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Features 6 Coakham Bloodhounds St Hubert’s Day Meet 8 Only Fools and Horses (work… and pay tax…) 12 Discovering Millie’s true potential 14 Christmas Wish List 33 Blood Transfusions 35 Do you train in sitting trot? 36 Tried & Tested Winter Warmers 57 Planning for Winter 61 Tips for Managing Mud Fever

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Show Reports 10 A Hat-trick for Bradbourne Carriage Driving Centre 38 Eaglesfield Equestrian Centre Show Jumping Show 40 BYRDS Camp 42 Equi-Fun Winter Dressage Show 50 RDA Carriage Driving 52 Brendon Stud Children In Need Show 54 Wobbleberries One Day Event Competitions & Offers 11 Subscribe to Localrider and receive a free gift 29 Olympia Offer 44 Bumper Christmas Giveaways

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Welcome

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2017 may have sped by, but reflecting on the year, it has been punctuated by many wonderful shows, events and simply the opportunity to chat to ‘local riders’ about their horses. Along with the wonderful show reports we have included this month, there are 12 pages of Regional Roundup featuring so many of your fantastic achievements, from taking part in a sponsored ride to winning a national championship. These pages are what Localrider Magazine is all about, pure and simply, enjoying life with your horses. It’s now December and we can officially mention Christmas. If you are still struggling to find that perfect gift turn to page 14 for our Christmas Gift Guide. Santa may not be able to fit a new horsebox down the chimney, but I still might add it to my wish list. There are a lot more modest and certainly smaller items featured too. If after all that Christmas shopping you feel like you deserve a treat, then make sure you enter the Christmas Giveaways on page 44. We have a wonderful mix of prizes this year – for you, your horse and even your dog. As I sign off from 2017, there are just a few things to tell you about. In the February issue we will be featuring readers’ veterans, so if you own an older horse or pony drop me a line with a picture and why you think your horse deserves to be featured. Also, the new website will be launching soon, so keep an eye on www.localrider.co.uk If you sign up to our newsletter we will let you know when it goes live and also keep you advised of any competitions and giveaways we are running. Lots of you will be setting new riding goals for 2018, good luck with those and as the season progresses remember to let me know how you get on. We love hearing your stories. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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news Denners Tack Shop Denners Tack Shop is a family run business, focusing on quality, variety and customer care. They began trading 12 years ago, following the show circuit and they later settled down in their first store in Havant – which they quickly out grew – and are now happily situated in Cowplain in Hampshire. Their shop is ever expanding, with a new extension and new stock being added to the range throughout the year. They supply free hat and body protector fittings, as your safety is their priority. At Denners Tack Shop there is always a warm welcome and no task is too big or too small. They have a fantastic range of gifts, which are perfect for Christmas, on their easy to use website. Find on Facebook: www.facebook.com/dennerstackshopuk/ Shop Online: www.tackshopuk.com

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Equiglo 10 minute beet New Equiglo quick soak 10 minute beet delivers first-class equine nutrition. This fibre-rich feed is made from micronized unmolassed beet flakes and can safely be fed to all horses and ponies, including those prone to, or at risk from, laminitis.

See Santa at Willow Farm Santa will be visiting Willow Farm in Faversham, Kent on Sunday 17th December. Santa in his pony and trap, helped by elves and fairies, as well as Mickey and Minnie Mouse will be in the indoor school at 10am sharp to distribute presents to good little boys and girls. Everyone is welcome to come and watch and if you would like Santa to give someone a present, then make sure it is delivered to Willow Farm by Saturday 16th December, clearly marked with both Christian and surname. If you are stuck for a present pop into Gillett Cook Country Store on site and they will wrap it for free. After Santa has distributed the presents their will be a parade of horses and riders, before The Lazy ‘G’ Western Show, with fun activities including barrel racing, satsuma race and Santa pick-up race. The day will be raising funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. For more information call 07979 223132.

Pictures by Jo Monck and Louise Seymour

his coming New Year’s Day, head to the capital for a fun day out, as ‘All The Queen’s Horses’ take to London’s streets in The London New Year’s Day Parade 2018. Amongst the jugglers, cheerleaders, acrobats, and marching bands participating in this annual parade on 1st January 2018, a team of 60 horses will be taking to the streets of London dressed to thrill under the show’s theme of ‘Circus & The Showman’. Each year the parade celebrates a particular theme. Last year’s parade celebrating famous film, TV and theatre productions and the forthcoming parade promises to offer plenty of star quality, featuring side-saddle riders, horse and carriages and Iberian horses, with combinations dressed as medieval jesters, clowns and mime artists. Invited for selection from all over the UK, participants range in age from just five-years-old through to equestrians in their late seventies, and all are unpaid volunteers unified in their passion for horses and bringing equestrianism to the capital. New to the parade this year will be The Dales Pony Society with their interpretation of ‘Clowns’ showcased on their eleven stunning ponies. The equestrian element of the parade starts at 11.45am from Piccadilly Circus and finishes at Parliament, with the return route back via the Horse Guards, The Mall and Buckingham Palace. The event is free to watch, with plenty to see and keep everyone entertained. What better way to spend New Year’s Day!

Created from britishgrown, non-gm sugar beet, equiglo quick soak 10 minute beet is low in sugar and starch, highly digestible and acts as a natural probiotic for healthy gut function. It provides an excellent supply of non-heating, steady energy for working horses and ponies, and can be used as a direct replacement for starchy, cereal-based feeds or as a partial forage replacer for veterans with poor teeth or when forage is limited or of inferior quality. www.equiglohorsefeeds.co.uk 4 Localrider december 2017/january 2018

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Please contact Fiona on 01892 863062 or email fiona@localrider.co.uk to submit your news to Localrider. The Editor cannot guarantee that all submissions will be published

New Equine team takes the reins at Plumpton College

he team at Plumpton College’s Equine Department, under the leadership of the new Head of Equine, Debra Richmond, now has the most highly qualified instructors of all agricultural colleges in the South East. One of these is Debbie Melville, one of the only UK Coaching Certificate (UKCC) Level 4 coaches in the UK. Mentor for the British Horse Society, British Eventing and the Pony Club, Debbie’s experience stretches across all ages of rider and across all disciplines. With full-time and part-time degrees as well as other courses on offer, there’s something for everyone, with an emphasis on small group sizes and one-to-one support. Debra Richmond, Head of Equine, said: “We’re excited to welcome the next generation to Plumpton College’s Equine Department. Career prospects have never been so good, largely due to the fantastic links we have developed with employers and placement providers. In the past few years, we’ve seen graduates go on to a range of roles, from yard and events management to racing and polo yard management, working with horse charities and much more. Our outstanding facilities play a large part in our students’ success. These include two well-equipped yards, two indoor schools, an outdoor school, a horse walker, a mechanical horse, a treadmill – not forgetting our superb range of horses from youngsters to ex-competition horses and shire horses.” Plumpton College also runs a number of shorter equine courses including introductory courses for 14-16 year olds, a BTEC Level 3 diploma in Equine Management and a one-day course in Equine First Aid.

Winter fitness for ponies With darker evenings and shorter days many parents turn to lungeing to keep their child’s pony ‘ticking over’ between weekends, so that their child can continue to hunt or compete. Ten minutes going round on each rein will burn a few calories, but do little in terms of correct, physical work. It pays dividends to be more constructive and, in that same twenty minutes, give your pony a workout that makes him use his back, promotes engagement and wither-lift and develops balance and swing. To do this you need to use and aid such as the EquiAmi lunge aid that will simply and effectively bring improvements over the winter months. Once warmed-up on both reins, ponies generally enjoy some polework, spiralling and other exercises which increase hind limb activity and lighten the forehand. Including lots of transitions and changes of rein make the pony more attentive, responsive and supple whilst developing a lovey topline and balance. Dr Hilary Bentley of EquiAmi says that people are really surprised just how well their ponies work and how quickly great results are seen in this great aid that saves time, saves effort and makes life easier. Simple lunge exercises in EquiAmi also make the pony much lighter and better balanced for the child to ride which is an added bonus. Endorsed by top riders, trainers, vets and therapists. www.equiami.com

Racing at Plumpton this Winter Set in the heart of the East Sussex Countryside, the setting for Plumpton Racecourse is stunning all around the year. With National Hunt racing now firmly back on the calendar they have three great meetings to take us in to the New Year. Monday 4th & Monday 18th December: There will be mince pies, Christmas ale and festive fayre. Gates open at 11:00am with the first of seven races at 12:40pm. Christmas hats and jumpers encouraged. Sunday 7th January: At The Races Sussex National Raceday. Dust off the cobwebs and watch potential National contenders negotiate 20 chase fences over a 3 1/2 mile test of stamina and endurance. Gates open at 10.30am. There is free entry for under 18’s at all of the above races meetings. www.plumptonracecourse.co.uk december 2017/january 2018 Localrider 5

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FEATURE Janet Pierce of Charter Tax competing Sydserff Finnadoon at Munstead Horse Trials

(work… and pay tax….)

ometimes I think Del Boy had it right …… cash Rodders, cash. Indeed, horse trading – and a lot of horse activities generally – are one of the few places left in society where cash transactions are still pretty common. Now, I like cash as much as the next person – as it fleetingly passes out of the cash machine, into my purse and from there on to pay for hay, feed, bedding and lessons, etc. However, unsurprisingly, the tax man has a significant distrust of cash transactions. Not so many years ago, transactions were undertaken in cash, credit cards were for special occasions and social media didn’t exist. Living off the grid really wasn’t all that hard. These days, we buy most things on our credit /debit cards and any detail of our lives that we haven’t already freely posted onto Facebook can anyway be found through a look at our computer browsing history. And the taxman knows it. So, next time you sell some tack on-line, or you advertise a horse for sale – or even if you buy an expensive item on-line, you need to assume that the taxman knows about it. If you’re a seller, well then should you declare the income? If you’re a buyer, well then how did you manage to buy a £15k horse if you only declared to the taxman that you earn £15k a year? With this in mind, I’ve set out below the key income tax issues likely to be of interest to the equestrian community:

Are You Selling Privately or as a Business? This is the first big question. If you’re selling a horse or other item privately then the sale won’t be treated as business income for you and as such there’s no income tax considerations. If you sell as a business, then the income will count towards your taxable profit. So where do you draw the line between a private sale and a business sale, for tax purposes? This is a question that comes up a

Things are changing in the digital world and HMRC are able to track individual’s buying and selling habits through the internet and social media, meaning there is nowhere to hide if you are dealing in cash over the legitimate threshold and not declaring it. In this article Janet Pierce of Charter Tax explains why a good accountant will be able to help you do things properly while also making sure the rules are used to your best advantage to keep taxable profits down.

lot and the answer can be found by analysing what HMRC call the “Badges of Trade”. Basically, the “Badges of Trade” are a list of characteristics that can be said to indicate whether or not someone is regarded as trading for tax purposes. The more characteristics on the list that point towards trading rather than a private activity then the more chance that the taxman will regard the activity as a taxable trade. These Badges of Trade can be briefly summarised as follows: 1 Profit Seeking Motive? – Did you buy the horse with a view to then selling it at a profit? 2 Number of Transactions – Was this a one-off or do you regularly buy and sell horses? 3 Nature of the Asset – Are we talking about a horse that you took on virtually as a rescue case or did you deliberately buy a horse you thought you’d easily sell again? 4 Existence of Similar Trading Transactions or Interests – Are you in the horse industry? If you regularly give riding lessons and have a reputation for being able to improve a horse, it will be more likely that the taxman will think that a horse you bought and then sold was sold as part of a trade rather than as a private sale. 5 Changes to the Asset – so is this a horse that you deliberately trained up to sell? Did you buy a horse, put a good competition record on it for a season and now you’re selling for a profit? 6 The Way the Sale was Carried Out – so did you deliberately advertise the horse for sale? Or was it really a coincidence that someone saw it at a show and made you an offer you couldn’t refuse? 7 The Source of Finance – If you deliberately took out debt to buy a horse which you then sell, HMRC will often try to argue that this looks more as though you deliberately set out to sell at a profit.

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Charter Tax was founded in 2009 by Janet Pierce (neé Paterson) and is now a full service accounting firm with over 30 staff. Charter Tax has a particular specialism in tax matters, including estate planning. Janet herself is a keen equestrian, with a small yard and seven horses of her own. Charter Tax are also proud sponsors of Francis Whittington Eventing.

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8 Interval of Time Between Purchase and Sale – was this a horse that you had for a long time and outgrew? Or did you buy and sell for a quick turnaround / profit? 9 Method of Acquisition – Was this a much loved family horse that your parents bought for you? Or did you deliberately go out and buy a horse to sell on? Remember, by the way, that if you have a business then as well as registering for (and paying) income tax, you’ll need to pay National Insurance. Fortunately, the threshold above which you’d need to register for VAT is a lot higher (£85,000 of turnover) – I’ll talk about VAT in my next article.

But Did You Make Any Profit Anyway? Some people will tell you there’s a particular cut-off, such as being able to sell two or three horses a year and that’s not a business, but more than that and it is. The reality is that the taxman doesn’t have such a cut-off. However, an honest analysis of the above questions will normally point you in the right direction for whether or not you are really trading / in business for tax purposes. But of course, knowing whether or not you’re trading / in business for tax purposes is only the first question. The next question is whether or not you actually made any money doing so! Let’s face it, unless you are Carl Hester or Michael Whitaker and able to train and sell horses at a handsome price, it’s otherwise pretty tricky to make serious money out of horses. If you’re doing it the hard way, trying to buy, bring on and sell horses to finance your riding career, while yes you may sell some horses for a decent price, how much has that horse cost you in the meantime in terms of keep, entry fees and vets fees, etc? Or if you breed, then while again you may sell some foals at a good price, what about the cost of keeping the broodmare, the vets fees to get her in foal, any extra vets fees should the foaling be difficult, etc? And if you thought that livery yards always do very well (after all, livery is expensive, isn’t it?), think again – by the time the yard itself is paid for, margins are pretty tight. So, if you do a proper job of adding up all of the costs, then if truth be told there may not be much left on which to pay tax anyway. Indeed, often it will be in the taxman’s interests to argue that a horse “business” isn’t a business at all, it is a hobby, so that the taxman can say that the losses from the business are not deductible against profits from other (non-horse related) activities. For example, you’ve done well with a City job and you decide that you want to take a chance while you still can and use your City money to buy a livery / competition yard and run your own horsey business, go out and get competing yourself, so that you can get a chance at Badminton while you still can. But you know how much these things cost so you kept a hand in doing some City Consultancy work in addition to having the livery / competition yard. Losses from the livery / competition yard could then be offset against profits from the City Consultancy work, so at least there’s less tax to pay on the City Consultancy work. The taxman, though, may not like that idea and could try to argue that the running of the yard is a hobby rather than a business and so the losses cannot be used to offset the City Consultancy income. A good accountant will, though, have a good argument with the taxman about this on your behalf, because if the business is properly run then just because there are losses doesn’t necessarily mean the taxman gets to say that it’s a hobby!

Exemption For Income Under £1,000 Technically speaking, if you provide a service and get paid for it, most likely that’s income for you. So, if you work on a Saturday morning at a local yard or you do a few teaching hours, you’ll end up with income. Likewise, if you have a day job elsewhere but do a bit of buying and selling on the side (e.g. of tack, horse equipment, etc) then again you could end up with income to declare. However, in recognition of the fact that basically a lot of people are in the situation of doing a “little bit on the side” a new exemption was brought in whereby for trading income under £1,000 you can legitimately not declare this on your tax return. The £1,000 limit is for the gross income (i.e. without taking expenses into account) so not much good if you’re selling horses, but just for getting paid for doing a few bits here and there it’s useful. The £1,000 trading income allowance is of course in addition to the “personal allowance” of (currently) £11,500 under which you don’t need to pay any tax or national insurance.

What The Future Holds? As every year passes, it seems the tax rules get tougher, the penalties for non-compliance go up and the information available to the taxman about your activities gets bigger and bigger. Indeed, there are plans afoot for taxpayers to have their own personal portal with HMRC that will be pre-populated with your data, that HMRC collect from banks, your employers, etc. Couple that with bank notes being upgraded so that old bank notes cease to be legal tender and that wad of cash you had in the draw, undeclared to the tax man, starts to become less easy to use. HMRC do have in place various disclosure schemes for you to fess up to your undeclared earnings but there are of course complications to going through these and suitable advice will be needed. It all sounds a lot to deal with, but a good accountant will be able to help you do things properly while also making sure the rules are used to your best advantage to keep taxable profits down, use any losses and use the relevant exemptions as far as possible. If you have found this article of interest and would like to find out more about tax planning, then contact Janet Pierce at Charter Tax.

Chartered Accountants helping you, your business and your family We specialise in farms, families, trusts and estates and have a dedicated team who can help you manage your ﬁnancial needs. Our directors, Janet Pierce and Mark Howard have direct experience with equestrian and farming matters, and we also offer an extensive range of services including:- Bookkeeping - Succession planning - Accounts preparation - Inheritance tax advice - Tax returns and VAT advice - Estate planning - Payroll - Auto enrolment Please contact janet.pierce@charter-tax.com or mark.howard@charter-tax.com

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FEATURE Jessica took Millie for walks as part of her rehab

At their first competition October 2016

Jessica Groves felt there was something special about Millie, when she found her on Facebook. Eighteen months later she has more than proved Jessica’s instinct right. Jessica and Millie competing in their second Prelim

Jessica was delighted to finished seventh at the Sunshine Tour Intro dressage championships

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Discovering W Millie’s true potential

hen Jessica Millie the day Groves spotted she arrived in Millie on the January 2016 “Project Horses and Ponies” Facebook page, she felt there was something about her. Jessica said: “After some deliberation I called the owner who explained that Millie was for sale as she no longer had the time to care for her. A week later I decided to make the four-and-a-half-hour trip to Essex to visit Millie. She was half the pony I had expected to meet, with all her bones showing and a three-inch long winter coat. She trotted up lame and was lunged in bailing twine. Despite this I could see she had a really active hind leg and although being held in bailing twine she was trying to seek a contact, she had something about her. Having had her at home for a week and through the Welsh Cob Society I came across the page “Taffechan Cobs”. Millie’s registered name is Taffechan Rhea Dargon. Here I found a post from a few weeks prior asking if anyone had seen or heard of Taffechan Rhea Dargon. My thoughts jumped to me having bought a stolen pony. Luckily, I hadn’t and it transpired that she had had four owners within the eight months prior to me buying her. Millie had been through quite a lot in her short life, including an accident at some point which off-set her shoulder by an inch and left myofascial tension in the neck and particularly the face, a black incisor tooth, plus a torn muscle near her hip where there is now an indentation of scar tissue. A year of rehabilitation work, and a gentle backing process has now revealed that she is a talented pony who has shown immense potential. I have competed her in hand locally where she won the Best Solid Colour class. She has also successfully competed at dressage, which is where my passion truly lies, gaining 68% and 72% at Intro Level. She has come a long way in a year.” Jessica has previously worked with horses professionally. Working in Germany at the Hanoverian Verden Auctions, at the Hanoverian State stud in Celle and also with one of Germany’s top trainers Holga Finken, training to Grand Prix. When she returned to the UK, she had a break from horses, working as a Personal Trainer, focusing on riders, and trained riders from grass roots to World Class Potential Squad. Jessica’s decision to buy Millie and the dedication she has given to Millie’s rehabilitation was richly rewarded this autumn when the combination finished seventh with 65% in the Sunshine Tour Intro Dressage Championships at Hickstead. Jessica said; “I was over the moon just to be there, but to then when we were placed in the top ten, I burst into tears. There was a lot of crying and hugging that day.”

