article_snippet: Gunner Amy Stevens and Highfield (H.P), who is retiring .
article_snippet: Almost all are bought as four-year-olds, mostly from Ireland, and stay in service until 18.
article_snippet: Those coming up to retirement age include 18-year-old Doughnut, a quiet bay mare who nuzzles me gently when I pet her over her stable door.
article_snippet: A 15-year-old black charger who had been with The King’s Troop since 2005,
article_snippet: A few years ago, Sgt Kathryn Charters re-homed a horse called Moose back to Sgt Kathryn Charters family home in Devon, where Sgt Kathryn Charters mother runs a livery yard.
article_snippet: Sgt Kathryn Charters is now 22 and enjoying giving pony rides to children as part of the Riding For The Disabled scheme.