Horse Life Stories - Teddy

Hi everyone, I've been looking forward to doing this Horse Life Story, its the turn of my very good friend Teddy!

Love Pilgrim xx

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Teddy has been here at Calvert Trust Exmoor longer than any other horse. He knows all there is to know about the stables, and the jobs the horses here do. He's also my best buddy, and the source of all knowledge! I always ask Teddy if I need to know anything.

Teddy

Teddy always mentors new members of the team both human and horse!

Teddy was born in 1997.  He spent the first few years of his life eating which is his favourite thing in the world!

During his early years he was owned by a lady called Justine, he was trained as a riding horse and proved to be very sensible, calm and kind. He got on well with other horses and loved people.  He enjoyed many long rides with Justine and learnt all about how to be a safe riding horse.

In 2007 Justine decided that she needed to find a loan home for Teddy as she was starting a family and would no longer have time to enjoy riding with him. He came to join us at Calvert Trust Exmoor in January 2007 and went through the training program which all new horses here follow.

Teddy soon proved to be fantastic at the job here and quickly became a very good member of the team.  Over the years Teddy has also been trained to be a hoist horse; this enables our guests in wheelchairs to get on a horse and enjoy riding. Teddy is extremely patient and kind with all types of riders.

He is also one of the horses who can be ridden with out tandem saddle (unlike me, I'm way too small!). This gives small riders who need a bit of extra support from someone else the chance to ride.  One of the instructors sits on the tandem saddle with the rider in front of them.

Over the years Teddy has helped a huge number of people to ride.  He is a great confidence giver and is good for riders of all levels.  Teddy has done many things with different riders here including dressage, hacking, drill rides and shows.  He also quite often gets painted on horse weekends to show people where horse’s bones and muscles are.

Teddy loves being pampered and particularly likes a bath with the hosepipe in the summer when the weather is hot.  

Teddy was on loan here for several years, and when in 2013 his owner decided she needed to sell him he was purchased by Calvert Trust Exmoor as he is such an important member of the team. 

Teddy has given a lot of pleasure to many of our guests, regular riders and staff. He is AMAZING!

Pilgrim's horseshoe icon was created by stolkramaker from Noun Project