26/01/2022
Meet the Heinz 57 club
The two original horses we brought from England,
The left is Britannia she was old at 26 when we first met her, the owner was not looking after her and she was almost at deaths door, she had been an international show jumper, you’ll see from the photos of what she looked like when we first took us, she is the original horse that started our journey and for us the biggest inspiration we could ever have.
Maggie worked with her for a year to bring her health back to normal, all it took was love care and attention, you can see the transformation in the photo, at 28 it was a risk to transport her such a long journey but she stepped of the Lorry like nothing had happened, she was a joy to ride, I could put anyone on her, and enjoyed much time in the forest here but sadly we lost her 2 years later from heart failure, it was a devastating blow to us.
She had given her all on her last 3 years with us, her past she had been used and discarded and left to die but it was Maggie that saw the diamond in her eye and refused to give up.
The other horse is Miss Marshall an x race horse, again another animal used and discarded by man, I brought her for the meat price that a slaughter house would pay as the trainer wanted room for a new horse, she was a challenge with a biting problem and got me many times, she spent more time on her back legs and going wild, no body would go near her, but she had something special that others weren’t seeing, with the work she completely changed and I have used her with young children