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Christmas Wish List Christmas is a time to treat those we love and whether they have two legs or four, we hope you find some inspiration over the following pages! Mulberry Rosette Keyring This equestrian styled calfskin leather keyring from mulberry designed as a rosette, is a little touch of luxury, which will carry you through the week from one show to the next. It could even be used to remind you of your equestrian goals, while you are busy at work. It can also be clipped on to your handbag. www.mulberry.com

The Longines Equestrian Collection The Longines equestrian collection pays tribute to the brand’s passion for the equestrian world. These elegant watches are scratch resistant and water resistant, perfect for the busy equestrian. They easily glide from day to night, where the beautiful diamonds will glitter in the evening light. www.longines.com

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Free local delivery on orders over £50 Free parking ❖ Gifts for all Wormers and worm counts Feed, Supplements and Treats Tack and yard equipment Huge choice of bedding Hats fitted by qualified fitters Riding and country clothing Pet and animal feed and accessories Rug repairs and cleaning as well as for sale www.charityfarmcountrystore.co.uk All dogs welcome

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR

EquiAmi dr Hilary bentley of equiami says that people are really surprised just how well their ponies work and how quickly great results are seen in this great aid that saves time, saves effort and makes life easier. Simple lunge exercises in equiami also make the horse or pony much lighter and better balanced to ride, which is an added bonus. endorsed by top riders, trainers, vets and therapists. www.equiami.com

Warm feet with Equitector equitector climate control Technology keeps your feet warm in winter and cool in summer. The boots have a Space blanket heat reflective foil in their lining. This is not only a wind shield which stops the air flow through your boots, but it also reflects your body heat and spreads it evenly around the foot. your foot is effectively in a vacuum flask. your body heat is trapped inside the boot and it cannot escape. you will never have cold feet even if it is minus 20 outside. equitector waterproof leather boots keep you dry and warm in the cold and cool in the heat. www.equitector.com

Scarves for Country Lovers Scarves make the perfect gift for family and friends and at Giftsforriders.co.uk there is something for everyone. designs include Funky Sheep, chrustmas robins, Lord Labrador and beautiful Horses too. delivered straight to your door. www.giftsforriders.co.uk 14 Localrider december 2017/january 2018

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Equistar Horseboxes

Denners Tack Shop in Cowplain, Hampshire has a great range of gifts suitable for all gifts this Christmas. If you don’t live locally, don’t worry, they have a fabulous website too, which includes these popular items… Thermo Drinking Mug (Nag Nag Nag) The nag nag Travel mug is perfect for life outdoors! a double wall of foam insulation retains hot or cold temperatures. It has an easy to clean plastic liner, slide lock lid and will fit most vehicle cup holders. Sheldon Cozi Knitted Denim Jodhpurs a Stylish navy knitted denim jodhpur, they are really stretchy and comfortable, ideal for around the yard, the kind of jodhpur you can wear every day. complete with black seat and Sheldon logo on the back right pocket.

equi-star horseboxes are based and built in Kent. all of the boxes are built on to new or up to four-yearsold 3.5t or 3.9t chassis, which have low mileage and only one owner. all the prices include VaT and many usual extras come as standard, including two tone paint work, which can be done to the customer’s specification. also added as standard are red Led travelling lights in the horse area. This low level lighting is great when you are travelling horses early in the morning or late at night. because all the horseboxes are built on site it is easy to adapt modifications to the client’s specifications. One popular addition are reupholstered, faux leather cab and groom’s area seating. These can be tailored to match the vehicle’s paintwork. remember, you don’t need a special licence to drive a 3.5 tonne lorry, so if you are looking for your first lorry, why not add an equistar to your christmas wish list. www.kenthorseboxes.co.uk

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Rhinegold ‘Elite’ Colorado Leather Country Boots These country boots are made from waxy suede finish leather with three Velcro straps for maximum size alteration. Great for everyday wear at the yard, out in the country or around town. They are designed to combine great style with performance. www.tackshopuk.com

FOR THE DISCERNING RIDER Since 2008 Dressage Deluxe have been providing stylish, premium apparel for the dressage enthusiast. Dedicated to delivering quality and a five star service to the world of dressage, we specialise in competition attire for you and your horse/pony.

Being the UK’s leading supplier of Pikeur clothing and Samshield hats means we offer the latest on trend styles. We also stock a selection of premium brands; Petrie, Equiline, Otto Schumacher, Passier, Bombers Bits, Sprenger, Cavallo, Fleck and many more.

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christmas Nibbleze NibNets Why not treat your horse and yourself this Christmas with a Nibbleze NibNet. We’ve all been there, nice new salt lick, after a while, it’s licked down to the rope, with half on the floor. Nibbleze NibNets are made from knotless mesh making it easy and comfortable for your horse to enjoy their favourite salt lick for longer. The NibNet is also suitable to use with your horse’s favourite forage block too. www.nibbleze.co.uk

Foxdenton Christmas Liqueur The Foxdenton Estate has been family owned since 1367 and like many country families they have been making fruit based liqueurs to enjoy throughout the year. These family recipes are now produced on a small commercial scale, including Foxdenton Christmas Liqueur. Made with Plum Gin, spices (similar to those used to make spiced poached pears) and ginger, this is Christmas in a bottle. We’ve also enjoyed a bottle in the office and can definitely say it is delicious. www.foxdentonestate.co.uk

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NibNet – the perfect stocking filler from Nibbleze Available in: Rainbow, blue, green, red, purple, orange, black, yellow.

£6.99 each + postage Order from www.nibbleze.net or call 07740 048199 *salt lick/forage block not included

Hicks & Brown Ciga Clutch Bag with Firebird Tassel A luxurious Ciga spot cow hide clutch bag with a leather firebird orange tassel attached to a quality YKK antique bronze zip. It is perfect to create a sophisticated look in the evening, or just in the day to stylishly carry all your essentials. Exclusively designed by the team at Hicks & Brown and proudly handmade in England using the finest Italian hide. www.hicksandbrown.com

Incredibly illuminating The Reversible Luminosa Jacket is made from thousands of reflective glass balls. The luxury mix of Mercury fabric with fluorescent material creates a jacket to be in awe of. Perfect for day or night riding, the jacket is 100% waterproof, lightweight and breathable. www.equisafety.com

Handmade in Sussex Handmade in Sussex by local event rider and commentator Jake Tarrant, these beautifully crafted items make great gifts and stocking fillers. The Medal Mate is a great way to display your medals so that everyone can marvel at your sporting prowess. A perfect gift for any sportsman or woman. There is a range of sporting designs to choose from and it can be personalised. Extremely popular, there is a huge range of designs to choose from, so you are sure to find the perfect Weather Vane for your friends and family. Hip flasks, the perfect gift for any on-the-go dads. These Hip Flasks come with a traditional screw top and beautiful etched design. Each flask comes in a presentation Gift box. They can be personalised too. A really useful White Board, perfect for the kitchen, the workshop, the office, anywhere that you need to make a quick note or remember something important. Comes complete with pen and eraser. www.animalbrackets.co.uk

Dodson & Horrell Equi-Bites Dodson & Horrell Equi-Bites are a low calorie, vitamin and mineral packed supplement, which come in bite size pieces. They can be fed from the hand or sprinkled on top of the feed and provide your horse or pony with all the micronutrients that they need. Eliminating the need for a balancer or a vitamin and mineral supplement. They are also suitable for horses and ponies prone to laminitis. www.dodsonandhorrell.com

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Personalised Appliqué Horse Tote Bag West Sussex artist and equestrian chantal Sparrow will craft your horse’s picture in to a unique appliqué tote bag. www.c-sparrow.co.uk

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REGIONAL ROUNDUP

Family success at the Sunshine Tour

racy Reddin contacted us after she, her niece and cousin all had a successful time at the Sunshine Tour Championships, held at Hickstead in September, remarkably all finishing in the top three in the 90cm Show Jumping Championship. Tracy’s niece, Lacey Reddin, and Jerezano won the 90cm Show Jumping Championship and the Supreme Championship, her cousin, Sammy O’Brien and Xanadu won the 80cm Show Jumping Championship and was Reserve to Lacey in the 90cm, with Tracy finishing in third with Enrique in the 90cm Championship. Tracy, Lacey and Sammy keep their horses together on a small yard in Epping, Essex. They have produced their horses themselves and are no strangers to success having brought home Championship titles from Trailblazers in both 2016 and 2017.

