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Do you remember the fantastic record breaking Red Rum?  He won the Grand National in 1973,1974 and 1977.  He was the first horse to do so.  In 1980 Red Rum visited the Isle of Wight County Show, and stayed at Somerton in the stable right next door to the house.  You can find a plaque on the wall to remember it by.  He arrived in a splendid horse box with two grooms to wait on his every need!  He s...

Have you ever stayed somewhere where there are Donkeys?  Somerton Farm Holiday Cottage has two lovely Donkeys, one called Pip and one called Cadbury.  They are super cute and very entertaining as they are always busy doing something – quite often getting up to mischief!   Looking out of the window you will see that they like to snooze, eat bark and chase one another around – sometimes they go so f...