MORNING: CAR BOOT SALE 10 AM (£5 PER CAR)
JUMBLE SALE AND SALE OF WORK
AFTERNOON: PONY RIDES
PET DOG PARADE AND FUN SHOW
OTHER FUN ATTRACTIONS
EVENING: MARQUEE DANCE WITH LIVE COUNTRY BAND AND STOVIES
(Bring your own bottle)
Dance Tickets £10 each

ALL PROCEEDS TO BLAIKIEWELL ANIMAL SANCTUARY
Scottish Charity Number: SCO 26054

DETAILS FROM BLAIKIEWELL ANIMAL SANCTUARY
TELEPHONE 01224 732952

Blaikiewell Animal Sanctuary is a small charity in Deeside, Aberdeenshire.

It is home to 45 horses and ponies and two Jersey cows, all of which have been saved from various unhappy fates since 1977. The first two ponies were bought on impulse at the local market to save them from the meat dealers who were bidding for them. Other homeless ponies began to arrive and none were turned away.

In 1985, we decided to open a small riding school to pay for the maintenance of the growing animal population. Redwing Riding School has always been conducted with the welfare of the horses and ponies firmly in first place. No whips or sticks are allowed and young riders are not allowed to ride with a bit in the horse's mouth until they have learned control of their hands. They learn in lead rein classes, each with a leader on foot, and the reins attached to a headcollar with a fluffy noseband. Riders are taught to ride with a light squeeze of the legs and gentle hands. The words 'kick' and 'pull' are strictly forbidden. It may take pupils a little longer to be off on their own this way but Redwing believes that their pupils learn that good riding is a partnership and a horse a friend, and many have become very competent and sympathetic riders.

Many of the school horses are now retired and the Charity was formed in 1997 to help raise funds. Animals that come to Blaikiewell live there forever and are never sold nor moved away. When possible those who have been returned to health and fitness have been used in the school and some have been leased to carefully chosen people who have agreed to keep them at livery on the same premises. When their working life is over, they continue to live in their own fields with their old friends for the rest of their lives. Many of the ponies have lived well into their thirties.

BLAIKIEWELL ANIMAL SANCTUARY
EASTLAND LODGE
MARYCULTER
ABERDEEN
AB12 5FS
TELEPHONE: 01224 732952
EMAIL: blaikiewell@btinternet.com
WEBSITE: http://www.blaikiewell.com