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7% of horse owners believe they are protecting their horses from the rise of resistance however 81% are not conducting the adequate level of FECs (faecal egg counts) that experts say are the only way to prevent the build-up of resistance to wormers.

The survey Figures come from a survey conducted by Countrywide, the leading equestrian supplier of products and advice, in collaboration with Westgate Laboratories, Norbrook and BW Equine Vets, where nearly 1,000 horse owners were surveyed on their current worming practice and knowledge.

“Countrywide’s aim was to invest in research that will help build awareness and start to change attitudes and behaviour in the approach to effective worming strategies.” Explains Sara Blackshaw, Equine Category Manager at Countrywide. “The survey has brought out the disparities in current practice against best practice and how this is leading to the rise in resistance to wormers.”

Survey Highlights • 81% of horse owners are not conducting an adequate level of FECs of three or more a year despite this 67% of horse owners believe they are protecting their horses from the rise of resistance.

• When asked about their current approach to current worming practice the majority of people 59% do so out of routine, interval dosing at set times of the year with only 31%

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53% of respondents are still choosing their worming product based on active ingredient and time of year.

53% have conducted at least one FEC and of those who subsequently did not worm 69% said that they did not because the FEC was below 200epg and therefore did not need to worm at all.

A huge 99% of people worm their horse at least once a year however 38% of horse owners do not know an accurate weight of their horse considering inaccurate dosing plays a large role with the increase in resistance this is concerning.

Tapeworms were the most wormed for parasite with 86% of respondents treating for the worm, however only 6% of horse owners have conducted a saliva test for tapeworm and only 8% have conducted the more established elisa blood test through their vet.

Vet and in store advisor role is vital - 65% seek advice from Vet and in store advisor for worming and general health care and 26% choose a product based on in store advisor or vet recommendation.

Pasture maintenance - 72% regularly poo pick and 45% harrow their fields however 45% are not rotating pasture, 65% are over grazing and 51% are overstocking.

62% still rely on just a routine wormer when bringing a new horse into a yard. (continued on page 8)

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nternational event rider Ben Hobday offered fans a rare and unique opportunity to spend a day with this up and coming rider at his GRUBS Hobday Experience day.

Fans were invited to spend at day at Ben’s yard in Cheshire, to see what it is really like to be a full time event rider.

Based at the state of the art facility at Somerford Park, the yard has access to a BE cross country course, all weather arenas and a seven mile farm ride.

Ben: “We wanted to give enthusiasts the chance to see inside the world of an event rider. With the opportunity to see what it takes to produce horses and to help show riders on how to improve at

home with their own horses.”

A meet and greet kicked off the big day, with everyone enjoying a glass of champagne.

Ben welcomed everyone to the day and gave an introductory talk about himself and how it all began.

Next was the chance to meet the stars, Ben’s team of horses, including four star superstar Mr Mulry, Grubs Ramilo, Grubs Ciletto, Jazz and the Shadow Stud young horses.

Tips and techniques were revealed as Ben rode a few of the shadow horses around a showjumping course. Followed by a cross country demonstration with helpful advice for riders.

A Q&A with Ben proved very popular with everyone’s queries answers along with lots of tea and special ‘yehboi’ cupcakes.

The day ended with the group taking selfies with Ben and Hobday mascot Super Steve.

Said Katie Lloyd: “Thank you Ben Hobday, I have had an amazing day. It was very educational and Ben is definitely one of the nicest men in eventing. I would recommend the day to anyone if you get the chance.”

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Lara Griffith Scores First BEF FUTURITY 2015 International Win DATES AND VENUES Top scorer in the 2014 BEF Futurity, dressage colt foal, Fiderstar, owned by Rosie Moreton-Deakin.

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Lara, who rides for Olympic rider Laura Tomlinson, scored 69.608 percent with Rubin Al Assad.

"This was the second Grand Prix Special I've ever done with him and it went really well, but it's still new to us," Lara said. "We had a few mistakes today in the test, but in general we're on the up!"

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Sharon McCusker (USA) and Wrigley were just behind them in second place with a 69.098 percent while Christilot Boylen (CAN) and Drentano were third on 67.392 percent.

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MAINTAINING ARENA PERFORMANCE Here we speak to an arena expert at Equestrian Direct Surfaces on easy yet effective area maintenance. They also share some top tips on how to maintain and condition different arena surfaces ensuring you spend more time in the saddle.

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he after-care and maintenance of your equine arena is extremely important to ensure a level, compact and even surface to enhance the performance and longevity of your investment.

As stated in the recent Equine Surfaces White Paper, published by the FEI, maintenance of your riding surface is essential in lowering the risk and preventing bone and joint related injuries in horses.

The correct maintenance for your arena surface will vary depending on the materials used, weather, type and amount of use along with budget for maintenance.

How often an arena surface is used determines the frequency of its maintenance, but irrespective of whether you use it once a month or twice a day, it is a vital task.

Overtime, you will find that the surface of your arena becomes uneven, loose or even too hard and compact, and this has the potential for major health implications for your horse if arena maintenance is not carried out.

LEVELLING

Surfaces will need levelling over time especially around the edges where tracks start to form. If your arena gets plenty of work you may need to level it on a daily basis depending on the movement of your surface.

For arena surfaces such as the Flexiride and Turffloat Elite using a harrow and a rake on a regular basis can help level out any tracks or holes created whilst riding on your arena surface. This will help your surface keep a firm and even footing.

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One of the easiest maintenance jobs that will keep your arena looking smart and tidy is weeding and picking up droppings.

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It can also help with paddock renovation; breaking up and levelling heavy soil, root aeration, as well as working in fertiliser and ripping out moss and spreading manure.

The Equilevel is ideal for Turffloat surfaces and those with binding fibres added. It makes arena maintenance quick and easy and can replace three different pieces of equipment.

The track clearer at the front of the machine pulls the surface into the leveller. Two rows of small tines condition the surface to the required depth whilst the levelling bar smooths over the surface. At the back a latticed roller finishes the surface of with a nice smooth and level footing.

Alternatively you can use a spring tine harrow and a roller separately which will help maintain these types of surfaces.

start to hold more water. This can be prevented using a rotivator to help break up the compaction and aerate the surface.

Adding more fibres and additives will require more regular maintenance and may require adding water to the surface to provide a secure footing. Surfaces with added binding fibres require conditioning rather than aggressive levelling.

WATERING

Surfaces that are dry may need watering to keep them in prime condition especially over the summer period when the weather is warm and dry. This will help return the moisture content in the surface giving it a firm yet cushioned ride.

The EquiLevel can be fitted with an optional water tank and spray nozzles to make light work of leveling, aerating and watering your surface.

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Maintaining your arena may also mean that you need to rejuvenate the existing surface. Surfaces that have become compact and hard will also (continued from page 1) Best practise worming plan - Recommended by Countrywide, BW Equine Vets, Norbrook and Westgate labs.

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he word youngstock is a “catchall” term that includes fillies, colts and geldings less than three years of age so in order to discuss the feeding of these animals we must consider the period from birth of the foal up to it developing into an adult at three. It is necessary to separate breed types within this grouping of youngstock since they are fed and managed very differently. Basically we must consider the “light” horses (Thoroughbreds/Arab horses, Half Arabs and Anglo Arabs, Quarter horses) as distinct from “heavy” (draft) horses, Warmbloods and ponies. Light horses are mostly bred and fed for either racing purposes or other high speed activities.

Furthermore, these horses mature early and thus possess the potential for very rapid growth early in life.

Thoroughbreds in particular foal outwith the natural breeding season whereas ponies, Warmbloods and draft types foal in late spring/ summer taking advantage of naturally available feed. They are slower to mature and the emphasis is not on achieving rapid growth.

Thoroughbreds are probably the best example of light horses in the UK. Most young Thoroughbreds are reared with the objective of sending them to the Yearling Sales, held principally at Deauville (France), Keeneland (Kentucky), Goffs (Kildare) or Tattersalls (Newmarket) where they are bought with the purpose of putting them into training. They will be prepared for racing as two yearolds. Thereafter, if good enough, they will remain in training and race as three year-olds and beyond in the well-known classics on the flat or as steeplechasers where they take part in a different style of racing. A March-born foal will become a Yearling when it is just

over 9 months old compared to a January-born foal which will be nearly 12 months old since they are “aged” from the January in the year they are born. This disparity (~90kgs=18/20% of adult weight) confers a benefit to the Januaryborn foal in terms of physical development. Thus, not all Yearlings are equal in terms of chronology or physiology. Clearly this difference persists into the second year of life so that some two-year olds are not ready to race until towards the end of the season. It will be apparent from the foregoing that there is pressure to make sure that young Thoroughbreds are born early in the year and to grow as quickly as possible in order to hasten growth so that firstly, they sell well at the Yearling sales and secondly, that they mature quickly so that they can race sooner. Some recent Japanese research monitoring growth rates amongst Thoroughbred foals has emphasised the importance of two measurements: bodyweight and withers height to monitor development. Because foals respond to season in terms of growth rate (faster in summer, slower in winter) their birth date can have a significant impact on their individual growth curves. Thus nutritional needs will vary between foals according to when they were born as evidenced above by comparing the Januaryborn foal with those arriving in March. Based on this information it would be prudent to individualise feeding programmes for foals as far as possible to accommodate these differences and to plot their growth curves (weight/withers height) as a further guide to management.

One can easily imagine the great difference between foals of different ages (weight/withers height) as they make the transition from winter to spring and thus the large differences in their nutritional needs at this critical time.

Nursing Thoroughbred foals will grow at a rate of 1 to 1.5kg/day which is very fast, allowing these animals (in common with other light horses) to achieve 90% of their mature height by 12 months of age. Initially this growth will be supported by the mare in terms of the milk she produces and foals may consume 15 to 25% of their bodyweight in milk per day during their first week of life. The mature (continued on page 14)

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SPILLERS® brings you the following tips to help reduce the risk of laminitis this spring • Act early - Don’t wait until your horse or pony is overweight or had his first episode of laminitis before you consider reducing the risk as part and parcel of your management routine.

