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To contact Katherine directly to discuss any issues relating to ponies use the following:

  Katherine E Leak BHSAI
West House Farm
Bishopton Co
Durham TS21 1LL

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  01740 630260
07765 401045

riding@katherineleak.co.uk

RECENT TESTIMONIALS RECIEVED

hello i got square from you a year ago we are doing very well together i came 5th in the upsall grange hunter trial 2foot pairs i love him very much he is the best.

Hi Katherine,

I just wanted to say thanking for helping me choose the perfect pony for me. Champ is so good and willing. We have competed in dressage and have another one next month. We start cross country jumping soon and he just loves hacking out around new places. I have so much trust and confidence in him I can't imagine being without him. He really has given me back my confidence and made riding fun for me again and in only 4 months!!!

Everyone comments on how gorgeous and cheeky he looks and how much character he has.

 Big thank-you Katherine - we are having lots of fun together.

Katie & Champ x

Hi Katherine. Just a note to tell you how Ash is. She is now registered as Cream Soda and has settled in really well. Everybody loves her We went to our first show yesterday and Emma and Ash came 2nd in Tack and Turn out and won the best condition in hand. Emma said everybody round the ring were commenting on her colour. Thank you for selling us such a wonderful pony and we will keep in touch. Love Claire, Emma and Ash

Hi Katherine

Just thought I would let you know how Jameson is getting on.  Emily has decided to call him Caramac(?).  We took him to Richmond Xmas Trailblazers today and she jumped her first course on him.  He jumped 6 clear rounds throughout the day for her and was an absolute angel from start to finish. He never put a hoof wrong all day.  She is absolutely besotted.  He sailed over the red wall and jumped all the fences with the tinsel and plants all over them.  We are so glad we bought him from you he is an absolute star.   I cannot fault him he is just what she needed.

Hope you have a good Christmas.

Best wishes

Louise and Emily Brear

HI REMEBER CLODAGH??
she has settled in really well and is the best pony in the world and means the world to me.
she has taught me so much already, her jumping is comeing on leaps and bounds and she seams really happy in her new home. Everyone comments about her looks and she has a great personality, so calm, quiet and gentle.
i love her to bits and would never ever sell her. she is the best pony in the world.
alice and lily and clodagh xxx
Hi Katherine,
                I've had Chico for 10 months now and he's behaving himself perfectly. He loves cross country and galloping in the fields. He trots over to me when I go in the field to bring him in and whinnies when he sees me walking onto the yard, he's still very funny and cheeky and loads of fun.
 We've moved to Warren Farm Stables now and get to compete in the show jumping every Thursday and use the cross country course on Friday's, we also entered the working hunters novice class at the show on Sunday we got fifth place, Chico flew over every jump!
He's  fantastic and I'll keep him forever!

Thank You from Sophie & Chico            P.S. His mane is growing back really well!

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Remember Prince. We bought him last August. We are getting on very well and he is jumping out of his skin. We are starting to compete now in unaff sj and are thinking about BSJA later on in the year. We have both learnt a lot and he is the best behaved pony on the yard. He meets our needs perfectly.

Thank you for selling us a brill pony!!!

Hi Katherine its Brooke lovelock who bought patsy the dark bay mare last year. I just wanted to tell you that I have recently joined pc. Patsy is doing really well and she’s jumping 1.10 at the moment and at shows am doing the intermediate pony and the open pony and she’s clearing them well. We still haven’t been placed but are hoping to get a lot of rosettes this summer.
Thanks for the best pony in the world xx
Brooke lovelock


From Emma and Clare Brown

Hi Katherine
just to let you know Gemma has settled great she is the best pony ever.I only had her a couple off days and was jumping in the school.She really looks after me she is just what you said she was,thanks for selling me best pony ever.She has given me all my cofidece back after having lost it with a naughty pony.I wil tell all my friends to come to you when they look for a pony your the best.
love
Abby and Gemma

Hi Katherine,


We realised that we have had Tommy a year this week - and what a joy he has turned out to be.
You were right to advise us against our first choice of pony as Tommy meets our needs perfectly. He has the best temperment on the yard and has done EVERYTHING that has been asked of him.
He really is an absolute gem - thank you so much for selling us such a gift.

From Debbie and Chloe Hull

Hi kathrine its alex and I am getting loads of comfidence back now that I know denzel so much better now we can even cross the river now he loves water and he loves getting bathed talk again soon cya xxxx

Hi Katherine,

Remember Dana?  You sold her to us late October 06.  I'm just getting around to sending the passport off in my owner name, however I notice you haven't signed it.  Can I sign this in your absence?? 

Georgia and Dana are getting on great and looking forward to joining Pony club this year.  Please see photo .

