Equestrian Life May 2018 Issue
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The End of a Love Story<br />
I really don’t know where to start. The<br />
loss of your first pony is so heartbreaking<br />
Jorja absolutely loved Argus Love Story<br />
(Mable) to bits and although she was full<br />
of life enjoying retirement she was taken<br />
from us so suddenly and unexpectedly.<br />
Mable has a list of<br />
achievements so long<br />
we couldn’t possibly<br />
name them all, she was<br />
amazing. Together they<br />
won numerous rosettes<br />
and trophies sashes and<br />
championships. From<br />
lead rein to dressage<br />
she excelled at them all winning the<br />
<strong>Equestrian</strong> <strong>Life</strong> dressage championship<br />
twice, both Intro and Preliminary; her<br />
last one was last year where she won<br />
both classes and was highest placed<br />
Veteran which was a very proud moment<br />
for Jorja and emotional as it was getting<br />
close to her having to retire as Jorja had<br />
outgrown her.<br />
We consider ourselves to have been so<br />
lucky to have found such an amazing<br />
pony and lucky that Jorja was slow<br />
growing so we could keep her for so<br />
much longer than most first ponies. She<br />
even managed a brief appearance on<br />
Rudells Round Up for the Team Quest<br />
programme and the<br />
amount of times that<br />
got replayed I can’t say<br />
but it was quite a lot.<br />
She became a first<br />
and second pony for<br />
Jorja, giving us all as a<br />
family so many happy<br />
memories, we won’t<br />
forget her from her cheeky little bucks to<br />
her impromptu trumping she gave us so<br />
much joy.<br />
From the very first day Jorja made her a<br />
promise for her not to go anywhere else<br />
she was staying with her forever now. We<br />
just never in a million years imagined it<br />
would be so soon and sudden.<br />
Goodnight Mable, sleep tight.<br />
Sandra and Jorja Newbold<br />
Legend...a true story<br />
by Elizabeth Spencer<br />
During WWII, Elizabeth Spencer<br />
went to live with her Granny and<br />
Gramps in Devon. Elizabeth’s<br />
grandmother, Mrs Ruth Howard,<br />
was a show producer and<br />
despite only being five years<br />
old, Elizabeth immediately fell<br />
in love with three year old colt<br />
‘Legend’ whose grand sire was<br />
the well renowned show pony ‘Love Song’<br />
belonging to Mrs Muntz of the Foxhams’ stud.<br />
By the time Elizabeth was seven years old she and<br />
Legend had become champions at the RIHS going<br />
on to win the Rawnsley Cup three years running<br />
and returning to the show ring to win the Pony<br />
Championship at the first ever HOYS in 1948.<br />
This beautifully produced book tells Elizabeth and<br />
Legend’s story in her words, with the addition of<br />
illustrations by Elizabeth, now Lady Kitson OBE DL<br />
member of the Society of <strong>Equestrian</strong> Artists.<br />
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