Once a horse or pony has had the condition they will become more prone to it and any damage may be impossible to rectify.

• Consider the risk - If you have a native pony, cob or a good doer manage them as if they are already laminitic.

This way you will be reducing their overall risk. Although we don’t fully understand the genetic component of laminitis it is highly likely that genetics play a significant role so don’t take any gambles.

• Keep your horse slim - Being overweight or obese will risk your horse or pony’s risk of laminitis although the link may not be a direct one as thin ponies are susceptible too! Having a slim pony (condition score 4.5-5 on the 9 point scale) is healthier for many reasons so manage their diet and keep the exercise levels up. This will also help support a healthy metabolism.

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Feeding (continued from page 9) height for Thoroughbreds can be assumed to be 162 cm for stallions and 160 cm for mares. By eighteen months of age Thoroughbreds have nearly achieved full height but only four-fifths of mature weight. What is crucial to these animals is that the bone is fully mineralised and able to carry the additonal musculature that develops with training. A study of nearly two thousand foals on a Thoroughbred stud in Canada showed that on average, foals gained 110 kg during the first 90 days after birth, 75 kg during the second 90 day period, 60 kg during the third 90 days and only 45 kg during the fourth 90 day period. Clearly, the greatest amount of bone elongation occurs during the first months of life emphasising the need for a balanced supply of nutrients.

Because of the foals rapid growth and bone elongation these animals are susceptible to skeletal defects broadly known as Developmental Orthopaedic Disease (DOD) that includes a range of different conditions including physitis, angular deformities, osteochondrosis dissecans, malformation of the cervical vertebra (“wobblers”) and carpus. It would seem that these conditions are becoming more common and a number of different factors have been implicated including nutrition, heredity,

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exercise and conformation. Although inbreeding within the Thoroughbred industry may improve the chances of producing horses of high athletic ability, a consequence of this approach to breeding is that other less desirable traits may be concentrated in the offspring.

It seems that the key to minimizing developmental problems is appropriate management-sounds simple but in reality requires a lot of effort. This does not mean making great changes to what is fed to the growing animals since almost all commercially produced diets (creep feed, youngstock cubes, yearling diets, etc) for these animals are usually of excellent quality. The goal has to be to regulate concentrate intake and to maintain the animals on a smooth growth curve with no decline in growth rate that might result in compensatory growth spurts. This requires the introduction of creep feed well before weaning, which usually takes place at 4 (~35% of mature size) to 6 (~46% of mature size) months of age, in order to maintain growth rate at, during and after weaning. Furthermore there is strong evidence to show that controlled exercise throughout the growth process enables the formation of healthy bones and joints. A “rule of thumb” guide to the amount of creep to feed is 450g per month of age. Maximum rates of gain are not

desirable in terms of bone quality as it may be compromised by too rapid growth. Table 1 provides average values for Thoroughbreds with an expected mature weight of 550kg.

Nutrient content of the concentrate varies according to age.

Initially milk replacer pellets may be fed that use whey as a protein source and contain ~20% protein overall.

Over the period 1 month to 3 a creep feed containing ~18% protein based on soya would be appropriate.

From 4 to 6 months a ~14% protein creep should be used. Obviously all of these feeds will be carefully balanced with respect to the absolute amounts and ratios of minerals and vitamins that are suitable for the different growth stages of the developing foal.

In contrast to the January-born Thoroughbred foal, those horses and ponies (basically all non-TB

animals) that foal during the normal summer period will depend initially on their mother’s milk, gradually making the transition to a grass-only diet to meet all of their energy and nutrient needs. Natural weaning will normally take place when the foal is a year or more old or when the mare foals again.

Providing mares and foals with good quality pasture will ensure adequate energy and nutrient intakes but if in doubt, it is always possible to supply a low volume concentrate that supplies just essential minerals and vitamins to guard against any deficiency. Essentially, those native animals and others kept outside are controlled by the seasons in terms of their growth rates. Foals born in the summer should have plenty of food to support good growth and to develop reserves to carry them overwinter. However, late-born foals

Table 1: Average bodyweights, daily gains and likely food intake at 3, 6, 9, 12 and 24 months of age based on published data.

Age (months)

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230 (46%)

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14

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1.5

3.0

4.0

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Additionally and importantly low numbers of worms in horses are not inherently unhealthy and faecal egg counts of up to 400 eggs per gram (200 in young or old) are not considered significant, so a zero tolerance attitude is wrong. Secondly, allowing horses to maintain this or a low level of worms, that are not exposed to treatment, reduces the incidence of resistance. This is called “refugia” and is paramount to avoiding future resistance by increasing the effectiveness of wormers.

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there are 2 subclasses Avermectins (IvermectinEraquell, Vectin, Noromectin, Eqvalan) Milbemycin (Moxidectin – Equest) And many products combine the various classes: • Praziquantel and Ivermectin (Equimax, Eqvalan Duo) • Praziquantel and Moxidectin (Equest Pramox) This need to become a professor of pharmacology leaves most with a headache.

The important points are that: 1. Overuse of one group will result in resistance to that group 2. Overuse of similar compounds within the macocyclic lactones (i.e. avermectin and milbemycin) will result in emerging cross-resistance Importantly, any wormer chosen or implicated by a FEC should be based on the worm expected or indeed proven to be present. Hence, in the pasture season worms tend to be mature adult round worms, both and redworms rather than larval stages and use of an adultacide pyrantel, fenbendazole or less commonly recommended ivermectin (because of possible cross resistance).

Compare this with winter where encysted small redworms are the major culprit so use of moxidectin usually with a tapeworm praziquantel (especially if ELISA bloods have not been performed) is recommended.

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Feeding Newly Weaned Youngstock S

everal factors are very important when you are planning a feeding programme for a young horse. It is necessary to look at the nutrient requirements of your youngster, the feed nutrient content, the anatomical limitations of the young horses digestive system and the body changes involved with growth.

Weanlings cannot be fed low energy, bulky feed because their digestive tracts are not large enough, instead products which offer concentrated sources of energy, protein, vitamins and minerals to help meet their nutrient requirements, like Rowen Barbary Stud Mix. By using a nutrient dense mix, which is balanced to provide the correct nutrient levels, it is possible to create the optimum dietary balance to promote skeletal development, and encourage consistent daily weight gain, reducing the risk of skeletal defects.

The main concerns at this stage of the weanling’s development are the need to provide a concentrate ration to balance the forage given, and to ensure that the nutrient intake is sufficient for individual growth.

For any weanlings with a poor appetite ReadyMash Extra can be used to help create a smooth transition from milk to feed and forage. With its milk powders and glucose powders fed as a soft moist feed is particularly suited for those that struggle to chew and digest the more traditional coarse mix.

Not all foals grow at the same rate as breed, sex, body condition and genetics can influence growth rate and therefore the level of nutrients required. Growth rates slow with increasing age, so fewer nutrients are required to support tissue growth.

However the youngster still requires a balanced diet to maintain growth and development.

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f your horse seems to be headshaking the first thing to do is rule out any physical cause that could be easily remedied, poor fitting tack or dental problems are common.

Most true cases of headshaking are the result of central sensitisation at the trigeminal nerve. This is the major nerve which feeds sensory information from the facial area to the brain. Central sensitisation is a kind of over stimulation which means that even the tiniest stimuli can result in large nerve impulses, causing horses to headshake. Thus allergy, light, touch or even sound may trigger headshaking.

While there is currently no cure for headshaking, your vet can discuss various management options. These include things like nose nets, avoiding the brightest part of the day and antihistamines to help with seasonal allergies.

Supplementing magnesium has interesting potential and also gains a lot of anecdotal support. Magnesium depletion at the nerve is directly associated with the initiation and maintenance of central sensitisation.

This occurs because magnesium resides in our NMDA receptors (found at the nerve endings) and plays a vital role in managing nerve impulses. When magnesium is lost from these sites, calcium is allowed to overload the nerve causing hypersensitivity.

There is a need to better understand what initially triggers central sensitisation. In people there are many conditions which are known to cause damage to the nervous system resulting in central sensitisation; these include direct trauma, diabetes, tumours and shingles.

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“We have tried different methods of feeding our youngstock and have found feeding Horslyx extremely successful,” she says. “Just weaned foals can arrive very stressed, timid, refusing to eat and under the weather. Most of the babies will eat hay but we have found giving them a Horslyx is a wonderful way of getting them started on hard feed. There is no waste and they can have constant access to them. They all love the taste and the most nervous and fussy eaters are soon tempted.”

“We find that they relieve stress levels and reduce boredom, particularly in foals until they reach the stage that they can be safely turned out. Once they are out in the field they always have access to Horslyx to supplement the grazing with all the vitamins, minerals and trace elements they need to help produce happy healthy ponies for the show ring.”

“We find the trickle feeding method kind on the gut and feel that it lessens the risk of feed related health issues and as they continue to access Horslyx throughout their training and development using the Mini Horslyx is so helpful for trailer training, introducing the vet and farrier and generally offering them a reward. Our whole show team is turned away for the winter with the 80kg Horslyx tubs and just good quality hay. They always come back in with healthy hooves, skin, coats, long healthy manes and feathers – which is all so important when showing Fell ponies.”

Horslyx is the ideal solution to providing extra nutritional value in the diet of broodmares, stallions and youngstock, as the comprehensive and palatable lick helps to supplement the diet with vitamins, minerals, trace elements and antioxidants, which are essential not just for healthy growth, but also fertility.

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Ensuring You are Prepared for Your First Foal Using only the very best bloodlines is key to success for Sara Longworth of Waverley Stud in Warwickshire when it comes to breeding talented future dressage champions.

Here she provides advice on preparing for your first foal.

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he birth of your first foal is undoubtedly one of the most exiting experiences for any horse owner, but this excitement can also be mixed with anxiety about what to expect and the outside chance that something could go wrong.

As the owner of Waverley Stud I have seen many generations of foals born but I still find every new safe arrival a magical experience.

Foaling is a natural process and most mares instinctively know what to do, but knowing that I am well prepared, with essential foaling supplies restocked, is key to my peace of mind.

