I never thought I’d ever be able to afford to own a horse. It seemed like an impossible dream. When I first met my horse I was a ‘horse l

In the distance, from the safety of the yard, I could see my friend grinning and she shot me a thumbs up. I could have murdered her. What had she been thinki...

As if by magic my friend Jack suddenly popped up from behind a stable door. She almost sent me and Poppy into orbit from the shock. “Oh my God!” I exclaimed,...

The following morning, I arrived at the yard early in order to avoid seeing people. As soon as I drove through the gate a wave of nausea welled up in my stom...

I arrived at the yard, relieved to find I was alone, and looked around for the first time. I’d not noticed before, mainly due to being so stressed about Popp...

“That’s too much horse for you!” Greeted a complete stranger as I walked into the stable yard with Poppy. As you can imagine I was rather taken aback by this...

“Why am I putting so much effort into somebody else’s horse?” I asked Jack and Sally as we leaned over the gate, idly watching the horses. Jack’s horse, Budd...

I stepped out of my car and was greeted by a strange, thunderous, deep bass rumble. “What the heck was that?” I wondered, looking around. The noise happened ...

In hindsight, shouting “Yee haa!” at the top of her voice probably wasn’t one of Jack’s better ideas… The day had started off well. It was sunny, warm and th...

As I mentioned earlier, Poppy had a deep loathing for her bit. She made it perfectly clear each time I approached her with the bridle by clenching her jaws a...

Time seemed to stop moving while I stood with my hands on the big horse, sharing his space as if we were one unit. Eventually it felt like whatever it was th...