Cruella de Vil, a robot and Genghis Khan were all spotted trotting past the shops on their way to a sponsored ride which raised tens of thousands of pounds for good causes.

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Hot to trot: Riders take to the saddle for charity

Riders from Wimbledon Village Stables raised a whopping £20,000 for the Royal Marsden Cancer charity, the Holly Lodge Centre in Richmond Park and the Wimbledon and Putney Commons Conservators.

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Left, Nancy Clarke as Ghengis Khan riding Schnitzl and right, Dina Liu as a Zebra riding Cookie

More than 40 riders and even the horses dressed up for two sponsored rides on Sunday, October 26 and Tuesday, October 28.

Organiser Carol Andrews said: "It was brilliant, it was really good fun.

"It was quite a sight.

"You never know how much effort people will put in but we had everything from Fiona from Shrek who even painted her horse to look like the donkey, a robot and Cruella de Vil."

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Marian Clout on Havana as an Elf and Carol Andrews on Jack as a Jester

The 39th annual sponsored horse rides saw the riders clip clop along the Wimbledon Village high street before taking to Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park