Dear Santa, It Was the Pony: An Equestrian Christmas Survival Guide - Paperback

by Emma Calderwood (Author)

A laugh-out-loud Christmas gift for horse owners, pony lovers and anyone whose festive season revolves around muddy boots, frozen troughs and mysterious tack-shop deliveries.

In Dear Santa, It Was the Pony, Christmas has arrived at the yard, and the evidence is mounting. The wreath has been eaten, the new rug is already covered in mud and somebody has left unmistakable hoofprints beside the presents. Fortunately, the pony denies everything.

This illustrated equestrian Christmas survival guide celebrates the hilarious reality of owning horses during the festive season. Through letters to Santa, comic confessions, survival lists, suspicious receipts and energetic cartoons, it explores everything from disastrous Christmas photographs and winter yard chores to festive hacks, expensive saddle pads and the annual promise to spend less next year.

Inside you will discover:

• The pony's highly reasonable Christmas list
• Fourteen varieties of equestrian mud
• The truth about "quick" Christmas Day yard visits
• Advice for hiding a tack delivery
• The Twelve Expenses of Christmas
• Emergency equestrian excuses
• New Year's resolutions that will not survive the January sale

Warm, witty and packed with recognisable horse-world mishaps, Dear Santa, It Was the Pony is the perfect stocking filler or Secret Santa gift for riders, horse owners, pony-mad friends, yard managers and long-suffering non-horsey partners.

Because peace on Earth is possible, provided nobody opens the tack-shop receipt.