Emily Bambridge has been working with Haflinger horses for 35 years, and runs Hobart Haflingers at Park Farm on the Blickling Estate, near Aylsham.

Her enthusiasm for the Tyrolean breed was sparked while learning her trade with world-renowned horse breeder Tom Crane at the Oxnead Stud in the early 1980s.

After founding her own stud in 2003, her rising reputation within the breed community has seen her become president of the Haflinger Society of Great Britain, and vice president of the World Haflinger Federation.

Emily Bambridge with two of her Halflinger horses at Park Farm, Blickling(Image: Sonya Duncan)

On the competition circuit, her first big ambition was achieved when

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