The queen of hunter hirelings
catherine.austen@futurenet.com
THE absolute go-to name for a hunter hireling anywhere in the Cotswolds is and always has been Jill Carenza. Her great reputation for sending out fit, well-mannered horses capable of crossing any country with riders of all abilities is unparalleled. Behind this renowned business is a fascinating story.
Brought up locally by her father, who was “certainly a bit of a lad”, and stepmother, Jill moved to her yard at Stanton in 1975. She started off teaching locally at lots of the big houses in the area - her clients including the likes of Brough Scott on the lawn of Buckland Manor - and hired out her first
