Eight wonderfully welcoming hosts gave rest and fortification to horse and rider over this 200 mile ride along bridleways, tracks and lanes around Wiltshire’s boundary.

The beauty and variety of the countryside of Wiltshire in May is a joy and the only wetting we had was descending the very steep main road into Bradford-on-Avon, hemmed in by enormous lorries in a hail storm. What a brave, good horse! A hilly ride to reaching Norton St Philip.

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Welcome to the second edition of my training blog! I’m doing incredibly well, even if I do say so myself!

This week marked the start of my training with professional equine trainer Sasha Holden.

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You may be aware that Mark Owen, MD of HorseWorld has decided to compete in a panto horse race dressed as Horace the HorseWorld Mascot to raise money for HorseWorld’s rescued horses, ponies and donkeys. However after watching Mark trotting round the yard; looking like some kind of overfed Shetland I realised that I could not let him be the only representative of HorseWorld!

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I was recently approached with the unusual job of training Horace (aka Mark Owen Horse World’s MD) for a panto horse race at Bath race course. Of course it’s important I treat Horace as I would all other equines in my care and I had to thoroughly assess his condition and prospects before working out a suitable training programme for him.

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Hi, my name is Tanya and I have been a volunteering for nearly six months now and I still love it!! It has been a great opportunity for me to indulge my passion for horses combined with a need to gain an opening on my recovery from illness towards employment within the equine world!

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