30/07/2026
A little insight to my background.
I have touched on this a few times in the past but there are plenty of new faces here!
I was the typical horse mad child, and honestly, it never went away. When I was old enough, I was attending lessons and clinics that my mum was running as she used to train horses for a living. I’d find it funny to come home from school and see a random new horse on the yard, but they always got lots of cuddles (and carrots).
I always found it super cool to do fun tricks with my oldest thoroughbred Mak, with the help of my mum as I didn’t really grow until I was 15.
I started being a jockey for my mum when breaking ponies in and gradually became more involved. We have some funny stories in the bag - I won’t embarrass you mum but I do recall you falling off a 11hh pony because you didn’t realise it was trotting 🤣🤣
I knew from the age of 13 that I wanted to work with animals, originally a veterinary physiotherapist for all animals, but as life went on, I wanted to specialise with horses only (no offence cats and dogs). I went to college in Durham and studied Animal Management. What a laugh that was! I worked with raccoons, wallabies, small furries, sheep, cows, lizards, snakes and so much more - I have even more stories from this too!
I unfortunately didn’t get to finish college properly as we were put into lockdown. I remember our tutor saying “If I see you on Monday, great! If not, it’s been a pleasure” and we didn’t go back!
I was too uncertain about what the future held. I didn’t know what typical university was going to be like. I knew it was going to be a lot of work at home and I didn’t want to do it. So I found a distant course doing exactly what I wanted - Equine Massage and Rehabilitation on horses! It was just outside of Newmarket.
A few years later, I qualified and here we are 😀
