Category: Equestrian Dorset

School’s out for summer

With 68 wins and a personal best for Joe, it’s finally turnout time at the Tizzard Yard – and the spring pressure-washing begins … The...

In the stable, not the spotlight

Jackie Potts on the quiet graft, deep knowledge and sheer love of horses that built one of Britain’s most respected grooming careers Not many people...

It’s all about growth

From follicle measurements to inspecting a placenta, BTEC students got stuck into the science and reality of foaling season at TGS this month At last,...

That’s not a lion, it’s a Lexus

Ah, the sweet sound of spring in North Dorset: birdsong, lambs bleating, engines revving … and my horse doing the fancy sideways samba because...

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...

Enter the Spice Merchant

Soupy dinners, a lorry full of mice and a dreamy back end – Basil begins his first season with Jess Rimmer with power, promise...

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Saturday 14th February On a St Valentine’s Day card at Wincanton, it was ambition rather than romance in the air as Alexei powered his way...

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....