One month before foaling (we use an average gestation period of 342 days from the last date of covering for our calculations) our mares have a flu and tetanus vaccination. This allows some immunity to be passed to the foals, giving them protection for the first few months of life. At least three weeks before the due date we also make an appointment with our vet to unstitch any mares that have had a Caslick procedure – this is essential to prevent the mare from tearing and allow easy exit of the foal. (If you aren’t sure if your mare has a Caslick, then ask your vet to examine her at least three weeks before her due date so that appropriate action can be taken.) If you want to use an internal foal alarm (which we do not), it could be inserted by your vet at the same time.

New born foal Two or three days before the due date (or before, if it looks as though delivery will be early) we worm our mares to help prevent any eggs in the mare’s system from passing to the foal through her milk. (Always check the literature that comes with the wormer to establish that it is safe for use with pregnant mares.)

By this time you will also have decided where you are going to foal your mare and where it will be turned out post foaling. We always foal our mares in the stable, but if you decide to foal your

mare outside it should be in a small paddock (so that the mare cannot take herself too far away – she will normally go to the most remote and quiet part of the field) and where there is a reliable means of artificial light in case of an emergency, as things can and do go wrong – and most foals are born after dark when it is quiet and peaceful.

Any paddock should be free of obstacles and have secure fencing: post and rail is best, with the bottom rail close enough to the ground to prevent a foal rolling under it and, inadvertently, getting separated from its mother. And of course these safeguards hold true for the field you intend to use for your mare and foal after the birth.

At Waverley Stud we have a number of large foaling boxes with CCTV cameras, electric light and fixed rubber floors (these are more hygienic than mats as no fluids can get underneath them and they help to cushion the inevitable tumbles of a newborn foal). The stables are thoroughly disinfected before each use. A foaling box must be larger in size than a standard stable and preferably square in shape to allow plenty of room around the mare when she goes down to foal. It should be free of sharp or projecting objects. We use a thick layer of straw as it helps to absorb birthing fluids, provides a soft landing for wobbly foals, and is non hazardous if the foal tries to eat it – it is amazing how many (continued on page 28)

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ollowing a severe injury to my horse’s tongue, which was nearly severed, I was left after her recovery with the realisation that I would never be able to use a bit in her mouth again. There are several types of bitless bridle available but my veterinary surgeon suggested that I try a Dr Cook Bitless Bridle, designed by Dr Robert Cook, a U.K. trained equine veterinary surgeon. It has been marketed in the U.S.A. since 1999. Another of his clients here in Devon was using one very successfully and praised it highly, so he suggested I might like to try one on my Lipizzaner mare, Saringa. She is a very sweet natured horse but a real hot blooded individual and strong. I have to admit that the thought of riding, especially on roads with no bit, filled me with apprehension but as it turned out these concerns were groundless.

While I am not advocating going bitless for everyone this

solution for my problem has been successful. I also ride her in a Monty Roberts Dually Schooling Halter with the same amazing results. In fact I rode her out in her Dually, with reins attached to the training rings, long before I introduced her to the Dr Cook Bitless Bridle.

Both methods suite her nature and anatomy incredibly well and I have to say that she goes freely and happily and shows no signs of discomfort, if anything she is much happier without a bit in her mouth.

By means of a system of two loops, one over the poll and one over the nose, the bridle embraces the whole head. It provides communication by applying painless pressure across the poll, behind the ears which is a very sensitive region, down the side of the face, under the chin and across the nose. What is does not do is injure or frighten the horse in the way that a cold metal bit in the wrong hands can. Fitted properly it does not restrict the horses breathing and it is obvious from my horses attitude to life when

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I am a firm believer in riding with light sensitive hands whatever you use on your horse.

I followed the advice for both the Dually and the bridle and schooled her in the confines of her paddock first. I have to say that initially I found steering a bit of an issue. Any subtle take-and-give of the inside hand when turning seemed to go unnoticed. Seat and leg aids are much more important when riding bitless, but we both improved as we became familiar with this new found freedom.

Because the cross-under straps of the Bitless Bridle put pressure along the horse’s cheek, which may press against any sharp edges of teeth, it is best to have them checked out before using it for the first time.

This was not a concern with the Dually Halter and as I said, she goes beautifully in both.

Horses bolt because of fear or pain. By removing the bit one of the most common sources of pain is removed. I have heard many accounts of going bitless stopping problems with head-tossing when being ridden and for any horse with

Saringa wearing her Dr Cook Bitless Bridle

Saringa wearing her Dually Schooling Halter this problem it would certainly be worth trying. Saringa is very head and ear shy but she moves confidently, obediently and freely bitless.

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n this feature, we invite experts to answer your burning questions - please email us at nutrition@equiads.com if you have an equine nutrition enquiry. (Your questions may be shortened to fit the available space.)

Q. I have heard that charcoal can benefit laminitis-prone horses - is this true and how does it help?

A. Laminitis, while a multi-factorial condition, is linked to toxicity. As part of the laminitic process, blood vessels within the horse’s hoof constrict and dilate, thus inhibiting blood flow through the capillaries and leading to the accumulation of toxins within the bloodstream, and specifically within the hoof capsule. It is thought that the periods of increased blood flow to the foot lead to a higher concentration and greater exposure to trigger factors such as acids and toxins within the bloodstream.

When the various laminitic factors occur, a chain of events leads to catastrophic changes to the bonds that link internals tissues to the hoof wall.

However, it is possible to help prevent these changes. Natural charcoal is widely used to help keep horses’ metabolic systems healthy; it works by carrying oxygen into the horse’s system and adsorbing the toxins that have accumulated. For laminitic horses, or those prone to the condition, charcoal can be used on an ongoing basis to dispel toxins from the hoof capsule and elsewhere in the bloodstream. A consequence of this is that pH balance is restored.

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Q. Which herbs are good for horses?

A. Many types of grass, herbs and some leaves are all part of a horse’s natural diet, plus a lot of quite ‘woody’, fibrous stems of hardy perennials. However in recent times, we’ve seen a dramatic decline in our semi-natural lowland grassland. Many former flower-rich hay meadows and pastures have now been replaced by lush green fields dominated by perennial rye grass. These lush swards are high in protein and fructan, a key contributor to laminitis. Meanwhile, constant cropping of land and the use of chemical fertilisers reduces the amount of micro-nutrients that healthy soils possess. So, our horses’ access to herbs has greatly diminished.

In terms of recommending specific beneficial herbs, here are some of the main ones: • Hawthorn – blood pressure normaliser, heart tonic and heart-beat regulator.

• Cleavers – rich in silica; increases production of white blood cells; has an antibiotic action.

• Meadowsweet – analgesic, anti inflammatory and antacid properties. Helps address gastric ulceration.

• Nettle – rich in Vitamin C and iron. Anti allergic; a circulatory stimulant.

• Plantain – reduces inflammation of mucus membrane; antibiotic and cooling actions - may reduce overproduction of mucus in respiratory conditions.

• Dandelion – the leaves are a natural diuretic, while the root is specific for the digestive system; a gentle laxative.

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With four, targeted formulations, the Vetroflex Lifestage range takes a more bio-individual approach to joint support supplements and offers a product to suit different equines at key stages of their life. In addition, the new range offers added value by providing a unique, ‘all in one’ approach to nutrition, with added ingredients to support not only joint health, but performance and vitality as well.

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We set up our foaling kit in a big white Perspex container at the beginning of the season with items that will be required immediately after birth, and some that could be needed in case of emergency. It contains: • phone numbers for our vet on the lid of the box (all of us have the number in our mobile phones too) • a plentiful supply of sterile gloves for washing the mare and handling the placenta • scissors for cutting umbilical tape or tail wrap; or more seriously, in case of an emergency, for dealing with a red bag birth (where the placenta would need to be cut open), or, again in rare cases, for the need to cut the umbilical cord • canister of oxygen with nose cone, in case of red bag birth (we are also thinking of buying a full resuscitation device just in case a foal has difficulty breathing after birth) • umbilical tape or clamp, in case the umbilical cord needs tying off immediately after foaling • antiseptic spray to disinfect the umbilical stump and reduce possibility of bacterial infection • towels, to dry off and stimulate breathing in the new born foal • thermometer – for mare and new born foal • whole foal colostrum in case the mare doesn’t have any or does not produce enough • foal milk replacer in case the worst happens and the mare is lost • plastic bottle and rubber teat for feeding a foal • large container for milking the mare (in case the foal takes a long time to stand and suckle) • anti-septic spray for the umbilical cord enema (sodium phosphate type) to administer to a new born foal in • case of meconium impaction • If you don’t have good artificial light in the stable and in the yard, you will also need a strong torch or head light In a covered bucket, alongside the foaling kit, we also keep mild liquid soap for washing the udder and genital area of the mare prior to foaling, and an extra long tail bandage to keep the mare’s tail hair out of the way throughout proceedings. A head collar and lead rope always hang outside the stable door.

Most of our mares tell us when foaling is imminent, with some habitually foaling before or after their due dates. Maiden mares are often late. A few days before, or even on the day itself, the udder swells (‘bags up’) and beads of colostrum begin to appear on the teat. The bulk of the foal moves backwards visibly towards the mare’s pelvis – this is particularly clear when viewed from above through the CCTV. Time to set up watch in front of the CCTV! If you don’t have CCTV you will

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Beginning to suckle have to keep checking. Before we had CCTV we used to rig up a camp bed in the box next door!

Most, but not all, mares will exhibit disturbed behaviour immediately prior to foaling. They can walk the box, paw at the bedding, lie down and get up again. It is better not to interfere with your mare during delivery unless there is a problem. In my experience foaling usually occurs within 30 minutes of the waters breaking. Then the mare will lie on her side and stay down. Minutes later the foal’s feet appear, followed quickly by the nose and head. The shoulders can take a little longer to emerge, but from the moment the mare goes down and lies on her side, it is normal for the birthing process to take no more than fifteen minutes from beginning to end: and it is often much quicker than that! The mare and foal may then rest for a while following the birth before the bonding process begins.

