London, July 12 (ANI): If sources are to be believed, Amy Winehouse is dating a horse-riding instructor in St.Lucia, where she is currently putting up.

“Everyone at home seems to be asking why Amy has been on St Lucia for months. The answer is right there under their noses: it’s all because of him,” the Daily Star quoted a source as saying.

The insider said: “He lives in a shack on the beach and he is there when he is not teaching the hotel guests to ride, or taking them and the horses into the sea.

“Amy is very smitten with him and spends every spare minute there.

“People keep writing about her taking in stray dogs…the dogs are wandering up to The Horseman’s hut on the beach, where Amy is befriending them.”

However, the Grammy award singer is still not able to get rid of her drinking habits.

She was reportedly spotted at a restaurant in the Caribbean island gulping down double shot of vodka at 8 a.m in the morning.

An onlooker said: “On my first morning there, she came in with a female friend - part of a large entourage she has out there - and they were served coffee and tea.

“After only a few minutes, Amy became very agitated and starting walking up and down looking for a waiter. When he arrived, I overheard her ordering double vodka shots.

“They arrived in little tumblers and she was knocking them back even though it was only 8 o’clock.” (ANI)