Jilly Cooper returns to horses in a fabulously entertaining romp through the world of jump racing. Etta Bancroft - sweet, kind, still beautiful - adores racing and harbours a crush on one of its stars, the handsome, high-handed owner-trainer Rupert Campbell-Black. When her bullying husband dies, Etta's selfish, ambitious children drag her from her lovely Dorset home to live in a hideous modern bungalow in the Cotswold village of Willowwood. Etta's life changes when, in the snow in nearby woods, she finds a horribly mutilated filly, which she names Mrs Wilkinson and nurses back to health. The filly charms everyone in the village, then tests reveal her to be a spectacularly well-bred racehorse. After a nail-biting court case, she is awarded to Etta, thus ensuring the lasting and vengef...
A teen (Tammin Sursok) develops a special bond with a wild mustang when she moves to her father's (Patrick Warburton) Wyoming horse ranch.
Before enrolling in college, famed animal husbandry expert Temple Grandin (Claire Danes) visits a cattle ranch owned by her aunt Ann (Catherine O'Hara) and demonstrates a brilliance for all things mechanical. Once classes begin, the autistic Grandin rises to meet the intellectual challenges - though the social ones are a bit more difficult. Grandin triumphs over prejudice to become an innovator in the field of animal care, and a lifelong advocate for humane slaughtering practices.
A city girl moves to the country, meets the love of her life and, with the help of a horse, discovers the champion within her.
In this training programme, world class, Olympic event rider, Mary King spends the day at Bicton Arena in Devon where she explains, demonstrates and passes on her successful techniques and useful tips. Mary's positive riding has been a feature of international cross country riding for many years and this DVD focuses on positive thinking. The chapters in this training programme cover the following areas: Getting Ready - Horse and Rider, Warming Up, The First Fence, Ditch and Rail, On the Turn, Jumping Up and Down and Water. A number of different fences and combinations are jumped and this DVD is relevant to anyone wishing to ride across country, whether it is at an event or out on the hunting field.
From the first black and white footage of the early events to the highlights from the BBC’s coverage of the 60th year of Badminton, this historical programme charts the visual history of the world premiere 3 Day Event. Interviews with the Duke of Beaufort, event Director Hugh Thomas and 6 times champion Lucinda Green help tell the story of this equestrian event, rich in sporting achievement as well as tradition. This programme concentrates on the riders who made the headlines, whether they be winners of also rans. They include Lucinda Green, Ginny Leng, Ian Stark, Mark Todd and Pippa Funnell. Approx 43 mins