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Throwback Photos

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Our first ponies make us the riders that we are and my parents had a theory that the cheekier the pony, the better rider you could become. I certainly had my share of “character builders”, each pony teaching me something different and each as painful as the next to part with.
Here are some throwback photos to introduce you to my wonderful collection of hairy ponies.

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Cranny Volt – “Brian”

  • Posted on May 1, 2018Mar 1, 2020
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Cranny Volt aka Brian at Frickley Park
This is really where the “proper” riding started with my first proper horse. We bought Brian as a long legged big-eared four year old from Tom McEwan. He behaved so…
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Arthur

  • Posted on Feb 15, 2017Mar 1, 2020
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I’d always wanted a hassle-free horse I could just get on and go, but my parents had different ideas. Finally, as a result of a chance conversation on the hunting…
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Merlin

  • Posted on Feb 10, 2017Apr 7, 2019
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Merlin
The horse with a huge personality, Merlin has always been a great leveller. He’s my Dad’s trusted hunter and I first evented him in 2013 at an unaffiliated 90cm event…
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Not the Foggiest

  • Posted on Feb 7, 2017Apr 7, 2019
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Foggy XC
Foggy was a 14.2hh French Connemara pony that came to us as a relatively inexperienced 6 year old from my instructor, Caron Roberts. Caron knew how much I loved hunting…
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Cocoa

  • Posted on Feb 5, 2017Apr 7, 2019
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Cocoa was my 13.2 pony who was my first pony that I competitively competed on. She loved hunting and eventing, she took my to the pony club areas for dressage,…
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Smartie Pants

  • Posted on Feb 4, 2017Apr 7, 2019
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Sasha-Hargreaves-smartie-pants
When I was 10, Tonto sustained a minor injury just before the summer holidays. I couldn’t contemplate a summer without ridings so it was time for a “project pony” to…
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Tonto

  • Posted on Feb 3, 2017Mar 8, 2020
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Tonto at Mini Camp
Tonto was the making … and nearly breaking .. of me. He’d never buck, rear, bite or kick, he was a saint to look after in every way and a…
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Plum Perfect

  • Posted on Feb 2, 2017Apr 7, 2019
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Plum was my first pony and I thought he was great! He came from Baulking Grange where he had worked in the riding school. They had originally bought him from…
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Rupert

  • Posted on Feb 1, 2017Apr 7, 2019
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Rupert pony and Sasha Hargreaves
This photo of Rupert makes him look huge. He was actually only around 10hh, but I started walking at 9 months so looked tiny next to him. He was a…
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