Balmoral

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Dave Howard meets Sylvia and Dochy Ormiston, the husband and wife team who for the last 14 years have bred Highland Ponies and Highland Cattle at the Balmoral Estate in Scotland. Dave asks what they have to do to get the farm ready for a Royal visit, and what they remember from their first meeting with the Queen, who interviewed them for the job. Who makes the final decisions on the farm? In the fields of the estate Dochy discusses the challenges of rearing, showing and selling this sought-after cattle breed. At the stables Sylvia explains the training the ponies go through to become working animals and the work she's doing to combat the potentially fatal Equine Grass Sickness. Producer: Toby Field