Showjumping with Caroline Bradley by Caroline Bradley

The pair quickly took the equestrian world by storm, winning numerous championships. Recognizing his incredible talent, de Leyer took Snowman back and began training him as a jumper. However, Snowman kept jumping the neighbor’s five-foot fence over and over again. After using him as a lesson horse for a short time, de Leyer sold him to his neighbor.

De Leyer bought the eight-year-old gelding for $80 as a lesson horse. In February 1956, Harry de Leyer bought Snowman from a slaughterhouse in New Holland, Pennsylvania. Snowman was a mixed breed flea-bitten gray gelding that went from being a plow horse to one of the best jumpers in the world. She said: “If equestrians are not included user ion active travel routes, the consequence is equestrians are left on the carriageway with lorries and cars passing them on the outside and cyclists passing them on the inside, which is an accident waiting to happen.From rags to riches, Snowman’s journey was truly inspiring. Mrs Bradley also called for crossing points, bridges and underpasses to be made suitable for all user groups, as well as the creation of quiet lanes, where the speed of traffic is reduced. The meeting heard the “roadification” of rural bridleways led to “heads down speed cycling and danger for other users” and a warning that the Highways Act 1980 road stated grass verges must be kept available for horses. “Active travel and local walking and cycling initiatives should not in any way compromise the use of public rights of way by making them less amenable to existing lawful users.”

However, many horses are kept on the urban fringe, so it is important that equestrians are not excluded from routes that exit the urban areas into the surrounding environment. Ms Bradley said: “Many of the proposed routes will be in urban areas. She called on the council, which is set to learn in November whether its £1.6m of bids for walking and cycling schemes will receive government funding, to give consideration when developing cycling and walking plans for areas to create a network of maximum benefit for all non-motorised users. Caroline Bradley, of the British Horse Society told the meeting the creation of new paths to increase active travel was to be welcomed provided that equestrians were included, as a minimum, to routes outside of large town centres.

Showjumping with Caroline Bradley by Caroline Bradley