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Couple Choose A Horse As Their Bridesmaid
A newly-wed couple decided to break slightly from tradition on their big day – by choosing a horse to be a bridesmaid at their wedding.According to the Daily Mail, 28-year-old Alex Wells tied the knot with her fiancé Graham Sales in Nottinghamshire, and while her friend Lianna Bourne, also 28, attended the ceremony as a bridesmaid, so did Mrs Sales 17-year-old thoroughbred horse, Toffee.
While Toffee did have to remain outside the church while the ceremony was taking place, she was waiting for the couple when they emerged from the building and stood alongside the couple for their official wedding photographs.
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Mrs Sales, who events competitively on the thoroughbred, explained her decision to include the horse as part of the celebrations.
"Toffee is part of the family and is so important to me, I even asked her permission to get married," she admitted.
Her husband added that he was "definitely behind Toffee" in the pecking order of their relationship, saying: "Alex goes to see Toffee twice a day and will spend weekends with her, so I am always competing with her for attention."
Toffee wore a purple bridle to match the other bridesmaid's dress, and her mane and forelock was plaited with purple ribbons.
Reverend David Anderton, who led the wedding service, has been conducting ceremonies for a decade, and said: "I have never seen any animal of any sort being a bridesmaid, but I was glad Alex didn't ask if she could bring her down the aisle - I was happy to have her in the churchyard."
(JP/CD)
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