Luisa Zissman spends ‘£25k’ shipping her FIVE horses to Dubai

Luisa Zissman has revealed her five horses have landed safely in Dubai after she paid an estimated £25,000 to fly them there. 

The former Apprentice star, 38, announced this week she is relocating to the UAE with her family after growing tired of the UK’s weather and escalating crime.

Sharing an update on social media last week, Luisa told fans that five of her horses were ready to fly out as part of the ‘big relocation to Dubai for us all’. 

And on Friday, Luisa revealed that her horses Cherry, Champ, Clemmie, Oreo and Jupi had landed safely after travelling with Fly Equitrans on Emirates Airlines.    

It is estimated that Luisa would have paid around £25,000 to fly all of our horses to her new home.

For some other people who have transported their horses from the UK to Dubai, they have revealed on forums that it costs around £5,000 per horse to make the trip. 

But depending on routes taken, the company and airline chosen, and whether your horse is in a private or shared stalls on the plane – it can cost as much as £25,000 for one single animal. 

Ahead of the flight, Luisa shared a clip of her horses being walked into shared metal stalls which were then closed and driven over to the aircraft to be moved onto the plan. 

‘Bon voyage my babies have a safe flight – see you in the sunshine. I love you,’ she wrote.

After the flight took off, she wrote: ‘And they are off. Taken on there on to the plane. 

‘I have to say after all the stress of the build up, this was so easy, smooth and professional. Feel very happy and they will be well looked after.’

She shared a post about what will happen when the horses land, saying: ‘They will be taken by @flyequitrans to a quarantine center where they will have to quarantine for 10 days. 

‘The first two days are total lockdown and then you can go and visit them. I have several people on the ground in Dubai who will be visiting them daily for me until I get to Dubai.’

And in a video after the horses landed in Dubai, Luisa filmed herself saying: ‘I’ve had an update. 

‘One of the grooms that was flying with some other horses yesterday took videos of a few of my babies coming off the plan and I am so happy! Because I don’t really know how they are, I haven’t seen a picture of them yet. 

‘I’ve managed to arrange via the friend who I booked the horses to travel with through, a vet to go and give them all a drip today to rehydrate them after travelling and make sure they’re okay and manage to deliver some food there.’

Luisa revealed earlier this week that she is moving to Dubai with her family as she is fed up of the UK. 

Responding to comments, Luisa explained that her eldest daughter, 15 year-old Dixie who she shares with her ex-husband Oliver Zissman, will remain in the UK and finish her education at her boarding school. 

Luisa and Andrew’s two daughters Indigo Esme, nine, and Clementine, seven, will meanwhile start school in Dubai in January. 

Replying to another commenter who reflected that ‘everyone’s leaving the UK now,’ Luisa explained ‘yep unfortunately, very sad have always loved the UK but looking forward to not being cold & being able to walk alone at night safely.’

Luisa is following in the footsteps of Rio and Kate Ferdinand who relocated their family to Dubai earlier this year.

The star will be leaving behind her £7.5million Grade II-listed Hertfordshire home which she and Andrew bought shortly after their 2015 wedding.

With ten bedrooms and 2.8 acres of grounds, Luisa employs 15 staff including gardeners, housekeepers, nannies and an estate manager to look after the family and the home. Friend and podcast co-host Anna Williamson once likened the huge abode to ‘a Champneys’ luxury spa hotel. 

Back in March The Apprentice star was involved in an extraordinary bust-up with a YouTuber after he tried to fly a drone over her country estate.

The mother-of-three confronted the content creator known as ‘H Audit’ after he travelled to her sprawling property because he ‘found it online’ and liked ‘the beauty of it’.

The extraordinary bust-up went viral after Luisa threatened to ‘shoot down’ his drone before both made common assault allegations to police.

She then took to her Instagram page to publicly name the YouTuber before making a £500 offer to the person who could tell her his address as it’s ‘cheaper me doing this than paying lawyers to do it’.

Luisa later told her 688,000 followers she had ‘just been to Harry’s house’ as she warned: ‘Oh this petty Polly will not let sleeping dogs lie.’

The Youtuber who was identified as Harry Holton was warned by police after the confrontation. He is part of a worrying new trend known as ‘auditing’ that sees creators harass innocent landowners and security guards on private property to create controversial videos.