Pop star Will Young looks a real country gent in his new music video for his latest single.

The video starts with Will arriving at a stable yard in a tweed jacket, carrying expensive leather riding boots. He changes into some very smart riding clothes in order to ride a dressage test.

The horse in question, Traveler, is a superstar in his own right. He made an appearance in Braveheart as Mel Gibson’s mount.

Young had riding lessons to prepare him for the making of the video which includes a scene of him tackling a showjump after the test.

‘Grace’ is due to be released for sale on 1st December but here’s a sneak preview of Will’s horsemanship…

During a recent visit to a stud farm in Slovenia, the Queen was presented with a gift of a rare Lipizzaner Stallion.

The 16 year old stallion, Kanizo, is one of only 9,000 Lipizzaner horses in the world. The horses are born black but turn white as they mature.

The riding centre in Lipica is famous for breeding the beautiful white horses used by the Spanish Riding School of Vienna where they are trained to perform difficult moves such as the levade, courbette and capriole.

The Queen has requested that Kanizo remains at stud in Lipica where he can be properly cared for.

Madonna’s fall from her horse in 2005 is being blamed as one of the reasons for her and Guy Ritchie filing for divorce.

Madonna broke eight bones in the fall including four ribs, her collar bone, scapula and her left knuckle. Madonna claims that Guy Ritchie was ‘unsympathetic’ and commented ‘You’re a tough bird. You’ll be back on the horse in no time”.

What Madonna expected was love and sympathy. Instead she got the typically, emotionally stunted reaction of many British men.

Sources say that the horse riding accident has been the source of many arguments and that Madonna felt she was wrong to marry Guy after receiving such a lack of support.
The couple are expected to divorce by Christmas.