HRH The Prince of Wales is Patron of the British Festival of the Working Horse
He is seen here with Doug Joiner and (ex) apprentices Mike Paddock and Richard Eames with horses Ella and Dot in the garden of Clarence House in December 2010. We had just delivered the Clarence House Christmas Tree by horse drawn forwarder and then went in to enjoy a champagne reception to raise the profile and encourage support for the BFotWH.
The British Festival of the Working Horse is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee established in England, company number 08015684
Registered office:
Hill Farm, Bosbury, Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 1HE.
Phone +44 (0) 7773 900751
To contact the Chair of the board of Trustees and Directors and organiser of the British Festival of the Working Horse by email;
doug@britishfestivaloftheworkinghorse.co.uk
Charitable Status has been applied for.
Trustees and Directors;
Doug Joiner
Ian Wilson
Bob Worton
Company Secretary;
Nick Lloyd
FUTURE EVENTS
Mini Festivals:
Horticulture May 2014
Forestry September 2014
Full Festival:
The British Festival of the Working Horse Summer 2015
'Watch this space'
PREVIOUS EVENTS
The British Festival of the Working Horse Vineyard 'Mini Festival' 3rd to 6th May 2013
The European Horse Logging Championship 13th to 15th September 2012
The British Festival of the Working Horse 6th to 8th July 2012
"Part demonstration, part competition and all celebration; it is not to be missed"
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales is the Patron of the British Festival of the Working Horse
He is seen here with a Percheron mare working in a timber forwarder at the 'Seeing is Believing' event in Ladock Woods
Are you interested in joining His Royal Highness in supporting the promotion of the use of working horses? <<click here>>
Is an initiative introduced by HRH The Prince of Wales. Real work with horses is demonstrated to key industry players and has a power to persuade that articles and media presentations could never have.
Used primarily to showcase the benefits of horse logging, "Seeing is Believing" underwrites all the British Festival of the Working Horse events.
Julian Grant
"Living horse power is cheap and readily available. We can breed horses, without limit, without endangering the planet.
We know a lot about them and how to use them. They can pull things for us, carry us, help support our society, feed it and enable it to function. They can do so far better than they did in the past if we take advantage of some of the technical advances made in agriculture and machinery design.
They can be fed from our fields. They don't destroy the environment but enhance it. They create employment, not replace it.
They are a source of companionship in the workplace, a source of pride and pleasure when seen to be working to perfection in harmony with man and his surrounding.
Why on earth don't we use them?"
Charlie Pinney. 2003.
Sponsors of The British Festival of the Working Horse Events
in alphabetical order:
3 Anonymous donors
The British Festival of the Working Horse
Chloe Darling
The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation