Peter Robinson

Today, he and his team help look after the largest group  of Crabbet Arabian horses in the country.

Peter's early life was defined by service and discipline. Enlisting in the Royal Marines at sixteen, he was one of just twelve from a cohort of seventy-five to pass training. He served three tours of Northern Ireland and was present at the Falklands conflict in 1982, where a photograph of him flying a Union flag from his radio aerial after the Argentine surrender became one of the most iconic images of the war, later immortalised as a statue outside the Royal Marines Museum in Southsea.

After leaving the Marines in 1985, Peter built a varied career across furniture, retail, and the trades, before moving to Devon and finding himself, almost by accident, around horses for the first time. A move to Wiltshire brought him past the gates of the Imperial Arabian Stud, where a handwritten note seeking a handyman changed the course of his life.

Peter began helping benefactor Geoffrey Plaister with maintenance work, and over the following years became indispensable to the stud. The two men formed a close friendship, meeting every morning over tea to talk horses. When Geoffrey passed, Peter stayed on under the newly formed Plaister Charitable Foundation, (now The Plaister Charity) expanding his knowledge through foaling and DEFRA-licensed AI technician training.

Today Peter manages the stud and shows the horses, most notably Imperial Silver Phoenix, past Supreme Crabbet Arabian Champion. He considers it a privilege to help carry forward Geoffrey and Barbara's Plaister legacy and is relishing the opportunities that the move to The Grange Equestrian Centre provides.

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