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Oblio makes a full recovery Vivien Pearson’s 14-year-old Oblio put box rest behind him to win the London & South East Riding Clubs Elementary Dressage to Music Championship, in addition to finishing second in the Novice with points section at Sands Farm at the beginning of October. Members of Chipstead Riding Club, the combination had competed at the British Riding Club’s TopSpec National Dressage to Music Championships the previous weekend, where they finished eleventh in the Elementary and fifth in the Novice final. The results were all the more special for Vivien who has nursed Oblio back to competitive health. In February 2016 Oblio went lame, scans showed him to have damaged the suspensory ligaments in both of his front legs. Vivien said: “With far from perfect conformation and a persistent desire to jump field fences, I never thought I would be able to compete him again.” He spent most of 2016 recovering before their first dressage to music competition in July this year, where they won the novice section at Bury Farm. At the Riding Club qualifiers at Plumpton College he won both the Novice with points section and the Elementary, qualifying for the BRC TopSpec National Championships and the London and South East Championships. Vivien continued: “I worked with Amanda Birch Dressage Music to put together the music. We used The piano Guys Batman Evolution for the Elementary and a combination of Stranger on a Shore by Aker Bilk, Swinging Safari by Billy Vaughn and Swinging Gently by Earl Grant for the novice. Tania Grantham from Inspire Dressage helped put the floor plans together. Oblio loves going out and competing, he used to get so cross seeing the lorry go out when he was recuperating, so I am planning to do some more BD dressage to music classes. I just need to be careful not to push him too hard.”

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FEATURE

Blood Transfusions Dr. C. Baldwin, BVetMed, MRCVSof Sussex Arundel Hospital explains about blood transfusions in horses, why they are so much more complicated than human transfusions and how there is a one in a half a million chance of an exact match…

lood and plasma are vital fluid therapies for horses and foals. Unfortunately, there are no blood banks for horses (as there are for humans and some small animals) because horse red blood cells do not store well. Blood can only be drawn from a donor horse when a transfusion is needed. In general blood transfusions are used to supply either plasma or whole blood. This article will discuss both and will also outline the ideal characteristics of a horse blood donor. Before this is discussed it is important to understand how blood is divided. Blood can be broadly divided into two parts; plasma and red blood cells. The plasma contains the white blood cells and antibodies effective in fighting infections. The plasma also contains large proteins and clotting factors that help the blood clot when bleeding occurs. The red blood cells deliver oxygen to the rest of the body.

Eight different blood types

When blood is taken from one horse and given to another there is a possibility that the white blood cells and antibodies will attack the recipients blood or the white blood cells, and antibodies in the recipient can attack the red blood cells from the donor. To minimise this risk matching blood donors and recipients by blood type can be done. Humans have four major blood types and can be either negative or positive based on the rhesus factor, but horses have eight blood types and can be positive or negative on over 30 different factors. This makes getting a 100% match, a one in half a million chance. However, there are only two real problem blood types to be concerned about, Qa and Aa. So, we can cross match the donor and recipient by mixing the two bloods together and looking for a reaction before administering the blood. This being said, a blood transfusion between two horses that have never received blood transfusions previously is unlikely to result in a reaction. An ideal blood donor will be a large (>500kg) young, healthy horse. The horse cannot have or have had a blood disease (such as equine infectious anaemia) and cannot have had a blood transfusion previously, this is because if a horse has had a blood transfusion then its immune system has produced antibodies ready to fight against other blood types, these horses won’t match. Females and especially females that have had a foal, are also more likely to carry antibodies against different blood types, that may attack the recipient of the blood.

Blood donating

If your horse is donating blood, then the procedure is relatively innocuous. A catheter is placed in the horse’s jugular and 4-8L of blood is collected and mixed in a prepared sterile bag. The bag contains an anti-clotting preparation and stores the blood before its use. The donating horse may or may not need to be sedated and will make a full recovery after a couple of days’ rest. Horses can donate 20-25% of their blood volume at two to four weekly intervals, however, we do try not to take this amount on a regular basis. Blood once it is collected, can either be given as whole blood, which is usually given to horses that have lost blood through haemorrhage, or as plasma only (blood without the red blood cells). All blood products are best used fresh, but plasma can be frozen and stored for a longer period of time. Plasma also has fewer risk factors compared to whole blood, so is generally safer to administer and doesn’t require blood typing donor horses. Plasma may be administered to horses that are suffering from colic, colitis and numerous other conditions. Because equine blood can’t be stored it is often a case of getting the blood as and when you need it. For this reason, if your horse is a blood donor you may not be required to donate for weeks or even months, but when your horse does donate, it will allow you to participate in a lifesaving treatment protocol.

Vet Una Boyle (right) with vet assistant Alex Grant (left) pictured with Milton, who kindly donated blood

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FEATURE Dressage horses experience high levels of downward force.

A study showed overall force was reduced in up to 61.1% of subjects, when gel pads were used.

Do you train in sitting trot? Here’s why gel saddle pads may help... Words by Stephen Biddlecombe

I invented the original range of Gel-Eze undersaddle pads, and as our range has been developed, we have also been able to add saddle pads that include strategically-placed cushions of gel, slim and unobtrusive, to aid comfort. For example, I believe that a good quality The Stephens gel eze sheepskin half numnah incorporating pad with comfort cushions can help gel pads positioned in protect the horse from forces applied strategic places at the as the rider sits down in the saddle shoulder area, e.g. either side of the horse’s spine and under the point of the saddle tree, can help protect the horse from the effects of saddle rotation, and also the force applied as the rider sits down in the saddle. Science does back up my beliefs; in an article published in the Equine Veterinary Journal, an Austrian team carried out a study into wide-fit saddles (Ref 4), and investigated the forces and pressure distribution achieved from different saddle pads; they found that maximum overall force was reduced in up to 61.1% of subjects when gel pads were used. So, invest in a good quality gel-pad if you want to safe-guard your horse’s back health, and reduce the force applied to your horse’s back. Stephen represents Equine Management Ltd.

References Ref 1: Equine Vet J. 2010 May;42(4):340-5. ‘Kinematics of saddle and rider in highlevel dressage horses performing collected walk on a treadmill.’ Ref 2: Vet J. 2010 Apr;184(1):56-9. May 9. ‘A comparison of forces acting on the horse’s back and the stability of the rider’s seat in different positions at the trot’. Ref 3: J Biomech. 2010 Mar 3;43(4):627-31. Nov 18. ‘Vertical forces on the horse’s back in sitting and rising trot’. Ref 4: Vet J. 2010 Jun;184(3):322-5. Apr 9. ‘The influence of different saddle pads on force and pressure changes beneath saddles with excessively wide trees.’

he industry has innovated some fine products that aid equine health and wellness. Although there’s scant new published data available on types of saddle pads, there’s been lots of information published in scientific journals within the last seven years that supports the use of gel saddle pads to absorb shock.

In dressage, the front part of the saddle rotated in the opposite direction to the rider’s pelvis For example, a Swedish study, published in the Equine Veterinary Journal (Ref 1), assessed saddle and rider movements during collected walk in a group of high-level dressage horses and riders, finding that the front part of the saddle rotated in the opposite direction to the rider’s pelvis, and that the rider’s influence on the horse’s movement pattern is strongest at walk. The common perception of elite sports horses has been that the fast, jumping disciplines may exert the greatest levels of pressure to the horse’s back, but current research tells us that dressage horses also experience high levels of pressure. An Austrian study in The Veterinary Journal (Ref 2), examined the forces that act on the horse’s back in different rider positions in trot, by using an electronic pressure mat beneath a saddle. While the two point seat - the jumping position - gave the highest levels of rider stability and the lowest load on the horse’s back, sitting trot put the most levels of pressure on the horse’s back. A similar Dutch study published in the Journal of Biomechanics (Ref 3) examined ‘reaction force’ between the rider and the horse’s back in trot, finding that sitting trot exerted more force onto the horse’s back than rising trot.

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tried&tested Mark Todd Heavyweight Combo Turnout This smart turnout has a robust 1200 denier rip-stop outer shell, plus a cosy 350g insulation layer and nylon anti-rub lining. Waterproof and breathable, the rug gives top to tail protection from the elements and features taped seams, quick release front fastenings, a generous pleated tail flap and reflective strips front and back. Matching turnout with neck, stable rug, headcollar and rope also available. Colour: Navy/Jade Sizes: 5’6” to 7’0” RRP: £124.99 www.wefi.co.uk LR Comment: A beautifully made rug, it fitted extremely well and didn’t move despite lots of rolling. I like the surcingle fittings, which clipped together easily. I liked the panel over the withers, which allows the horse to easily stretch and graze without rubbing or pressure. My horse looked very snug in this rug.

Masta Avante 340g Fixed Neck Turnout This fixed neck turnout rug is made from 600 denier Oxford polyester outer fabric that features a PU waterproof and breathable coating. 340g polyfill insulation will keep your horse warm at night and the soft feel lining reduces the risk of rubbing. The turnout rug also features taped seams, twin surcingle front fastening, low cross surcingles, a tail flap, fillet string and rear D-rings for optional leg straps to provide extra security. Colour: Grey Sizes: 5’0” to 7’6” RRP: £95.00 www.harryhall.com LR Comment: A great combination rug, it fitted well and I felt my horse was protected from the elements. It was quick and easy to put on. Great value for money and check out the Harry Hall One Club to save 30%.

