Wimbledon Village Stables is about half a mile away from the All England Lawn Tennis Club and the Wimbledon Fortnight is always a very exciting time for us.  The Village is buzzing and we get to meet lots of interesting people including players and their families..

#anyonefortennis

We decided to get the stables involved in the tennis after we saw BBC presenter Clare Balding’s appeal to send in quirky tennis-theme photos and videos under the hashtag #anyonefortennis.

So we took two horses to the Common, Chester, ridden by Jen Hesketh and Rocky ridden by Fernanda Zuniga, borrowed a net from Prince Tennis and set about trying to break the record.  It was a lot of fun and there many spectators cheering them on and people driving by taking videos.  The horses were amazing!  After the game had finished they just couldn’t resist jumping the net as the grand finale!

Carol was asked if it might catch on: “Why not?  although the groundsman at Wimbledon may not be so keen!”

You can watch the video!