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This 26-year-old Thoroughbred, stands at 16.1hh and is called Jaffa. She is owned by Alison Richardson and has been since she was 4-years-old. Alison purchased Jaffa at Ascot Sales as an unbroken, rejected racehorse. Alison explains “I used to show jump with Jaffa, but she was such a live-wire in th...

    Horses are flight animals, and as such anything ou  of the ordinary has the potential to cause an adverse reaction, making the horse distressed. This can be dangerous to the horse itself, to other horses and to the people around them. We are often able to desensitise our horse to a situation th...

Over the past few years, there has been an increase of the amount of horses that have died from Seasonal Pasture Myopathy in the UK. Seasonal Pasture Myopathy is a disease caused by neurotoxins in sycamore seed trees, which are picked up by horses when grazing. These neurotoxins attack the horse’s c...

Meet Tommy, a 22-year-old Thoroughbred gelding whom is loaned by Kathy Clarke. Kathy explains: “I do lots of hacking with Tommy, he has come to me for semi-retirement and to keep my other horse company. He’s a real pleasure to have around, and is always pleased to see me. He is ever so gentle with m...

This Belgian Warmblood is 18 years of age, and is called Opporto. She stands at 16.1hh and has been owned by Nicole Cruse for 15 months. The combination have been competing in Pony Club and Riding Club Team Eventing. Together, they came first at the Area 14 Riding Club Qualifier out of 52 people and...

Watergate Endurance is back! It is now nearly three weeks since we (Robert, Kiwi, Fantom and I) drove up to Keysoe where we met up with our third crew member, Jo.  This was the culmination of a rather large amount of strategic training with Fantom to get him totally ‘racing’ fit to contest the FEI 2...

Condition & Shine may be the right choice. Condition & Shine provides your horse with an easy to administer and very palatable source of slow- release energy. This high oil supplement also contains anti-oxidising vitamin E and Selenium to stabilise free radicals, which are released during the break ...

This is Lunesdale Black Beauty, a Fell Pony who is more commonly known as Orphan Annie. She is 16 years of age, and stands at 14hh. For the last six years, Orphan Annie has been owned by June Pye. Together they are very happy hackers, riding all over Cumbria and also going on various holidays with e...

Meet Yorkshire Lass, a Thoroughbred who turned 29-years-old in April. Yorkie stands at 15.3hh and is now retired from work. “Yorkie has had many achievements in the past, in show jumping and cross country. She has also given me two fabulous foals, one with whom I went on to do Novice level dressage....

Over the winter, bad weather can lead to horses being stabled for long periods of time. You may be unable to turn out at all, and often people are unable to ride. Those of us without the luxuries of horse walkers or indoor schools may have to keep our horses permanently stabled with very little ex...

Meet Longslade Jigsaw, a 12.2hh part bred New Forest mare.  She is 14 years of age, and is owned by Jenny Abery.  Jenny explains: “I do a lot of groundwork with Jigsaw, and she is hacked out and schooled by her lovely sharers.  My four-year-old son now seems to have adopted her for his own too!  I ...

I have to start this blog with a warning - I advise you to stop reading immediately if you are anticipating reports of red rosettes, trophies or maybe even medals.  Alas, it would appear the last few months of eventing for us have been more French and Saunders than Fox-Pitt and Funnell!

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