Winter Warmers

It might still be dry, but the temperature has dropped and there is frost on the ground in the morning. With that in mind we have been testing a range of boots, jackets and rugs for your horses, which will help you all keep warm this winter. Mark Todd Mackenzie Jacket This practical unisex jacket is manufactured in a robust, showerproof outer fabric with a zip-away hood and fleece lined collar making it ideal for the winter months. Boasting useful features such as a waterproof front zip and plenty of pocket space, the Mackenzie is great for wearing on the yard, out in the countryside or when away at shows or events. Colour: Navy Sizes: XSmall to XLarge RRP: £69.99 www.wefi.co.uk LR Comment: The perfect jacket for someone who spends hours in the saddle as it fits to the waist, so doesn’t get in the way when riding. It was very warm and I liked the colour.

Harry Hall Secret Reflective Frost Winter Boot The deep heel and reinforced leg make these boots practical for around the yard or out and about. A shaped top offers a flattering cut on the leg and a full length fastening make these boots comfortable and sturdy. The secret reflective detail is invisible under natural light and shines bright once direct light hits the strip. Colour: Black Sizes: 3 – 8 www.harryhall.com LR Comment: Brilliant winter yard boots. The tough rubber foot part has a good sturdy sole, which supports the foot, making them comfortable to wear. They are also extremely warm. Designed for riding, they are great for wearing on the yard and while hacking.

Horseware Rambo Duo Turnout The ultimate all season rug with detachable liner. Made from 1000 denier ballistic nylon, it is waterproof and breathable. It has an anti-static and anti-bacterial lining with thermobonded fibrefill. Surefit neck design with V-front closure to give the ultimate freedom of movement to graze. It has leg arches, reflective strips, wipe clean tail cord, inner loops, three secure cross surcingles and shine enhancing polyester lining. It has thermobonded fibrefill for superior and long lasting heat retention. It comes with a 100g outer, detachable 100g hood and removable 300g liner for versatility to suit all seasons. Colours: Burgundy, Navy Sizes: 5’6” – 7’3” RRP: £269 www.horseware.com LR Comment: This is about as deluxe as rugs come. It has an extremely tough outer and the flexibility of the rug means it can be used from autumn through to spring. It has a detachable neck cover and removable 300g liner. Other weights of liner are available and if you buy a spare, you can easily wash and clean. It is a generously proportioned rug, so perfect for larger framed horses.

Horseware Rhino Original Stable Rug Made with strong 1000 denier polypropylene outer, it has a polyester lining and thermobonded fibrefill, with cosy fleece collar. It ha a classic cut design with double front closures. The cosy fleece collar has an integrated wither pad to lift the rug, which aids in preventing mane or wither rubs. The thermobonded fibrefill provides long lasting heat retention. A detachable hood is available separately. Colour: Navy Sizes: 5’6” – 7’3” RRP: £98.95 www.horseware.com LR Comment: This is a very smart, hard-wearing stable rug. I like the tough outer material, which gives the horse more protection when lying down. It has a 200g fill which seemed to keep my horse really warm, although she may need an extra layer if it turns very cold. It has a detachable neck cover, which I like as I don’t put it on until it gets colder.

Cavallo Jette Jacket This quilted down jacket is a functional yet stylish winter essential. It features a flattering figure-hugging fit, with decorative quilting, twoway zip, and a fluffy drawstring collar. It is also heat insulating, water and dirt repellent and fully machine washable, making it a practical option for activewear in variable weather. Colours: Deep Forest, Denim, Graphite Sizes: 34-46 RRP: £225 http://zebraproducts.co.uk/Stockists LR Comment: The first time I put this jacket on, I didn’t want to take it off. It is so warm and cosy, yet beautiful and stylish. It has a two way zip and back vents making it perfect for riding, but it could easily double as a casual jacket. I shall definitely be wearing it to shows this winter.

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Mountain Horse Amber Jacket The Mountain Horse Amber riding jacket is an updated version of a much loved classic in the range. It is waterproof and breathable, with fully taped seams to give reliable protection and keep you warm and dry. It has a detachable, adjustable hood for good sideways visibility. Reflective details are strategically placed to provide better visibility when riding on dark winter days and there are adjustable sleeve flaps and hand warmer cuffs inside the sleeve ends to help keep out the worst weather. There is a 2-way YKK main zipper with storm flap, two roomy pockets and the back is shaped with a wide elastic waist to provide a great fit and a feminine riding silhouette. The rear riding slits with poppers allow the rider full freedom of movement whilst in the saddle with the Mountain Horse emblems on the chest and sleeve providing the finishing touches. Colours: Navy, Black/Grey, Green/Olive Sizes: XS - XXL RRP: £199 www.mountainhorse.se This is a gorgeous practical jacket designed for the active rider. It fitted well and had enough freedom to wear whilst riding.

A really lightweight jacket made from beautifully soft fabric, with the addition of reflective material to the shoulders and hood. A very flexible jacket, it folds up small and is great to have with you in case of bad weather.

Sturdy and lightweight, the Bozeman boots from BOGS is the perfect all-weather boot for knocking out your muddiest activities. Bozeman boots are 100% waterproof, made from durable hand-lasted rubber and constructed with 7 mm of Neo-tech waterproof insulation, offering a comfort rating of -60°C. Thanks to Rebound technology in the outsole along with a dual density EVA and Ortholite footbed, the Bozeman boots provide optimal comfort. Add to this DuraFresh biotechnology, BOGS° Max-Wick and EverDry to wick sweat away and prevent the build-up of unwanted odours and you have all day comfort.

The Addingham padded jacket exudes supreme comfort and style. Fashioned from a super smooth material, this padded style features popper and front zip fastening, two front zip pockets and a cosy high collar. Colours: Black, Pomegranate Size: 8-20 RRP: £120.00 www.toggi.com LR Comment:

Colour: Black Sizes: 40 – 47 RRP: £115 www.bogsfootwear.co.uk

A practical outdoors jacket. We tested it in pomegranate, which was absolutely stunning. It has a fantastic high collar, which is great for keeping your neck and chin warm on very cold days. It would be great to wear casually through the winter, to the yard and walking the dog.

LR Comment: Really tough, hard wearing and extremely warm boots designed for the man about the yard. They gave good grip on muddy ground and were comfortable to wear all day.

Muck Boot Company Pacy II

The SSG 10 Below Winter Riding Glove

Style and comfort go hand in hand with these Pacy II allcondition riding boots. They are insulated with the signature Muck boot neoprene shaft, and a cosy fleece lining for extra warmth and comfort. The slim profile, heel spur and buckle detailing add style as well as function to these riding boots, so you’ll look stylish whatever the weather throws at you.

The 10 Below is one of the best winter glove available for warmth and grip. Engineered using the SSG digital fabric on the palm, it combines feel and grip with breathability and durability. The gloves have a new synthetic leather backing which improves the waterproofing and flexibility, in addition it has a Thinsulate lining and inside that, the SSG exclusive polar fleece, which in this updated glove is treated with ‘Thermal feelings’ material, ‘Wintersun’ which increases the glove warmth. The 10 Below is as good as gets in a winter riding glove, offering four layers of warmth enough to combat the coldest weather, whilst retaining the feel and control that every rider needs.

Colours: Black, Brown Sizes: 3 - 9 RRP: £120 www.muckbootcompany.co.uk LR Comment: I found these very comfortable, the well formed sole supported my foot and ankle, making them great to wear for long periods. They are extremely warm and if they get muddy, can quickly be hosed clean. A stylish twist on the traditional boot.

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The Equetech Chartridge Waterproof Parker is inspired by the catwalk, but is the perfect winter coat, with its mid length style, waterproof and windproof outer and “Bio-Down’ inner to help keep you stylish, warm and dry. Two deep zipped handwarmer pockets, adjustable cuffs, detachable hood, storm flap, designer snaffles print lining, with a machine washable care label, means you’ll be covered whatever the weather decides to throw at you this season!

This multi fuctional sporty jacket has stylish design features and has been created in a soft touch fabric that is waterproof, breathable and has taped seams. Cool reflective fabric details mean you can be seen whether you are on horseback, running, cycling or walking. A must have for those rainy days.

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Colour: Black Sizes: 5 – 13 RRP: £39.99 www.mackey.ie LR Comment: When it is really cold you will appreciate wearing these very warm gloves with polar fleece. They are great for lunging, hacking and to wear when teaching, but a little thick for me for schooling. When winter arrives, you will put these on in the morning and not take them off until you leave in the evening.

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GIVEAWAYS Rambo Micklem Original Competition Bridle

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The bridle is designed to comfortably fit the shape of the horse’s skull, avoiding pressure on sensitive areas. The Micklem Competition bridle is a show quality bridle made from hand finished leather with soft padding on the headpiece, browband, noseband and cheekpieces. Comes with tongue protection bit clips and two sets of bit straps. It is available in black and havana, please confirm your preferred colour and size on the entry form.

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We have five + pages of amazing prizes to be given away. Entry is simple just complete the coupon on page 49 making sure you provide all the information requested. Horseware Bundle Horseware are giving away two bundles of prizes consisting of Nutrilick, Hypocare, Stain Away, Mud Repeller & Coat Conditioner, Lavender No Rinse Bodywash and Seal to Heal.

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Nutrilicks are the perfect treat for your horse this Christmas. Made from all natural ingredients, they contain optimum levels of balanced premium minerals, vitamins and protected trace elements in a highly palatable form. Hypocare is a gentle cleansing spray: it is a topical application that mirrors the body’s own immune system; by working naturally alongside the body it kills all the bacterial, viral and fungal infections on contact. Stain Away is a quick, easy and non-rinse stain removal. It makes light work of travel stains and quickly removes sweat and stable stains. Mud Repeller & Coat Conditioner offers instant shine and condition, coating individual hair strands and protecting against dust and stains. It will also help to prevent thinning of tails, as the comb will just glide through. Refresh and relax your horse after work with Groom Away’s Lavender No Rinse Bodywash. It also includes a natural herbal oil which also helps soothe minor cuts and abrasions. Seal to Heal is a flexible wound dressing, which provides a protective layer in 60 seconds. A safe and hygienic product, it keeps flies, mud and bacteria out and provides outstanding results.

