Ash has always been a partner to Emily, one of Jayne's Horsemanship student's since she was a teenager. When Emily sought to find Ash a new safe place to live, it was easy to embrace him as a member of the herd at Korribinjal. He has been sensitively trained by Em, and is a beautiful, generous and kind "person". Ash is an Anglo Arab who began his life a much darker colour (like the colour of ash from a fire, hence his name) than his colour at nearly 20, having "greyed out".