Blondie was abandoned by her owner when she felt that she did not have sufficient skills to ride her. Blondie was not tolerant of her owner’s rough ‘kick and pull’ style and although at first she was as compliant as she could be, the rough treatment made her both sore and cross.

Eventually she took to dumping her owner onto the floor and this led to some more rough treatment. Fortunately for Blondie we were able to give her a home, but we had to undo all of the poor treatment that had happened to her, to get her confidence back.

Looking back this year one of the many high points was celebrating 50 years of Russells Equestrian centre.  We hosted an open day for all to come and meet the Epona Ponies, and view Russells facilities with lots of activities. Here’s some feedback about the event in the from the Eastleigh Mayor’s Blog. 

Thanks again to all our supporters, let’s hope the new year starts well!