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Dodson & Horrell Winter with us Kit

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This winter warming combination from Dodson & Horrell will ensure you and your four-legged friend enjoy a warmer winter. Included is a bag of the ever popular aromatic ‘Hug in a Bucket’ Winter Health Mash. Full of warming comfort and ready in just 10 minutes. It includes echinacea, mint and fennel to provide digestive and immune support. The kit also includes a handy travel mug, head warmer, stirrer and bucket.

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Maris Feltwork Portrait or Cushion Maris Feltwork make beautifully crafted felted portraits and cushions of animals. Based on the customer’s photo, these portraits are commissioned using the finest felts for the animal and tack (if required) and embroidery thread for finer details. To enhance the picture, natural sheep’s wool, which is hand needle felted, can be used for fur, manes, plaits, etc. The winner will receive either a cushion or portrait with their chosen animal felted on to the product. Good clear pictures will need to be provided.

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Equisafety Hatband

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Rule 51 of the Highway Code advises horse riders to wear a light showing white to the front and red to the rear. With this in mind Equisafety’s range now includes items that feature strips of LED lights which strobe across the product offering the driver the opportunity to access another viewpoint in his peripheral vision. These products contain white or red lights depending on where they are worn. White lights are always worn when moving towards oncoming traffic and red lights are worn at the rear to signal to drivers that there is a vehicle in front. Why red? Well first we associate it with a warning and secondly red has the lowest impact on your vision at night, i.e. your eyes recover their night vision faster when they’re exposed to red light. Therefore, the Hatband features white lights on the front and red on the back; the breastplate has white lights and the tailguard has red lights. Equisafety are offering three readers the chance to win one of their brand new USB chargeable hatbands with LED Lights.

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These novelty TO BE Christmas GIVEN AWAY! jumpers are a must for your perfect family Christmas. Available in red and green with different designs on the front and back, there is a jumper for everyone in the family. Please indicate preferred colour and size on the entry form.

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Acai Active Wear ONE TO BE Thermal GIVEN AWAY! Hoody Thermals that don’t look like thermals! Latest Italian fabric technology has helped Acai Active Wear create a hoodie with body temperature regulation properties so that during outdoor activity in lower autumnal temperatures your body stays warm without sweating.

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Lightweight material with superb moisture management and phenomenal breathability, it dries unbelievably quickly so you can get away with wearing it after riding if there is no time to change.

Back on Track Woolen Amanda Hat The Back on Track Woollen Amanda Hat is functional and fun. Lined with unique far infrared Welltex ceramic fabric it will keep you cosy during the winter months.

High-quality Danish clothing brand, Kastel, are giving away a navy Charlotte Studio Collection Krystals Technical Top. Perfect for adding a touch of sparkle this season, the Charlotte Studio shirts are made from an ultra-comfortable fabric blend and incorporate inner mesh sleeves, to ONE ensure you stay cool TO BE and comfortable. GIVEN AWAY! They also offer UV protection (UPF 30) and antibacterial odour reduction technology. The finishing touch for a glamorous look is a GB flag in gemstones on the back of the shirt.

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Available in Black, Grey or Blue with a faux fur pomp pom. Please indicate your preferred colour on the entry form.

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Hilton Herbs Mud Defender

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With the wet and increasingly mild winters the UK is experiencing mud-dwelling bacteria are becoming more and more the bane of many horse owners’ lives. Mud Defender, a herbal feed supplement from leading manufacturer Hilton Herbs, which has been field-trialled on horses and ponies in the UK, Europe, and the UDA, could well be the answer. Mud Defender can be associated with its partner product, Mud Defender Lotion, rich in Aloe Vera, echinacea, and propolis. Mud Defender lotion is pleasant-smelling and is suitable for all-over body use.

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Each equiXTREME bright pink bucket comes with a blue microfibre towel, branded sponge, plus shampoo, detangler and hair polish from the equiXTREME range. The shampoo will ensure that your horse is immaculate and show ready, the detangler will give your horse a silky mane and tail, while the hair polish will give an all over body shine.

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This Tote Bag is part of the equestrian-inspired bag range from Gubblecote. Big enough to carry all of your essentials as well as a laptop, tablet or files, this bag is perfect for using for work or for leisure. Alternatively, fold it up and keep it in your handbag as an emergency shopping bag. Wide shoulder straps make this tote bag comfortable to carry. The bags are produced to Gubblecote’s own design and are proudly manufactured in the UK. Gubblecote is exclusively available from RB Equestrian FIVE www.rbequestrian.co.uk TO BE GIVEN AWAY!

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FEED NEWS Winter is finally here and with it comes the challenge to ensure your horse or pony’s diet has the correct amount of nutrition to support them during the cold months ahead. Julie Priestley, Equine Brand Manager at Dodson & Horrell, explains why your horse’s nutritional needs change over the winter and the benefits of different types of feed.

hether stabled or out 24/7, all horses and ponies need a carefully planned winter feeding routine to help support them through winter. This support can help them maintain a healthy digestive function, and overall health, and in some cases to help maintain a healthy bodyweight. As exercise routines can slow down, with less daylight hours and bad weather together with limited grazing on poor quality forage; creating a nutritional plan to suit change of season and routine doesn’t have to feel like a minefield.

The Science

Dodson & Horrell Nutritionist Charlotte Wilkinson BSc (Hons), ANutr explains the science: Horses are hindgut fermenters; they rely heavily on the microbial population in their hindgut for efficient digestion and utilisation of nutrients, predominantly for the fibre portion of their diet through the process of fermentation. The Fibre portion of the horse’s diet is arguably the most important and is critical in maintaining healthy gut function. Without it the risks of conditions such as colic, gastric ulcers as well as behavioural issues can increase. Fibre has the important property of ‘diluting’ more readily fermentable material, such as starches and sugars. This dilution effect can supress a rapid decrease in pH of the hindgut, which if occurred, would create an unfavourable environment for the microbes that inhabit there. Long and short chop fibre is also crucial in encouraging contractions of the gastrointestinal tract to support healthy and normal function. The delicate balance of beneficial and potentially harmful microbes present within the hindgut can be easily affected by diet, and quick changes in nutrition can make a large difference, including changes in hay or grass supply. It can also be disrupted

Planning for Winter

by long periods without forage intake, undigested starch entering the hind-gut and by stressful situations such as illness, travelling or periods of very hard work.

The importance of fibre

Include a beneficial soluble fibre in their feed plan such as the Dodson & Horrell Kwikbeet. It is an ideal quality feed that importantly can help to encourage fluid intake over winter. Water is often a forgotten nutrient, but is crucial in maintaining healthy digestive function as well as other bodily functions. The addition of Kwikbeet into your horse’s diet can also help provide additional succulent fibre and calories in their feed, whilst remaining low in sugar and starch.

Weight loss over winter

Some horses struggle to maintain a healthy body weight over winter, but by adjusting their diet in line with their current body condition and workload can help to prevent this. Increasing your horse’s dietary energy and calorie intake can help to maintain weight over winter. Keeping an eye on body condition, and using a weight tape regularly can also help to notice early stages of weight loss that may not be so obvious when your horse is rugged up more often.

Trickle feed if adding to the quantity Don’t however, over feed your horse -

remember the size of the horse’s stomach is only roughly the size of a rugby ball. With higher quantities of feed required to help with weight maintenance, the size of your horse’s bowl will often become much larger. Where possible, it is best to split your horse’s hard feed into as many small meals as possible, ideally three to four. For horses that require a high calorie ration that is lower in sugar and starch, a complete feed such as Dodson & Horrell Cushcare Condition or Build Up Conditioning Mix or Cubes may be suitable. Cushcare Condition provides conditioning calories to help support weight gain, as well as containing herbal support; all in an easily manageable soft and crumbly pellet that can be fed dry or made into a mash. Oil is also an idea solution to adding concentrated calories, selecting a high oil chaff such as Alfalfa Oil Plus, or adding a high oil supplement such as the Dodson & Horrell Build & Glow can all help to up the calories in your horse’s diet without adding bulk.

Wintering good doers

For horses that maintain their body condition well over winter or for those where winter is a time for a weight loss regime, it is still important that they receive a fully balanced feed; especially as quality of grass and preserved forages can be poorer. Dodson & Horrell Ultimate Balancer is a low intake, high specification feed balancer that is suitable for all horses and ponies. It includes QLC antioxidant package for immune support, as well as Actisaf yeast for additional digestive support and contains good levels of biotin, with zinc and methionine for supporting good hoof health. Supplementation may be beneficial over the cooler months; Echinacea can help with additional support for the immune system, as well as products that contain the QLC antioxidant package.

