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Contents June 2014 EDITOR

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36 Features 11 Trouble shooting for horse trials events 14 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials 18 Harry Meade Back for Badminton 20 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Grassroots Championships 23 Are you sitting comfortably?

33 Our favourite sheepskin products 35 Sole to Sole 39 Back Problems in horses 41 Arena Re-grade 48 The need for Rehabilitation or Retraining 54 Birthday Bonus for Sue 59 Fun for all the family at Eridge Horse Trials 60 Hickstead Derby Preview 62 Tailored Turnout 70 Let the battle begin 86 Weighth Control and Laminitis 88 Feed News

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Royal Windsor Horse Show Chilham Park One Day Event Pachesham Easter Show Easter Events at Mount Mascal Stables Chilham Park BE Event SEAHG Spring Show Kilnhanger Mini Trec Winchester Riding Club’s Spring Show Crawley & Horsham Hunt South Pony Club Hunter Trial 78 Jewels Stables Fun Show 80 Hangleton Farm Easter Show Jumping

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his issue is jam-packed with wonderful photographic show reports, featuring riders competing at various levels, from their first show right through to one of the greatest equestrian events in the world, Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials. Best of the locals was Pippa Funnell riding Jane and Jonathan Clarke’s Billy Beware. For Pippa the satisfaction ran deeper as this is a homebred, home-produced horse, who Daniel Sherriff despite his limited mileage gave her a great ride with Bayford around one of toughest Badminton’s in a very Hall Dallagio long time. competing at Just a few days after Badminton I was on my Royal Windsor way to another favourite event of mine, Royal Windsor. After a day of snapping local riders, it was a real treat to watch the CDI3* Grand Prix Freestyle Dressage to Music, which saw Charlotte Dujardin, Michael Eilberg and Carl Hester in the top three places. If you would like to see more of our pictures from the day visit the Gallery section at www.localrider.co.uk I particularly enjoyed Daniel Sherriff’s performance with Bayford Hall Dallagio, which seemed to raise the crowd who gave a great cheer at the end. Daniel and I were in the Enfield Chace Pony Club together and I remember back then his natural way of riding and producing the best from a horse. He may have been one of the best in our branch, but he was always encouraging and that is one of the best things about the horse world. No matter how successful a rider and hence busy, they will always help you find a solution to a problem, or offer a few words of encouragement when needed.

To celebrate summer and because I know you all love entering them, we have three pages of sensational giveaways, turn to page 67 to see the fantastic prizes you can win.

I am grateful to everyone who has contacted me with their news and stories this month. If you have a good result or would just like to share a story email fiona@localrider.co.uk

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news Parelli Team Demonstration at New Forest Show

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re you into showjumping, dressage or eventing but would maybe like to learn more about natural horsemanship and how it can help you in the performance world?

Parelli instructors in the South East are coming together to put on a natural horsemanship demonstration at the New Forest Show, 29th to 31st July. The demonstration will focus on how a Parelli foundation relates to specialised disciplines throughout all stages of a horse or ponies training and progress.

The Parelli team will include 3* Parelli Professionals Terri Martinus, Vicky Manser and 2* Parelli Professional Rachel Evans. “The focus is very much on showing how Parelli foundation prepares the horse for the specialisation of whatever disciplines is then chosen,” said Rachel. www.parelli.com

Pikeur Badira Jeans Breeches These gorgeous breeches from Dressage Deluxe are a trendy Jeans style with shaped back pockets and have the new elastic insert at the ankle, ensuring a close fit and negating the need for scratchy velcro.

The Badira Jeans breeches have an embroidered design in dark blue on the back pockets, with a contrast seat in the Micro power fabric. Also available in Winter softshell versions.

Available in a soft mid blue Denim with a Dark Blue seat and stitching. www.dressagedeluxe.co.uk

Leading Horseware retailer offers celebratory prize to combat sweet itch!

Online retailer The Saddlery Shop is now one of the biggest stockists of Horseware products. This means consumers can get excellent deals on this market-leading brand, in terms of keen prices and multiple items stocked, from rugs and fly-masks to rider clothing.

To celebrate their special relationship with Horseware, The Saddlery Shop is inviting customers to enter their competition to win an innovative Rambo Sweet Itch Hoody Vamoose, a fly rug with Vamoose insect control technology utilising Permethrin, a natural fly repellent bound to the fabric.

Simply visit the page https:// www.facebook.com/ TheSaddleryShop, and leave a brief message below the competition post, explaining why you’d like to win the Horseware prize, in 20 words or less. Entries to be received

by July 31st.

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The Best Friend Bareback Pads Bareback riding is a great way to improve your balance whilst increasing freedom of movement in your horses back.

For the rider: the Best Friend Bareback Pad improves comfort, provides a barrier against dirt and grease, as well as an easy grab handle for confidence.

For the horse: the Best Friend Bareback Pad is light and airy improving back comfort with additional wither protection.

The Best Friend Bareback Pad is ideal for any horse including young horses being introduced to the saddle, horses recovering from injury and those horses whose backs are not shaped for traditional saddle fitting. The Western Pad has two convenient side pockets. One with a velcro flap closure, the other for an included water bottle.

The Best Friend Bareback Pad is available in a range of colours and sizes and comes complete with a matching girth for ultimate fit, grip and comfort.

Use by Britain’s Leading Mounted Police Officers and the Riding for the Disabled. www.charliesproducts.co.uk

LeMieux Cold Water Boots The unique crystals within the boots swell and remain cold when soaked in water and the contoured shape supports the fetlock, preventing slipping. Ideal to use after work, or injury. Comes complete with inner compression Equisox to maintain and stabilise therapeutic effect. www.horsehealth.co.uk

Double the Style!

This beautiful double bridle is available exclusively through retailer Shadow Horse. It is by French saddlery brand Silver Crown and brings together exquisite craftsmanship with quality English leather for stunning effect.

The Silver Crown Double Bridle incorporates a ‘softly padded headpiece, noseband and browband for total comfort, whilst the rider also benefits from the half lined rubber snaffle reins and leather buckle-less Weymouth reins, which offer a light communicative feel with minimal bulk. The 40mm wide crank noseband also compliments your horse’s face, whilst spreading pressure and offering great flexibility on adjustment.

Finished with elegant Silver Crown ornaments just above the browband and a subtle embossed logo on the noseband, this bridle offers double the style!

Shadow Horse pride themselves on offering the very best products sourced from all over the world and personally test each product to ensure its does what it says on the label and stands the test of time. www.shadowhorse.co.uk

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LeMieux take title sponsorship at BD Champs

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ritish Dressage is delighted to announce LeMieux as the new title sponsor of the sport’s biggest occasion, the national Dressage Championships in a three year deal. This year’s LeMieux national Dressage Championships will be held at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire, 18th to 21st September.

Firmly established as the leading brand of saddle pads in the uK, the LeMieux range is well known to the dressage audience.

The brand is owned by Horse Health which was set up by former Olympic event rider Robert Lemieux and his wife Lisa and is renowned for its extensive retail website and trade stand at major events uK-wide. The LeMieux range has recently expanded into a full collection of competition equipment, including new boots, bandages and the stunning Four Seasons rug.

Whitaker Duo-Tone Helmet Whitaker are extending their dial-to-fit collection due to high demand to include two additional designs. Introducing the RH022 Duo-Tone Helmet combining the colours from our up and coming vivid collection with the matt designs of the RH020 helmets. A vivid coloured centre panel fashioned with the black outer and reflective piping matches well with the rest of our new Whitaker Collection.

This helmet is available in white, yellow, blue or red from July. Pre order yours today. RRP £85 In addition to the Victory Collection arriving in July, the RH024 Whitaker Carbon Effect Helmets are great for everyday riding and brighten any equestrian outfit. These full colour helmets have been designed with a carbon effect outer and glitter victory panels for a sleek finish. Available in four colours. www.johnwhitaker.com

Your Ride Round Burghley If you have ever dreamed of riding at one of the world’s most prestigious equestrian events, the South Essex Insurance Brokers Burghley Sponsored Ride 2014 is the opportunity you have been waiting for. The UK’s most exclusive sponsored ride takes place on Sunday 7th September 2014, on the final day of the world famous Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials.

The South Essex Insurance Brokers (SEIB) Burghley Sponsored ride is run over a 12km course in the legendary Burghley Park, allowing participants to follow in the footsteps of great three day event riders such as William Fox-Pitt and Mary King. Whilst even the bravest sponsored riders will not be allowed to jump the fences, everyone can get up close to the daunting cross country obstacles and see how they really look from the back of a horse.

The ride will take in many of the famous Burghley landmarks such as The Dairy Mound and Trout Hatchery. Riders will also enjoy breath-taking views over the magnificent Burghley House and have the chance to explore the tracks and pathways of the vast Burghley Estate. Everyone completing the course will receive a special SEIB rosette and goody bag and there will be Burghley sponsored prizes for the most money raised.

The organisers can advise where to find local stabling via enquiries by email. For further details, including how to enter visit www.icommentate.co.uk/burghley

Lungeing the leisure horse Many people think lungeing is for rehabilitation or competition horses but think how much nicer it would be if your horse was better balanced and moved with lightness and softness.

Lungeing helps to coordinate your horse’s body, allowing him to find his natural balance without the weight and pressure of a rider. Lungeing aims to encourage the horse to stretch across the back and engage his hind quarters whilst moving freely. Training aids can encourage softness and stretching whilst enhancing the outline and improving balance and paces. Good aids, like the EquiAmi lunge aid, don’t fix or restrain but encourage engagement of the hindquarters and lightness of the forehand.

Preparation for shows and club activities can be the opportunity you needed to try lungeing once or twice a week. If you make it a regular part of your routine you will be pleasantly surprised at the improvements you can make and how much more fun you can have. www.equiami.com

Perfect Balance!

Available exclusively in the uK through on-line retailers Shadow Horse, the Fleeceworks Therawool Collection uses the same merino wool fibres, as used across their sheepskin pad range and weaves them on to a fabric backing. This manufacturing process ensures that the pads are durable, breathable, easy to wash and even tumble dry. unlike some wool pads on the marketplace, they will not ‘felt up’ with continued use or washing and can be easily brushed through when dry to return the pads to its previous dense, cushioning state.

As top international dressage rider Maria eilberg explains, the pads are unlike anything the team has ever used before: “We have used wool saddle cloths previously, but these are in a league of their own. The Perfect Balance Half Pad is a beautiful thick pad, which despite constant use and regular washing still continues to perform and look good as new. They haven’t gone lumpy or matted over time and use and are worth their weight in Gold.” www.shadowhorse.co.uk

Petplan Veterinary Awards Following a nationwide search to find the UK’s top veterinary professionals for 2014, Petplan, the UK’s largest pet insurance provider, has announced the winners of the prestigious Petplan Veterinary Awards.

Suzanne Cheadle, Petplan’s Acting Head of Marketing said: “This year saw over 12,000 nominations which demonstrates the appetite from both staff and clients for celebrating exceptional work. We had a wonderful selection of first class finalists and I’d like to congratulate all the winners who thoroughly deserve their awards.”

Henrietta Fidler of Beech House Veterinary Centre in Surrey was awarded the Practice Support Staff of the year award. Henrietta is somebody who loves her role within the veterinary profession, thriving on the interaction she has between both the clients and animals. She has nurtured and developed strong and solid client relationships as well as good working relationships with her colleagues.

Above left: Henrietta Fidler received the Practice Support Staff of the year award

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club news West Kent Sevenoaks Junior Novice Team, left to right: Harry Scott, Iona Day, Freya Noble-Jennings, Emily Funnell and Edward Lindsay.

West Kent Sevenoaks Pony Club Inter Branch Mounted Games, Judd Wood Farm, Nr Tonbridge, Kent

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Zara Staples and Kieron Hazelden on the start line for West Kent Sevenoaks

The brightest Pony Club minds in the country assembled at Warwickshire College recently for the annual NFU Mutual National Quiz Finals, with teams from Pony Club Branches and Centres throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland attending, after securing their place at the finals by winning their Area competition.

The teams were tested on various aspects of equestrian and non-equestrian topics across the following eight rounds: Round 1 – The Pony Club Round 2 – The Stable Yard and Tack Room Round 3 – Mountains, Rivers and Lakes Round 4 – Missing Words Round 5 – Practical Round Round 6 – Grooming, Clipping and Trimming Round 7 – Picture Round Round 8 – War Horses in History After being victorious for the past two years, Hampshire Hunt were favourites to repeat their success in the Branches

The Lord Leconfield winning Novice Team of Ivan Leggett, Elspeth Williams and Jack Mariani (plus Rupert Scrase, not pictured)

Seniors Romney Marsh A East Kent A Oakley Hunt West West Kent Sevenoaks A OBH North Romney March B Juniors Oakley Hunt West Romney March A Staff College & Sandhurst OBH North West Kent Sevenoaks Surrey Union Junior Novice East Kent West Kent Sevenoaks Mid Surrey B Lord Leconfield Surrey Union Mid Surrey A

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Lavant House Stables, winners of the Centres section of the NFU Mutual National Quiz 2014: Helena Bissex, Livvy Linares, Phoebe Goodale, and Lydia McKimm competition, but it was the Chipping Branch who held the lead at the halfway stage; with just four points separating the top four teams, however, there was still all to play for.

In the Centres competition there was a clear leader early on, with defending champions Lavant House Stables forging a ten point lead over their closest rivals from Talygarn Equestrian Centre.

The afternoon session saw teams split up for the individual practical rounds, and despite strong competition the Chipping Branch managed to hold onto their lead and seal the title in the Branch competition.

With such a commanding lead in the first half, the Lavant House team of Helena Bissex (20), Livvy Linares (15), Phoebe Goodale (13), and Lydia McKimm (10) could have relaxed, but they were determined

not to let their lead slip and finished on an impressive 241 points, well ahead of Talygarn Equestrian Centre in second place (226 points) and Friars Hill Stables in third (208.5 points).

“It was very special returning to the Quiz Final with Livvy, Phoebe and Lydia to defend our title as National Quiz Centre champions,” commented Lavant House team member Helena Bissex. “We have also had such a great time over the last few months preparing for the National Quiz and spending time together.”

Pic courtesy of Kit Houghton/The Pony Club

Lavant House win Pony Club Quiz Final

aroline Phillips, West Kent Sevenoaks Pony Club (WKS) Mounted Games Manager, organised an amazing day of Prince Philip Cup Mounted Games, on April 27 at Judd Wood Farm, by kind permission of Mr & Mrs J Foster.

An early start saw the arrival of the seniors, followed by the junior novice and then junior section, with over 170 Pony Club members on the show ground. The early rain subsided fortunately, to allow some great races to go ahead unhindered by wet conditions.

Many branches travelled from as far afield as Oxfordshire and Hertfordshire, to gain some valuable practise against strong opposition, before the Area competitions, which are qualifiers for the regional zones later on in the summer.

Our thanks go to all those branches, managers, parents came to support, and made the day such a success.

Results

The Lord Leconfield Team win at Coombelands The Lord Leconfield Novice eventing Team won the inter-branch team competition at Coombelands on Sunday 4th May. Hosted by the Chiddingfold Famers branch of the Pony Club, the competition was fierce, but two winning scores from Jack Mariani and Elspeth Williams helped to secure victory for the Lord Leconfield.

It was a busy day for Lord Leconfield members. Ivan Leggett finished eighth individually in his section, while members of another novice team, Isla Martin and Poppy Watkinson were also placed in their sections. The branch had eight members competing in the Intermediate class, with various placing including Fi Dallyn and Elspeth Williams (on a different horse) riding brilliantly to finish second in their respective sections.

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CLUB NewS Sophie Wickham and Penclose Sonny Jim on their lap of honour

Sophie dazzles at Dressage Championships

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ophie Wickham and her talented pony Penclose Sonny Jim were in great form when taking the Junior Individual Dressage honours at the EquestrianClearance.com British Riding Clubs Winter Championship.

Held at Hartpury College in Gloucestershire, riders from all over the country travelled to this excellent venue to take part. More than 500 competitors made their way to the finals along with their supporters and team mates, following an exciting series of qualifiers that were held over the winter months.

Lorraine Meadowcroft of EquestrianClearance.com said: “There was some fantastic competition at the winter championships and it was great to see so many riders not only competing for top places and awards but also showing wonderful team spirit throughout the weekend. The fantastic weather and brilliant atmosphere made for an incredible two days.”

A member of Vectis Riding Club, based on the Isle of Wight, Sophie was delighted with the performance of the 17-year-old Penclose Sonny Jim. A Welsh Sec C he has been with Sophie for four years.

As well as being a star in the dressage arena, Sonny Jim and Sophie also compete in showing and show jumping and also enjoying their hunting together. Said Sophie: “It was fantastic to take the Junior Individual Dressage title and a wonderful championships which I really enjoyed being a part of.”

Kent Riding Club take the Honours Kent-based Mount Mascal Riding Club made their journey to Gloucestershire for the EquestrianClearance.com British Riding Clubs Winter Championship a winning one when taking the Junior Team Showjumping title.

The win for the Mount Mascal team saw a brilliant repeat performance from last year’s championship when the Bexley-based foursome also took the top award.

The team was made up of Shannon Buckley riding He’s As Good As Gold, Ellie Cannaford with Cheenos Little Cruise, Mia Vazquez riding Kinard All Star and Kirsty Warner with Eastern Whisper.

As well as winning in 2013, the team also captured last summer’s Novice Showjumping at the National Championships at Lincoln.

This will be the last year the team can compete together as two will be moving up to senior teams next year.

Lorraine Meadowcroft of EquestrianClearance.com presents the Mount Mascal Riding Club team with their award

West Kent Sevenoaks Pony Club

Senior Training Camp at Bedgebury Equestrian Centre 14th – 16th April 2014 West Kent Sevenoaks Pony Club ran their first 16 and over camp at Bedgebury Equestrian, during the Easter holidays.

Blessed with perfect weather, eleven members gathered together for a packed three days of fun and learning.

Wizz Clack, Grand Prix Dressage rider and trainer, put campers through their paces in flat work each morning.

Cindy Llewellyn spent two afternoons giving instruction on how to ride a show jumping round, and Anna Hilton gave up her time to go out on the cross country course on the final afternoon.

Evening demos included bio mechanics with Lena Pearson-Wood and Andy Ford brought in two of his pupils, one riding a Novice horse and one a Grand Prix horse, to show the difference in training levels. Sarah Rook took sessions in stable management aimed at B Test and above.

DC, Clare Minto and Treasurer, Anne Mills organised and ran the camp, and donned their Master Chef hats, to produce tasty home cooked meals, which were appreciated by all. Clare Minto said: “We are all looking forward to next year!”

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FEATURE

Trouble shooting for horse trials events By riding instructor Michaela Huntington

Even strides will benefit your jumping rhythm.

Tired horses are more likely to make mistakes.

Ensure peak fitness!

Transitions must happen exactly at the place required

Are you tackling your first horse trials events this year? It is inevitable that some errors will occur along the way - so here are some top trouble-shooting tips...

Your Dressage Test:

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Fitness is absolutely essential. Your horse has to complete three phases in a day and must be as keen for the last as the first one. Tired horses are more likely to make mistakes. Build up to your event, aiming to have him at peak fitness on the day. Rider fitness is equally important, but you will build this up as you work on your horse.

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Practise over cross country courses using an RS-tor riding safety aid ahead of your event. It helps develop rider balance and confidence, and helps prevent the rider being unseated. It is perfect for riders with young, inexperienced, strong or excitable horses and boosts rider confidence when riding downhill.

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Visit www.rstor.co.uk for product info and also check out our You Tube channel, where we have downloaded a brand new video visit http://www.youtube.com/user/TheRstor and click on ‘RS-tor for cross country schooling’.

Regardless of whether you are allowed a caller, the test must be firmly committed to memory as it is common for nerves to affect riders on the day, causing a complete blank during your performance. Ensure you are well practised in all the separate parts of the test and can deliver a smooth and accurate effort on the day.

Your initial centre line entry is vital, being the first impression given to the judges. A straight line down the centre line is one of the hardest parts as nearly all horses tend to drift left or right. A good start will set you up well and is easily practised with someone on the ground to watch for wobbles!

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Transitions must happen exactly at the place required, and can commonly cause the loss of your working outline. A good technique is to think well ahead and prepare your horse for the change of pace to avoid any resistance. Encourage a tiny little bit of extra inside bend to help maintain your outline during transitions.

Show Jumping:

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It is common to see eventers adopt the more forward cross country style of riding when show jumping. Remember that this phase should be ridden with a slightly slower, more collected canter, so keep your position a little more upright and sit a little deeper in the saddle to help maintain the correct pace.

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As show jumps are so much closer together and often related to each other with distances and doubles, avoid taking off too far away from the fence, as horses can flatten and knock a pole down.

See the RS-tor at Libby’s International’s stand at Hickstead, from 26th June

Know your striding between a distance – the aim is to get even strides, with no half strides ruining the rhythm. Practise at home with jumps five and six strides apart. Walk the distances, knowing how many of your strides equal one of his (approximately four long ones, but this must be tailored to yourself).

The Cross Country Phase:

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You must know your route well, walking the course as many times as you need to plan the best way round. Flags can be a pitfall and can be positioned on a course without a jump but must be negotiated correctly. Flags may be altered for different classes, so study the course plan carefully.

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Know the time required and choose where to save seconds.

Ensure you have a good quality eventing watch and know where you should be at various points of time. An optimum time can be difficult to judge accurately, but you will improve with experience.

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Many horses will have problems at the water complex, so do your homework and you won’t be one of them. Practise over as many different ditches and water as you can at various venues hired for the purpose, and on any hacks.

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SPOTLIGHT Alice and The Little Frenchman going over the wagon at Aldon CCI1*

Alice and Finley looking smart in the dressage arena at Chilham Castle Alice and her first pony, El Cid at the Bisley Pony Club Open Show

Alice Goring

In two seasons Alice Goring has formed a competitive partnership with her horse, The Little Frenchman, so named as his previous owner, Elle Twentyman, had him as a foal in France. Fiona Rafferty went along to meet Alice at her family’s riverside home in Surrey.

The Boring Gorings

If you have been wondering, yes Alice is related to those daredevils, the ‘Boring Gorings’. Her grandfather, Richard and George Goring are twins and her grandfather has been very influential in her equestrian pursuits, particularly in getting her started.

