Entries by CCTC

Half Term Pony Fun – Nutmeg and Shrimp

2nd November 2018 in , , /by

NUTMEG – dark bay Exmoor This beautiful girl joined the trekking centre after her previous  owner popped in to ask if we would be interested in a pony they had that was in a field and doing no work. I agreed to give her a try and the first thing we did on her arrival […]

Half Term Pony Fun – Georgie and Lady

31st October 2018 in , /by

This is day two of our half term pony fun and today we are getting to know GEORGIE and LADY. Georgie Georgie, whose real name is Farmer George, is the newest addition to our tiny pony line-up and we came across him when he was a companion in a field for our retired little chap […]

Half Term Pony Fun – Dolly

29th October 2018 in , /by

Half term pony fun As it’s half term this week I decided to turn my blog over to some tiny but very important members of my team. These are My Little Ponies, five boys and girls who provide so much fun for all the children who come to the trekking centre for lessons and pony […]

Spirit – Chestnut Welsh Section D

26th October 2018 in , /by

SPIRIT – Welsh Section D Our beautiful Spirit with his chestnut coat and flaxen mane and tail is a very handsome Welsh Section D Cob with a registered name to match his looks – Elvirra Miracle. When I bought him he was called Travis but he reminded us of the Disney character horse Spirit and […]

The Bond of Friendship

23rd October 2018 in , /by

THE BOND OF FRIENDSHIP Despite spending all my life working with horses there are still moments that give me goose bumps and catch at my heart strings. Often those are moments that leave me reflecting on the bond of friendship that exists between ourselves and these beautiful and sensitive animals that share our lives. I […]

Skye – Grey Irish Cob

19th October 2018 in , /by

SKYE – Grey Irish cob. Skye is an absolute star here at the trekking centre and is priceless to me for his ability to put nervous riders at their ease. He came to me from the same owners as Red, who had been his next-door neighbour on their previous stable yard. The stable yard proprietor […]

Splash – Coloured Irish Cob

12th October 2018 in , /by

This lovely lad, Splash, is another of my cob club and is one of the most dependable horses here at the trekking centre. His breeder described him as a traditional skewbald, but I call him red and white because I think his colour is brighter than chestnut. He was called Murphy when I bought him […]

Sahara – Coloured Oldenburg Mare

4th October 2018 in , /by

SAHARA Our beautiful Sahara really is a very special girl. She is a pink papered pure bred Oldenburg from Germany. Her daddy is Sanyo, a top continental stallion from an elite family that includes the famous sires Samber and Sandro. Sanyo fetched 110,000 Euros at auction just after his stallion grading! Sahara arrived at Cannock […]

Saffy – Clydesdale x Cob

25th September 2018 in , /by

We have a nice little group of horses here whose names all begin with S and they are headed by Saffy. Her breeding is Cob with a good dash of Clydesdale and she is what’s known as a Blagdon Cob. That means she has a lot of white in her genes. This appears in her […]

Ross – Grey Connemara Gelding

30th August 2018 in /by

ROSS Now I am blogging again we will get back to where we were with our insight into the characters of our horses. We had reached R on our alphabetical tour so we will start again with Ross. This gorgeous grey is a beauty, a pure bred Connemara from Ireland with the rather grand official […]