Equestrian Life June 2017

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It’s just Stable Gossip!
Joanna Fisher is no
stranger to the limelight,
first spotted as a three
year old by a modelling
agency, she became a regular
as a children’s model. Not
long after she was spotted
and signed by a Producer
and joined a group called
the Mini Pops where she
sang in a group, with chart
hits both on TV and around
the world.
The Mini Pops helped
launch Channel 4, they
made 9 albums and had their
own TV show, were No.1 in
27 countries and toured the
world.
Her love of horses started
when she was young
and continues to this
day. Dressage is Joanna’s
passion and she has lived
and trained with the best
in the world for 19 years in
Germany, herself being an
International Grand Prix
rider and trainer who is still
very busy teaching regularly
today.
Through her love of horses
‘Stable Gossip’ was born.
As Joanna says “During my
many years consisting of
long days at the stables I
witnessed my horses do so
many funny things….!
Horses are creatures with
tremendous characters, they
know no malice, they are
loyal and curious and kind in
nature”.
This gave Joanna the
perfect ingredients to
collect all these wonderful
memories and create 6 of
the funniest children’s bed
time stories, told purely
from the horses perspective,
of every day occurrences.
She got in contact with Eric
Heyman, a superb illustrator
who worked phenomenally
hard to capture the horses
characters and expressions,
as these were real horses,
Joanna’s horses, who
deserved to be kept in
memory forever in ink.
The pictures are a work of
art and complete the
stories perfectly.
Each story delivers facts
about the horses strong
individual personalities
(that all horse lovers know
exist)! Ending with a perfect
moral for children to learn
and think about.
The collection “Stable
Gossip” is the complete 6
stories, there are 3 series
of books and as the stories
evolve, so do the horses
and their adventures. The
individual titles available
are sure to lighten up your
day whether you are into
Show jumping or Dressage!
Aimed for children between
the ages of 4yrs – 14yrs, it
will have everyone in fits
of giggles, with the main
character Nosey controlling
the scenes.
The books are available in
print, Kindle and audio.
Find out all about these
books at www.stablegossip.
com or better still, meet
Joanna in person at the
Equestrian Life Summer
Championships this year.
PHOTOS COPYRIGHT HILARY ROCK
10 June 2017 Equestrian Life