My fear of horses first kicked in (pardon the pun) when I was 13, after a girl in my class was killed in a terrible riding accident. She had been galloping across Hayes Common in Bromley, Kent, when her horse bolted into the road and they were both hit by a lorry. When our form teacher announced the news, a strange kind of hysteria set in. It doesn't take much to send teenage brains into … [Read more...] about From fear to love: an equine epiphany