Our Equine Partners

Meet our equine partners and find out a little about their lives here at Quinta de Estevianas.

Whisper.

Born 2023, our pure bred Belgian Draft is a delight! She adores attention, is calm, loving, slightly clumsy and incredible to ride. Now three years old, she has started riding and trekking with absolute ease, and responds to riding cues beautifully. Nothing phases her; she’s great with children, crowds, interacting, being brushed and, quite simply, enjoys being the center of attention.

Revel:

Born 2020, our incredibly loyal, friendly, dependent pony has completely stolen all of our hearts. He approaches every new situation with curiosity and excitement, loving music and parties. He is incredibly gentle with his little riders, and is a perfect gentleman to humans and equines alike. He teaches our new equines their manners, and our expectations, with kind firmness, making our lives so much easier! Good things definitely come in small packages!

Roma

In the horse herd, Roma leads the group with inner calm and confidence. She is extremely affectionate and loves human attention and, as a typical draft breed, gets too close sometimes. However we adore her clumsy friendliness, and her otherwise respectful and patient manner. She’s a sturdy but sometimes a stubborn girl when you’re riding, and given the opportunity, she adores a gallop! She and Whisper are incredibly bonded and it is beautiful to watch them on the pasture and how deeply connected they are.

Boo

Boo is so-named due to her unique call that startled us several times during late night feeds. Having said that, there’s nothing scary about her! She’s a steady, kind and affectionate girl and often a favourite with our riders who are surprised by the ease of her gait in the saddle (something mules are known for). She’s aware of her popularity with visitors which gives her a little bit of a sense of entitlement when interacting with the other mules.

Ghost

Ghost is one of our trauma-affected mules that we’re treating and training. Before we got him he had a bit of a difficult start in life. He’s a sweet boy that demonstrates a lack of early years training and groundwork. He has had trauma memory that affected his trust in humans following a bungled home castration at some point before we got him. He has been successfully treated by our wonderful local vet, and is now settling well. He has come to love his new home, his new equine and human companions, and is learning to trust again. He goes on treks with the others but isn’t taking rides yet! We are happy to be patient with him, and are just pleased to see him happier and settled.

Georgia

Georgie is a stunning, strong mule, and extremely affectionate. She won our hearts the minute we met her! She is used to human love and company, and is an easy ride. She has had a hoof injury in the past that is slowly recovering with careful management. Linked to this, she has had to be shifted from being shoed with irons, to going barefoot, so is developing her barefoot hoof strength. This all needs to repair and settle before she can join us on the treks.

Benji

Benji is a very special mule. He is our biggest and strongest, but also our most troubled. Beautiful in nature once you know him, he has inherited problems from over-working and actions from his past owners that have broken his trust. His ‘before’ and ‘after’ pictures tell his story, showing the progressive improvements in his health, happiness and wellbeing. If you want to know more about his story, watch it on our YouTube channel. After almost a year of working with him, we are over the moon with our good news boy! He is highly intelligent, and we believe him to be what is phrased a “suck-egg” mule. This makes training both harder and more rewarding! He is definitely a much happier mule here with us, and he loved the joining the trekking team for the first time in July 2026.

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Izzy

Izzy is our first mule and will always be our most special girl. She has been with us the longest, and is the most polite, well mannered of them all. Every mule in the herd wants her to be their best friend! She is still young, so therefore a bit of a drama queen at times. However, she has a very comfortable ride and very conscious and careful with her riders. As she’s our smallest mule, she is often used for our younger trekkers.

Bilbo

Bilbo is our latest and final addition to our herd. He has come to us from a registered breeder and lovely home in Spain. It has taken us 18 months to find him, as we have been looking for just the right boy for our girls! He is a Zamorano-León, a breed that is famous in Spain for their beautifully calm temperament, large size and their strength. He is still very much a baby at two years old, and we are working with him daily to socialise him, bring on his already good manners, and get him used to our ways. He has met the rest of the herd and is very respectful. He is so incredibly sweet, and greets everyone he sees with enthusiasm and a very loud brae, preferring attention to food! Everyone who has met him so far has fallen in love with his teddy-bear looks.