Martin Clunes is SUCH a nice guy!! I think he is the first real TV celebrity I have met, and he certainly is a good ambassador - he is not at all diva-ish (he even picked up droppings - clearly knows the way to horsey ladies hearts) and his absolute love for his horses really shone out. I was bowled over that he remembered my name, which I think says tons more about him than it does about me. Martin baught along his two baby clysdale horses. They were 11 months old, huge, and called Bruce a...

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Well I think last weekend’s Monty Roberts demo in Bedfordshire was definitely one of my favourite ever demos. I have been struggling with knowing how to blog about it, because I usually choose two horses to write about from each demo, and every single horse that day was really fantastic – even the one’s who didn’t appear in the evening demonstration!

Kelly’s section with the little grey pony was magical – he was very nervous to handle and was showing some aggressive type behaviou...

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Harv is in love... and not with me.

Now, I have always been a pretty emotionally low-maintenance horse owner. In some ways, that’s one of my strengths because I don’t get too frustrated or too emotionally involved to see clearly, I’m quite professional – and therefore hopefully clear and consistent, with any horse I’m lucky enough to be involved with. I love all the horses I work with very warmly but they don’t replace any human relationship for me, as I’m sure I would neve...

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Poppy was a gorgeous fell pony who came with a loading problem.

When I went to fetch Poppy from the stables (15 mins walk away – which made timing really tricky!) I noticed that she really could be pretty resistant to the halter when she was being led. On top of that her owner told me how tricky she was to load, but I don't think I appreciated quite how much of a challenge she was.

The first thing Kelly did when she started working with her in the demo was to back her up and bring her...

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Well there is almost too much to write about than there is time to write it in, so bare with me as I begin to blast through the exciting events of the last 2 weeks.

Firstly, I spent a fantastic couple of days with Kelly Marks in Lambourn. Its really good fun to have the chance to learn both with, and from, Kelly as she has such a fantastic attitude to training. Everything is a chance to learn and explore, the horse is never 'bad' and there is always something we could be doing better. It makes...
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