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As a result of helpful suggestions for contacts on this forum, for which I am very grateful, we have found stopovers for our charity's expedition in Hampshire. We still need a venue in Cobham, a small paddock is enough, for the night of Friday, 21. September. Please can you help? The Caravan...

Thank you very much for your suggestions. We are still looking for a site at all three places. We are following the A3 into London from Portsmouth, so need to keep fairly close to it, as the horses will be doing a journey of 1,800 km in all, and we don't want to go out of our way. We...

Many thanks, Clava. I've now contacted the two clubs by email and really hope that we get kind volunteers for our stay. We have been made most welcome throughout the long journey across France, but due to a late change of route from Portsmouth to London we have had to find stopovers at the...

The Caravan of Hope is a charity that benefits young underprivileged people and disabled riders. Its founder, Jakki Cunningham, organises expeditions for young people from the Camargue in southwest France to London, on horseback. This year the expedition, which has now reached Caen, in...

Bear in mind also that hay is considered to be much better for horses than grass - especially the grass most horses are put on. Rye grass rich in sugars that was originally designed for cattle to fatten them. http://www.calmhealthyhorses.co.nz/grass.htm

The Caravan of Hope 'The Caravan of Hope' is a charity taking ten French and English young people from disadvantaged homes on horseback from the Camargue in southeast France to London, via Cherbourg and Poole in Dorset. They set off on May 8th and after covering 1,800 km over six months, are...

The White Horses Charity, or 'Caravan of Hope' is an innovative project taking ten young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in France and the UK on horseback from The Camargue to London. Jakki Cunningham, who created the project as the result of a dream, has been awarded one of only three...

The White Horses Charity takes young underprivileged people on donated Camargue horses on a 1,800 kilometres ride from the Camargue in South East France to London. Over five months they ride and camp out each night and have the experience of their young lives. Both French and British young...

A gaited horse is a wonderful, smooth ride. We have a Paso Fino and many people choose them if they have a disability or injury because they are so easy to ride. Paso Finos, the 'horse of the fine step' in Spanish are all descended from the Spanish horses taken by Christopher Columbus in his...