When Alice was nine, she returned from a trip to the supermarket with her parents to discover her grandfather had left a pony called El Cid in the garden. He later told Alice that when he went to see Cid with a view to buying him, he gave him a shove and he didn’t move, so he seemed to be just what a child would want from their first pony. Settled into a local stables, Cid proved

far from the ideal pony. He couldn’t be lead in a headcollar and Alice couldn’t ride him bareback, but she admits he taught her a lot. Unfortunately Cid put Alice’s younger sister, Molly, completely off riding and she has only returned to the sport in recent years.

Listening to Alice talk of her fun-filled summer holidays spent at her grandparents in Heathfield, it would appear she has inherited some of her grandfather’s fearless passion for jumping big fences at speed. In the holidays Cid would go with her and when she wasn’t riding him, she would be exercising her grandfather’s team chasers.

Pony Club days A member of the Bisley Hunt Pony Club, Alice had to wait until she was 11 to have a true all-round Pony Club pony and he came in the form of Holmbury Jack Daniels. Together they were on all the Pony Club teams and one year embarrassingly won all the Pony Club trophies including those for Mounted Games and Showing. They competed in the Working Hunter classes at Royal Windsor and won a Chase Me Charlie jumping 4’6”.

Jack gave Alice her first taste of eventing and whilst they didn’t compete at BE events they were very competitive at 90cm and 1m competitions. Alice was 13 when she started competing Peveril Petersburg, known as Charles. He was 15.3hh, six-years-old and had come from a Working Hunter home. Alice said it was a steep learning curve after Jack, who she had to kick into every fence, as Charles was so forward going. Alice evented him for five seasons taking him from Intro to Open Novice.

It was during this time that Alice spent her gap year with Sacha Hourigan (Nee Pemble). Alice soaked up every opportunity to learn from Sacha, having lessons on Charles, riding Sacha’s retired four star eventers , as well as looking after the broodmares. She vividly describes the comical sight of I’ve Been Dun’s athletic looking foal cantering behind its cart horse looking, surrogate mother.

Photographs by JP Event Photography, Ginni Beard and Spidge Photography

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n the middle of January Alice Goring sent me a very polite email to apologise for not being in contact, but her house had been badly affected by the floods. At that time it felt like most of the country was under water and this was not such an unusual event.

However, arriving at Alice’s beautiful family home, I discovered their front garden is the River Thames and the stables are less than 100m away from the river. When it flooded they had to evacuate their house and stables and walk the horses through waist high water to safe ground, from where they could make arrangements to move the horses to a local livery yard, where they currently still reside.

For many this would have been a very exciting and dramatic story, but Alice has a tranquil personality, which appears to allow her to deal with situations in a calm and logical way. Her calmness is also evident in her relationship with Finley aka The Little Frenchman, who she has just moved up to Intermediate level.

Frustratingly they were last to go around the intermediate track at Keysoe in May and whilst Finley was keenly eating up the track Alice considered the ground too deep and sticky and pulled-up.

Alice said he was so cross, that he cantered on the spot all the way back to the lorry.

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Alice and her super Pony Club Pony Holmbury Jack Daniels

Alice jumping Finley at home over her handmade fillers

Alice and Finley competing at Aston Le Walls Alice pictured with her grandfather’s team chasers

Bound for Bodmin

When Alice headed to the University of Southampton to read Biomedical Science, Charles stayed with Sacha, who evented him during term time. Deciding to take a break from competing to concentrate on her studies Charles was sold to a Swedish event rider. The break didn’t last long as a week later Alice was surfing the internet and found the advert for Finley, he was in Cornwall, very close to her maternal grandmother.

A trip was arranged to Bodmin Moor and as soon as she saw him, Alice knew he was the horse for her. Backed and produced on the moor by Elle Twentyman, Finley thought nothing of banks, ditches and water. Right from when he was a foal he wanted to be part of the action, Elle told Alice he used to jump out of his stable to join them out hacking.

Alice and Finley have been competitive at Novice level and jumped double clear at her first one star competition at Brightling last year, where she was cheered from the sidelines by her grandfather Richard and his identical twin, George.

Equestrian pursuits appear to have skipped a generation and Alice’s passion for eventing has been fuelled by her grandparents, Wendy and Richard Goring

Alice’s sister Molly and her schoolmaster, Star Quality

Alice and Peveril Petersburg, the horse who she took from Intro to Novice

Future plans

Having sat her last exam on 27th May, Alice will be taking a permanent position with Microtest in White City in June, working for an Allergy testing company. She plans to combine working with competing Finley at intermediate level for the rest of the season and if possible compete in a two star event at the end of the year. At the time of going to print Alice was waiting to hear if they have been selected to be part of the CIC** competition in the Netherlands in 2015. Their consistent results saw them short-listed for a selection day at Aston Le Walls, where Finley’s scopey jump seemed to impress the selectors, Jonathan Chapman and Richard Waygood.

Alice’s sister Molly is currently taking her A’levels in English, RE and Geography and hopes to read English at University this September. She returned to riding a couple of years ago and has a wonderful schoolmaster, 18-year-old Star Attraction, known as Woody. Originally competed by Julia Dungworth, he did Pau four star in 2008. He is a gentle giant and the perfect confidence giving horse for Molly, who has completed two BE100 Open competitions with him.

It was a pleasure to spend time with Alice and her sister Molly and to watch them helping each other in the school and I look forward to reporting on their progress in the future.

Alice’s grandfather, Richard Goring, hunts with the Mid Surrey Farmers Drag Hunt and Coakham Bloodhounds and is also part of the crazy team chasers, The Boring Gorings.

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BADMINTON HORSE TRIALS

MITSUBISHI MOTORS

Sam Griffiths and Paulank Brockagh, winners of the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials Inset: Sam Griffiths with Dinah Posford and her daughter Jules Carter , owners of Paulank Brockagh are presented with the Mitsubishi Motors Trophy by Lance Bradley,Managing Director of Mitsubishi Motors UK

Badminton Horse Trials 7th – 11th May 2014

Words by Julia Longland and pictures by Mitsubishi Motors/Kit Houghton and Fiona Rafferty

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am Griffiths, the accomplished Australian Olympic rider, leapt up five places to land his first four star triumph in the last moments of one of the most dramatic Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials in recent years with a well judged four-fault show jumping round on the Irish bred mare Paulank Brockagh. If the lion-hearted mare’s climb from 25th after the dressage sounded impressive, it was shaded by Britain’s Oliver Townend, Badminton winner in 2009 on Flint Curtis, who rose from 34th to be runner-up on Armada and Harry Meade, making an outstanding recovery from a horrific rotational fall last August, who went from 46th to 3rd on Wild Lone.

In a contest notable for favourites falling and spectacular ups and downs, Griffiths’ fellow Australian Paul Tapner, the 2010 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton champion on Inonothing, was poised to take the spoils with Kilronan after finishing the cross-country with a fence in hand over New Zealander Tim Price on Ringwood Sky Boy, who had the fastest time across country, but admitted that show jumping was his 11-year-old’s weakest phase. The momentous finale over Kelvin Bywater’s showjumping course proved so influential for the top twenty that Tapner and Kilronan made four mistakes, plummeting to fourth, Price’s Ringwood Sky Boy dropped even lower after four expensive rails down plus time faults for a 19 fault total to be ninth and Britain’s Harry Meade rose from eighth to achieve his best ever 4 star result with just one error on Wild Lone.

Only one rider, Berkshire-based Australian, Wendy Schaeffer, jumped a clear round on Koyuna Sun Dancer but collected three time penalties to be 12th. Koyuna Sun Dancer had risen from 26th to 18th when Schaeffer successfully appealed the 20 penalties given for a refusal at the Mirage Pond, fence 16 on the cross-country and was the only horse to be put in the holding box at the Sunday morning Horse Inspection, but after a second trot up joined the other 31 horses who all passed.

Brilliant win for Sam Griffiths “I had no expectations” said Griffiths, 41, the sixth Australian to win Badminton (Bill Roycroft in 1960, Laurie Morgan in 1961, Andrew Hoy in 2006, Lucinda Fredericks in 2007, Paul Tapner in 2010). “I thought if we could go well I would be happy and move up, but there were still good riders in front of me. The horses were quite tired when they finished the cross-country, the course was twisty and the ground dead. But my mare is careful and a tough nut. She has a massive heart and is a real trier, she is really nice to have in the stables.” The 10-year-old Irish Sport Horse by Touchdown out of a Triggerero mare, is only the third mare, after Emily Little in 1952 and Headley Brittania in 2007 to win Badminton and was awarded an embryo transfer from the Beaufort Embryo Transfer Centre in addition to the £80,000 prize to co-owners Dinah Posford from Chobham, Surrey, Jules Carter from Andover and Griffiths. She was bred on Brockagh Hill, Co.Wicklow by Frank and Paula Cullen, hence the name, and was 15th at Burghley last year.

Added Griffiths: “To win Badminton is the ultimate dream.”

He grew up on the Mornington Peninsula south of Melbourne, where his English father, who emigrated to Australia on a £10.00 ticket after meeting his future wife while she was on an English visit, worked as a solicitor. He learnt to ride on his mother’s home bred Welsh ponies, did a university degree in geography and later worked for the New Zealand Olympic champion Blyth Tait. Based in England since 1995, he lives with his wife Lucy and young son Oliver near Gillingham on the Somerset/Dorset border, where he hunts with the Blackmore & Sparkford Vale. Griffiths recalls: ”As a little boy I used to wait for the Badminton video tapes to arrive. To win here was always a pinnacle, the ultimate dream.” His best results have been with Happy Times, who won Saumur CCI 3* in 2008 and was third at Badminton and Burghley in 2009.

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Oliver Townend and Armada, rose from 34th after dressage to finish second

Pippa Funnell was delighted with Billy Beware, sixth Inset: Pippa Funnell receives the Frank Weldon Trophy for the youngest British owned and ridden horse in the top 12 from The Duchess of Beaufort and Lance Bradley, Managing Director of Mitsubishi Motors UK

Harry Meade challenged himself to compete at Badminton after breaking both his elbows in a rotational fall in 2013 Inset: Harry Meade receiving the Cotswold Life trophy for best local rider from the Duchess of Beaufort

Surrey-based Australian rider, Christopher Burton and TS Jamaimo, 16th

Sitting on a Ferrari Oliver Townend, from Ellesmere in Shropshire was “thrilled with the result, I am getting to know Armada well after two years. Two show jumps down at Burghley and Badminton is a good result. I was mortified after the dressage, but this has made up for it. Armada is good across country, but tricky in the other two phases, you don’t get far with him without a lot of work, but his mentality progresses with the work. It is a fantastic feeling to be sitting on a Ferrari. At certain points on the cross-country I thought “this is what it is all about.” There were difficult distances and big fences, you needed an exceptional horse. The new Course Designer, Guiseppe della Chiesa, has made it a proper 4 star, you can’t alter the weather and the show jumping reflected what we all did yesterday.”

Harry’s remarkable journey Tina Cook and De Novo News, 26th

Imogen Mercer, groom to winning horse Paulank Brockagh receives the Mark Holliday Memorial Trophy from The Duchess of Beaufort and Lance Bradley, Managing Director of Mitsubishi Motors UK

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Harry Meade’s third place represented a remarkable return to the saddle after shattering both elbows at a Hampshire event, last August, nine months ago. He described the fall as “being speared into the ground like a javelin, when my hands hit the ground it felt like a trigger detonated explosives strapped to my elbows,” recalls Meade, 30, from Luckington near Badminton, the son of triple Olympic gold medallist Richard Meade who won Badminton in 1970 and 1982. After operations to pin, plate wire and glue the elbows he spent months helpless in hospital and was told he would never ride again. Last December he was booked to have the right elbow removed as it was not healing and a prosthetic joint put in. By chance he met a doctor at the Olympia Horse Show who had heard about the operation and told him that chances of recovery were slim so Meade cancelled the next day’s operation and carried on with rehab.

