Dalwhinnie Farm Parson Russell Terriers

12/26/2024

With Jumping with Ivy – I'm on a streak! I've been a top fan for 3 months in a row. 🎉. Love this child and her ponies.

11/21/2024

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10/02/2024

When we all come together...

10/01/2024

With Jumping with Ivy – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉. Love watching this youngster and her ponies! Ride on young lady!

09/24/2024

This is an undated photo of Tipperary Tim.

Tipperary Tim was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1928 Grand National. Despite his slow speed, he rarely fell.

At the 42-runner 1928 Grand National, Tipperary Tim was a 100-1 outsider in foggy conditions on heavy ground. The field was reduced to only seven horses after a pile-up at the Canal Turn jump.

Only two horses completed the course, a record for the fewest finishers in a Grand National.

Billy Barton fell and was remounted and was the only other horse to finish.

Tipperary Tim had had a tracheotomy and his jockey carried a cork with him so that he could plug the hole in his throat if he fell at the water jump.

Before the race, Tipperary Tim's amateur jockey, William Dutton, heard a friend call out to him: "Billy boy, you'll only win if all the others fall!"

These words turned out to be extremely prophetic, as all of the 41 other starters fell during the race. This edition of the Grand National is famous for being the race where the smallest number of horses finished — two.

09/23/2024

Well done youngster!

09/15/2024

Well done little buddy!

09/12/2024

We need more good ponies, and more appreciation for ponies in general. Well done youngsters!

This lovely Shetland booked her first HOYS ticket with her five-year-old rider Dottie at the helm. Well done! ❤️

09/06/2024

09/06/2024

The Hon. Mrs. Kathleen Stourton and her sister with the Quorn hunt in 1937.

09/05/2024

John Henry
"If tears could build a stairway, and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to Heaven, and bring you home again." ~ poem on John Henry's gravesite.
"John Henry, A Lasting Legend." ~ Engraved on his statue
He was honored with the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year on two occasions, specifically in 1981 and 1984. The 1981 award is particularly significant as it marks the only instance in which the recipient garnered every vote cast for that accolade. Additionally, John Henry holds the distinction of being the oldest horse to receive the Eclipse HOY Award, achieving this at the age of nine. Throughout his racing career, he participated in 83 races, securing 39 victories, 15 second-place finishes, and 9 third-place finishes. He also set a record for the most graded stakes wins among Thoroughbreds. Notably, after each victory, John Henry would often turn towards the tote board, seemingly to check the race time or perhaps the payout.
Photo: John Henry and his groom Jose Mercado