Help is at hand

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Winter part 2 Feeding Feed news

As the temperature drops and the grass stops growing, it is important to remember how many extra calories your horse uses keeping warm. Keep an eye on his condition and if you need any further advice, remember all the large feed companies have very good telephone helplines. Here we share some of the products which may be of interest to you this winter…

Mollichaff Condition Complete

Mollichaff Condition Complete is a highly digestible, high fibre, high oil and low starch blend in a single bag. It can be fed as a complete concentrate feed alongside good quality forage, when fed at the recommended levels, and contains a broad spectrum vitamin and mineral supplement. This makes life easier for you as you don’t need to shop for anything else to feed other than good quality forage, because it contains all the dietary requirements your horse or pony needs. It is made from a balanced blend of alfalfa, dried grass, oat straw, fibre pellets, barley, soya flakes, soya oil and mint, plus Yea-sacc® - a natural live yeast culture - and a prebiotic to help maintain a healthy digestive system. Essential fatty acids are provided by the soya oil to help maintain healthy skin and encourage a glossy coat. Mollichaff Condition Complete is suitable for encouraging weight gain in underweight horses and ponies and can also help to maintain weight and condition in competition horses and ponies. Because it is a fibre-based feed, it provides a more natural way of feeding your horse or pony compared to a high cereal diet. The addition of mint makes Mollichaff Condition Complete particularly appealing to horses because of its taste and aroma.

Dodson & Horrell Ultimate Balancer

Dodson & Horrell Ultimate Balancer provides a concentrated source of vitamins and minerals with additional health support supplements for all horses and ponies. It includes, Digestive Support with FOS & Yeast, Hoof Support with Biotin, Chelated Zinc & Methionine, and Recovery and Immune Support with QLC Antioxidants, MSM & Vitamin. Incorporating the latest nutritional advances into equine feeding, including research into antioxidants and vitamin and mineral levels in pasture, Ultimate Balancer ensures your horse or pony has all the nutrients they need. Ideal for topping-up natural vitamin levels in forage and for producing essential amino acids for overall health and muscle development. www.dodsonandhorrell.com

Dodson & Horrell Fibre Fusion Dodson & Horrell Fibre Fusion is a unique blend of sainfoin, alfalfa and grass chaff for added palatability. It includes Fibre Plus Complex to support the digestive function and fermentation of fibre. Natural antioxidants support performance and recovery. From January 2018 Dodson & Horrell are offering a free bag of Fibre Fusion with every bag of Ultimate Balancer. A perfect ‘clean sport’ combination to fuel your horse to perform throughout the coming season. Combining Ultimate Balancer with Fibre Fusion provides key amino acids to support muscle development and repair. It includes electrolytes to help replace losses that occur as part of regular training and is a fully balanced feed including chelated minerals for optimum absorption and activity in the body. This combination is an easy to feed performance focused solution that includes alfalfa and grass chaff. All these winning ingredients provide your horse with all the minerals, vitamins and energy needed to perform seriously. www.dodsonandhorrell.com

TopSpec Senior Feed Balancer

Containing 50% vegetable oil alongside the necessary nutrients, specifically antioxidants, Vitamin E and C along with Selenium and Zinc, Sumo Original is the ideal high oil supplement to use to help promote excellent overall condition. Providing super high levels of oils and fatty acids alongside the necessary nutrients ensures excellent overall condition, helping encourage weight gain and an improvement in topline. As Sumo Original is virtually free from starch and sugars it can be fed safely to laminitic horses and ponies and is ideal to use on those that tend to get over excitable when fed traditional cereals, providing an excellent source of slow release energy. Calorie dense, it is ideal for horses with a limited appetite designed to be fed at a rate of 0.5gm per 1kg bodyweight, with a 500kg horses requiring just 250gm per day.

Keep your veteran in tip top condition with TopSpec Senior Feed Balancer. TopSpec Senior Feed Balancer is a very palatable ‘nonheating’ feed that contains several supplements including the levels of micronutrients and digestive aids normally only found in high quality specialised supplements. Of particular importance to elderly horses is the inclusion of micronutrients known to help maintain mobility. The scientifically recommended rate of 10grams of glucosamine/500kg horse/day is a key feature of the mobility supplement included in this formula. This superb specification allows elderly horses to utilise far more nutrients from the forage and straights in their diet, which often means that their hard feed intake can be reduced with many resulting benefits. Using TopSpec Senior Feed Balancer will help to maintain mobility and also promote muscle development and topline, which often starts to decline as horses’ age. Feeding it will help to maintain good hoof quality and promote a supple skin with a shiny coat. TopSpec Senior Feed Balancer helps to maintain a healthy immune system and also includes a highly available source of vitamin C to help maintain healthy lung tissue.

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Feed news NAF Five Star Optimum Feed Balancer NAF Five Star Optimum Feed Balancer will help maintain five star condition and health, maximise the nutritional value of the daily feed ration, and optimise the health and efficiency of the digestive system. Concentrated and easy to feed, Optimum comes in a highly palatable pellet form. It is of the highest supplement specification and has a great sugar free flavour. Optimum is formulated to complement either a high fibre low concentrate, or performance diet. When a daily feed is not necessary, the great news is that Optimum can be simply given on its own, directly from your hand. It is designed to optimise every horse’s diet from family pony to performance athlete. www.naf-equine.eu/uk

Baileys Ease & Excel

If your horse gets stressed about more time in the stable, over winter, he may be more prone to gastric upsets and loss of condition. Baileys Ease & Excel is the perfect option for providing slow release calories, from fibre and oil, while being low in starch and BETA-accredited as suitable for horses prone to gastric ulcers. It also contains a bespoke Protexin In-Feed Formula, of pre and probiotics plus other key ingredients, to support the health of the gut throughout its length. www.easeandexcel.co.uk

supplements Equine Answers Premier Flex HA Premier Flex HA contains high levels of Glucosamine HCL, Chondroitin Sulphate, MSM, Hyaluronic Acid (HA) and Omega 3. The combination of ingredients in Premier Flex HA act in synergy to help lubricate the joint and by aiding the production of synovial Fluid (joint oil), as well as helping with cartilage composition. Premier Flex HA was recently independently tested in a study into the effects of equine joint supplements using Templo Motion Analysis. The results were conclusive that supplementing with Premier Flex HA helped increase stride length thereby proving its effectiveness. For more information on the trial go to the Equine Answers website. Premier Flex HA is only available from the manufacturer Equine Answers at their website www.equineanswers.co.uk

Equine Answers 365 Complete

365 Complete from Equine Answers combines all the vitamins and minerals your horse needs in one product. 365 Complete also includes pre and pro-biotics to help keep gut health at its optimum and helps in the absorption of the nutrients in the feed. Use 365 Complete as a daily supplement to help keep your horse in peak condition. Because 365 Complete includes chelated ingredients, minerals are up to five times more absorbable than conventional minerals. Horse grazing can be vary in quality and in mineral balance, so feeding 365 Complete can help to plug any gap in your horse’s nutritional needs. Buy direct from Equine Answers at www.equineanswers.co.uk

The Lifeforce Range from Alltech The digestive system works as the horse’s very own in-built central heating system, with fibre as its fuel, thanks to fibre-digesting bacteria in the hind gut. Without sufficient fibre a horse will soon lose condition as it has to draw on its reserves to keep warm. Supplementing the diet with yeast cultures can help by creating optimum conditions for the beneficial bacteria to flourish, thereby improving fibre digestion as well as nutrient absorption. The Lifeforce Range from Alltech has been tailored to meet the needs of horses at every stage of life, from the early developmental stages as a foal, through the demands of competition and well into retirement. www.lifeforcehorse.co.uk

Equine America Sandout

Sandout is a digestive aid for horses or ponies grazing on sandy pastures. Soil and pastures vary greatly throughout the country. If a horse grazes on a sandy pasture, small amounts of sand and dirt will inevitably be ingested which, over time, may build up in the gut. Sandout should be fed for one week each month to horses or ponies grazing on sandy pastures. A veterinary surgeon may also recommend Sandout in other situations, and will advise accordingly. www.equine-america.co.uk

Equine America Coff-Less Coff-Less supports the upper and lower respiratory system. Promoting clear lungs and breathing, Coff-Less Powder soothes the airways promoting clear healthy lungs, whilst providing support to the immune system. Coff-Less can be used in the short term to support respiratory health, which can then be maintained using Airways Xtra Strength Powder. However, Coff-Less may be used daily, long term, for those horses with weak respiration, laboured breathing or that have a sensitivity to dust and mould spores found in the air, hay and bedding. www.equine-america.co.uk

NAF Five Star Magic

NAF Five Star Magic is a magnesium calmer with a difference. It’s a five star formula that contains a unique combination of herbs and nutrients known to help relax muscle tissue and support concentration. Magnesium is an essential nutrient to a horse’s wellbeing, and among its many roles is the regulation of nervous tension. As magnesium also acts on muscle tension, a horse low in magnesium may appear ‘tight’ in his way of going and express excitability or a lack of confidence. Low magnesium may be caused by a grazing deficiency or simply a horse or pony’s individual metabolism. Magnesium levels can also be reduced by regular travel and competition. Magic is more than just magnesium; it also contains a blend of herbs chosen for their traditional use in supporting confidence and concentration. The unique blend of magnesium and herbal support of Magic enables the horse to tackle all that is asked of it, calmly and confidently. www.naf-equine.eu/uk