In January he managed to deliver his wife Rosie’s baby, Charlie, at home and two months later carefully climbed into the saddle.

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BADMINTON HORSE TRIALS

Clare Lewis and Sidnificant, 30th

Berkshire-based Australian rider, Wendy Schaeffer and Koyuna Sun Dancer, 12th

“When I told my father I planned to compete at Badminton, he didn’t think I was serious. I was told there was a 90% chance it wouldn’t work, but I was determined to be in the 10%.” In April he rode five horses in a day at Bicton, Devon and headed for Badminton. “I couldn’t let myself get too excited,” he said. “I’ve kept calm, even going into the show jumping. This is what I came back for, the real seat of the pants stuff. My arms felt fine out there on the cross-country.” He has completed Badminton seven times, twice with Wild Lone, an Irish bred 13-year-old he bought as a fouryear-old.

Paul Tapner was philosophical after losing his chance in the show jumping. “When you hit those rails, you try to change your way of riding, but that’s the way the sport is.” The 38-year-old Australian, second after the dressage on the mudlark Kilronan, took the long route at Huntsman’s Close, fence 22-23, finishing with 20 time penalties, then strong winds and drenching rain made the ground so soft that no rider came near the optimum time of 11 minutes 21 seconds, many later starters tired by Huntsman’s Close and withdrew. Francis Whittington, who had an exemplary round until Huntsman’s on the grey Easy Target, third after dressage, jumped the first element then pulled up when he found he had no gas left in the tank.

A future Badminton horse Paul Tapner and Kilronan rolled some expensive poles to finish fourth

Imperial Cavalier Retires It has been announced since Badminton that Eddie and Sue Davies and Janette Chinn, the owners of Imperial Cavalier along with Mary King, his rider, have made the decision to retire this 17-year-old Irish-bred ‘horse of a lifetime’ from top level competition. He has returned to the Janette Chin’s home in Cheshire where he will have an active retirement. Having been produced by Vicky Brake to three star level the Owners, through Rachel Wakefield of Uptown Eventing, bought him in 2007. Since then ‘Archie’ who is by Cavalier Royale has had seven top six placings at CCI4 star level and was part of the gold medal winning team at the 2010 World Equestrian Games, silver medal team at London 2012 Olympic Games and a bronze medal team at the 2011 European Championships.

In an official statement from the owners and Mary, she commented: “His enthusiasm for the sport and for life in general was second to none. He has retired fit, sound and healthy.”

Pippa Funnell, in contrast, going steadily, but with huge enthusiasm on Billy Beware, found her 10-year-old digging deeper as the going got tougher. “I set out without the time in my head on purpose and probably a lot of horses would not have kept going at Huntsman’s Close when we had an awkward moment, but he did. He has never done this distance before, it is so exciting. He is a big jumper and that is why I thought he could be a Badminton horse. He certainly helped me at a few fences and is mature beyond his mileage.”

They finished the cross country in sixth and held on to that with a four fault show jumping round, but Funnell was less lucky on her second ride Redesigned, who left a leg at the last part of no.18, the Swindon Designer Outlet Mound, and decanted her. Tina Cook and her home bred De Novo News lost their chance with a run out at the skinny brush at the bottom of the steep hill complex, the Savill Escalator, no.5, but carried on with a useful round and finished 26th after three show jumping mistakes.

From 78 starters, there were 23 clear jumping rounds, 35 who completed the course, seven horse falls, 25 eliminated and 18 retiring on the course. This added up to the lowest completion rate ever recorded with 38.6% of the field reaching the end of the event. The riders had nothing but praise for Guiseppe Della Chiesa, who summed up: “I would have liked and expected to see more finishers, but the overall analysis will take some time.” There was no doubt that the strong winds and heavy ground, combined with the uphill climb all the way from the Vicarage Vee, no.15, to the Quarry, no.24-26, took its toll and Della Chiesa has indicated he could slightly alter a few things for next year, perhaps putting in a few let-up fences between the big questions.

Let the last word go to the deserving winner, Sam Griffiths. A true horseman, he paid tribute to his mare Paulank Brockagh. “I thought my mare was a bit unlucky to have a show jumping rail down, she helped me out of a couple of trouble spots.”

Localriders who will be back...

Francis Whittington and Easy Target were third after dressage, but when Easy Target ran out of steam at Huntsman’s Close they retired to come back another day.

Gemma Tattersall and Arctic Soul

Emily Llewellyn and Greenlawn Sky High

Harry Dzenis and Xam

Sophie Jenman and Geronimo

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Q&A

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Harry Meade and Wild Lone competing at Badminton

Harry Meade suffered a dreadful rotational fall at Wellington Horse Trials last year. Here we find out more about that fall, his road to recovery and his fantastic Badminton, which saw him and Wild Lone finish in third place.

What happened during Harry’s ride that caused the fall?

The second fence of Wellington’s Advanced course had a thin beam above it, which caught the horse’s eye. He is a little bit funny about jumping beneath things like owl holes, and backed off and ducked at the last second, chipping one in, hitting the fence with his chest and somersaulting over it. I was ejected at speed straight into the ground with my arms outstretched as if diving into an empty swimming pool and he came down on me.

How did you protect yourself during the fall? Did you naturally tuck and roll? Is this something you did consciously?

Because of the nature of a rotational fall, I was speared straight down, so tucking and rolling wasn’t really an option. The only thing I could do to protect my head and neck was to break my fall using my hands, but my arms locked straight and snapped backwards, shattering and dislocating at the elbows.

Rotational falls can have some disastrous consequences, what role did your body protector have in protecting your torso?

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pretty debilitating. Whilst I was in hospital I had my arms suspended from the ceiling day and night. I needed 24 hour care for about three months, until I had enough movement in my elbows to regain a bit of a normal existence.

Tell us about your road to recovery?

I had some issues with the shattered bones not healing, and also trying to get my arms to bend again, but am very fortunate to have had the support of the World Class programme throughout my rehab with access to Andy Thomas, the team physio, and the Moulton College Sports injury clinic, where I predominately used Cryotherapy (freezer chamber at minus 140 degrees) to stimulate healing and the Hydro pool to work on regaining movement.

Extraordinarily you’ve made it to back to Badminton in just eight months, how did you maintain your level of fitness during this time and the fitness of your horses?

I was keen to keep my fitness levels up throughout my time off, I started work on a reclining cycling machine (which I didn’t need my arms for) soon after I came out of hospital, and became a regular in the gym at the English Institute of Sport (EIS) in Bath where I worked with a strength and conditioning trainer and a physio three times a week. I put all the energy that I would usually put into my training into getting stronger. I was keen to turn the situation into a positive one, and in many ways I feel like I’ve come back in better shape! After my fall the horses all had their annual holiday and between Angela Tucker and my team at home they started back in basic work in December, and I started riding again in January.

The horse landed on me but my Airowear Outlyne did its job and protected my torso, I was lucky not to have more injuries.

What you have achieved over the last few months has been incredible. What gave you the strength and motivation to fight your injury?

Tell us about the extent of your injuries and what this meant for you whilst in hospital?

Anyone who’s successful in this sport has plenty of perseverance and the realisation that my career might be over was a real

I had over 25 fractures in my arms so it was

motivation to do everything I could to give myself a fighting chance.

Has the accident changed your outlook on Eventing / Competing / Rider Safety?

I know there are risks involved with eventing, but riding cross country is what I do, I’ve always been very confident in both my own and my horses ability and I’d only had one fall in the past four years. It is the reason why I event so whilst I make sure I have the best protective gear, being sidelined only increased my desire to get back in the start box.

Talk us through how you felt during the cross-country round, knowing the conditions were questionable and so many other top riders had failed to make it through?

I was hoping for a tough cross country course and testing conditions. I have a fabulous horse in Wild Lone and I was well aware of how many problems the course was causing. I knew this was my opportunity to rise to the challenge and I loved every minute of it!

And finally, what went through your mind during your lap of honour?

The adrenalin was still pumping and the crowds had been brilliant throughout , it was a moment to savour and I felt an enormous sense of achievement. I was delighted for Wild Lone’s owners as this was a huge moment for them too.

Harry Meade believes the Airowear Men’s Outlyne Body Protector has protected him and kept him safe through the most challenging rides.

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BE90 2014

BADMINTON HORSE TRIALS

Candida Martin receiving the Keep Kicking Trophy, which is awarded to the highest placed rider aged over 40 in the section

Candida Martin from Kent and Luz Zen, second Grassroots BE90 Championship

MITSUBISHI MOTORS

Badminton Grassroots Championships 6th – 7th May 2014

Pictures by Mitsubishi Motors/Kit Houghton and Nigel Goddard

T Melissa Joannides from West Sussex and Cullintra Jane, eighth

he new Champions and runners-up enjoyed the full Badminton treatment with a mounted prize-giving in front of Badminton House followed by a press conference in the Event’s media centre. They then celebrated at their own hog roast party, which was generously laid on by Mitsubishi Motors in the UK with British Olympian Mary King in attendance.

Very influential courses in both the show jumping and cross country phases made this a real jumping test. The BE100 crown went to 25-year-old Alice Lumley and her bay gelding Foxwood Brown Sugar, who finished on her dressage score of 31.5. The BE90 title for 2014 was taken by 23-year-old Zoe Symes and Serendipity IV. Zoe and her bay gelding had been the dressage leaders at the end of the first day of the competition scoring 18.3; they then rolled one pole in the show jumping to finish on a very strong total of 22.3.

Managing Director of Mitsubishi Motors in the UK, Lance Bradley commented on this year’s competition: “It has been another fantastic year for the Grassroots competitors here at Badminton, perhaps our most exciting yet with the Championship courses proving a true challenge for the worthy winners.

It is wonderful to be able to offer amateurs and young up and coming riders the opportunity to experience the same star treatment as the International competitors receive for the world famous International.”

Best of the locals Julia Rogers from Kent and Majectic Drifter, 22nd

Claire Roissetter from East Sussex and Harvey Hooves

The best local result went to Candida Martin and the six-year-old Lux Zen. One of the youngest horses in the competition, the lack of mileage didn’t seem to affect this stunning horse who Candida said: “Is

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Alexis Ross from Hampshire and Moon Dancer II

Nicola Holehouse from Surrey and Marmalade Monty

Immie Long from East Sussex and Foxdon Half Pint, 17th

Rebecca Fox from Kent and Shannakee Bear

Gudrum Wallis from Berkshire and Wessel H, fourth

BE100 2014

a very special, very talented horse, who has a lovely sensible head.”

Together with her husband Geoff, Candida runs Martins Irish Horses and Lux is the first horse she has kept to compete herself since 1995. A former event rider, Candida rode at Advanced level and completed the Windsor three-day-event, but never fulfilled her dream of riding around Badminton, until this year.

