01/09/2026
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🏇🦄 AIM HIGH HOBBY HORSE CHAMPIONSHIPS – THIS WEEK’S LEADERBOARD! 🦄🏇
RIGHT THEN.
THIS HAS ESCALATED. 😂😂😂
We decided this week we’re including GIFT AID in the bragging, because frankly, if you lot are going to put this much effort in, we might as well make you look as impressive as possible. 💚
So… here we go.
🥇 Charlotte Jeffs & SNOWSTORM
💰 £430 + Gift Aid
Charlotte was on £420 approximately five minutes before we last checked.
Then she was on £430.
At this point we’re scared to refresh the page. 😂
SNOWSTORM HAS LEFT THE BUILDING.
🥈Jess & SPUDGUN
💰 £305 + £76.25 Gift Aid
🔥 TOTAL VALUE: £381.25
JESS!
Spudgun is galloping up behind Charlotte at an alarming rate. 👀😂
🥉 AMY & RIDE AND INK for Ta**us Tattoo Studio 2026
💰 £200 + £50 Gift Aid
🔥 TOTAL VALUE: £250
THE £200 BARRIER HAS BEEN BROKEN!
Ride and Ink clearly isn’t here for a gentle trot around Higham Ferrers.
4️⃣ BETH & MY HORSE NITWIT
💰 £140 + £35 Gift Aid
🔥 TOTAL VALUE: £175
Former leader.
Still respectable.
Probably plotting.
Definitely competitive. 😂
5️⃣ AILSA & GALLOP
💰 £135 + £26.25 Gift Aid
🔥 TOTAL VALUE: £161.25
SEVEN YEARS OLD.
£161.25 value raised.
ADULT JOCKEYS…
We’ll just leave that there. 👀😂
6️⃣ CHELSEY & PURPLE REIGN – Little Steps Nursery Higham Ferrers (reliably informed it is most certainly not 'RURPLE'
💰 £70 + £17.50 Gift Aid
🔥 TOTAL VALUE: £87.50
And YES…
📣 OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT 📣
Chelsey will be taking the reins of…
💜👑 RURPLE REIGN 👑💜
for Little Steps Day Nursery!
RURPLE REIGN.
Quite frankly, that horse name deserves points before the race even starts. 😂
7️⃣ KELLY & PONY BALONEY
💰 £50 + £12.50 Gift Aid
🔥 TOTAL VALUE: £62.50
Pony Baloney has officially entered the game!
8️⃣ CHARLIE & NEIGH-WAY for Happy Printz
💰 £45 + £11.25 Gift Aid
🔥 TOTAL VALUE: £56.25
9️⃣ SOPHIE & 50 SHADES OF NEIGH
💰 £45 + £6.25 Gift Aid
🔥 TOTAL VALUE: £51.25
Same donations.
Different Gift Aid.
We sense a completely unnecessary argument over who is technically eighth. 😂
🔟 MICHELLE & HORNYCORN
💰 £10 + £2.50 Gift Aid
🔥 TOTAL VALUE: £12.50
And then…
🐴 NICOLAS…
💰 £0
🎁 Gift Aid: also £0.
Nicolas has done the difficult bit.
He has created the JustGiving page.
He has committed publicly to running around with a hobby horse.
And financially…
NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. 😂😂😂
SOMEBODY GIVE NICOLAS A FIVER.
And what about the rest of you?!
ROSANNA… 👀
RIA… 👀
Addacas Accounting… 👀
Higham Ferrers Veterinary Clinic… 👀
Bertie's Pet Store and Grooming… 👀
CLARE… 👀
AMIE… 👀
AND ANY OTHER JOCKEYS HIDING IN THE PADDOCK…
WHERE ARE YOUR PAGES?!
Come on.
This is getting silly.
Although, admittedly, THE ENTIRE EVENT IS SILLY. 😂
But underneath the ridiculous horse names, the competitiveness, the questionable running techniques and the NO EXPENSE SPARED trophy…
there is a very serious reason we are doing this. 💚
Every pound raised helps Ailsa’s Aim continue supporting people affected by cancer and families with babies receiving neonatal care.
It helps us provide care packs, RADAR keys, practical support, respite and services to people going through incredibly difficult times.
That is what all this madness is really about.
And that’s why Gift Aid matters too.
If you’re eligible to Gift Aid your donation, please tick that little box. It can add extra money to the charity without costing you anything more. 💚
🏇 IMPORTANT LEADERBOARD RULES:
This is ONLINE FUNDRAISING ONLY.
The buckets are still lurking in the background. 👀
We will collect the fundraising buckets ONE WEEK BEFORE THE RACE and then add those totals in too.
Which means somebody currently looking rather embarrassing on £0 could turn up with a bucket full of cash and completely ruin Charlotte’s week.
PLEASE LET THAT HAPPEN. 😂😂😂
We also owe all our jockeys an apology.
We’ve been a bit slack getting everyone’s individual posts out while Aim High planning has consumed approximately 147% of our lives.
THIS WEEK WE’RE ON IT.
Expect jockeys.
Expect horses.
Expect JustGiving links.
Expect public humiliation of anyone still sitting on £0.
All done with love, obviously. 💚😂
💚 AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR HOBBY HORSE CHAMPIONSHIP SPONSORS! 💚
A massive thank you to:
🏇 Bertie’s Pet Shop
🏇 Barker & Barnet
None of this madness happens without brilliant local businesses getting behind us.
Toymaster Pavilion have helped with the all-important horses, and all of our sponsors have backed what may possibly be one of the stupidest fundraising ideas we have ever had…
WHICH IS SAYING SOMETHING. 😂
We genuinely couldn’t do events like this without businesses saying:
“Yep, that sounds completely ridiculous… count us in.”
Please show them some love and support the businesses that support Ailsa’s Aim. 💚
Because apparently behind every badly behaved hobby horse is a very generous local business. 😂🦄
🏆 AND REMEMBER…
The highest fundraiser receives our legendary…
✨ NO EXPENSE SPARED TROPHY ✨
Is it solid gold?
No.
Probably.
Maybe.
Absolutely not.
But you WILL want it. 😂
🏇 COME AND WATCH THE RACE!
📅 SATURDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER 2026
⏰ 1PM
📍 BEHIND The Green Dragon Hotel, HIGHAM FERRERS
🎪 AIM HIGH FESTIVAL 2026
Taking part?
SET UP YOUR JUSTGIVING PAGE!
👉 Join the campaign or sponsor your favourite jockey here:
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/hobbyhorse?utm_medium=CA&utm_source=CL
Watching?
💚 PICK YOUR HORSE
💚 BACK YOUR JOCKEY
💚 THROW THEM A FIVER
💚 SHARE THEIR PAGE
💚 FOLLOW AILSA’S AIM
💚 COME AND WATCH THEM MAKE COMPLETE FOOLS OF THEMSELVES FOR A VERY GOOD REASON
Charlotte has the lead.
Jess is hunting her down.
Amy has broken £200.
Beth is plotting.
Ailsa is embarrassing the adults.
Nicolas needs a donor.
And the buckets haven’t even entered the equation yet.
THE RACE IS VERY MUCH ON. 🔥🏇🦄