While this is happening I collect up and examine the afterbirth or placenta, laying it out on the concrete which is then scrubbed with Vircon. It should be complete and look like a baggy pair of trousers, with one ‘leg’ (the horn where the foetus grew) much bigger than the other.

You should be able to identify the hole that the foal made during its birth. Even now, if I’m worried that I haven’t quite got a whole placenta, I ask my vet to check it. I then put it in a black plastic bag in a bucket where marauding wild life cannot reach it, ready for burning.

The foal should start trying to get to its feet within about 30 minutes of birth – though again some are much quicker - and should be suckling within an hour to an hour and a half. There is nothing better than that noisy gurgling sucking sound as a reward for all your efforts! If it looks like it will take longer than this I tend to milk the mare and feed the colostrum to the foal in a bottle to ensure that it has the energy and health giving benefits of the mare’s colostrum beginning to go to work inside it.

I do not use rugs after the birth for either mare or foal, even if it is cold, for fear of endangering a foal’s attempts to stand and its vital need to suckle. A good covering of straw over a recumbent foal, once it is dry, will keep it warm enough. My mares get a hot bran mash, with lots of molasses, after they have foaled. I think this is comforting for them, but also helps combat the tendency to colic that often accompanies foaling.

Once all this is done, and I’m confident the foal can get to its feet and find milk without my help, I go to bed for a few hours. I then wake up 3 hours later and watch the CCTV to ensure the foal is suckling well.

Finally, within 12 and 24 hours of birth, foals should have their blood tested to determine if they have received adequate passive transfer of antibodies from the mare’s colostrum. If the results are inadequate or even borderline the foal may need a plasma transfusion – this requirement is not unusual, and is especially common with older mares who may begin to run milk well before the birth, so losing all their colostrum.

A healthy foal that has had a stress free birth will benefit from getting out in the paddock as soon as possible; this could be within the first 24 hours of birth. One of our mares however refuses to leave the stable for about 48 hours after a birth and she tells us when she’s ready to go out!

If this is your first experience of foaling, make good use of the months leading up to the birth, to educate yourself on the birth process as much as possible. This knowledge could prove vital in recognising the early signs of something going wrong. It is also strongly recommended that you meet with your vet to determine what equipment and help is right for your foaling situation, to make sure you know when and how to use the equipment you have and to establish what signs or eventualities should trigger a call for emergency help.

Most mares cope well with foaling without any help but it is always wise to be prepared, and in the excitement of live foaling, the organising and homework you do now will payoff handsomely. After all this is the moment you have been waiting and planning for, for some months, maybe years!

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LEARNING TO RIDE IN THE CLASSICAL WAY - PART FOUR:

HOW TO SIT IN THE SADDLE By Anne Wilson L

ast month we looked at how to mount in a way which gives the least disturbance to the horse’s back.

One of the main aspects of classical riding is consideration for the horse.

The more pleasant we can make the experience for the horse; the more pleasant will be our experience of riding.

How to sit in the saddle is of utmost importance, not only to our comfort and that of the horse, but sitting in a classical seat means that we are in good balance with the horse and therefore much safer. In addition to us being so much less likely to fall off, the horse will be able to perform under our weight with a lot more ease and beauty in his steps.

The seat I am about to describe is the one to be adopted for what we term ‘flatwork’, i.e. not jumping or cross country riding; neither of which, as a beginner, you will be doing just yet. It is quite possible to adapt the flatwork seat in order to ride classically, in balance with the horse, over obstacles; but this is something to consider in the future.

Opening the Hips

After easing your weight gently into the saddle, it is essential that you open your hips as wide as possible.

When you are new to riding, this is not always easy, especially if you are not accustomed to any type of stretching exercises, such as Yoga or something similar. There is a ligament in the human groin area which needs to be gradually stretched to enable flexibility and full opening of the hips. This ligament cannot be stretched suddenly or you will do yourself an injury. It would be extremely useful if you could practice some stretching exercises before your first riding lesson, but be prepared for some aches and pains in this area, as well as buttocks and inner thigh areas. It takes time to build up good flexibility and strength for riding, so be patient.

Once you have opened your hips to the fullest extent you can comfortably manage, then relax your legs downwards, allowing your weight to fall into your heels.

The Last Thing you want to emulate is a ‘chair seat’

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a great riding master circa 400 BC (Xenophon ‘The Art of Horsemanship’) is “I do not approve of a seat which is as though the man were on a chair, but rather as though he were standing upright with his legs apart.”

So sitting on a horse should not be at all like sitting on a chair, or in fact on anything else. It is helpful to think of it as sitting ‘into’ the saddle rather than ‘on it’. You need to have equal weight on each seat bone and a small amount of weight on the crutch area. This is a concept which has caused a lot of confusion over the years. The crutch area does not mean the pubic bone, but the crutch area encompasses the upper inner thighs, which should be in contact with the saddle and take a small amount of weight. It is helpful if you can contact the saddle with the front part of your inner thigh; if necessary rolling the excess flesh backwards.

An Upright Torso

Your upper torso should be held erect, supported by your abdominal and lower back muscles. This support should come from toned muscles rather than tense ones.

Again, building strong core muscles here is something which can be greatly helped by appropriate exercises before ever mounting a horse. As a beginner, try to think of sitting tall, with an expanded chest; lift your shoulders up back and down, allowing your elbows to rest on your side. Try to obtain this position without stiffness and tension and imagine being pulled up by the top of your head, which should be erect with the chin slightly pulled towards your chest, rather than poking your chin forwards.

At The Spanish Riding School of Vienna they have a motto - ‘up the body, down the weight’, meaning that from the waist upwards you sit tall and from the waist down you allow your weight to flow down to your heels. If you can have a look at the way the riders of this school ride (there are plenty of photographs on the internet etc.) then this should give you inspiration.

Keep your seat in the centre of the saddle, just behind the pommel

The best place for the rider to sit is

Classical Trainer Paul Belasik and rider Francis Peto demonstrate the stability of the classical seat - photo- Black Tent Photography www.blacktent.co.uk just behind the withers, where the horse’s back is at its strongest. This is just behind the pommel at the front of the saddle. The weakest part of the back is the loins, just behind the saddle. This is why it is important, not only for your own balance and stability, but for the horse’s sake, to keep a modicum of weight on the crutch area (as described earlier) and not to allow allow weight to tip back onto your buttocks, sliding to the back of the saddle. This latter scenario is likely to happen if you ‘collapse’ at the waist. That is if you fail to support yourself upwards with strong core muscles. Riders who ‘collapse’ at the waist are in dire risk of tipping out of the saddle over the horse’s shoulder and onto the ground given the slightest mishap, say if the horse should trip or suddenly stop. (See photo illustrating the stability of the classical seat).

Your riding instructor should help you to adjust your stirrups to the correct length. As a beginner you will probably need them a little shorter than ideal, as you may lose them by inadvertently gripping upwards. Gripping with the legs, be it lower leg calf muscles or inner thigh muscles is something to be avoided if at all possible, as this will make your seat bounce upwards; making a fall much more likely.

However, things do not always go to plan in the beginning, and if this happens in a moment of imbalance, you need to be able to keep your feet in the stirrups.

As a general rule when looking at the rider from the side, there should be a straight line from the head, through the shoulders, hips and then heel; with a slight bend at the

knee. There should be no tension or gripping with the legs; rather a feeling of ‘draping’ the legs around the horse. The lower legs should contact the horse’s side with the inner calf muscles, rather than the rear calf muscles. This will require that your toes point forwards rather than outwards. This position is not easy to attain at first since it requires the ability to open the hips and as already mentioned, this may not be fully possible at first. The lowest part of your lower leg should be your heel, but do not force the heel down too hard or you will cause tension elsewhere and may end up rocking backwards on your seat bones.

Keeping the correct muscles toned

Whilst you need to strive for toned and supportive (although not stiff or tense) abdominal and lower back muscles, it is important to avoid any tension in the buttock or inner thigh and calf muscles. These muscles should be kept soft and pliable in order to play their part in absorbing the movement of the horse. As previously mentioned, tension here will cause you to bounce, rather like a bouncing pogo stick, which is very unsafe and uncomfortable for you and the horse.

To learn more about the classical seat, there are many good books (apart from my own) on the market, such as Sylvia Loch’s ‘The Classical Seat’ published by Horse & Rider & D.J. Murphy (Publishers) Ltd., and her Classical Seat series of videos, available from The Classical Seat Video Company – Tel: 01502 500272

Anne Wilson is a freelance classical riding trainer, based in Bedfordshire; trained with Sylvia Loch and holder of the Classical Riding Club Gold Award Certificate. Phone 01234 772401 or email: annewilsondressage@hotmail.co.uk www.classicalridingannewilson.com. See Anne’s book ‘Riding Revelations – Classical Training from the Beginning’ available from www.blacktent.co.uk www.equi-ads.com

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Classical Horses by Wendy Newing

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he classical system of riding and training horses, which deplores the use of force, reached its height in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. The dressage we know today evolved from training horses for the battlefield.

In classical riding, sometimes called classical dressage, the rider is in perfect balance with the movements of the horse and the rider’s aids are so light and subtle as to be imperceptible to the observer. In its highest form horses are trained to a standard beyond advanced dressage.

All types of horses are able to be trained by the classical method but the finest horses for the really advanced work, ‘The Airs Above The Ground’ are the Iberian breeds, the Lusitano of Portugal, the Spanish Horse and the famous Lipizzaner. This Austrian horse has Spanish origins which is why Austria’s renowned centre of equestrian excellence is called ‘The Spanish Riding School of Vienna’.

Iberian horses are characterised by

compactness of frame, which makes their movements powerful, rounded and extremely lively. They are naturally collected, with shortened and elevated strides and gather themselves into a position of matchless balance. These horses also have wonderfully kind and gentle temperaments and being so athletic and intelligent are the perfect saddle horse.

Classical riding at its most flamboyant and beautiful is seen when the riders literally ‘dance’ to music with their horses. The sight appeals to our human emotions on a very deep level and is appreciated enormously, even by the non-horsey observer.

