A colourful life

THERE’S something striking in the white flashes of a coloured horse, and some certainly prove to be more than just pretty markings. In fact, if coloured horses can teach us anything, it’s never to judge a book by its colour, as Pippa Funnell found out early in her career.

“I was working for Ruth McMullen when I first saw skewbald gelding Bits And Pieces,” explains Pippa.

“He was a 15.3hh by successful Irish National Hunt stallion Lord Gale out of a coloured foster mare, and although he had quality, my first impression was that he’d make a nice Pony Club pony.”

While at Ruth’s, “Henry” was competed lightly before being bought by Pippa’s longstanding owners Sarah and Richard Jewson.

“I’d just moved down to William’s when Sarah rang me and asked me to take on Henry,” tells Pippa. “Sarah had