In 2022, we all need social licence – public acceptance that we’re doing the right thing – to enjoy our horses. The internet has changed everything, of course. On the plus side, it means we can view competitions online, a recent highlight being Carl Hester’s masterful riding of a very hot En Vogue at Keysoe […]
1. Mark Todd Yesterday (24 March) the independent disciplinary panel of the British Horseracing Authority met to consider whether Sir Mark Todd breached a rule by engaging in “conduct prejudicial to the good reputation of horseracing” by striking a horse multiple times with a tree branch on 29 August 2020. In February Mark was issued […]
“Covid finished me off,” said owner Elaine Fisher.
Lovely View had already been battling rising insurance costs and licensing fees. When lockdown rules banned the school from booking any riding lessons, the business became unsustainable.
Elaine rescued her livelihood by switching to livery, selling the riding school ponies to former students, who now pay her to care for them.
“If I was a riding school now, I wouldn’t be in business,” she said.
Tina Layton owns the Contessa Riding Centre in East Herts.
On Thursday, February 11, she opened her mail and found a certificate confirming her appointment as a fellow of the ABRS.