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HORSE BEHAVIOUR - Speaking the language part 30 A series by SUSAN McBANE explaining equestrian and scientific terminology in relation to equine behaviour and psychology, and its effects on horses and training. (This series is based on a glossary of equestrian and scientific terms presented in ‘Equitation Science’ by McGreevy and McLean, 2010, the standard work on the subject. The glossary definition is given in quotation marks, followed by Susan’s discussion.)

CONFLICT BEHAVIOUR: ‘A set of responses of varying duration that are usually characterised by hyperreactivity and arise largely through confusion. In equitation, confusions that result in conflict behaviours may be caused by application of simultaneous opposing signals (such as go and stop/slow/step-back) such that the horse is unable to offer any learned responses sufficiently and is forced to endure discomfort from relentless rein and leg pressures.

Attempts to flee the aversive situation result in hyper-reactivity.

In addition, the desired response to one or both cues diminishes.

Conflict behaviours may also result from one signal eliciting two or more responses independently, such as using the reins to achieve vertical flexion independently of the stop/ slow/step-back response, or using a single rein to bend the neck of the horse independently of its previously conditioned turn response. Similarly, conflict behaviour may result from incorrect negative reinforcement, such as the reinforcement of inconsistent responses, incorrect responses, no removal of pressure or no shaping of responses. Often referred to as evasions and resistances.’

Hyper-reactivity/hyper-reactive behaviour: A state of arousal (excitement/fear) brought on by a situation that the horse perceives as a threat to his comfort or safety. ‘Stress hormones’ circulate in the horse’s body as part of his instinctive flightor-fight response. The horse will be very tense with a raised heart rate and have a ‘hollow’ posture, with head up, eyes wide and nostrils flared, ready to gallop away. His leg movements will be rapid with short strides and, if restrained, he will ‘paddle’ and swing around as he tries to escape.

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He may shy, nap/run backwards, buck, rear or bolt. Because conflict behaviours relate to the horse’s safety, structures in his brain set off a chain of hormonal responses which gear up his body for flight (or fight if necessary) so that he can protect himself against whatever is distressing him. The horse has little or no control over this procedure but quickly learns these behaviours, and they can be very difficult to eradicate.

Negative reinforcement is the removal or subtraction (hence ‘negative’) of something unpleasant such as pressure from leg, whip or bit, to reward the correct response to an aid. The word ‘reinforcement’ is used because correct, well-timed negative reinforcement strengthens (reinforces) the likelihood of that response to that aid happening again.

Shaping is the progressive, step-bystep training of a horse towards a ‘goal’ behaviour set by the trainer, such as standing still, half-pass or loading into transport. Failure to progress the training in very small steps, each building on the previous one in a rational way, is likely to result in conflict behaviours due to the trainer rushing the process, and/or not making it clear to the horse.

Evasions and resistances, such as the behaviours mentioned above, are self-defensive actions taken by the horse to relieve his discomfort, pain or fear. Because of the predominance of domineering attitudes and training practices in much conventional and traditional equestrianism, such words were/are used to imply some kind of wickedness, laziness, stupidity, unwillingness, stubbornness and the like on the part of the horse.

In fact, evasions and resistances are triggered by whatever we are asking, demanding or doing to the horse causing him, perhaps unknown to us, discomfort, pain or fear.

Probably the two most common causes of conflict behaviour are applying opposing aids at the same time and incorrect use of negative reinforcement, so let’s see what is involved.

OPPOSING AIDS Regular readers of my articles cannot but be aware of the futility and unfairness of giving conflicting aids such as ‘go’ with the legs’ and ‘stop’ or ‘slow down’ with the hands/bit at the same moment, yet this sort of thing is actually taught as ‘the thing to do’ almost everywhere where lessons are given. Of course, no animal, or human, can do two opposing things at the same time, so if we can’t do so how can we expect a horse to do it?

And how dare we punish him when he fails to accomplish something impossible?

The problem is that somewhere in the dim and distant past of equestrianism, before the 1950s, anyway, which I imagine is the dim and distant past to most of EquiAds’ readers or, more likely, actually outside their experience, someone went a bit overboard (which seems to be a human failing) with the idea of keeping a pleasant, light contact on the bit and thought of keeping the horse on his job, or rather up to his bit, by almost constantly using their legs to make him maintain the contact.

In nearly every school of equestrian thought that I know of, horses are taught in their earliest days of training (being ‘broken in’, ‘started’, ‘backed’ or, in Equitation Science (ES) terms, put through their Foundation Training) that pressure on their sides means ‘go forward’ and pressure on both sides of their mouths means ‘stop’. They are intelligent creatures and pick this up fairly smartly. They also work out that pressure on one side of the mouth (a pull on the rein, in our terms) means ‘turn this way’.

So, the horse can go, stop and turn.

Pretty soon, he is asked to slow down by the identical aid which he thinks means ‘stop’, yet the pressure on his sides is also telling him to keep going. At this point, he must start to get a bit worried, but this is how it is from then on in most cases. If the rider keeps a light, hand-holding contact on the bit – just in touch with no unrelenting pressure as such – the horse can probably cope and start to look to the bit for guidance.

However, if the contact amounts to pressure sufficient to pull back the corners of the horse’s mouth, this, obviously, is telling him to stop or slow down all the time. If he does so, the pressure on his sides increases and tells him not to do that but to go on.

The rider might, indeed, be trying to keep the horse going ‘forward’ actively, or might be ‘riding him up to the contact’ because ‘that’s what we do’. Faulty ideas spread through any culture like wildfire if people perceive them as being easier, quicker or more effective than what they did previously, even if they don’t make sense.

You can see where this is all leading, and how it infiltrates a horse’s training until he accepts it as the norm and has to find some other way of deciding what the rider wants. It’s miraculous that so many of them manage to do this. However, apart from this being extremely unfair to the horse, it results in both the leg and bit aids ceasing to be light and immediately obeyed. The horse can become dull to the leg and heavy in hand, so the rider/trainer resorts to using spurs strongly (and not always smooth, blunt ones), heavy whip strokes, harsher bits, sawing and jabbing on the horse’s mouth, cranking up the noseband so he cannot ‘evade the bit’ by opening his mouth to relieve himself of the pain, and so on – almost anything that will make the horse obey.

Depending on his temperament, the horse might slog on and try to endure it, or he might understandably resort to conflict behaviours. The only people who might blame him for this are those who do not understand how horses learn, are not ‘thinking’ riders willing to educate themselves and keep up to date, and do not try to see things from the horse’s point of view.

NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT From the negative reinforcement angle, it clearly does not exist in the above scenario. As a simple example of negative reinforcement, imagine (continued on page 38) www.equi-ads.com

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I am looking to buy a new horse and see in some adverts horses are sold with a saddle and bridle, do you think that is a benefit or should it be avoided?

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The Society of Master Saddlers replies: Although at first glance it can appear like a ‘bargain’ to buy a horse with tack it may not always be a positive.

Obviously the most important aspect to find out is, if you like the horse enough to want to buy it, does the tack really fit as well as it should.

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There may be situations where the seller blatantly takes advantage of a first-time buyer and in these cases The Society of Master Saddlers would encourage those new to horse ownership to take a more experienced person with them.

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Similar instances include stirrup leathers not being a pair and saddle flocking that has become flat, hard and lumpy.

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The stories often involve dishonesty and a certain stretching of the truth but problems can also occur even when a seller’s intentions are totally honest.

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Training Xxxxxxxxxx (continued from page 34) riding along in walk on your horse with a light but present contact on the bit, your legs hanging down his sides touching but not pressuring them. You decide you want to trot so you give him a squeeze with your legs, making sure you do not increase your bit pressure, which would cancel out the squeeze if strong enough. You keep your contact the same, bearing in mind that, because of the horse’s naturally changed and stiller head carriage in trot, the reins will feel a little looser, so you might need to take them up to restore your light-butpresent contact. As soon as the horse trots you stop squeezing (‘subtracting the aid’) and keep your legs in touch without actual pressure as you trot along. (You don’t stop your leg aid till he does trot, otherwise you will reward him for not trotting. Doing that is one example of faulty negative reinforcement.)

You have correctly applied negative reinforcement. Your horse has understood what you wanted and is trotting for you. The whole, simple process was easy, understandable and not unpleasant, therefore you have correctly reinforced (strengthened) the likelihood of his obeying your squeeze the next time you apply it.

He will probably do so straight away, confident in his action. If he did find the squeeze a little unpleasant, your immediate removal of it as soon as he trotted has taught him what to do to stop the squeeze in future. You have reinforced the aid and the result.

(The reason for ceasing your aid and (see later in article) giving a reward immediately, within a second or two at most, is so that the horse can link or associate his action (in this case trotting) with your aid, and your pleasant reward. He needs to experience them very close together or his brain will not make the connection.)

You are also not making the common error of riding him up to a significant bit pressure. You are keeping your light but present contact via the bit on his tongue and lips.

Therefore, when you want to apply a little more pressure on the bit to ask

him to slow down, he will be able to feel it as a message from you. He will also be able to tell from your body and seat whether he is to keep trotting but slower or come down to walk.

You can reinforce his good deeds even better by getting him used to hearing ‘good boy’ or whatever you choose, in a pleased, identical tone immediately he obeys, followed within one second by a rub on the side of his withers. The ‘good boy’ tells him the rub is coming, and the rub itself is the main ‘gift’ for him, similar to mutual grooming in horses, which makes him feel good by lowering his heart rate and inducing relaxation. Pats and thumps, however, mean ‘get lost’ in horse language (like bites and kicks) so are not what you meant at all and not likely to reinforce the desired response in future, and delighted shrieks of ‘good boy’ are very unpleasant (horses being such quiet animals by nature) and can even be frightening. Conflict behaviours here we come.

The above is a very simple description of negative reinforcement but I hope it helps to perhaps clarify things.

OTHER TRIGGERS Of course, conflict behaviours can be caused by any distressing situation the horse may find himself in. Anything at all that makes him uncomfortable, gives him pain or causes him fear will of course make him want to get out of the situation in any way he can. Horses are not stupid and they obviously understand when they cannot escape. If they can they will flee (the flight response) but if they can’t they will fight, and a panicking, frightened horse is extremely dangerous to himself and anyone nearby.

