Rediscover a lost heritage

There used to be wonderful gaited horses in the British isles: the Vikings took some home a thousand years ago and these gave rise to the popular Icelandic breed. ‘Amblers’, or palfreys, were sought after in the Middle Ages, especially for long-distance journeys (see the Canterbury Tales). We exported them with the settlers to the New World, where their descendants survived on the hill farms of the southern Appalachians. Then they became extinct back home and Britain apparently forgot them. My aim is to bring the joy of knowing and riding them back to the UK.

The Rocky Mountain Horse (RMH)

The beautiful, forward-going, even-tempered RMH is the elite breed of the American gaited mountain horses. I have a breeding herd of six, including two stud colts, one of whom is a perlino (a lovely clotted cream colour, with blue eyes). I have two silver dapple mares (like Angel above, with the stallion Uhuru as a foal).  

The ideal ‘natural’ horse

If you like trail riding, natural horsemanship, barefoot, endurance, western style and your horses living at liberty, or if you want to glide-ride, the mountain horses are for you! A medium-sized horse, it has tough, hard feet, good bone and is without the faults in mind or body of so many over-bred or over-specialised horses. It’s a versatile, hardy horse that loyally served the old hill-farming families and was the treasure of their lives - it steps out with pride, flagging its tail! Look them up on Youtube to see them go, and contact me for sales: