About Us

Firstly there's Tara. She's a dark brown/black gypsy cob (Irish Cob x Welsh Cob with a sprinkling of Shire). She's 15hh and was born in 1994. She was brought up by a tinker and was mostly driven and is now my main Parelli partner. She has taught me so much about Horsemanship and we've grown a lot together since we bought her in 2000, I love her to bits. I am studying Parelli Level 3 with her at the moment.

Then there's Fortune, Tara's sister, they have the same black Welsh Cob sire but Fortune's dam was a dark chestnut TB. She is 15.2hh, bright chestnut with flaxen mane and tail and was born the same year as Tara. They have lived most of their lives together. We've had Fortune since 2002 but due to an unfortunate accident before we got her she is now only a companion and is not ridden. She has got a wonderful spirit and is highly intelligent and it was because of her accident that we became interested in the barefoot trim.

Our third horse is Holly who is 16.2hh and a Shire x TB, bright bay with white socks who was born in 1999. We believe she was bred for three day eventing but suffered a fractured pelvis at a very young age and found herself on the meat wagon. Luckily for her the meat man thought her too young and pretty to be sold for meat and put her up for sale again. The next owner saved her but didn't do much else with her and she went for about 3 years doing not much of anything, the livery yard people taking her into their hearts and teaching her when they could. She was put up for sale again as the owner realised she needed someone who would teach her and ride her and that's when we came into her life. She came to us in 2003 and unfortunately suffered with Chronic Grass Sickness the following year but has fully recovered. She is a true survivor and is doing very well in her education with us. She is Mark's main horse and he is studying Parelli Level 2 with her.

Forth is Storm. He was born in 2003 and is a fully registered grey Shire. He came to us as a 10 month old colt in 2004 and has been growing big and strong since being here. His dam and sire were about 17.3hh and pure white so he's going to be a very big bright boy and we're giving him plenty of time to grow and learn. He was gelded in 2004 and is a happy member of our herd. In March 2005 he suffered a broken pedal bone in his front right foot but fully recovered. In the Summer of 2006 he was backed by me and is slowly being brought on with his ridden work by both Mark and myself. We also started him in harness in 2007 and both ridden and driven work will be a slow ongoing process done at the rate Stormy can handle as he's a slow growing breed so we'll just take the time it takes to do it well. Pictures of his progress and others can be seen on our photo galleries which is regularly updated, so keep an eye on those.

And this is my new horse SOLLY (Summer Solstice). He is a 16hh TB x Highland and was born in 1997. He is a very intelligent boy with strong opinions and he is doing really well with Parelli and I'm studying Level 2 with him at the moment. I hope to get my Level 3 with him and am thinking about doing some dressage with him too. He's a fun horse who has a good 'go' button! He'd be good at anything really and I enjoy taking him places for fun days and also long hacks in the countryside.