by_daniellehurst

25/08/2025

Show Prep ✨

Polly had her mane, tail, ears and beard tidied prior to her show.

Think we can agree, she’s been turned out incredibly 😍

11/07/2022

03/01/2022

Happy New Year 💥

Firstly, I would like to apologise for being so absent and very unorganised! A lot has being going on behind the scenes 🤓🐴

Thank you for baring with me. I am opening my diary on the 22nd, 23rd, 29th and 30th of January with serviced clippers and freshly sharpened blades ✨

Please pop a message through if you’d like to book in, thank you 💌

22/12/2021

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Somewhere in the world, the 2028 Olympic champion is a foal out in a field. He’s ewe-necked, sickle-hocked, downhill and shaggy, with a club foot and a chunk of mane missing, because his buddy chewed it off.

Somewhere in the world, there’s a young horse that everyone says is too short to make it big. In three years, he’ll be jumping the standards, but right now he’s fat and short and no one is paying him any mind.

Somewhere in the world there’s a 7-year-old who can’t turn right, and a 10-year-old who has not shown the ability to put more than two one-tempis together without losing it, and a 14-year-old who hasn’t yet reached his peak, and all of them will be at the next Olympic Games.

Somewhere else in the world, there’s a rider who is thinking of packing it in. Maybe the bills are getting out of control, or she’s killing herself to get enough help in her own riding development because she’s having to spend all her time riding and teaching to make ends meet and change needs to happen, and she’s wondering if it’s worth it. She’s thinking it’s time to just give up and be a local trainer, to shelve her dreams of international competition. And then she’s going to shake off the doubt, double down, and make a team in the next 15 years.

Somewhere in the world, one of the next great team riders is 9 years old and couldn’t tell if she was on the right posting diagonal if her life depended on it.

Somewhere in the world there’s a future team rider who just got told that she’ll never make it because she’s too chubby, because she’s too short, because she’s too late.

There are horses who will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars that will never amount to anything, and there are horses who will be touted as the Next Big Thing only to be never seen or heard from again, and there are horses who will fly under the radar until suddenly they’re setting the world on fire.

There are riders who will win Junior and Young Rider competitions only to quit riding completely, riders who will be touted as the Next Big Thing only to get stuck in their comfort zones and never come to fruition, and there are riders who will make their first Olympic team at 50, at 55, at even older than that.

And yes, there are the horses that will be brilliant from day one, and there are the riders for whom success both comes early and stays late. But more often than not, history has shown that the unlikely story, the horse who was passed over in favor of his more expensive stablemate, the rider who no one saw coming, is the more likely path to greatness.

Credit and written by Lauren Sprieser at Chronicle Of The Horse

02/09/2021

Raise your hand if your ignoring the colder mornings, the nights drawing in and your pony moulting 🙋🏻‍♀️

Clipping season has arrived! My dairy is now open so to avoid disappointment book your steed in now for their glow up 💌

17/08/2021

Reverse leg blend for Clover 🍀

Clover suffers from Chronic Progressive Lymphedema which is a build up of lymph fluid in the lower leg. It causes swelling that is then visible as skin folds on the lower legs.

This condition is very common in your big heavier breeds; cobs, clydesdales and drafts etc. Clipping the legs can help and reduce the onset of the condition worsening for example skin lesions; or the onset of other conditions such as mites 🐜

Overall leaving Clover happier as her legs can breathe and her owner is able to monitor and treat her if needs be without tackling through her feathers ✨

05/03/2021

Meet my team! 💈

I have 3 different types of clippers:
✨On the left we have the Bruno’s - small but powerful.
✨In the middle are the Black Beauty’s - the ultimate powerhouse.
✨Lastly we have the Classic’s - perfect for the face, awkward places and blending.

At the back we have the liveryman clipper oil and blade cleaner which I use whilst clipping and blade cleaner which I use to disinfect my blades after every use.

02/03/2021

Cute little cob with some unwanted tenants. Hopefully he’ll be feeling much better after some treatment 💕

24/02/2021

Following on from Bojo’s announcement it’s looking like we may have a season this year🤞🏻

Who’s ponies are show ring ready and who’s need a little lockdown glow up? ✨

I will be opening my diary very soon so please get in touch to avoid disappointment 💌

Picture captured by the very talented 📸

31/12/2020

Wishing everyone a happy new year! ⛄️❄️

I am taking bookings for January and February 💌

25/12/2020

Merry Christmas from me and mine to you and yours 🦄🎄

Massive thank you to everyone who has supported us through 2020 💗