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One of the super models
Super Model. One of the original rescue battery hens, they have all played havoc with the garden and come madly flapping when Carl calls.

Chicken
Fancy Chicken! Not content with the Super Models Carl has now introduced some glamour models to the growing menagerie!

Snowy
Snowy, the Umbrella Cockatoo, is a recent arrival who lives in a purpose built aviary and keeps an eye on all the comings and goings from the school to the stables, he gets lots of attention from everyone.He sits on a perch in the indoor school next to Carl while he teaches.

 

Carl with dogs
Carl with dogs

Sashes and Trophies
Sashes & Trophies

 Carl read the Mirror
Carl reading the Mirror

Charlotte Dujardin

Charlotte Dujardin 2011

Charlotte has trained and worked for Carl for since February 2007. Click to read more and see image.

She left school at the age of 16 and after achieving much success pony showing – including winning the Horse of the Year Show four times and Hickstead three times – she went to work for Judy Harvey for four years. At the beginning of 2007 she came to Carl for some lessons and he asked her to help out for 10 days and she never left after that.

This year Charlotte has been selected to join the World Class Performance Squad with Valegro with whom she has enjoyed successes at International Level in Zwolle, Vidauban, Saumur and Hagen so far.

Charlotte has also achieved a great deal with her own horse Fernandez, competing him Internationally for the first time at Grand Prix with scores in excess of 70%.

On her rare days off Charlotte admits to enjoying a lot of sleeping plus socializing when she gets a chance.

 

Katie Bailey

Katie joined the team in June 2009. She is 21 years old and before working with Carl, previously worked for her father followed by 6 months at Talland where she attained her PTT and Stage 4 exams.

Katie enjoyed many successes at Junior FEI Level and has represented Great Britain in no less than 13 Internationals, including the Europeans in 2005 and 2006.

Katie currently rides some of the youngsters on the yard and has this year been selected to join the World Classes Equine Pathway Squad with Nip Tuck.

In her free time she enjoys sleeping, shopping and seeing friends when given the chance!

 

Claudine Bichard

Claudine Bichard

Claudine has worked as Carl’s personal assistant for the last six years.  Originally from Jersey, Claudine left the Island in 2000 to work on his yard.

Now a mum of two young boys she juggles raising her family with running Carl's office. Claudine makes sure all correspondence is answered, entries done, travel arrangements made, passports up to date, paying the bills and everything else involved in the behind the scenes running of the yard. 

 

Fiona Lawrence

Fiona Lawrence

Fiona joined the team in February 2008 for the Sunshine Tour in Spain and has not looked back since.

Fiona has worked with horses since leaving school and used to do a lot of hunting and Team Chasing. She also carried out stud work for Willie Carson.

At the end of 2009 Fiona took over as yard manager and is enjoying the challenge of keeping one of the most succesful yards in the country running smoothly.

In her spare time she enjoys catching up with friends.

 

Jess Smith

Jess SmithJess joined the Team at Carls in August 2010 as a working pupil.

She came directly from Hartpury College after finishing her A-Levels.

Jess has her own horse, Baldovino, whom she bought from Charlotte Dujardin as a four year old.

She has successfully qualified him for the National Championships previously at Prelim and Novice Levels and is this year is hoping to compete him there again at Elementary Level.

In her spare time Jess enjoys socialising with friends, shopping on days off and is a keen skier when holidays allow.

 

Alan Davies

Alain Davies

Dexter

Dexter

Bred by Kate Carter (by accident), Dexter's dad is a Rottweiler and mum a tiny Jack Russell. He made it into the national papers and appeared on breakfast TV as a puppy. Now 10 years old and a much loved character.

 

 

The Supermodels

Supermodels!!!

They certainly weren't supermodels when they arrived, these rescued battery hens are now strutting their stuff around the yard and garden and laying eggs again.

 

Bonnie & Clyde

Bonnie

Named after famous gangsters these cats have their eye on the chickens not bank rolls! They have quickly become yard favourites.

 Clyde

Charlotte Dujardin 2011
Fiona Lawrence & Valentine 2
Jess Smith
Alan Davies

 
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