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'I've loved every minute of it'

IT was my father who started the circus thing for me. He loved horses and he loved circuses. He was actually involved in the iron and steel business and worked in Sheffield but when the industry started to change he had a brainwave and bought a small farm in the Yorkshire countryside.

Having a farm meant that he could take his love of horses a stage further. He was fascinated by the training of horses for the circus and decided to see what he could

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