Our Horses and Pets - IMG_3124b

Hamlet

24 year old Irish Draught X gelding, Born in 1988 in Ireland. He served with the Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery in London before retiring to work as a School master at the Army Veterinary Centre Melton Mowbray. IMG_8686bWe got Hamlet on Christmas Eve 2002 and drove him to Germany (Best Christmas present ever), Hamlet had been suffering with lameness for five months due to tendon problems. After some detailed pin point Vet care by our friend Dr Gunter Graf and superb shoeing by Herman Meier our German Farrier, Hamlet was on the road to recovery. He was fulIMG_8261bly fit again in five weeks. Since then Hamlet has competed in every equestrian field from Hunting, Team chasing, Show jumping to Dressage. He enjoys all his work and is loved by all, we as a family are extremely proud of Hamlet and give him everything he could ask for. Hamlet is the power in the team and is superb in traffic ( All those early mornings in London). He feels he owns the road and is sure footed. He loves Polo's and Coke, so be sure to bring some when you come to visit us.

 


                     Hebe
 
Hebe is a 7 year old Irish Draught X Mare, Born in Annan Scotland on the 17th May 2005 out of Gold King and bread at the Dunlop Stud just outside Annan. When we decided to purchase a third horse to work along side Hamlet and Hank we looked far and wide. we looked at young & old, untrained & trained horses alike. We only popPhoto0083bped to the Stud as it was on our doorstep (so glad we did). That's when we saw Hebe, Her colour and size were a perfect match & she will fit in nicely between the boys. Hebe was trained by us to be the best young horse anyone could wish for, Hebe is both talented and calm in equal measures. Her future is bright and having just completed her 350th wedding from Glasgow, Newcastle, Oxford, Appleby, carlisle all over Dumfries and galloway and of course here in Gretna Green. Hebe will continue to delight and dazzle a thousand more weddings and pleasure drives.                                                                                    Hebe, Hamlet, Simon, Hannah & Helen from Blue Peter


                    Hobo
We would all like to welcome our new carriage horse Hobo, he is an 9 year old 15,3 hh black Fresian horse born in 2003 on the Dutch/German Border. We were loaned Hobo from john at the North East Carriage Company after the sad death of Heidi. Hobo was working in the Newcastle area as the spare horse for John and his team of Friesians but poor Hobo was always to small so was only used as the spare, John knew Hobo would help us out and be at home in Gretna Green. Hobo has been such a sweet lad and has teamed up with Hamlet & Hebe so well he had to stay after the loan spell. Everyone just loves him and we hope you will also like Hobo and welcome him to Gretna Green, we know he will enjoy his new life and have a great future.

IMG_1440bHank -
Our 12 year old Hannoverian show jumper and X country specialist, Hank was born in herford Germany. We got him just before his 5th birthday and have enjoyed him over the years, He was our original carriage horse but prefers jumping to pulling winning with all the children at shows in Germany, Essex, carlisle and Dumfries areas.

Holly - Our superb 4 year old Parsons.







Hudson - Our 6 month old Dalmation puppy 


















Jezz - Our 14 year old Collie













Thanks for reading about us - Simon & Zoe 04/01/12
                                                                                                                                              

 
 
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