Horse Of The Week - Bella.

Meet Bella, a 14hh Cob. For 22 out of her 29 years, she has been owned by Joanne Baldwin. Joanne explains: “I got Bella as a seven-year-old when I was 14. She was originally a Rag-and-Bone pony, and was tethered up. My parents were not convinced about buying a horse but my riding instructor said, if it did not work out then they would buy her from us for the riding school. I don’t think my parents ever thought that I would still have her after 22 years! Ironically Bella has ended up working in a riding school. For ten years I kept Bella on DIY livery, she then had to move to a working livery place at a riding school. I no longer ride her but she is ridden regularly by novice children, and is also used a lot for RDA. Moving to this yard was a good decision, as twelve years later she is still going strong and we love the yard.” “In her younger days we did a bit of everything, including driving. What we enjoyed the most though, were hunter trials and pleasure rides. I decided to breed from Bella a while back, and she has a ten-year-old son whom I still own.” “Bella has pulled Santa Claus through a local village; done pony rides for charity; and has been rescued by the fire brigade when she had fallen into a drainage ditch after escaping from her field (not sure if that really counts as an achievement but it made the local paper!). She has taught countless children to ride, and is a firm favourite on the yard.” “Bella was starting to show her age. I had tried feeding her various different supplements to no avail, before finding ExtraFlex HA with Rosehips. I have been using this supplement for about three years since. Sheis never stiff even after being stabled overnight. She is worked very regularly, not bad for a horse that is almost 30! Bella is my horse of a lifetime, and always cheers me up! I plan to keep her happy and active for as long as possible with ExtraFlex HA with Rosehips.” A FREE tub of ExtraFlex HA with Rosehips is on its way to Bella for being our Horse Of The Week! Each week, the Feedmark team select a horse of the week from reviews, letters and emails sent to them. If you would like your horse to feature, then please send your horse’s details in to [email protected] or go online and write a review.