Thanks

 

hi katherine

just to let you know carragher has settled in fine and is doing very well competing i got my first 1st in a jumping competition(duh)lol. nothing phases him he just does whatever i ask of him, he picks his feet up really well now and will say please for a polo. although he has never done anything wrong for another rider he is a bit hesitant:)so i think that means he is happy with me. he is sooooo cheeky though:) he likes hay better than haylege so the other day he dragged me into his girlfriends stable and made himself right at home nibbling her salt lick! he really is a superstar. ONE IN A MILLION! He could easily go affiliated but i am not that confident yet, however he excels at dressage but jumping will always be his thing! THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH FOR A BRILL PONY. ONE IN A MILLION WHO LOOKS AFTER ME

Thankyou ever so much love from jasmine and carragher MERRY CHRISTMAS

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Hiya Katherine,

We bought patsy(dark bay mare) in April 2006. she’s everything you said she was. We have both come along way and I have private lessons on her.
I have only been to a few shows as we wanted her to settle in first. I got placed 9th at withcall (xc) out of 102 and it was my first show. She’s now a 1st or 2nd pony and am doing pc in 2007. I’ve jumped 3ft10 and she cleared it by miles. She can be cheeky but she’s really nice natured and everyone says she is a very honest mare. Next year I am going to lots of shows and hoping to win some. Thank-you so much she is an ace pony and were never selling her. Brooke lovelock p.s you’ll be seeing me at the hoys next year. (joking)

Hi Katherine

Just to let you know we are getting on great with Chloe, she's just what we were looking for.  Nothing phases her at all and she fills us with confidence.  Nathan enjoys riding her and she has had to do a turn taking any visiting children up and down the lane.  She calls to us when we go down to the field and always comes straight over.  She also calls to the car when we go past.  I'm not sure if it is just us or our car though, she may call to everyone!  I've since got a horse for myself and although Chloe always seemed fine on her own, I think she is glad of the company.  She misses Finkle if he goes out of the field on his own.
Many thanks for matching us to such a super pony.
Jane

PS. Nathan (2 and 1/2 years old) has asked for jumps for Chloe for Christmas! 

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Hi Katherine,

I bought Dodo from you on the 29th July 06, he has settled in great and has put on lots of weight, he enjoys being spoilt and loves all the attention he can get. He is still very laid back ! Charlotte is gaining confidence slowly and has bonded with him well. He is a joy to have.
Thanks
Christine Willis

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hi ya kathrine its rachael who bought luby of you she is every thing you said she was had her to a show on sunday with my 10 year old daughter who won nearly every thing thank you for forwarding lubys passport on

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just a quick note to let you know that Denzel has settled in perfectly and made lots of friends.Thank you for selling such a lovely gentle pony to us.

Alex and Denzel

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Hi its Mark we brought dimples in dec 05. We both enjoyed cross-country last week we were jumping some of the open fences (3ft6i). We also got a rossette for doing prince philip games. he is a great pony and supper to do Thank-you very much.
From Mark and Dimples.

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Johnny is a super star!!! came 2nd at yafforth show jumping on Thursday night in very stiff competition! Is on the games team and hunts brilliantly, he is teaching a little girl in ouir village to ride in his spare time. We love him!

Claire.X

Just a quick note to let you know that Dixie has settled in very well and he is absolutely fabulous and Allana loves him very much.Thank you very much for selling us such a wonderful pony, i have no doubt that we will be in touch when she needs another pony, thanks again. 

Hi Katherine and Katherines Mum
Hope you like the attached picture of Percy, who has settled in so well.
As I said my daugther EJ, had a bit of a tumble off him at the end of last year but she is starting to get back on again.

Dear Katherine,
Hi its Linda Odziemski. Thank you for passing on Clancy's passport.
What a lovely pony he has not put a foot wrong he is a real star at the stables.
Would love to know how Speedy is if you still have him.
Thanks

Linda

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Hi Katherine

                  We bought a pony from you about 3 years ago called 'Tilly'. She was a 14.2 piebald mare. Tilly hasn't put a foot wrong and is one in a million. We think a pony with the right temerament makes all the difference. We now compete in all p.c. activities, ODE, XC, working hunters but she excels at showjumping rarely being unplaced. I used to be nervous until I found the right pony and I just wanted to say Thanks and watch out for me in the 'Horse and Hound'

From Emma Taylor

Malton, North Yorkshire

Hi Katherine

Its Janette and Hayley who bought FUDGE. Just thought we would let you know how he is getting on. He has been fantastic. The first 4 days he had been on the yard I was away so Hayley has ridden him out with two new horses, lunged him andhacked him out on his own.

Many thanks for all your help when we came to see him. We will keep in touch with his progress.

Regards

Janette, Hayley and Fudge

Dear Katherine

It is now over 5 months since we bought Gilly from you and thought you might like to know how she is doing. She settled in very well and last month Emma did her first dressage test and Gilly did her really proud - she came 5th and behaved very well. She has given Emma lots of confidence. We also took her to the beach and had loads of fun.

You couldn't have sold us a better pony and you can be assured she is well looked after. Thank you.

Yours faithfully

Helen and Emma Taylor

 

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