Colonel Dudgeon News Today

Jean Mackaness, the respected showing judge and highly accomplished equestrian died on 5 February, aged 97. Mrs Mackaness was born in Dulwich, London, in 1926. She grew up in Salisbury, Wilts, where she attended the Godolphin School. Her mother Irene owned a riding school, and this is where Mrs Mackaness’ passion for horses began. She […]

Mrs Ann Catherine Ensten, the fearless and passionate horsewoman died peacefully at Hillcroft House Nursing Home, Stowmarket, Suffolk, on 29 September, aged 89. Born on 21 October 1932 at Sarratt, near Rickmansworth, she was the daughter of Olympic sprinter Guy Montagu Butler and Catherine Edith Dalzell Sherer, a high diver. She was raised with her […]