Building a Future for Horses out of the Past
People often ask me what is thee purpose of the feathers on a cart horse? The feathers send the rain and mud off down the foot and keep the skin dry. Clipping them off is a sin and should never be done. If you have a cart horse or cob then enjoy the beauty of
Read More ...Bracy Clark, 7th April, 1771-1860 was the son of a Quaker and came from Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire. He was a fellow of the Linnaean Society, a member of the Institute of France and a friend of Vial de Sainbel. He was a respected veterinary and wrote about 20 papers on various aspects of hoof
Read More ...The first edition of this remarkable book was published in 1810. Bracy Clark was a Veterinarian, 1771-1860. He wrote no less than 20 treatise on various disorders of the horse.
Read More ...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.
Read 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.
Read 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,
Read 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
Read More ...A short history of the Oaks to follow.
Read 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 as the Earthbourn from whence the Princess Ebba, in time to become the wife of the first Saxon
Read 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
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