine courses at Level 2 and Level 3 starting each September and apprenticeships which start...

More Silverware for Local Girl Honeysuckle

Honeysuckle, the history-making champion mare bred here in the Blackmore Vale, broke new records at the Thoroughbread Breeder’s Association (TBA) annual Awards evening on...

Hayley Foy – Female Farrier

Hayley Foy is a 36 year old female farrier from West Dorset. Having completed a four and half year apprenticeship with well known Abbotsbury...

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The grass that’s too green

Ever-hopeful of an end to the wet weather, Lucy Procter has her work cut out with poached fields and the dangers of spring grazing Wet...

How Dorset Became One of England’s Finest Food Counties

There are counties in England with a food reputation that precedes them: Yorkshire for its puddings, Cornwall for its pasties, Kent for its orchards....