The (challenging) diary of owning a new pony: safety over style
As Kate Flynn's daughter and her new pony become regulars on the hunting field, she decides to scrape together the pennies to invest in an air jacket
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The (challenging) diary of owning a new pony: a strangling sense of disappointment
Fed up with following her daughter on foot, Kate Flynn decides to go hunting again — after a 15 year break
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The (challenging) diary of owning a new pony: operation fitness
Things don't quite go to plan when Kate Flynn ropes in a friend to help keep her daugter's pony fit while she's at school
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The (challenging) diary of owning a pony: model hunting pony behaviour
Kate Flynn is pleasantly surprised when her daughter takes her new pony Munch hunting for the first time — he was calm but forward, jumped everything, and even better, stood when asked
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The (challenging) diary of owning a new pony: Two’s company, but three…?
An enormous ex-racehorse was not quite what Kate Flynn had in mind when she put feelers out for a horse to accompany her daughter on hacks with...
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The (challenging) diary of owning a new pony: On yer bike!
Kate Flynn's bike is losing its appeal as she struggles to keep up with her daughter merrily trotting along on her pony — and soon thoughts turn to a new horse for herself
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The (challenging) diary of owning a new pony: a severe case of 'can’t be bothered'
It seems that the day Munch had downed tools on the last day at camp, he had meant it, as Kate Flynn's daughter encounters some hiccups with her new pony
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The (challenging) diary of owning a new pony: all hands on deck
Kate Flynn quickly realises that having her daughter at Pony Club camp doesn't mean a holiday for her, as she is swiftly put to work
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The (challenging) diary of owning a new pony: 'This was camping — but not as I knew it!'
Kate Flynn gets underway with settling in her daughter and new pony Munch at Pony Club camp — with a few hiccups along the way...
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The (challenging) diary of owning a new pony: Who you gonna call? Bronk-Busters…
Kate Flynn is on a mission for her daughter to be able to go to Pony Club camp with her new pony
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The (challenging) diary of owning a new pony: exploring all angles
Kate Flynn tries to get to the bottom of her daughter's new pony's bucking problem...
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The (challenging) diary of owning a new pony: healing hands
The mental burden of buying a new pony and taking full responsibility for all aspects of it, good and bad, are starting to weigh down Kate Flynn
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The (challenging) diary of owning a new pony: The benefit of doubt
Kate Flynn explains the niggling concern she has surrounding her daughter's new pony
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The (challenging) diary of owning a new pony: not what it said on the tin
Kate Flynn's heart sinks when she opens an email from the new owner of her daughter's first pony...
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The (challenging) diary of owning a new pony: 'No such thing as perfect'
Kate Flynn has a humiliating experience as a child comes to try her Daughter's old pony, and things don't go quite as she expected...
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The (challenging) diary of owning a new pony: the homecoming
At last the hunt is over to find the perfect pony for her daughter, and Kate Flynn heads off to collect 'Munch' — a 14.1hh six-year-old confidence-giving Pony Club pony
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The (painful) hunt for the perfect pony: Eureka!
Moving house and divorce might be deemed the most stressful lifetime events, but surely the hunt for the perfect pony is a close runner-up... Kate Flynn takes us on the next stage of her turbulent journey to find the ideal 13.2-14.2hh confidence-giver for her daughter
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The (painful) hunt for the perfect pony: 'I could see the frozen look on my daughter's face'
Six months after her search for the perfect pony began, Kate Flynn's daughter tries a "push button" pony that she struggles to stop...
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The (painful) hunt for the perfect pony: 'We were heading straight into the spider’s web'
Having looked at 10 ponies already on the hunt for the perfect one, Kate Flynn is used to disappointment — but the pony not being there at all, took even her by surprise...
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The (painful) hunt for the perfect pony: 'The pony was reliable — at knocking poles down'
With a bottle of wine in hand, finding a perfect-looking pony online was strangely easy for Kate Flynn — until she arrvied at the yard to try it
