Farouk & I are safely back at the Box, TOGETHER! Time for a wash and maybe a bite to Eat & Drink?

Part 8/9 Little Ribston Park 10 mile Pleasure Ride. Little Ribston is located on the River Nidd, 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Wetherby and 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of Knaresborough. The Ribston Pippin apple originated here when Sir Henry Goodricke planted the first seed brought from Normandy in the 18th century and a stump of a later tree is still preserved in Ribston park. Ribston Hall is a privately owned 17th-century country mansion The estate at Ribston was granted by Robert de Ros to the Knights Templar in 1217 and passed to the Knights Hospitaller on the demise of the templars in the early 14th century. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries the property reverted to the Crown and was granted to the Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, who sold it to Henry Goodricke in 1542. Would you like to become a Club member & receive email, Newsletters & Additional Videos? Then all you need to do is send a donation to our Carrot Fund which is paypal.me/Carrots4ApolloFarouk DON’T FORGET to include your EMAIL address to become a Club Member. Apollo is our 10-year-old, pure-bred Friesian he is a good horse for a beginner rider. He has a lovely collected canter and is a great farter. He is herd leader over Farouk who is a pure-bred Arabian horse, Farouk is 8 years old and loves galloping and is a good endurance horse. He is the Grandson of the famous Marwan Al Shaqab and then there is Princess Bella a Three-Year Old pure-bred Andalusian filly her speciality is bucking and jumping for joy.