Stable Managers Gifts

Are you sure it's a full-blooded Arabian stallion you bought?

'Unbelievable: My cowboy expects me to drop everything and come running when he whistles...'

Sympathetic nursing will work wonders

Use the body brush vigorously - he will enjoy it.

A very young man being hired as a groom.

Mr Briggs's Pleasures of Horsekeeping - No. IX

'He says not to panic because horses have lots of blood...'

'I can't stand to see an animal in pain....'

It is a good idea to start by learning how to mount your pony.

Mister Oedipus.

Mr Briggs's Pleasures of Horsekeeping - No. X.

Stable boys and Scottsman

'...and what do doctors recommend for pain?'

Never clip him yourself unless you are an expert.

"I had no alternative Mr. Prendergast. Your daughter fell and broke her leg."

'So....how many hours were you practising half pass this morning?'

'Mom, I think it's time I graduated to a full size horse.'

"I preferred the name 'Merrylegs'."

'Of course there is room for advancement. You certainly can't go down from here.'

'I don't set the rules, but you do need to accept that you're a pony and move on Brian!'

"I used to be a racer: Giving people joy-rides is really really boring..."

'You must be the new guy! welcome to riding club buddy!'

"It's amazing how smoothly Kipper and I get along together..."

"Boy, this is the life: For a bit of riding every day, we get fed, pampered and groomed..."

Having asked for some 'bruisers' to bruise oats for feeding horses, Mr. Haycock gets sent the 'Whitechaple Chicken' and the 'Bayswater Slasher'

Oat Cuisine in Horse's Nosebag

Grooming: Make sure your pony is securely tied.

'I've fallen and I can't giddyup.'

Horse Muzzles

'Bad news, Billy Bob! The tests show that your phantom is a contagious equine meteitis carrier.'

How's your job at the stables? -I'd better dash my work is piling up!

"OK, you have your assignments for today, and remember, safety first: Ensure the kids wear their riding helmets..."

'The holes in this hay net are getting smaller! What are you trying to say buddy?!'

'You can tell the age of a horse by the teeth...but who wants to bite a horse.'

'Gee, Doctor Dresher, you have a wonderful way with horses....