Horse Life Stories - Jack

Hello again folks, here is another of my 'horse life stories', this time its all about Trojen, or Jack as he is better known at Calvert!

Love Pilgrim x

Jack is a traditional piebald gelding; he stands at 14.2 hands high and is 12 years old. Jack is black and white in colour, Just like Bertie, only very slightly taller and a bit younger.

Jack

He is described as traditional, which just means he has lots of hair.  Jack has a very long mane and he also has lots of long hair on his legs! On a horse long hair on the legs is called feathers.

Before coming to Calvert Trust Exmoor Jack lived a very long way away, he grew up in Scotland just outside the Cairngorms National Park. I bet it was very cold up there, maybe that’s why Jack likes to be so hairy! 

Jack lived in a private home where he was used as a riding horse, Jack and his rider loved exploring the beautiful countryside.  In 2010 Jack was bought by a riding school in North Devon, it was a very long journey but Jack soon settled to life in Devon and began working in the riding school taking lots of happy holiday makers hacking around the farm. 
He was a very good boy and took riders of all different abilities, even people that had never been on a horse before. 
After working in the riding school for a few years Jack was sold again this time to a private home to be a riding pony, Jack loved it as he got lots and lots of attention. After a short time his owner thought Jack would be a perfect pony to help out at Calvert Trust so he came to live here.


Jack is on loan to us from his owner Karen, after a month’s trial Jack joined the team here in February 2014.  Jack loves to be ridden and lots of people enjoy riding with him. Jack is used for our centre group lessons and also private lessons, he particularly loves going out for a ride with all the other horses.

Jack also enjoys being used for the stable management session’s as he’s very gentle and will stand still for hours for guests to brush his mountains of hair. He looks very handsome when he’s all brushed, but he always rolls in the mud as soon as he gets to the field!

Pilgrim's horseshoe icon was created by stolkramaker from Noun Project