Some months ago, Fred and Rachel Watkins came to visit us. They live up at Bakers Hill and as well as being OHHAWA members, Fred is a very talented young horse trainer. He came to help Kevin, also a trainer, with River. Read more…
Poppy, one of Gunnadorrah Tom Thumbs first foals is now 4 months old (just) and her colour continues to change. Read more…
Don’t look if you are squeamish, but I think it’s worth writing about. As some of you will know, our biggest grey mare, Earaheedy Margaret, who is over 16hh and was rescued in 2005 by Sheila Greenwell, has a bad hind leg injury as a result of kicking through fences 3 times over a 2 year period. Each time she kicked (at a horse through) a fence, she did it with the same leg and got caught in the same spot, resulting in layers of flesh being taken off each time. Read more…
On a personal note, we’ve had a few visitors lately and some have noticed that we have rescued a few wild horses with white hooves. They ask; “don’t they cause problems?” In short, NO. 
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Never a dull moment in the country! We’ve got the vet coming today because two of our more dominant mares (Betsy and Lorna to be exact), decided to have a fight to establish who was boss and before we got there Betsy suffered a nasty bite which will need stitches. Read more…