Not Quite a Horsewoman has delighted more than three decades of aspirant riders and horse owners and is now set to entertain a new generation as Caroline Akrill reveals the frequent disasters and the occasional triumphs of her long association with a string of equine characters.
Ambitions and aspirations fall by the wayside as she tells the story of her leading-rein pony, the saga of her show hack and the tale of her season as a hunting columnist. She remembers her first stable yard where she was exploited by her own working pupils, her brief career as a dealer operating from a small village pub, and the agonies of professionally producing show ponies as their owners watched at the ringside with their livery cheques yet unwritten.
Engagingly witty, endearingly frank, sometimes surprising but always amusing, this collection of Caroline Akrill's best-loved articles will capture the heart of anyone who has ever set foot to stirrup.
'a witty catalogue of disasters' Financial Times
'refreshingly humorous and brilliantly perceptive' Horse & Hound
'she really does have the gift of the humorous writer - every reader will get immense enjoyment from this book.' Dorian Williams OBE
Ambitions and aspirations fall by the wayside as she tells the story of her leading-rein pony, the saga of her show hack and the tale of her season as a hunting columnist. She remembers her first stable yard where she was exploited by her own working pupils, her brief career as a dealer operating from a small village pub, and the agonies of professionally producing show ponies as their owners watched at the ringside with their livery cheques yet unwritten.
Engagingly witty, endearingly frank, sometimes surprising but always amusing, this collection of Caroline Akrill's best-loved articles will capture the heart of anyone who has ever set foot to stirrup.
'a witty catalogue of disasters' Financial Times
'refreshingly humorous and brilliantly perceptive' Horse & Hound
'she really does have the gift of the humorous writer - every reader will get immense enjoyment from this book.' Dorian Williams OBE