During her eventing career Candida was based for a time with Lars Sederholm at Waterstock and during this time received training from Yogi Breisner. All the grassroots competitors have the opportunity to join course walks with various British trainers and Candida was fortunate to join Yogi’s, which she said was absolutely brilliant. Yogi reminded the riders that as they approached the house their horses will be beginning to feel tired and it was the time to remind them to wake-up. Candida said that reminder paid dividends and a good double clear saw them move up from 15th after dressage to second. They also won the Keep Kicking trophy, which is awarded to the highest places rider over 40.

Candida was joined and supported at the event by her husband Geoff and her son Oliver, a previous member of the Pony eventing squad.

Gudrun Wallis from Hungerford and Wessel H jumped two super clear rounds in the BE100 final to move up from 28th after dressage to finish fourth. Gudrun bought the now 11-year-old Wessel H five years ago.

She said she bought him cheaply as he was a rearer. Years of hard work and persistency have paid off and finally last year the combination started achieving the results they deserved.

Gudrun said she must have fallen off over 50 times, Wessel would rear and then buck and would nap dreadfully in between fences. The plan

Theresa Knott from Kent and Rumex II, fifth

Charlotte Faulkner from Surrey and Access Bill, seventh

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Persistency pays off

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BE100 2014

Gabrielle Pitman from East Sussex and Folly, 13th

Nicola Jones from Surrey and Chakotay Rex

Abigail Boynes-Butler from Hampshire and Twilight II

Emily Roser from Surrey and Brogrant

Caroline Turner from Kent and Findon Final Song, 28th

Molly Walsh from Kent and Big Owl

Tomas Marino from Berkshire and RVS Laurence

now is to capitalise on his bold run at Badminton and he is entered for the Novice at Tweseldown. A qualified equine vet, Gudrun has recently set up her own McTimoney practice, Back Therapy Horse Vet, which should give her more flexibility to compete her own horses as well as for owners.

Family occasion Theresa Knott from Cranbrook in Kent had the full support of her family and friends at Badminton, where she finished fifth on Rumex II in the BE100 final. Her parents Beryl and Clive Knott always travel to events with her and together with Theresa’s boyfriend, Matt Wise and two dogs (including one naughty Basset Hound) they all slept in the lorry. Theresa’s trainer, Maria Draper, also came down to support and help her warm-up for the dressage and showjumping.

Theresa said: “Riding around Badminton has fulfilled everything I could have wanted to achieve. The cross country was fantastic, I had an amazing ride and I don’t think it could ever feel the same again.”

Rumex is now entered for his first Novice at Farley Hall.

Lorna Daniel from Berkshire and Orions Alibi

Louise Weir from West Sussex and Lady Ballina

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FEATURE Izzy Chaplin sponsored by WOW

Are you sitting comfortably?

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When was the last time you felt both seat bones in the saddle? All too often asymmetry in the horse is simply masked by schooling, and while this offers a short-term quick fix, it doesn’t address the cause. David Kempsell, the innovator behind WOW Saddles, explains how asymmetry could be affecting your horse…

How does the rider affect the horse?

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riders such as Francis Whittington, Nick Moon, Izzy Chaplin and Sarah Gadd choose WOW.

What makes a WOW saddle different?

WOW is the only saddle to offer a longitudinally rigid, but laterally flexible carbon fibre tree, which twists with the horse’s shoulders, enabling greater freedom and more expressive movement. WOW Saddles can be fully customised to the individual rider’s personal preferences, whether that is a specific seat style, flap position or knee roll or, from a more visual point of view, personalised coloured leather and bling detailing.

More information is available from the WOW team by calling 01227 831614 or visit www.wowsaddles.com

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WOW Saddles will be exhibiting If you went to the gym at The Derby Meeting at and lifted more weight on Hickstead, where you can feel one side of your body, you the difference yourself. Come would develop more on and sit in a WOW Saddle and one side. Every time you talk to the team to find out how sit on your horse, whether you could improve your horse’s simply hacking down the comfort, attitude to work and road or competing, you are way of going. effectively acting as the weight in the gym, therefore you as a rider are the biggest contributing factor on your horse’s way of going and muscle development.

In an ideal world our horses would use their limbs equally to propel them, however if the rider is unbalanced and we load the horses asymmetrically, then the obvious result is uneven muscle development that mirrors that of the rider.

Saddle fitting to the rider

Instead of simply flocking a saddle to mirror the asymmetry in the horse, it should be adjusted to sit the rider’s weight square and centered. The rider should be in the same pelvic position as if they were standing – both legs should hang relaxed and they should be able to feel both seat bones clearly. It is important to remember though that the saddle is simply a tool which, when fitted correctly, allows you to ride with evenly distributed weight across a large symmetrical area on your horse’s back.

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A recent study carried out by Dundee University has independently verified that Flair - the Air Flocking System used in WOW Saddles - gives 26% less pressure on your horse’s back than wool flocking.

The research undertook to measure the forces on the horse and the rider. By using one horse and six riders using the same saddle filled with wool and then with the Flair air flocking system. The reduction in pressure results in increased stride length along with swing and elevation of the back. That is just one of the many reasons why JUNE 2014 Localrider 23

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ReGIOnAL rOuNDuP 11 Mile Albury

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Annabel Hinde and Elspeth Hitchcock

Amy Loft and Eveline Gawne

Cranleigh RDA Group Sponsored Ride 2014 Doing good on Good Friday!

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wonderful total of 172 riders turned out from near and far in support of Cranleigh Riding for the Disabled’s annual fund raising Sponsored Ride. The wind was keen and so indeed were the riders and horses. The fresh, bright and sunny weather was perfect for riding 11 miles through the Surrey Hills south of Guildford across the sandy tracks, heathland and woods of Albury, Blackheath, Farley Heath and Winterfold Forest. everywhere was green and lush and beautiful.

There were horses of all shapes and sizes, teams from riding schools and riding clubs as well as riders in groups and pairs or riding individually. One team was decked out in easter outfits that “took three hours” to achieve! everyone was up for a good day out and full of anticipation for a great ride. On completion there were rosettes and easter eggs for all!

Amongst the large number of entrants was the Casi’s Farm team, all volunteer exercise riders with the group. On the 11 mile full route was Alice Lee on Robbie, the horse who was featured in the BBC Countryfile programme earlier this year helping Helen Skelton in her mission to get back on a horse. On the three mile route for accompanied riders were Amelia Lee and Laura Hegg on Blue and Louie. Disabled riders usually use all three of these horses in Cranleigh RDA’s riding sessions: this was an exciting day out for them! Together the team raised over £1,000 in sponsorship money for Cranleigh RDA who have made over £10,500 in total from the ride and sponsorship money from the riders is still coming in!

The event depends too on a quite remarkable effort from the highly committed Cranleigh RDA volunteers who give their time weekly helping with riding sessions. Then they turn out to help organise and marshal this upbeat special event, which engenders so much enjoyment and goodwill, “doing good on Good Friday”.

This annual Sponsored Ride is a vital part of Cranleigh RDA’s fund raising and central to its financial health. The charity is entirely self-supporting. Keeping nine horses and their home is a costly business. But between them these horses deliver over 3,600 rides in a year to over 200 adults and children with special needs from a wide area around Guildford allowing them the pleasure and benefits that can be gained from riding and contact with horses.

Thanks to all those who rode, companies and businesses who sponsored marshal points, land owners and managers who allowed access to their land and volunteers who made it all possible.

For further information about Cranleigh RDA group please go to www.cranleighrdagroup.co.uk Elaine Hutchenson

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Penny Wickstead and Maggie Dudfield

Ellen Conread and Eleanor Bell

Jane Risley and Alison Cook

£10,500 raised so far To sponsor the Casi’s Farm team our Just Giving site is still open:

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Chessington Stables (Alison Jelley and Jennifer Davies)

Guy Robertson and Ian Banks and Hollie Stow

Nicky Goddard and Debbie Clarkson David Wareing and Sarah Game

3 Mile Emmy McMonigall and Johnny McMonigall and Jo Passetti

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All smiles Emmy McMonigall and Kiara McKerron

Jack McKerron and Jo Pasetti

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ReGIOnAL rOuNDuP Nicola Holehouse and Marmalade Monty

Saith Magical Ginger

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In just three shows Sara Hird’s Welsh section D mare, Saith Magical Ginger, has qualified for two major showing championships. Ridden by Helen Baker, as Sara’s son, Henry, who began Ginger’s show career in 2013, has work commitments in London.

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Together Helen and Ginger were victorious at the South of England Spring Show and qualified for the Olympia semi finals. Next stop was the NPS Spring Festival for the first HOYS qualifier of the season, where Ginger put on an impressive display to win, much to the “astonishment” of her adoring owner. A further outing to BSPS Area 14 saw the talented fiveyear-old, qualify for the NPS Summer Championships.

Helen Baker and Saith Magical Ginger, winning at NPS Spring Festival

Nicola Holehouse and Marmalade Monty nicola Holehouse, who works as a small animal vet in Farnham has enjoyed a successful start to the 2014 eventing season with Marmalade Monty, a 15-year-old Welsh x Thoroughbred. The combination won the Be100 at Hambleden on their dressage score of 21.5.

In the Be90 Grassroots Championships at Badminton, nicola and Marmalade Monty had a bit of a mishap in the cross country. After a great dressage test and show jumping clear, it was frustrating, but the mishap didn’t prevent them from completing and nicola is “determined to go back again and do it better!”

They train with Australian event rider Chris Burton and aim to book a place in the Be100 final in 2015. nicola is also looking forward to competing in the Blenheim eventer Challenge in September, for which they have already qualified.

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athleen Botting’s 13-year-old cob, Bristol Blue, fits the definition of an all-round horse. Harvey, as his friends know him, is a many times supreme champion in the show ring. Previous titles include the Supreme at equifest in 2011, BSPA Winter Championships Supreme and Amateur Showing Society Supreme in 2008.

He has previously qualified for HOYS, finishing third in the 2008 SeIB Search for a Star finals, as well as the Royal International, where he has competed in both a coloured horse and the working cob class.

After much success in showing, Kathleen and Harvey’s next challenge was eventing. Competing at Be 90 level, they never came home without a rosette. In March 2012 they started to compete in British Dressage competitions and have collected a total of 77 points to date.

Kathleen has also ridden the versatile Harvey side saddle, winning the Side Saddle Area 8 Horse of The Year in 2013, as well as the Black Fen Royalist Cup at the Side Saddle national Championships. In 2013 they were also part of the Grand Finale at Olympia.

2014 started with them taking the role of leader in their team for ‘All The Queen’s Horses’ in the new Year Day Parade. The year looks to be full of variety for Kathleen and Harvey as they have already competed at the Petplan Festival Finals at Hartpury and won the Working Cob class, with Kathleen riding side saddle, at Pachesham. They also enjoy show jumping and have also won a Style and Performance qualifier this year.

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Clearly the judges agreed as and Lotuspoint the promising young rider came Ornata, pictured home with a clutch of prizes. He started his day by coming second with his mother, Zara in the Lead Rein class, before standing third in the Best Rider aged twelve years and under, before finishing fourth in the Thelwell Pony class.

Inspired by his older cousin, emily, Toby competed in the assisted First Ridden and after a determined effort won the class, later taking the Reserve Championship in the Lead Rein and First Ridden Championship.

