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...

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 m...

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 w...

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...

“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...

“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...

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....

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 wa...

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 ...

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 lik...

It was my last day in Wales and I was awoken by a strange scratching sound followed by a loud crash as the curtains, separating the conse...

Brenda had dreamed of having a pony ever since she was a child. “They take a lot of looking after!” her parents had told her and promptly...

Finally, a window of opportunity opened for me to practice using the new bitless bridle I had bought in Wales. The yard was quiet and the...

My time loaning Poppy should have been coming to an end. Originally, the owner had vaguely mentioned finding her a permanent situation so...

“Somebody left the main gate open! Bobby has escaped!” shouted Morag, her usually alto voice was raised an octave higher. There was a mom...

“Today we will be getting to know each-other!” said Elise as she marched briskly into the barn where I was grooming Poppy for our lesson....

Episode 18 I looked at Poppy and she looked at me. Well half looked at me because she was grazing at the time so she had one eye on the g...

“When I was a little girl, all I ever wanted was a pony. I always used to imagine I was riding through the woods but we couldn’t even aff...

I was feeling very stressed because, out of the blue, Poppy’s owner’s daughter wanted to come and visit and have a ride. It was then that...