Beasts of burden – heavy horses in Dorset

Few creatures embody both gentleness and power like the horse – a duality that is most striking in the heavy horse. For a thousand years it has been both warhorse and workhorse, faithfully doing man’s bidding, often to the point of its own demise. Long since superseded by technology, replaced by tanks on the battlefield Read More…

Together like love and marriage

‘Whatever you do hang on to the reins!’ Carriage driver Phil Worley wasn’t daft enough to let me anywhere near the horses, he was simply relating the first rule of driving – a lesson that stood him in great stead at the Onion Jack Festival in 2015. To celebrate the tradition of the Onion Johnnies Read More…