By Prodney

I remember the early days in Teddington just after Natalie had started Park Lane Stables when it sometimes felt as if it was the two of us against the world. Now the Stables is so much bigger and thank goodness that the regular human team is getting some extra help.

By Prodney

My role at Park Lane Stables is what you’d call ‘front of house’ if we were a restaurant – I meet and greet, and oversee the smooth running of the yard in a supervisory role. But this last few weeks it’s been all hooves on deck…

By Prodney

There’s definitely been something in the air since Natalie got back from the RDA Coaching Conference she attended with Park Lane coaches Jo, Peter and Toni.

By Naomi Ghafoor
“I began riding at the age of four and loved it from day one.” As Naomi explains, horses are where her story starts and continues…

By Prodney

I like to keep my past shrouded in mystery, as befits my aristocratic heritage, so I will let you decide how much of Bella Notte is fact and how much fiction. I’m not telling.

By Prodney

We horses may not be big talkers, but tune in a little to our body language and you’ll understand us just fine. Take kicking our stalls, and pawing the ground.

By Prodney

The Stables is closed for August, but does that leave us kicking our hooves? Well, yes literally, but it doesn’t mean we’re not occupied. Read what life’s like in the field, and watch a video of new pony Charlie enjoying a perfect scratch!

By Natalie O’Rourke

This pony is just something else. The trust he puts in me is unbelievable. And the moustache is admired by all he meets. (Well, I can’t write about Reggie and not mention it, can I?)

By Prodney

Well, well, well, David IS a dark horse. Turns out he’s dreamed of riding in a race since he was 12, though in more recent decades he’d assumed he’d never do it.

By Natalie O’Rourke
It takes six team members to assist a rider with significant mobility difficulties into the saddle. But as this story shows, once there, how far will Yasmina’s skills as a rider take her?