Right Hand Side Side-Saddle
I found this one at Timberley and Shorland’s sale and sadly did not buy it. It is old, around the 1900 I would think is good condition and brown which is unusual.
More ...Building a Future for Horses out of the Past
I found this one at Timberley and Shorland’s sale and sadly did not buy it. It is old, around the 1900 I would think is good condition and brown which is unusual.
More ...All these photographs were taken by Caroine Baldock on Epsom Downs. They have not been photoshoped, or altered in any way from the moment the camera clicked. They sow the fibre sand gallop, the road to Downs house, the grass valley gallop, and the 9 furlong gallop. they are all genuine.
More ...Order: Perissodactyle, Family: Equidea, Genus: Equus Grevy Or should we say: Order: Perissodactyle, Family: Equidea Staffordshire, Genus: Spanish Zebra. This is a lovely Victorian piece about 1850. There were two versions one looking much more like a Zebra with a short, spiky mane and better designed stripes. This one is hilarious, with its Spanish mane,
More ...This brief history is a tribute to elegance, to the women who learnt to aspire to its greatest heights, and to the men who lived in the thin air at its summit. Art is an illusion; it is our response to creation. Art is the manifestation of mankind’s desire to leave his own mark in
More ...A short history of the Oaks to follow.
More ...The first recorded history of Epsom dates back to the earliest Saxon period when it was variably known as Ebbisham, Ebesham or Epsham. Its name derives from the presence of a spring in the chalk hills known ” the Earthbourn from whence the Princess Ebba, in time to become the wife of the first Saxon
More ...The age of this bit is hard to know it has some age on it. It is a Newmarket with the two rings. It has a serrated edge, with a curved mouth piece so it would be severe. Provance: South Hatch Museum, the Pitt collection
More ...This bit is very unusual. It is very small so was for a pony, It has leather biscuits at the sides. the bar is straight and covered with leather. The brass sides would ave reins attached to the end of shank and the cheek pieces to small loop near the bit. Hard to know if
More ...The mouth with the rubber mouthpiece is what I call a very dead bit. If you have a horse with highly sensitive bars or a tongue, then it may well do the trick. When I was out in california working for Monty Roberts I used to ride Son’s Party Girl in one as she was
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