If poor riding and training and bad care and management are the norm, many horses, depending on their temperament, will cease to go into defence mode (which is what conflict behaviours indicate) and become resigned, dull, withdrawn and, more and more experts believe, depressed.

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result of the horse having given up, having learned that he is powerless to change things. It is known as ‘learned helplessness’. If it happened to a human it would be regarded by our society as abuse. Unfortunately, not many people in the horse world regard it as abuse yet, other than behavioural experts, some vets., psychologists and the like, but it is, and it is very common.

Just a few of the situations which can cause conflict behaviours are: badly fitting and adjusted tack which can cause real pain, and the same goes for rugs and other items a horse may have to wear; bad riding which the horse cannot understand; being overfaced in his work such as by being worked too hard and too long, or being asked to perform movements or jump obstacles which he simply cannot manage; bad handling which, again, confuses and frightens horses, especially when the people involved start to get rough with the horse (‘punishment for being naughty’) whom they have caused to ‘misbehave’ and whom they probably now cannot control because the horse associates them with discomfort, pain and fear; and finally, conflict behaviours can surface simply because a horse does not feel content or even safe in his lifestyle, is in a permanent state of anxiety and very near the borderline of fleeing or fighting.

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CHANGES FOR THE WORSE I have no choice but to lay the blame for the apparent increase in equine conflict behaviours on two changes in the horse world over the past few decades. One is the increasingly pervading attitude in the horse world of autocratic dominance over horses as opposed to seeking much more of a partnership. This is partly due to the second change which is the decreasing standards of riding and real horse knowledge and committed caring, compared with a few decades ago. It’s true that we have fewer good riding schools left because of our economy and the damaging effects

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The Royal Windsor Horse Show is the UK’s largest outdoor show with international competitions in four different disciplines, set in the beautiful surroundings of Windsor Castle.

The tickets up for grabs are for Saturday May 16th, where the lucky winners will get to enjoy top class show jumping from an international field, the excitement of the Land Rover International Driving Marathon, the legendary Shetland Pony Grand National and displays including the impressive musical drive from The Household Cavalry.

Members’ badges will also be included to allow you to sample the atmosphere of the Members Enclosure. Situated alongside the Royal Enclosure, the Members Enclosure enjoys views over the Main Castle Arena, with a seated lawned area, a Members Restaurant, Bar and Café and Members Seating.

The Royal Windsor Horse Show takes place from 13th – 17th May. To Enter simply answer the following question: What is the name of the trophy that Alltech sponsor at the show?

SPRING FEEDING

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pring can be an important season for horse owners, with the competition season getting underway and the change in weather, which should allow many horses to be turned out. Adjustments may need to be made to feeding regimes to allow for changes in work and daily routine.

Whatever the time of year, though, good quality forage should always provide the basis of any equine diet. HorseHage offers four varieties of dust-free bagged forage, with an option to suit all types of horses and ponies, from laminitics, which can safely be fed the Timothy and High Fibre varieties, to performance horses in hard work which require the optimum levels of protein provided by the Ryegrass or Alfalfa HorseHage.

Chaffs, such as Mollichaff, can help to bulk out the hard feed and by stimulating the production of saliva and slowing the passage of food through the gut, can help to promote good digestion and will satisfy a stabled horse’s psychological need to chew. There are several varieties and one that is very popular for the show season is Mollichaff ShowShine - a cherry-flavoured, high oil chaff.for the ultimate in show condition.

The range also includes three complete fibre feeds for horses and ponies, which can be an economical choice for many owners in today’s financial climate as when fed in the recommended amounts, only additional forage is required. These complete feeds – Mollichaff Calmer, Condition and HoofKind - are carefully balanced and contain all the minerals and vitamins needed. HoofKind is ideal for laminitics – a condition that can be very prevalent in the Spring.

For further information and advice on feeding contact the HorseHage Helpline on 01803 527257 or visit www.horsehage.co.uk

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aiting to be explored, Castle Leslie Estate is located in County Monaghan in Ireland, within 1,000 acres of undulating Irish countryside. It is dotted with ancient woodlands and glittering lakes, offering an idyllic setting for riding, as well as many other outdoor activities.

Castle Leslie Estate is proud to be one of Europe’s finest equestrian playgrounds, offering truly memorable horse riding holiday experiences for riding enthusiasts of all levels.

Guests can enjoy three night's luxurious accommodation in The Castle or The Lodge which includes a hearty Irish breakfast each morning and a sumptuous dinner in the 2 AA Rosette award winning Snaffles Restaurant on two selected evenings. In addition, this package includes a one hour hack around the Estate each day. From £323 per person at The Lodge and from £359 per person at The Castle.

So don't delay; book your getaway today! For further information or to book, visit the website at www.castleleslie.com or to speak to a member of the team: Tel: +353 (0) 47 88 100.

To have the chance of winning, please email your answer to: kirsty@equiads.net or post it with your name, address and telephone number to Alltech Competition, Equi-Ads Ltd.,126 Derby Road, Long Eaton, Notts.

NG10 4LS. Entries must be received by 24th April 2015 All travel and accommodation arrangements are the responsibility of the winner. The tickets are for Saturday May 16 only. Dress code applies to the members’ enclosure, details of which can be found on the Royal Windsor Horse Show website - www.rwhs.co.uk. Entrants must be 18 years and over.

Alltech has developed the LIFEFORCE Range of all-natural daily digestive aid supplements.

These products are designed to benefit horses at every stage of life, from breeding stock to pleasure and performance animals.

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NEW Leads & Lead Changes DVD with Pat Parelli D

o you want to develop a bond with you horse that will not only last a lifetime but enhance performance in the arena?

The NEW Leads & Lead Changes Prerequisites for Performance DVD with Pat Parelli can help with just that focusing on using the skills of natural horsemanship to bring out the best in horse and rider’s performance.

The lead change is an integral component of performance, regardless of discipline, but the necessary skills and techniques need to be developed long before you enter the performance arena. With this educational DVD, Pat Parelli guides you through the essential building blocks of reliable, fluid simple and flying lead changes.

As part of the Parelli Four Savvys Support Series, this DVD offers an in-depth look at an important but often misunderstood skill, from concept to execution and all the way to excellence.

The new Leads & Lead Changes DVD is priced at £58.44 and for members £46.42.

BONUS! if you are already a member of Parelli Connect, this product

Equi-Ads executive Stephanie Walker, in the centre, learned first-hand more about horse performance from the experts.

is available now, to view in its entirety via the Learning Library.

For more information contact Parelli Natural Horsemanship UK on 0800 0234 813 or visit www.parelli.com

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he new made to measure, Tuffa bespoke boot, which has been developed with Tim Stockdale.

This boot allows riders to choose leather colours and finishes in addition to having the boot made to fit their measurements.

Equifest 2015 E

quifest will be held at the East of England Showground, Peterborough, August 12 to 16, the event is not to be missed and promises to be an action packed five days.

Learn from top riders across a range of disciplines and receive hands on advice, great tips and in depth knowledge to help you and your horse whatever your chosen sport or leisure activity.

Whether its Heavy Horse displays, Dog Agility or Dog and Duck that you have come to watch, you won’t be disappointed.

Shop until you drop with leading equestrian retailers or browse through cutting edge country fashion and bespoke designer items for both you and your horse. From rugs to jewellery, there is something for everyone.

With so much going on don’t miss the highly regarded and much anticipated spectacular evening performances, wide range of showing classes, fun fancy dress competitions, brilliant demonstrations and master classes, visitors and spectators always talk about the fantastic atmosphere that Equifest is well known for.

Compete at the biggest showing festival in the country. Create wonderful memories and make dreams come true at Equifest! Entry tickets and vehicles passes for competitors will be provided.

Tickets for the five day spectacular are now available, (free entry on Wednesday and Thursday), so put the date in your diary today and get all your favourite, horse mad friends together for a fabulous weekend of horsey fun.

Advanced tickets prices are as follows: ADULT

SENIOR Over 65

KIDS Under 16

Fri 14th Aug

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New Saliva Test for Tapeworms

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he ‘Safe-T-Tie’ offers a revolutionary way to safely tie your horse up anytime and anywhere and brought from Australia to UK shores exclusively through retailers Shadow Horse.

Available in seven different colours, incorporating a range of bright colours to help you keep track of them around the yard or on the road! RRP: £8 for a pack of 2

NEW REGIONAL SERIES FOR EX-RACEHORSES Points make prizes

The RoR regional leagues offers riders at all levels the chance to earn points in dressage, showjumping and combined training at local competitions with their former racehorses.

The series started with the South East League last year and RoR is now rolling it out nationally, with 11 leagues competing at more than 120 venues all across the UK. Encourage riders

“I hope we can encourage many riders to register to take part, whether just starting out competing with their RoR or perhaps those who want to progress and compete at higher levels,” said RoR national co-ordinator, Anne Walker.

To get involved you need to register with the RoR regional league.

Riders are given a performance sheet, on which to record their competition results throughout the year. This must be validated by the judge or secretary at each show.

quiSal Tapeworm is the new saliva test to diagnose tapeworm burdens in horses. The test was developed by a team of experienced scientists, one of whom was an inventor of the Clear Blue pregnancy test. The EquiSal Tapeworm Test measures tapeworm-specific antibodies in saliva and has been proven to have both high sensitivity and high specificity to determine whether a horse has a tapeworm burden or not.

If a horse is diagnosed with a borderline or moderate/high burden, then tapeworm treatment is recommended. A follow-up test after a few months to confirm that the treatment has been effective would be beneficial and would enable horse owners to feel more confident in their tapeworm control programmes. But it only makes sense to repeat the Equisal test if the salivary antibody levels drop quickly after effective tapeworm treatment.

In preparation for a full-scale trial, Austin Davis Biologics recently carried out a small trial in which EquiSal Tapeworm testing was carried out on horses every 2 weeks following worming treatment for tapeworm. Data collected from this trial has shown that, in most cases, substantial reduction in tapeworm-specific antibodies was seen within 2-3 weeks following treatment.