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The partnership led from the dressage on a score of 29 and a double clear in the cross-country and show jumping sealed their victory. 13-year-old Katie’s second ride of the day was Newtown Russell. This was to her last ride on the Connemara, who she has been loaning and she made the most of the occasion, finishing second.

Katie Higgins and Littlebyrom Hagrid jumping clear at Eridge Pony Club Horse Trials

Kathleen and Bristol Blue Competing at Equifest in 2011 26 Localrider june 2014

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Petplan Equine Area Festival Championships

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en horse and rider combinations were crowned Champions at the 15th annual Petplan Equine Area Festival Championships held alongside the NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships at Hartpury Arena, Gloucestershire from 9th to 13th April, 2014.

Almost 400 amateur dressage riders from all over the country came forward to compete for the coveted title of Petplan Equine Area Festival Champion in their respective classes from Prelim to Prix St Georges at this year’s Championships.

Those vying for championship titles qualified from among 2,779 competitors at a total of 18 Petplan Equine Area Festival regional qualifiers, held at top class equestrian venues across the country from, August to November last year.

The ‘Petplans’, as the series has become known, attracts mainly amateur horse and rider combinations from all over the country and across all age groups.

There was one local winner, Nadine Gregory from Worthy in Hampshire, who rode Candover Dramatico, to win the Medium Restricted with a score of 71.82%.

Nadine Gregory and Candover Dramatico, Medium Restricted Champions

William Carver and Little Chick South East Point to Pont 138cm Pony Racing Champions

Fourteen-year-old William Carver and Little Chick added to their hat-trick of victories this season by winning the South East Point to Point Pony Racing 138cm Finals at Plumpton Racecourse on Sunday 11th May. William who is now in his third season of pony racing was riding seasoned campaigner, the 11-year-old Little Chick.

Originally the ride of George Crate, the Carvers bought her from Jonjo O’Neill at Christmas. The pair are now focusing on the Charles Owen Racecourse Series for Pony Racing, with the hope of qualifying for the finals at Newbury Racecourse later this year.

According to William’s mother, Catherine, William eats, drinks and sleeps racing and has just started riding out at weekends

William Rekert leads the field to take the 148cm Pony Racing Championship for Olly Stevens at Robins Farm Racing in Chiddingfold. William secured the opportunity by writing to Olly himself, explaining his enthusiasm for the industry and that he hopefully intends to make racing his full time career in the future. William has also been fortunate to attend the British Racing School at Newmarket’s Summer Camp for the last two years. Catherine said: “It is fantastic as they have lectures, meet jockeys and are able to ride on the gallops, which is videoed for educational purposes.”

As well as the award for Leading Rider, William was also presented with the trophy for the Best Combination.

The 148cm was won by another William, Kent-based, William Rekert.

Photos by Stephen Davies and Kevin Sparrow

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Kathy Carter, Michelle Anderson and Lucy Holland were the lucky winners of the competition to win a lesson with event rider Gemma Tattersall, courtesy of Verdo Horse Bedding.

The sun shone and the winners all had huge smiles on their faces by the end of the productive and fun lesson with Verdo sponsored rider, international eventer, Gemma Tattersall. The lesson which also incorporated cross-country style fences similar to those used by Gemma within her own training programme were a big hit with the riders and all the winners improved enormously as the lesson progressed. They also gained a rare insight into how a top professional produces their event horses, plus they went away with plenty of great tips and homework to practice.

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Kathy Carter with Badger

Michelle Anderson with Apache

Lucy Holland with Brodie

Photographs by David Miller

Fun lesson with Gemma Tattersall

The British team of Tina Ricketts-Smith, Adrian Deane, Jacky Chandler, Jenna Copley and Michael Smith

GB tent pegging team success at the World Tent Pegging Championships

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team from Great Britain has recently competed in the World Tent Pegging Championships held this year in Pakistan. The event took place in Faisalabad and other teams taking part came from countries including Australia, Oman, Yemen, uSA, Germany and Pakistan.

McTimoney chiropractor, Tina Ricketts-Smith is part of this Great British team. She and her team mates Adrian Deane, jacky Chandler, jenna Copley and Michael Smith took part in this exciting event and finished in a fantastic fifth place.

Tent pegging is a fast and furious ancient sport, played on horseback whilst using lances, swords and guns. ‘Tent pegging’ is the collective name for these mounted skills at arms which are primarily based on the cavalry sport of removing wooden ’tent pegs’ from horseback using a sword or a lance and the races are run at full gallop.

Tina Ricketts-Smith commented: “This year the competition was really tough with some of the world’s leading teams being represented. We all rode local horses which proved a challenge in itself.”

Home win for Theophrastus jody Sole piloted Theophrastus to victory in the Crawley & Horsham Hunt Members Race at the Point to Point at Parham on Saturday 22nd March.

Known as Ollie at home, the striking gelding is owned by jody, his partner, Abi Drury, his mother, Vicky Sole and good friend, Sadie Davies.

Abi said: “We were gifted him last year from nick Gifford Racing and he loves his job and our routine of getting him fit, keeping him interested etc. next year we hope to have some more in for training (Point to Point or Hunter Chase) and will lease some for people interested in having a part share in a horse or get a feel for what owning one is like without having to have the initial outlay.”

Theophrastus is a 12-year-old by Overbury, out of Over the Glen. Abi continued: “He loves his job, but it was just his time to step down a class or two, to enjoy his twilight years of racing. I think he’d go on until he is 20 if he could. He ran well with nick, winning two handicap chases on the bounce in 2011 and a hurdle in 2009. He is athletic, beautiful and is a perfect jumper, a true professional if ever there was one.”

Abi Drury leads Theophrastus in the Paddock

Right: Jody Sole and Theophrastus gallop home to win the Crawley & Horsham Hunt Members Race at Parham

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Epsom RDA Open Horse Show

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he epsom RDA bi-annual fundraising Open Horse Show took place on Sunday 18th May 2014 at St.ebbas Farm, home to epsom RDA There were a variety of dressage, jumping and showing classes attracting a range of riders and ponies from the local equine community. Some of the riders and ponies were experiencing one of their first competitions alongside more established partnerships, all taking advantage of the relaxed atmosphere and the opportunity to enjoy competing in the brilliant sunshine as well as tucking into the cream teas.

Stella Milne, Chair of epsom RDA said: “It was wonderful to see so many of the local equine community supporting epsom RDA and enjoying our facilities. We are also grateful to the team of volunteers for their hard work in preparing the event and making all our visitors feel welcome.”

It was also rewarding to see some of epsom RDA’s own riders and ponies taking part in the dressage and showing classes and giving a good account of themselves.

Ringo the Star of the Show

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ate brought Becky Lloyd and Ringo (Pinebar Stringfellow) together in September 2011, when his previous owners emigrated to Australia.

The gentle horse with a sense of humour gave Becky the confidence to do everything that she had ever dreamed of doing and in the last three years they have amassed over 300 rosettes, trophies and medals. They have done a bit of everything including dressage, show jumping, cross country, one day events and showing.

It had always been a dream of Becky’s to compete in the showing classes at Royal Windsor and in 2013 she entered Ringo for the novice Hack class. Becky’s family and friends rallied round to make sure he was plucked and preened to perfection in what sounds like a scene from ‘Miss Congeniality’.

Becky’s mother Carol said: “The day of the show the whole yard was up early and made the journey up to support Becky and Ringo.

There we over 20 family and friends in the warm up ring outside when they came out of the class and any outsider would have thought they’d won, there was tears of joy and relief everywhere. even The Queen gave Becky a sneaky smile and stood watching the chaos we were causing.”

Becky and Ringo’s continued success across all disciplines has seen them recently receive the new Forest Cattle and Pony Society Performance Horse of the Year Award. A real horse of a lifetime the pair have even featured in a film. Spotted in his field by a young film producer, Ringo was just what he was looking for. The original plan was for the actors to ride Ringo and another horse, but it didn’t quite go to plan, despite Ringo behaving like a saint. So Becky was asked to dress up in a monks outfit and that afternoon she became a stunt rider/double. She and Ringo are the first thing you see in the opening scenes of the film ‘A Gun’.

Epsom Riding for the Disabled Association provides disabled people with the opportunity to ride to benefit their health and wellbeing. They provide over 3,000 riding lessons for 350 disabled adults and children.

All made possible by over 200 volunteers.

Epsom RDA is entirely funded by donations and our own fundraising efforts. They hold regular fundraising events, details of which can be found on their Facebook page and their website www.epsomrda.btck.co.uk

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Becky Lloyd and Ringo competing in the Novice Hack class at Royal Windsor in 2013

Becky and Ringo even enjoy taking part in Fancy Dress competitions, here they are the Bride & Groom

Becky and Ringo also excel in the dressage arena

Becky and Ringo are in the opening scenes of the film, A Gun

Friends and family congratulating Becky and Ringo at Royal Windsor Horse Show

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You’d be baa-rmy to avoid sheepskin this summer!

The sun is shining, we are out competing, but are you choosing a cheaper saddle pad to help keep your horse cool? Don’t discount sheepskin, says Stephen Biddlecombe of online retailer World Wide Tack.

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heepskin is a pelt, e.g. the hide of a sheep, and is a luxury fabric with many uses - we like to use it for equestrian products, as it is hypoallergenic and has excellent insulating and cooling properties.

Sheepskin’s temperature-adjusting properties are unequalled by synthetic materials, as sheepskin has the ability to adjust to external temperatures at any time of year – in summer it cools, as the smooth fibres act as a natural air conditioner, ensuring a cool and comfortable feeling. In winter it warms, as the soft wool fibres act as a natural insulation. Therefore sheepskin is especially ideal for cold backed horses at any time of year, as it doesn’t cause over-heating when used as a saddle pad.

Sheepskin is also low-maintenance, due to its self-cleaning properties - careful, 30 degree washing is only necessary when the sheepskin becomes extremely dirty or stained. It is also skin friendly, meaning it does not tend to cause irritation or skin allergy to the horse, thanks to the fact it is a natural animal product and contains some lanoline in the sheepskin’s wool fat.

In addition, a good quality sheepskin pad is great for absorbing humidity in the atmosphere and environment, and deflecting moisture; it is also very comfortable on the animal’s back (or the person’s posterior, for example when used as a seat saver on the saddle!), as it has great elasticity thanks to the wool’s protein molecules that are stretchable and flexible.

It is used for seat savers, noseband covers, wash mitts, girth covers, numnahs and saddle pads, and although good quality sheepskin is comparatively costly against its inferior synthetic cousins, it will last for many years, so it is worth investing in.

Visit: www.worldwidetack.com for details.

If you are unsure about what type of pad to use under your saddle, ask the saddler who fits and checks your saddle for their advice.

How is sheepskin made?

Sheepskin is a by product of the meat industry - the animals are not killed directly for their wool. (It could be argued that, if the animal has been reared for meat, it is then disrespectful not to use all useful parts of it, although different people have different opinions on the matter!) Once the sheepskin has been removed from the sheep, any unwanted elements such as excess lanolin or dirt are taken out, and it goes through a process called tanning, in order to create a very strong leather underside while also maintaining the quality of the wool.

Our favourite sheepskin products If you are considering a sheepskin numnah for its therapeutic properties, but wanted a more discreet look, consider one designed for the showing fraternity. Stephens’s Shaped Showing Numnah, RRP £54.75 exc VAT, is fully lined with a smart rolled edge at the wither, but no rolled edge around the cantle and flap areas. Sizes small, medium and large, in Mocca or Black.

