Lady Godiva Rides Again

Watch the whole event as it happened on YouTube now. Caroline Anns-Baldock and Her Campaign to Establish a Museum Of The Horse in the UK At around 11 am on Saturday, 26th September 2009, Caroline Anns-Baldock rode, in the guise of Lady Godiva, her bright chestnut racehorse, Melmott, down Whitehall to No 10 Downing Street.

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The Canterbury Ride 2010

The Pilgrims Way is an ancient road, much travelled by pilgrims following the murder of St Thomas à Becket in 1170. The original route began at Southwark at the site of St Mary’s Priory an Augustinian order, which has now become Southwark Cathedral. An Augustinian foundation existed also in Canterbury and is an interesting site

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Gill Suttle in Turkestan

This is a story of the Silk Routes of Western Turkestan, of the deserts through which they were driven, and of the cities which define them; of journeys through space and time, through deserts, mountains and millennia; and of a solo journey on horseback along the fringes of the Kara Kum, or Black Sands, of

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Gill Suttle in Syria

Gill Suttle MA (OXON) FRGS She is not easy to pin down; writer, teacher, horsewoman, linguist, explorer, athlete, and academic, Gill is a woman of many parts. You have to meet her to start to paint a picture. Red haired, determined, focused; she has her own way of doing everything.  Gill collected honors at Oxford

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Dieter Stephane Speidel 1950-2010

Obituary Dieter Stéphane Speidel 1950-2010. Is best known for creating and producing ‘Le Prince, a play that tells the story of the legend of Louis Henri de Bourbon, the 7th Prince de Condé (Chantilly 1692 – 1740) who believed he would be reincarnated as a horse. He therefore told architect Jean Marc Aubert to build the Grandes

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J.A. Allen, The Horseman’s Bookshop

A TRIBUTE TO JOSEPH A. ALLEN, publisher and bookseller. Born 1911 died 17 Oct 2001 THE HORSEMAN’S BOOKSHOP It was a door to another world, an equestrian Narnia, an old curiosity shop. To this equestrian holy of holies were drawn the enthusiasts of the horse world, lovers of good horse books, those whose fingers itched

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Monty Roberts at Crofton Manor 2012

Monty Roberts at Crofton Manor, Fareham.  5th November 2012 It is hard to believe that Monty is 77. He looks great, moves with stealth, never been better. What drives Monty? What is it that keeps him on his toes and holds his interest? What is that draws a man from his lovely Californian home to

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Out of the Darkness Into the Light

Cars streamed in the darkness towards Royal Leisure, near Henfield, Sussex; Landrovers, nearly Landrovers, four by fours, two by fours, the dark muddy lanes resembled the M25 on a Friday night. When I arrived there was a strange gloom about the place. A massive power failure had cast its hand of darkness over the whole

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Norman Comben Obituary

1924 – 2011 I first met Norman Comben in the 1990’s when he visited the famous eerie of J. .A. Allen’s office above the J. A. Allen ‘The Horseman’s’ Bookshop’ opposite the Royal Mews. Mr. Allen and he were necessary rivals, and in truth each had their own delightful eccentricities. He was charming and enthusiastic

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Guy Barrett, Saddler

38 High St, Chobham, Surrey Guy’s story is inspirational. Many children going through school are beset with insurmountable obstacles to academic success. We forget all too often that academia is only one route through to success and a career. Guy’s mother and father were deeply involved in horses his father was in the Welsh guards

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