A very Happy Christmas weekend!
A huge thank you to all those people who came to see us for our Festive Open Weekends at Hapton and Ada Cole. We were thrilled to see so many of our supporters, and our horsey residents certainly enjoyed all the attention!
Visitors to Hapton were treated to a special riding demonstration from the team at our new Parklands Rehoming centre, plus there was an informative tour of our fully equipped equine hospital, given by two of our most senior Veterinary Surgeons.
The demonstrations of horse handling with rescued and unhandled ponies also proved very popular, but the real hit of the weekend was undoubtedly our very own ‘Equine Santa’ and his two little helpers, Oily and Isabella! These three special characters kept our younger visitors entertained and even gave out Christmas presents (for the kids only though, sorry!).
More than 300 people attended the weekend at Ada Cole and aside from another very popular visit from our 'Equine Santa', visitors also enjoyed an informative donkey talk and the chance to meet the Ada Cole adoption equines, who proved very popular indeed. Our guests also enjoyed plenty of tea and cake in the special marquee and a lovely weekend was had by all.
If you missed all the excitement, don’t worry. Keep an eye on the Visit Us pages of this site to find out the dates for our 2006 Hapton Open weekends or for information on how to visit the Ada Cole Rescue Stables - we'd love to see you.
And if you are not able to come and see us in person, there are still loads of ways to support us. Why not take a look at our online gift catalogue, make a donation or take out an adoption? All the money we raise goes directly towards the care of all our horses, ponies, donkeys and mules.
Thank you for your support, and Happy Christmas from everyone here at Redwings.
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