The GEL-EZE™ Impression Pad, which can be placed directly on the horse’s back to reduce saddle slippage and offer impact-absorption, is now on offer in its dark blue colour-way and in medium size. It is now just £42.00 exc VAT, down from £72.75. The pad’s top side, on which the saddle sits, features the famous Gel Eze® impression gel, to help reduce pressure points and saddle slipping, while the sheepskin underside aids comfort and temperature regulation.

The Stephens Gel-Eze Sheepskin Pad, RRP £76.50 exc VAT, combines all the features of the best selling half pad with the additional benefits of Gel-Eze. It has Gel-eze comfort cushions on the shoulder, under the point of the saddle tree, and either side of the spine and comes in either Natural, Black or Navy Sheepskin, in sizes S, M and L. Top: Sheepskin numnahs can be discreet Right: The Stephens Gel-Eze Sheepskin Pad has Gel-eze comfort cushions june 2014 Localrider 33

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The Liphook Countrywide Team

Natasha Baker lets customers look at her Gold medal

Liphook Countrywide and Denes Country Store saddle up together

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he Liphook local community helped launch the town’s new look Countrywide Store at a special opening event on Thursday 1st May. Britain’s double Gold Paralympic Dressage rider natasha Baker MBe, celebrated with shoppers and Countrywide staff, and declared the store officially ‘open for business’.

The store has been re-launched following a merger with Denes Country Store, previously located less than a mile away.

Steve Collard, Countrywide Stores Director, explained: “Denes Country Store has been owned by Countrywide for over three years and merging the two stores has been a long anticipated move for the business. Customers in Liphook will now have easier access to our leading range of products, services and specialist advice, all under one roof.”

The store has been specially designed to ensure the focus is on equestrian, Pet, Farmer/small holder supported by Country clothing/ footwear along with machinery and gardening. Customers can also use in-store, on-line kiosks to browse and order from an extra 15,000 product lines, while still benefitting from one-on-one expert advice from in-store staff. Key equestrian brands on offer include joules, nAF, Ariat and Countrywide’s own brand Kadence range.

“From the stores layout, to the items that it stocks and the staff available, it has been shaped to meet the needs of Liphook’s rural community. I would like to thank everyone involved for how hard they have worked to make this project a success.” Said Mr Collard.

A Sales Office has been included for equestrian and farming customers to meet with Countrywide specialists: including qualified agronomists, nutritionists, animal health experts and the area’s business Sales Managers, who will split their time between working in store and out and about with customers. The office provides a dedicated area for customers who want advice or to discuss bulk

deal pricing. Qualified in store specialists will be on hand at all times to advise on the best choice of product, including feed and animal health medicines.

Caroline Alexander, Countrywide equestrian Specialist, who previously managed Denes Country store, will now be based full time at Countrywide in Liphook. Caroline said: “We have a very loyal and passionate equestrian customer base in this region and the merging of these stores will ensure we continue to offer value for money, a wide range of products and an improved service. As a rider myself, and fully qualified equestrian specialist, I understand what it takes to care for a horse.

I very much enjoy getting to know our customers, offering them specialist advice and expertise on health and nutrition when required. From professional yards to amateur riders, I look forward to continuing my work with equestrians throughout Liphook and the surrounding areas.”

Offers

To mark the opening event, customers were treated to some stunning deals and discounts. Countrywide will continue this theme by offering special offers across a wide range of products throughout the store during the next three months.

Rita Lawson, Liphook Store Manager, who has been with Countywide for 12 years and lives within the local area, said: “It has been a great evening, we have been working hard on getting the store into shape and it looks fantastic. It’s all here for equestrians, farmers, smallholders and pet owners - we also have clothing and a wide range of accessories. And now customers can order anything they need in store using our on-line kiosk, which has multiple delivery options available – and still benefit from our one-to-one advice.”

Fun & Games in Gothenburg Mercedes Lock from Farnham in Surrey and her great pony, jazz, travelled to the International Horse Show in Gothenburg, Sweden to represent england in an International Mounted Games competition.

Riding for the Shropshire Open team Mercedes and her team mates rode in three sessions of 34 games, to frustratingly lose to France by one point. This International competition is held annually in the wonderful Scandinavian Arena as part of the horse show.

The standard of Mounted Games in Great Britain and throughout europe has risen hugely over the past decade and continues to rise as more countries and riders join the sport. Mercedes and jazz had an excellent season in 2013 winning a silver medal for england at the european Individual Open Championships held in Dublin in july. Her county team of South Shropshire won the final Championship of the year, a great achievement for such a young team.

Mercedes began her Mounted Games career with Petersfield Pony Club. She is currently in the Sixth Form at Churcher’s College in Petersfield.

Mercedes Lock and Jazz

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Sole to sole

By Lucy Nicholas of The Saddlery Shop Practical assessment

The parts of the hoof

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he summer months can lead to hard ground, which can give extra concussive forces to all horses’ limbs and hooves. However, the healthy horse whose bare hoof is well maintained and that has an optimised diet and a managed exercise programme should be able to cope with different terrains and surfaces.

Having said that, with all horses, hoof health is a journey with peaks and troughs, and if you happen to be in a ‘trough’ when the harder ground strikes, your bare horse may become less comfortable.

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He is post injury or surgery and hasn’t had the opportunity for regular exercise to ‘toughen’ the foot.

His feet are fairly flat, perhaps as he is still transitioning from horse shoes to bare feet, or because he isn’t getting enough stimulating exercise that thickens the horn.

He is affected by metabolic issues, dietary problems or low grade laminitis that means his feet are sensitive internally, and therefore uncomfortable on hard ground.

His feet are still on the journey to becoming optimised (the hoof takes around a year to fully re-grow) and parts are tender due to their shape and conformation.

Barefoot-horse owner Kathy Carter recently attended a ‘hoof reading’ workshop run by barefoot trimmer Lucy Priory of Barefoot South.

This horse has a thinner sole, and “I looked at cross sections has had laminitic episodes of the horse’s toe area, and recognised that the sole your horse currently has, is changeable with work and controlled exercise. As the owner of an IDXTB whose feet are currently a little too flat, it was good to see that stimulating the sole can cause the horn to thicken and the sole to become more concave.

This protects the internal This dissected hoof shows thickened structures. I took some photos horn and a thicker sole above the comparing sole thickness of two ‘white line’, actually golden in colour cadaver hooves, one with a thinner sole and one with a thicker sole - the red areas on the pic of the horse with the thinner sole are laminitic episodes, with blood visible in the white line.”

Kathy says that as her horse’s feet are currently a little flat, she rides him barefooted on shorter, leisurely hacks, but for longer ones will use hoof boots with comfort pads inside.

Visit the ‘news’ section of Lucy’s site http://www.barefoot-south. com for more info on future hoof reading workshops.

Visit one of the UK’s most knowledgeable hoof boot retailers www.thesaddleryshop.co.uk, to see a range of comfort pads and also the largest stocks of hoofboots for barefoot horses.

Let’s consider the horse’s sole, and first remember that the hoof is an organ - only the animal’s liver and kidneys have a denser blood supply. The sole of a healthy hoof is ideally concave. Some breeds are more pre-disposed to flatter feet, however their management regime can influence concavity and sole thickness.

In a barefoot horse, the sole should be well-stimulated by exercise, as it is an important part of the weight bearing process.

Various parts of the foot should also weight bear, including the frog, heels, and water line, the light-coloured inner layer of hoof wall. (The bars, the parts of the hoof wall that turn inward beside the frog, may also weight bear, although some ‘schools of thought’ prefer to remove the bar.)

However, a thin sole that hasn’t been sufficiently stimulated, a very flat foot or a hoof compromised by metabolic or dietary challenges may be challenged by this summer’s hard ground, and there’s a real risk of bruising of the sole’s live corium. This bruising can then cause sub-solar abscesses to occur.

Padding

Foam comfort pads worn inside hoof boots can be very beneficial in these circumstances. They help to reduce concussion, boost circulation and ultimately hoof condition, and can help improve the integrity of the hoof’s digital cushion and the internal and external structures of the hoof. Various thicknesses are available and 12mm density is the most popular pad, for everyday use. The pads are worn within hoof boots, which are used when you exercise your horse to aid comfort and shock absorption. It is important however to seek knowledgeable advice before using comfort pads, from a company experienced in their use.

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Success at the Royal Windsor Horse Show for Quest After many years of taking disabled riders to the Royal Windsor Horse Show to compete in the Riding for the Disabled Fancy Dress Competition, Chobham group, Quest, finally realised their dream in May and won the class.

Each year there is a theme to the class with this year’s theme being ‘Books’. The judges were impressed by Quest’s interpretation of The Jungle Book and awarded Quest with first prize. The two riders, Mickey Rogers-Wright and Sophie Wells both seven-years-old, looked fabulous as Mowgli and Baloo the Bear and were awarded beautiful red rosettes.

The Quest group was presented with a generous cheque from the sponsors of the class, the Lions Club of Windsor. Mickey and Sophie were supported by their friends and teachers from the Speech and Language Unit at Stepgates School in Chertsey. Mickey rode Leo who was dressed as an elephant and really didn’t seem to mind having big ears and a trunk and Sophie rode Hero, who was dressed as Shere Khan the tiger.

The helpers all dressed as monkeys and paraded the ring with bananas. Group Instructor for Quest, Julie Jones said: “Everyone at Quest is delighted with this result. It has been a fabulous day, Mickey and Sophie did so well to ride in such a big arena with so many people watching and the ponies were absolute stars. We are all very proud.”

Is this our youngest reader?

Two-year-old Bea Wren reading Localrider Magazine

Gemma Burleton sent this lovely picture of her two-year-old daughter, Bea Wren, reading localrider Magazine. Bea has just started riding and we hope to see her on her pony in Localrider, very soon.

Hot competition and Easter bonnets at Catton Park

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Rosanna Tucker Rosanna Tucker sent us these lovely pictures of her wonderful horse Copper, who is 13-years-old.

idlands Carriage driving’s season got under way in fine style over the easter weekend at Catton Park with hot competition and easter bonnets. Winners of the latter were Pam neill and her groom Steve; Pam wearing a becoming bonnet covered in pretty flowers while a big fluffy bunny holding tight to a chocolate egg sat atop Steve’s crash helmet.

Driving HC with her well-known horse Pablo Diablo, Pam achieved a dressage score of 34.08 to lead the Open Horse class which was won overall by Paul Hart. Both Paul and Gael newby, who finished third, posted sub-45 dressage scores with Patti Atkinson climbing from fourth after the first phase to complete as runner-up. Patti’s performance to win the marathon phase was all the more remarkable having stopped to check her horse’s leg after he put a hoof through the famous Catton bridge (the horse was fine and the bridge repaired in double-quick time).

In the novice class, Cath Brockie capitalised on being second after dressage and stormed round the obstacles to take the class ahead of jane Robinson who had travelled all the way from Horsham in Sussex. jane was one of only two to record a double clear in the cones.

Jane Robinson, second in the Novice driving class

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Fit or Fat Ride

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ore than 90 horse riders braved chill winds and rain to take part in a 10-mile ride across Chobham Common, organised by the Worplesdon and District Bridleways Association (WDBA).

The Worplesdon & District Bridleways Association’s (WDBA) annual Fit or Fat Ride on 6th April attracted riders and horses from as far afield as Kent, essex and Hampshire.

