Star Horses

Diddles

It was with great sadness that Marie our Head Nurse lost her old pony Diddles. Like Sting, Diddles wasn’t his real name; he was Cherokee but as with all stars we all knew him by his stage name. Diddles was a charismatic pony who originally wasn’t keen on vets. He would rush to the back of the stable on full alert to any imminent attack; however he grew to love us too over the years favouring particularly out of hours and Boxing Day visits. He had many a trip to the practice sometimes as a patient where he was very brave and stoic and sometimes as a demonstrator for courses. We will all miss him but none more so than Marie who loved riding him in his younger years and then gave him the best