Hi! I'm Rachel Wilkins. I'm the one on the horse. I like riding and looking after horses,especially Dales Ponies. This picture is of Akehurst Bluebell and I before the Condition and Turnout class at Folkington Manor Horse Show in August 1999. This class looks at how well groomed the horse is and how clean the saddle and bridle are.
In these pictures, taken in August 1999, Akehurst Black Beauty is not yet black. This is because
she is only a couple of months old so she has not grown all of her adult coat yet. You can begin
to see it around her eyes, nose and on her back.
Akehurst Black Beauty's mother is called Akehurst Black Velvet.
Akehurst Black Beauty is now two years old and in September last year she won 1st prize at a
Dales Pony show (below).
This very muddy pony is Akehurst May Blossom. She has just come in from a night rolling in
the mud. Blossom enjoys getting dirty but also enjoys all the grooming afterwards, she cleans up
to a lovely shiny coat. This picture was taken in April 1998.
Here is Blossom with her friends after a good grooming.
This picture is of Kellie riding Akehurst Smooth As Silk (left) and me riding Akehurst Bluebell
(right). This picture was taken in early September 1999.
click here for summer 2000 visit
All of the Dales ponies with their pictures above belong to my Great Aunt Delia,who has owned a farm in East Sussex for over 20 years.