In 1944, at the age of 23 Rayham Francis worked as a ringer on "Abington Downs" North of Georgetown, QLD.

 

During that time he met and worked with an Irish horse trainer (ex jockey) whom he refers to as the "Irish horse doctor". The "doctor" made and used the ointments on racehorses and before he died gave the recipes to Rayham.

 

These recipes were originally used on the Pit Ponies in the coal mines in Ireland.

 

Following his marriage to Ina, they experienced the heartache of the destruction of their home by fire. A wooden box containing the recipes was saved and then remained in the box for 40 years. 

 

Their daughter Joanne started to breed and show her own horses in 1986. As it happens, one of Jo's show horses scraped a back cannon bone severely two weeks before the Brisbane Exhibition. Rayham suddenly remembered the "recipes" and promptly made up a batch of the Cutcare. Two weeks later Joanne showed her mare at the Royal and won the Station Hack and Working Stockhorse Mare.

 

In 1986 the recipes were registered and Clovely Horse Products was founded. This started the unheard of rehabilitation and healing of everything from severe lacerations, cracked and split hooves to other supposedly incurable ailments and conditions. 

 

Joanne now resides in Toowoomba and manages the Clovely Horsecare business. There are saddleries and produce/feed/fodder stores Australia wide who proudly display the Clovely products on their shelves.

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