Horse & Hound

Festive flicks

WHEN do riders ever get a chance to watch an entire movie except for Christmas Day? With the nights at their longest, the horses cosily tucked up in their stables chomping hay, there’s a little bit more time to hunker down and enjoy our favourite films.

The Grinch, Elf and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang may be required viewing in some households, but some of us just like to watch horses even when we spend most of the day with them, and every waking hour thinking about them. Here’s to a bit of escapism…

Black Beauty

THERE have been several film versions of the

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