In one horse, the antibody levels took longer to reach low burden status, but even so, the antibody levels started dropping straight away after worming.

It is important to understand that the picture is complicated if the horse becomes reinfected by tapeworm larvae after worming treatment. Tapeworm reinfection was seen in some horses in the trial. In a poorly managed paddock reinfection can obviously happen very easily. But, given that the tapeworm’s life cycle requires an intermediate host (an oribatid mite), even well managed paddocks containing horses with high tapeworm burdens could harbour infected oribatid mites within the grass. This means that there is still a reinfection risk after worming for horses grazing in these circumstances too.

The end goal is, of course, to break the tapeworm’s life cycle and prevent horses becoming infected. Horses diagnosed as having a low burden at the start of the trial maintained low burden status throughout the trial.

Austin Davis Biologics are planning the larger trial for later this year. The number of participants will be sufficient to ensure meaningful, statistically significant results, and all the data gathered will be subject to full analysis.

EquiSal’s current testing recommendations: • The first EquiSal test should be carried out 4 months after the last worming treatment for tapeworm • Routine testing should then be carried out every 6 months • If a horse has a borderline or moderate/high diagnosis, a retest can be carried out 2 to 3 months after worming treatment for tapeworm.

Beware Fuller Fillies!



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iders are being warned to avoid cut-price clothing in the Fuller Fillies range, after 70 percent of its stock was stolen. Burglars broke into the company's warehouse in West Yorkshire just after the New Year. As well as new stock, they also took samples of boots, half-chaps and clothing. As working samples, these were in “varying degrees of imperfection”.

The police believe the goods were taken for re-sale at horse sales or on auction sites, such as eBay.

National Championships

Sub-standard

The top ten point scorers at the end of the series in each regional league/ discipline will qualify for a place at the RoR National Championship Show in 2016.

RoR regional leagues run from 1 January up to 31 December 2015. To register to take part in the league you can email regionalleague@ror.org.uk or visit the RoR website for more information.

“We do not allow approved stockists to sell via internet auction sites and do not know of any involved in re-sale at horse sales,” said Suzanne Wild, founder and managing director of Fuller Fillies.

“If you see new Fuller Fillies branded goods on sale at such places you can be pretty sure firstly, that they are stolen, and secondly, very likely sub-standard."

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SEARCH FOR A STAR QUALIFIER 2

015 is set to be another busy year for the SEIB Insurance Brokers’ Search for a Star series which gets underway on the 12th April 2015 at Osbaldeston Riding Centre, Blackburn. Search for a Star was created in the 1990’s by SEIB Insurance Brokers and provides the opportunity for amateur riders to qualify for the Search for a Star finals at Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) each year.

Over this time, Search for a Star has become the pinnacle of ambition for many amateur riders and provided numerous success stories. Several horses and riders that have been successful in Search for a Star have gone on to compete in open classes with great success.

The SEIB Insurance Brokers Search for a Star series takes place at five qualifying shows over the spring and summer throughout the country for the all-important HOYS final. There are five classes at each qualifying show including, Working Hunter, Riding Club Show Horse, Show Hunter, Show and Show Hunter Ponies, Riding Horse and Hacks and Cob classes.

Search for a Star judges include Richard Ramsay and David Bartram who will be joined by some new faces for the 2015 season. The Search for a Star judges are frequently on hand to answer any questions after each qualifying class.

Competitors often find that, having listened to the advice given after the class and worked hard before their next show, they come back to be a subsequent qualifier.

No joining or registration fees are required to compete in SEIB Search for a Star, but all entrants must adhere to the eligibility rules which are strictly enforced.

Running alongside SEIB Search for a Star is the popular SEIB Racehorse to Riding Horse Show Championship series, also with a prestigious final at Horse of the Year Show. This class was started over ten years ago by SEIB to give support and recognition to those retraining racehorses and is now a very popular and competitive HOYS Final.

Such is the draw of this class that from 2013 the winner of the HOYS SEIB Racehorse to Riding Horse Show Championship now goes forward for the judging of the HOYS Supreme Horse of

the Year. The first qualifier for the 2015 series of SEIB Racehorse to Riding Horse also takes place at Osbaldeston on the 12th April.

Leading equine insurers, SEIB Insurance Brokers provide cover for horses, horse boxes, yards and much more. “The Search for a Star Championship series is a way to give amateur riders the chance to achieve their dream of riding at The Horse of the Year Show. The standard increases every year and we are delighted to give so many riders this opportunity”, said Nicolina MacKenzie, Marketing Manager at SEIB Insurance Brokers.

The Search for a Star competition rules, comprehensive information, a downloadable schedule and entry form will be available from www.search4astar.org.uk, by the end of February 2015 as well as the latest news, details of previous winners, what to wear and a great forum for riders to share their views.

More information on the SEIB Racehorse to Riding Horse Show Championship is available from www.racehorse2ridinghorse.co.uk where you can download a schedule and entry form from the end of February 2015 as well as the

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12th April 2015 Osbaldeston Riding Centre, Blackburn, Lancs, BB2 7LZ Tel & Fax: 01254 813159 10th May 2015 Houghton Hall Equestrian & Alpaca Centre, Houghton, Cambs, PE28 2DY Tel: 01480 700236 (during office hours only) 21st June 2015 Stretcholt Equestrian Centre, Bridgwater, Somerset TA6 4SR Tel: 01278 683312

8th August (Saturday) 2015 Vale View Equestrian Centre, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 3LX Tel: 01664 823739 6th September 2015 (Racehorse to Riding Horse Qualifier Only) Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, Stamford, Lincs, PE9 2LH Shelley Heywood and Ingleby Hill qualifying for HOYS in Search for a Star 2014 at Osbaldeston.

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or those breeders unlucky enough to have an orphan foal on their hands, Baileys Mare’s Milk Replacer mixes with cool tap water and can be fed “free choice” from a bucket so the foal can drink as often as if the dam were present. This makes for even growth rates and a healthier digestive tract, whilst the powder is available for 24 hour dispatch in 6kg tubs and 20kg sacks.

Baileys Foal Assist is trusted by breeders worldwide as one of the most useful tools available to help reduce the incidence of nutrition-related growth problems in suckling foals, often due to the natural decline in the quality of a mare’s milk. Available in a syringe or as a palatable liquid, Foal Assist supplements the micronutrient levels of the dam’s milk, particularly when she is producing large volumes of milk of poor nutritional quality.

It is also suitable for rapidly growing foals and supplies the additional nutritional support they need but without the extra carbohydrate which would be provided by traditional creep feeds. Alternatively, suckling foals who aren’t doing as well as they might, will benefit from Baileys Foal Creep Pellets which are milk-based and provide additional calories as well as essential supporting nutrients.

Contact Baileys Horse Feeds on 01371 850247 or visit www.baileyshorsefeeds.co.uk

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The 2015 Search for a Star and Racehorse to Riding Horse qualifiers will be held at:

5th July 2015 Bury Farm Equestrian Centre, Slapton, Bucks, LU7 9BT Tel: 01525 222114

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latest news, details of previous winners and take part in a forum for sharing your views.

Further information is available from www. facebook.com/SEIB.LTD, www.facebook.com/ SEIB.Search4AStar and www.facebook.com/ SEIB.R2R

Finals, Horse Of The Year Show 7th – 11th October 2015 Birmingham NEC

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s the 2015 Eventing season draws ever closer, riders flocked to Hartpury College for the finals of the Baileys Horse Feeds Jumping and Style (JAS) series. Under the eagle eyes of judges Liz Parsons and Caroline Moore, competition was hot.

Melton Mowbray’s Heidi Coy retained her BE90 JAS crown, this year riding Riversdale Magic Heart (Meg), on whom she won her last JAS BE90 class at Bury Farm. “Last year’s vouchers went a long way to paying for most of my training with Ian Woodhead and Caroline Moore, so it’s great to have won more this year,” Heidi admitted.

She completed on her style mark of 10, three penalties ahead of Eve Hobbs from Pershore, riding Fivale Indian Art. Jane Bettles and Gold Rush, fresh from a third place in the Jump Training JT80 Final the day before, completed the podium line up.

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TRADE SHOW SUCCESS

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he organisers of the equestrian trade show held at the NEC stage various competitions with awards. Among them is the Best Stand Award which was judged by Lara Downes (World Horse Welfare) and Barrie Mortlock (Ingatestone Saddlery).

Best Large Stand

Winner: Toggi/Champion (Stand F6.1) Judges’ comments: An extremely eye-catching stand with fantastic displays of merchandise including a bold table centre-piece that created a great focus point for visitors to the stand.

TSM Rider Award

This award acknowledges sponsored riders who make the greatest contribution to the trade and work hard for their sponsors. This year, for the first time, the award has been divided into two sections – amateur and professional. An independent panel of judges selected this year’s winners.

Winner – Amateur Rider: Mike Hodgson Nominator Abbey England said: “We started sponsoring this young carriage driver in 2011.

Two years later, he became reserve champion with his team of Shetland ponies. In 2014, he took bronze at the FEI Youth Championships and was named Young Driver of the Year by British Carriage Driving. He provides us with countless training features, participates in photo shoots and his next project is a series of ‘how to’ videos.”

INNOVATION AWARDS Best Small Stand

Safety & Security

Winner: Stubbs England (Stand K4.2) Judges’ comments: A stand that was extremely pleasing to the eye and cleverly designed and merchandised to echo the brand’s product ranges.

White picket fences gave a distinctly country feel.

Highly Commended: Hack Cam (Gizapaw.co.uk)

BUSINESS AWARDS Haygain Nutritional Helpline Award

Winner: TopSpec Equine, Thirsk, North Yorkshire The final judging was based on nominations and mystery callers posing questions designed to challenge each helpline.

This is the eighth time that TopSpec has won the award and the judges described the service offered by the company as “outstanding" once again!

