AlbionLass
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Hi my name is Mandy, I'm 42 and live in Derby. I was your typical horse mad kid but never had my own pony while I was growing up. I had weekly riding lessons from the age of 14 and worked with horses after leaving school until the age of 19, getting my BHS AI.
I left the equine world for a while to work in retail and this allowed me to finally have ponies of my own allbeit to drive and show in hand rather than ride, I had some lovely Shetlands and Welsh up until 2000 when the pressures of having a young family made me take the difficult (and regretted for the past 15 years) decision to sell them on.
My son is now 18 and having a little more time and money (due to recently returning to the world of work) I have decided to finally get a horse to ride. I'm currently in the process of buying a 9 month old coloured cob filly that I will bring on, do some in-hand showing with and hopefully ride and drive.
In addition to horses I also love dogs, having 2 border collies and a cross breed and have parrots and cats.
I enjoy cycling and have a love of real ale.
I left the equine world for a while to work in retail and this allowed me to finally have ponies of my own allbeit to drive and show in hand rather than ride, I had some lovely Shetlands and Welsh up until 2000 when the pressures of having a young family made me take the difficult (and regretted for the past 15 years) decision to sell them on.
My son is now 18 and having a little more time and money (due to recently returning to the world of work) I have decided to finally get a horse to ride. I'm currently in the process of buying a 9 month old coloured cob filly that I will bring on, do some in-hand showing with and hopefully ride and drive.
In addition to horses I also love dogs, having 2 border collies and a cross breed and have parrots and cats.
I enjoy cycling and have a love of real ale.