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It’s usually at this time of year when the weather changes for the worse and the fields become waterlogged and boggy that we start to think about mud fever and protecting our horse’s most valuable assets – their feet. A bacterial skin infection affecting the lower limbs of horses, mud fever is most common in winter when wet and muddy ground conditions create the perfect environment for bacteria to thrive. Constant moisture from consistently wet weather, along with repetitive trauma to the hoof from mud, sand and grit, can compromise the integrity of the epidermis and leave it open to bacterial invasion. Characterised by red, painful sores that mainly affect the pastern and heel area of the foot, mud fever is a chronic complaint that can sometimes be difficult to treat. For this reason, prevention is often easier and more effective than cure. Below are VioVet’s ‘top tips’ on dealing with mud fever this winter: • Avoid wrapping the legs in bandages – It can be tempting to do this when the fields are particularly muddy and you have to turn your horse out, but doing so is counter-productive as wraps will quickly become sodden and effectively keep the skin wetter for longer. • Clip leg hair – For some reason, feathered breeds tend to be more severely affected. Clipping the hair can reduce risk, as the feathers trap moisture and collect mud, allowing the legs to remain damp. The shorter the hair is, the faster the legs will dry. • Thinly apply a barrier cream – Always ensure the feet are clean and dry before applying, and use a product such as udder cream, castor oil, petroleum jelly, or a treatment specifically designed for mud fever. • Refrain from over-bathing the legs – Unless they are completely caked in mud, wait for the feet and legs to dry before brushing it off. Treat any small abrasions with an antiseptic cream and remove moist scabs with an antiseptic wash and allow the sores to dry out. • Stable if necessary – If infection is present, it is vital that you keep the feet clean and dry at all costs, otherwise infection can spread up the leg. Sometimes stabling is the best and only option for severely affected horses. For more information about mud fever visit www.viovet.co.uk

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Also INDOOR UNAFFILIATED DRESSAGE SHOWS SUNDAYS: 3rd Dec 2017 • 4th Feb • 4th Mar 2018 Walk & Trot to Elementary classes Everyone Welcome – entries close 10 days before each Dressage show ******************

For schedules visit www.eaglesfield.net or SAE to: Eaglesfield Equestrian Events Limited, West Yoke, Ash, Near Sevenoaks, Kent. TN15 7HT (Near New Ash Green), 8 miles from Dartford Bridge. Directions on website. Enter online at www.eaglesfield.net, through HORSE MONKEY or by post at above address. General Enquiries: Jean Clark Tel: 07958 650036 Email: eaglesfield.show@btinternet.com

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DEC. 2017 3 December, Colettes Shows, Winter Horse Shows, Christmas Show Jumping, Willow Farm, Hansletts Lane, Faversham, Kent, ME13 0RS, Telephone: 07949 096086, Email: cbequine@ btinternet.com www.cbequine.co.uk 3 December, Eaglesfield Indoor Unaffiliated Dressage Shows, Walk & Trot to Elementary classes, Everyone welcome, Eaglesfield Equestrian Centre, West Yoke, Ash, Nr Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7HT (near New Ash Green), Contact: Jean Clark, Telephone: 07958 650036 Email: eaglesfield.show@ btinternet.com, www.eaglesfield.net 3 December, Mid Surrey Branch of the Pony Club, Fun Ride, Highlands Farm, Hedley Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 8QE, Contact: Gina Kitchener, Telephone: 01737 644255, Email: gina@midsurreyponyclub.co.uk, http:// branches.pcuk.org/midsurrey/schedules/ 4 December, Speedgate Events, Andrew Day Clinic, Andrew is an international event and dressage rider and trainer and a senior instructor and lecturer of the TTT with over 20 years’ experience. Attain a thorough understanding of the classical system of Dressage training, Speegate Farm, Fawkham, Longfield, Kent, DA3 8NJ. Contact: Kim Atkinson, Telephone: 07834 170830, Email: events@ speedgate.co.uk, www.speedgate.co.uk 9 December, Capricorn Equestrian, Jumping Clinic with Robert Smith, Capricorn Farm, Crockenhill Lane, Eynsford, Kent, DA4 0JL, Telephone: 07587 747675, Email: capricornequestrian@hotmail. co.uk, www.capricornequestrian.co.uk 3 December, Colettes Shows, Winter Horse Shows, Christmas Showing, Willow Farm, Hansletts Lane, Faversham, Kent, ME13 0RS, Telephone: 07949 096086, Email: cbequine@ btinternet.com www.cbequine.co.uk 10 December, Eaglesfield, Indoor Unaffiliated Showjumping, Cross Pole to 90cm open, £300 prize money at each show, with Cricklands plus Sunshine Tour Qualifiers. Friendly professionally run fun jumping events for all ages and abilites, Eaglesfield Equestrian Centre, West Yoke, Ash, Nr Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7HT (near New Ash Green), Contact: Jean Clark, Telephone: 07958 650036 Email: eaglesfield.show@ btinternet.com, www.eaglesfield.net

Dates for your diary Jan 27th & 28th Darley Lifestyle Eventers Challenge March 8th - 11th BE Horse Trials (TW1) April 13th - 15th Tweseldown UA May 12th - 13th Darley Lifestyle Eventers Challenge May 19th - 21st BE Horse Trials (TW2) June 23rd & 24th Tweseldown UA July 7th - 9th BE Horse Trials (TW3) July 14th & 15th Darley Lifestyle Eventers Challenge September 8th & 9th Tweseldown UA October 6th & 7th BE Horse Trials (TW4) October 13th & 14th Darley Lifestyle Eventers Challenge

12-18 December, Olympia Horse Show, The London International Horse Show, Olympia is the only UK Show to host all three FEI World CupTM Qualifiers in Dressage, Show Jumping and Driving. Each performance includes an equestrian competition along with a variety of displays from around the World, The Olympia Exhibition Centre, Hammersmith, West London, W14 8UX, www.olympiahorseshow.com 17 December, Colettes Shows, Colettes Dressage, Jenkey Farm, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1LY, Telephone: 07949 096086, Email: cbequine@ btinternet.com www.cbequine.co.uk

JANUARY 2018 7 January, Colettes Shows, Winter Horse Shows, New Year Show Jumping, Willow Farm, Hansletts Lane, Faversham, Kent, ME13 0RS, Telephone: 07949 096086, Email: cbequine@ btinternet.com www.cbequine.co.uk 21 January, Eaglesfield, Indoor Unaffiliated Showjumping, Cross Pole to 90cm open, £300 prize money at each show, with Cricklands plus Sunshine Tour Qualifiers.

Friendly professionally run fun jumping events for all ages and abilites, Eaglesfield Equestrian Centre, West Yoke, Ash, Nr Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7HT (near New Ash Green), Contact: Jean Clark, Telephone: 07958 650036 Email: eaglesfield.show@ btinternet.com, www.eaglesfield.net 27-28 January, Tweseldown, Darley Lifestyle Eventers Challenge, 80cm to 120cm, Tweseldown Racecourse, Bourley Road, Church Crookham, Fleet, Hampshire, GU52 8AD, Email: tweseldown@gmail. co.uk, www.tweseldown.co.uk

FEBRUARY 2018 4 February, Colettes Shows, Winter Horse Shows, Showing Gala, Willow Farm, Hansletts Lane, Faversham, Kent, ME13 0RS, Telephone: 07949 096086, Email: cbequine@ btinternet.com www.cbequine.co.uk 4 February, The Equi-Fun Club, Fun Showing Show, Fun showing show for unaffiliated competitors, with Sunshine Tour qualifiers, Novelty, In-hand and Ridden classes.Crockstead Equestrian Centre, Halland, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 6PT, Telephone: 07738 993995, email: becca@ equi-fun.co.uk, www.equi-fun.co.uk 4 February, Eaglesfield Indoor Unaffiliated Dressage Shows, Walk & Trot to Elementary classes, Everyone welcome, Eaglesfield Equestrian Centre, West Yoke, Ash, Nr Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7HT (near New Ash Green), Contact: Jean Clark, Telephone: 07958 650036 Email: eaglesfield.show@ btinternet.com, www.eaglesfield.net 25 February, Eaglesfield, Indoor Unaffiliated Showjumping, Cross Pole to 90cm open, £300 prize money at each show, with Cricklands plus Sunshine Tour Qualifiers. Friendly professionally run fun jumping events for all ages and abilites, Eaglesfield Equestrian Centre, West Yoke, Ash, Nr Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7HT (near New Ash Green), Contact: Jean Clark, Telephone: 07958 650036 Email: eaglesfield.show@ btinternet.com, www.eaglesfield.net

MARCH 2018 4 March, Colettes Shows, Winter Horse Shows, Showing Gala, Willow Farm, Hansletts Lane, Faversham, Kent, ME13 0RS, Telephone: 07949 096086, Email: cbequine@ btinternet.com www.cbequine.co.uk 4 March, Eaglesfield Indoor Unaffiliated Dressage Shows, Walk & Trot to Elementary classes, Everyone welcome, Eaglesfield Equestrian Centre, West Yoke, Ash, Nr Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7HT (near New Ash Green), Contact: Jean Clark, Telephone: 07958 650036 Email: eaglesfield.show@ btinternet.com, www.eaglesfield.net 8-11 March, Tweseldown, BE Horse Trials (TW1), 90cm Intermediate, Tweseldown Racecourse, Bourley Road, Church Crookham, Fleet, Hampshire, GU52 8AD, Email: tweseldown@gmail. co.uk, www.tweseldown.co.uk 11 March, Eaglesfield, Indoor Unaffiliated Showjumping, Cross Pole to 90cm open, £300 prize money at each show, with Cricklands plus Sunshine Tour Qualifiers. Friendly professionally run fun jumping events for all ages and abilites, Eaglesfield Equestrian Centre, West Yoke, Ash, Nr Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7HT (near New Ash Green), Contact: Jean Clark, Telephone: 07958 650036 Email: eaglesfield.show@ btinternet.com, www.eaglesfield.net

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