The full list of winners can be found at http:// www.beta-uk.org/pages/news-amp-events/news/ beta-celebrates-industry-winners.php The 2016 trade fair will be held at the NEC from 24 to 26 January, 2016

L-R – Keiley Alderson, TopSpec Nutritionist; Anna Welch, TopSpec Veterinary Nutritionist; Tim Oliver of HAYGAIN with sponsored rider Verity Smith and Uffa the guide dog presenting the HAYGAIN Hay Steamers Nutritional Helpline of the Year Award; Louise Jones, TopSpec Senior Nutritionist.

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RETAIL FOCUS

Each issue, we showcase one of the UK’s most popular retail stores, celebrating the ‘bricks and mortar’ retailers stocking equestrian goods. This month, we talk to the manager of The Old Dairy Saddlery, Julie Giles.

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he Old Dairy Saddlery is located near the well-known town of Wootton Bassett, based in the small, rural community of Tockenham, home to many an equestrian enthusiast. A thriving eventing, dressage and hunting district, the surrounding areas are home to professional riders such as Mark Todd, Andrew Nicholson and Rodney Powell - all of whom can occasionally be spotted frequenting The Old Dairy Saddlery!

The Old Dairy Saddlery began some twenty five years ago, and continues as a successful business today with the store employing manager Julie Giles, four full time members of staff and additional weekend part-timers. Julie herself came to the shop twenty years ago, and has worked her way from weekend help to manager of the store!

Julie says: "Customer service is really important to us and we ensure we have a really friendly team that stays connected to the customers. We think having knowledgeable, horse-owning staff is an imperative part of our business, and the whole team is well-trained on correct hat and body protector fitting, so we can best service the customer."

Something for everyone

Members of the British Equestrian Trade Association, The Old Dairy Saddlery aims to offer everything riders need for themselves or their horse, with an extensive range of rider clothing and accessories, equipment for the stable and field, tack and feed and shavings.

Their goal is to meet the needs of every horse owner, ranging from the seasoned competitor to the pleasure rider. Julie cites popular brands in-store including the Mark Todd collection, Jumpers Horseline, Gatehouse, Rodney

Mark Todd Summer Combo Sheet

Powell for rider wear, and Weatherbeeta and Masta for equine rugs.

In addition to the well-stocked store, The Old Dairy Saddlery also has a clear, easy to navigate website where the majority of their products can also be bought online. Active on social media, the team also has a presence on social media sites Facebook and Twitter, and they even have their own blog! Julie says: "Keeping up with modern trends is important and it is clear that today, an online presence is very important to the majority of businesses. We enjoy having this dynamic to our business, and see the store and the online shop going very much hand-in-hand."

Julie says the store’s copies of Equi-Ads magazine are always very well received and are enjoyed by many of the in-house customers. The store is open Monday to Saturday 9am - 5pm, and closed on Sunday. To find out more why not visit the website at www.olddairysaddlery.co.uk or to speak to a member of the friendly team; and don't forget to pick up your free copy of Equi-Ads Magazine whilst in store!

Leading eventer gives a talk

The Old Dairy Saddlery is organising an evening with Event Rider Harry Meade in Wootton Basset Village Hall in conjunction with the British Horse Society on Monday 20th April 2015. If you live locally this event is sure to be fun-filled and informative. With 200 seats available The Old Dairy Saddlery is selling tickets fast to see this much loved, leading British rider; please call the store on 01793 849284 to reserve your spot at Harry Meade Harry’s talk.

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arthill Stud based in Cheshire are proud to announce they will be standing the prolific coloured showjumping stallion, Utah Van Erpekom for the 2015 breeding season.

This beautifully marked, 16.2hh stallion hit the headlines thanks to his many great performances with international showjumper, John Whitaker, being one of very few coloured stallions to jump at Grand Prix level. John and Utah were the first combination to win the Bolesworth Classic Grand Prix in 2008.

Their most notable performances were wins in Nestlé Masters in Brazil, the CSI5* La Coruna ESP Grand Prix and the Gijon Grand Prix, jumping them into the final of the Global Champions Tour Grand Prix, where they finished fourth.

Not only is he a world class jumping horse that has competed internationally and won in the best of company but he is also carrying that Tobiano gene that makes him stand out from the crowd.

Combining talented bloodlines

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and colour is often a real challenge, but this was certainly achieved with Utah. Utah carries excellent bloodlines from his sire, Landetto, and from his dam’s side with Calimero and Samber.

Owned by Cilla Humphreys, Utah, who is now retired from competition, will stand at Harthill Stud this season offering fresh, chilled and frozen semen for breeders looking to breed their horse of a lifetime.

He has some very successful progeny on the ground including stallion Ustinov, an advanced event horse ridden by Alex Hua Tian; Grand Prix showjumper, Trevoulter Lady Utah, ridden

by Hayley Webster and the late working hunter champion, Man on Fire, was also very successful in the show ring under Louise Bell.

Utah offers performance, power and scope as well as superb temperament which he passes on to his progeny.

Stud fee: £1000 – fresh, chilled or frozen semen.

For more information contact Harthill Stud on 01829 720 775 or visit www.harthillstud.com

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SOUTH WEST REGION RANKINGS LAUNCHES FOR 2015 SEASON

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he Organisers team behind the South West Region Rankings recently announced the launch of a Rankings series to be held across British Eventing fixtures in the South West Region during 2015.

The purpose of the series is to: • Recognise and reward consistently good performances at entry/ grassroots levels.

• Make South West events more attractive to all riders.

• Encourage more entries to South West events thus adding value to organisers.

• Improve coverage and thus increase awareness of British Eventing events in the South West.

The series will be open to all horse and rider combinations competing in BE 80, BE 90 and BE 100 classes during the this year. The series will encompass all 24 events that run classes at these three levels of competition in the South West Region during the 2015 eventing season. Results will determined by points automatically allocated to the top 6/8 in each class at each event depending on the number of starters. Ongoing results will be posted on the series web site www.eventingsouthwest.co.uk along with other information concerning the rankings as well as all other aspects of eventing in the South West.

The events included in the series are: Millfield School (May 23/24), Pontispool 1 (May 30/31), West Wilts 1 ( June 13/14), Nunney International ( June 19/20/21), Treborough Hill 1 ( June 27), Bicton Arena 2 ( July 11/12), Launceston ( July 18), West Wilts 2 (August 18/19), Bicton Arena 3 (August 22/23), Treborough Hill 2 August 29/30), West Wilts 3 (September 12/13), Pontispool 2 (September 20/21), Bricky September 26/27), Bovington 2 (October 4), Port Eliot (October 11), Larkhill 2 (October 17/18), Aldon International 2 (October 22/23/24/25) Initially all awards will be in kind and presented to the top four in each of the three classes overall at the end of the season. These will include free Membership to BE for both Horse and Rider and a Training Voucher, Balios Body protectors, Joules Tweed Jackets and Castle Horse Rugs from Style International. Additionally John Colson Training Bursaries presented

by Eventing South West will be awarded to the highest rider aged under 21 and the highest placed rider aged over 50.

These prizes will be presented at an Awards Ceremony to be held at the Exeter Equine Christmas Fair which will be held at the Westpoint Arena, Exeter on Saturday 5th December. www.equi-ads.com

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Straight from the Horse’s Mouth By Kathy Carter W

e scour the equestrian world for news and views on nutrition and veterinary matters, to give you the latest information.

Two Cruising stallions have been cloned

We have reported on the cloning of horses previously in Equiads, so were interested to read about the recent announcement that TWO equine clones of the great Irish stallion Cruising, who jumped on numerous Nations’ Cups for Ireland, will be available in 2015 for breeding purposes. The McCann family of Hartwell Stud in Co Kildare, who bred and owned the world-renowned show jumping sire, had DNA samples taken from the horse, who died last September at the age of 29. They now have two Cruising clones – Cruising Arish and Cruising Encore. This represents the first time a horse has been cloned in Ireland. While the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) allow clones to compete in its competitions, the practice is seen by some people as contentious.

Yoga for horses

A dressage trainer has come up with a suggestion to help horses with kissing spines, by strengthening the horse’s core muscles to improve engagement by using yoga-style ridden stretches. Visconte Simon Cocozza, based in

Can we apply the concepts of yoga to help prevent kissing spines in horses?

France, states that weak equine core muscles make it impossible for the horse to work with ‘core fluidity’. The Multifidus System of ‘core’ muscles needs to be strong to keep the gaps between the spinal processes open when carrying the rider, he maintains. Cocozza has come up with a series of stretches and ridden movements based on yoga poses that could help the horse. They include the ‘Leg yield ‘Triangle’ stretch, whereby the horse drops his head to the inside to stretch ‘long and low’, while riding a leg yield. The full article can be read online at horsetalk.co.nz - search for ‘kissing spine’ and the excellent article ‘How to help your horse kiss ‘Kissing Spine’ goodbye’ comes up.

New joint treatment could help equine osteo-arthritis

A relatively new veterinary therapy called ‘IRAP therapy’ is becoming increasingly popular in the treatment of joint conditions in horses. IRAP (Interlukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Protein) relies upon the production of autologous serum (serum from the same animal that the treatment is intended for) - it harnesses the Many equine lamenesses are anti-inflammatory attributable to osteo-arthritis, properties of the which is relatively common in horse’s own blood working horses.

cells, so damaged tissues in the limbs are encouraged to heal. A blood sample from the horse is incubated and treated, before red blood cells are separated from the serum and then injected into the site of injury at regular intervals. Studies on IRAP performed

in Colorado State University in America showed that treated horses demonstrated reduced lameness, improved joint histology (cellular make up) and a tendency towards cartilage preservation. It is being marketed predominantly for inflammation to the joint lining, and mild to moderate equine osteoarthritis, a condition said to be attributed to 60% of equine lameness. IRAP is available in the UK. High fibre diet is best, to reduce risk factors for colic and ulceration

Kentucky Equine Research reports that horses eating high-energy forage tend to have better populations of gut bacteria than horses on highstarch diets, e.g. those whose diets contain a higher level of carbohydrates. It isn’t just about the amount of bacteria present - there tend to be fewer species of undesirable gut bacteria identified in horses kept on a high-forage diet.

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Monty tows traditional canal barges for public boat trips and private charters down the Kennet and Avon Canal in West Berkshire. He was working when he lost his footing and fell into the canal.

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