Why do so many people fall under the spell of coloured horses and ponies?
Skewbalds and piebalds come in such a wide range of types that whatever you’re looking for — a sport horse, smart cob or even a show pony — you can find one to make your mark. But if it wasn’t for the devotion of those who’ve spent years breeding and finding them, coloured horses and ponies would still be looked on as second class. Heather Kitching and her husband, Alistair, are sending their home-bred colt Angrove Rum BaBa into training this year and say this will make him the first coloured colt to run on the flat in the UK. For Heather, it’s the culmination of more than 20 years striving to raise the profile of coloured horses. One of the first judges on the Coloured Horse and Pony Society panel and the founder of the Bassano Stud and then Angrove Stud in North Yorkshire, she stands two stallions. Angrove Ricco is a 16.2hh piebald three-quarter bred and his seven-eighths bred son, Angrove Spotted Dick, is the only grandson of Sarah’s Pride, a show jumper who won the puissance at the
