HAVING HAD THE WISH TO RIDE FROM A YOUNG AGE BUT NEVER ABLE TO DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES I BEGAN RIDING WHEN MY SON WAS 4 YEARS OLD.  HOWEVER MY SON DECIDED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE IT A GO AND BY THE TIME HE WAS 9 WE HAD PURCHASED OUR FIRST PONY PRINCE, NOW KNOWN AS PICKLES AND STILL GOING STRONG.  THEN ALEX JOINED IN LEAVING ME TO TAKE A BACK SEAT WITH MY RIDING AND JUST TO ENJOY THE PONIES AND THE COMPETITIONS THAT THEY EVENTUALLY TOOK PART IN.


STEVEN DECIDED TO GIVE UP RIDING AT THE AGE OF 11 HAVING DISCOVERED OTHER INTERESTS BUT ALEX CARRIED ON AND HAS WORKED HER WAY UP FROM PONIES ONTO HORSES AND IS NOW COMPETING AT DRESSAGE. 

ALEX WENT TO WRITTLE COLLEGE AT THE AGE OF 14 DETERMINED TO GAIN SOME QUALIFICATIONS WITHIN THE EQUESTRIAN WORLD.  HAVING COMPLETED THEM AND GOING ON TO GAIN MORE EXPERIENCE BY WORKING WITH HORSES SHE IS NOW WORKING FOR HER TRAINER WHO COMPETES MAINLY IN EVENTING.  ALEX HAS BECOME MORE INTERESTED IN DRESSAGE AND IS NOW COMPETING BOTH OF HORSES IN THIS DISCIPLINE.

I HOWEVER HAVE DECIDED THAT IT IS THE QUITE LIFE FOR ME AND CHILLI AND AM NOW HAVING WESTERN LESSONS WHICH WE BOTH ENJOY AND SEEMS TO SUIT CHILLI AS HE DOESN'T LIKE TO WASTE MORE ENERGY THAN HE NEEDS TO.

OUR EQUESTRIAN SUPPLY BUSINESS WAS STARTED THIS YEAR AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HOPE TO BUILD ON FOR THE FUTURE.