Melissa Kite Melissa Kite

What no one tells you about owning a horse

Tape off everything it can touch except grass, water and air

Credit: kevin morefield 
issue 23 May 2020

When people ask me what I did during lockdown, I would like to give an inspiring answer, apart from growing vegetables.

I thought I would write The Real Life Guide to Keeping a Horse, with all the stuff other books won’t tell you.

Chapter One, ‘You Will Need’, will give the most realistic list ever published of the items you should assemble before bringing home your new equine friend.

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