I spent a few windy, wet February days with the brilliant Ebony Horse Club in Brixton earlier this year, as part of the penultimate chapter of my book. I got to see firsthand what great work they’re doing, and to be part of the audience for their Championship Day (winners pictured above). The club has …
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A Ruffian Sidesaddle – En Femme
Who’s Afraid, Virginia?
Virginia Woolf in her diary, on seeing a dead horse in London: “to die in Oxford Street one hot afternoon, & to have been only a van horse.”
Equine Aviation Pioneers
Anapka, the Russian donkey* who inadvertantly became the first equid to parasail, may or may not be comforted to know that she had antecedents. “We ought also, perhaps, to notice a curious ascent made by Mr Green on July 29, 1828, from The Eagle Tavern, City Road, on the back of a favourite pony. Underneath …
The Society for Equestrian Artists has a free open exhibition in London till the 8th August. Details here.