Starting at Langshot equestrian Centre, the route took participants on a glorious route over the Chobham Common national nature Reserve. This year saw a change of venue for the annual event, which in the past has taken place at Puttenham.

Riders were able to judge their horses’ fitness, thanks to help from Maggie Pattinson of On The Hoof Distance Training who took each horse’s heart rate at the start of the ride, and at the finish.

The ride was sponsored by Chobham Rider, Victoria Farm Stables in Brookwood and On The Hoof Distance Training. The WDBA raised £1,300 from the ride, which will go towards a number of projects planned by the Association, including an extension to Bridleway 413 on Sheets Heath in Brookwood, and improvements to permissive horse rides and bridleways on Whitmoor Common in Worplesdon.

Easter Activities at Squirrells Riding School

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aster activities at Squirrells Riding School started with a Dressage Show on Good Friday. We started with our Dressage show on Good Friday. Hayley Squirrell said: “We had a good turnout on a lovely, sunny day. Competitors said that they had been preparing for the show by attending our ‘Come as you are’ dressage evenings.” easter Monday saw Squirrells first Open Show of the year. There was something for everyone, with Cash jumping, Fun classes, plus lots of qualifiers in various disciplines.

Hayley said: “There was a great atmosphere and a class for everyone, with cross poles for the kids through to 1.10m classes for the brave ones. We had amazing trophies and competitors qualified for the Sunshine Tour, Cricklands, plus much much more.”

Midsummer’s Evening Garden Party in aid of the Emile Faurie Foundation Tuesday 8th July at Pashley Manor Gardens.

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This is a glorious setting for a wonderful evening set in stunning Gardens. Tickets include entry, wine reception, and buffet supper.

Join Emile and friends for a relaxing evening Auction of Promises and Raffle to help raise funds for the children.

PASHLEY MANOR GARDENS, TICEHURST, NEAR WADHURST, EAST SUSSEX, TN5 7HE Time: Gates open 5.30 pm - Wine Reception 6pm onwards Tickets - £33.00 email: maryanne_horn@hotmail.com to book tickets (numbers limited and this tends to sell out so book early!)

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East Sussex & Romney Marsh Hunt Scurry Words by Sarah Hayter and pictures

by Ginni Beard

Paul Hollis on Alfie

Ben Hitchcott and George Crate

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The ESRM Scurry winner, Charlie Marshall on The Hardy Bishop

The Arundel Equine Hospital STUD SERVICES BEVA accredited practice for AI- chilled and frozed semen Many years experience Walk in service for natural cover Embryo Transfer CEM accredited lab Mares can be boarded and taken in from all over the south of England Speialised foal care Stallion sub-fertility assessments 24 hour dedicated stud vet emergency call out and hospital care

he 16th running of the annual east Sussex & Romney Marsh Hunt Scurry took place on Good Friday in the beautiful grounds of The Glebe, Burwash, east Sussex, by kind permission of George Arthur in memory of his late father, Tom, who was a master of eSRM for many years.

The event attracted a competitive field of 25 horse and rider combinations. Grand national winner Leighton Aspell was entered, but unfortunately had to withdraw due to injury, giving his ride on Grandog to Ben Hitchcock.

The field was made up among others from Scurry virgin, farrier and keen follower of the Coakham Bloodhounds, Paul Hollis, Trainer and point to point rider, Rose Grissell, Whipper in and farrier, jack Henty and Robert Pascal, MFH of the Ashford Valley Tickham Hunt.

And Barnsley Babe & a Banker team chasing member, Sarah Coles, made the long journey to Sussex from Yorkshire Also riding were top scurry riders, Zoe and Harriet Gibson, who travelled down from Leicestershire, plus member of the Fox-Grant Thristers, the national Team chase champions, William Fox-Grant, who was hoping to add the eSRM Scurry to his list of wins.

The course, designed by Stuart Robinson, Paul Hacking and Di Grissell MFH took riders over undulating ground with a mixture of hedges and timber, with alternatives available and longer route options, the course was designed to allow the less competitive rider to complete. The fastest and most direct route comprised of no less than 16 big, imposing hedges.

The pace was set from the off with Stuart Robinson aboard his wife’s horse, Fuzzy, taking the lead, but hot on his hooves was 16-year-old Charlie Marshall, who used his pony racing experience to take an inside line on a swing back early on to take the lead.

Charlie and great friend and fellow Point to Point rider, Frankie Hickman, then upped the pace and were out in front until one from home, where Frankie and Donal parted company.

The field was strung out and Charlie riding his parent’s horse, The Hardy Bishop, an eight-year-old, failed point to point horse, breezed home. Charlie has hunted with the eSRM since birth and is competing in his first season in point to points, he has already ridden two winners and having already proved himself on the open team chase field he is certainly a young rider to watch for the future.

The Group

GENERAL SERVICES RCVS accredited Tier 3 Hospital Full surgical faclities Bone scan Mobile and hospital based full digital diagnosis On site lab Referrals taken Pre-purchase examinations Sport Horse poor performance investigations For further information please contact the practice on 01903 883050 or click on www.arundelhorsevets.co.uk

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Back Problems in horses Words by Ed Lyall BVet Med Cert EM (StudMed) MRCVS of the Arundel Equine Hospital

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t is quite common that we are asked to examine a horse because it reportedly has a sore back. Back pain can be a primary problem or it may be secondary to problems associated with something else, such as hock pain. Basically many horses end up with a sore back because of muscle tension, due to guarding of the spine when they are trying to work with a limb problem.

Picture showing a horse with kissing scans

Clinical evaluation

A thorough clinical evaluation has to be carried out not just looking at the back, but also palpating the limbs and quarters for abnormalities. The horse should be seen in hand in a straight line at walk and trot on a firm surface, flexion tests on the limbs will help identify a primary limb problem. The horse should also be observed on the lunge on the hard and soft, as well as seen working under saddle in its normal environment. A dressage horse may be asked to perform complex movements and a jumper may be seen over a fence, the aim is to try and see what the problems are that the rider is experiencing. It is important to see the horse in all these situations as it may be that it has problems only under saddle. Often horses with back pain will be sound until under saddle and then they show abnormalities such as a shifting leg lameness, where sometimes lame in front then behind, this makes investigation confusing.

The back is then evaluated carefully, the epaxial muscles either side of the spine should be visually assessed and palpated for symmetry, the muscles may be wasted or enlarged. Palpation will reveal evidence of tension, indicating spasm. Deeper palpation may give a pain response.

The range of motion of the spine can be assessed by making the horse move away from skin irritation, for example irritating the skin under the abdomen can make the horse arch its back, it may do this once but not repeatedly as it may be painful.

Does the saddle fit?

The fit of the saddle is of paramount importance. I was taught that there should be very little between the horse’s back and the saddle, ideally just a saddle cloth to keep the saddle clean, basically the tree of the saddle should fit the shape of the horse’s back and there should not be any need for pads, risers, etc. If the tree does not fit then often there is only contact with the back either side of the withers and under the cantle of the saddle not through the waste, basically the saddle is then bridged across the back causing enhanced pressure on the withers and the muscles under the cantle, resulting in pain and even in extreme cases sores at these points.

The point where the rider sits in the saddle should be parallel with the ground, often it is not and the saddle slopes down backwards, again causing pain in the muscles at the back of the saddle. The tops of the shoulder blades can be made sore and seriously affect the horse’s way of going if the tree is too narrow and is sitting on the shoulder blades. The other problem I see with saddles is that they are often the wrong size for the rider. Ideally a saddle should be checked by a qualified saddle-fitter twice a year, especially with young horses where their shape changes due to increased work and muscle development.

Kising Spines

If a primary problem other than the back has not been identified and the back is definitely painful then diagnostic imaging of the spine is the next step. It is relatively straight forward to obtain radiographs of a horse’s back. Mobile digital imaging systems will usually allow the dorsal spinous processes to be examined at the yard, however to look deeper into the back at the articular process joints (facet joints) then possibly the images may need to be obtained with a more powerful clinic based machine. Radiographs will give an indication of whether there is evidence of kissing spines or dorsal overriding spinous processes. This is a common radiographic finding where the fingers of bone that stick up from each vertebrae, responsible for muscle and ligament attachment, are too close together or even overlapping. This impingement can cause pain. However ,some horses with what looks like severe kissing spines are not painful due to it, to see if there is a pain

component it is possible to locally anaesthetise the regions where there is impingement and see if the horse then improves it’s way of going. A bone scan may also be employed to see how active the bone is in the affected region.

Other abnormalities that may be found on radiographs may be evidence of trauma, such as fractures of the dorsal spinous processes in the wither region, a relatively common finding after a horse has gone over backwards on a hard surface. There may be evidence of spondylosis, where the bodies of the vertebrae bridge and fuse together. There may also be evidence of articular process joint arthropathy. Often a bone scan is employed to see the significance of such findings.

The bone scan involves injecting a bone tracer into the vein of the horse. This tracer has a gamma emitting radionucleotide attached to it and binds to the whole skeleton. Where there is inflamed bone the skeleton will take up more bone tracer and there will be more radiation emitted. The radiation is detected using a gamma camera, this is connected to a computer that generates an image of the skeleton that then allows us to see where the bone is inflamed. This is a good technique for looking at backs, it helps us evaluate the significance of radiographic findings or it points us in a direction to look in more detail at an area with radiography or ultrasonography.

Soft tissue damage

Ultrasound can be useful to assess the soft tissues such as the supraspinous ligament that runs down the back over the tops of the vertebrae and the ligaments between the dorsal spinous processes.

It can also be employed to evaluate the articular process joints either side of the vertebrae.

Therapeutic Plan

Once an accurate diagnosis has been made then a therapeutic plan can be drawn up. This may include injection of medication into the joints and muscles and around the impinging dorsal spinous processes etc. However, it is important that the plan should include the saddler as previously mentioned. An exercise programme involving lunging and keeping of the back may be employed. Turn out and feeding hay and feed off the ground is good for stretching out the muscles of the spine.

The soft tissues of the back can be helped greatly by employing a physiotherapist to evaluate and treat appropriate areas. Often the owner will be left a series of exercises, such as the carrot stretches, to do with the horse.

Their input is vital when it comes to treating back problems. Chiropractors can also have a role to play in treating horses with back problems.

It is important to remember that back problems usually require constant management, keeping the horse fit and strong is vital, I try to avoid giving them time off work. It is essential that the team of vet, physio, chiropractor and saddler keep evaluating the horse throughout its active life once a problem A horse having a bone has been identified. Back pain is a scan at the Arundel common cause of poor performance in Equine Hospital horses and should not be ignored. june 2014 Localrider 39

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Amy Tickle riding Max

Charlie Grieves riding Monty

Izzy Chaplin riding Dora

British Dressage Southern Spring Camp At The college Keysoe, Bedfordshire Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd March 2014

Lilly Latimer-Smith riding CV

Elise Gayler and Vicki Pope

Words and pictures by Karen Chaplin

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he British Dressage Southern Spring camp offered two days of intensive training, lectures and demonstrations all combined with light hearted humour with good dressage friends. Everyone who attended the camp had an individual lesson on the first day with one of the trainers, followed by a small group pole work session. Later that day they rode either a rider test or a BD test from novice to Advanced of their choice, in front of a listed judge, which was a great opportunity to ride in front of a judge, without the pressure of the competition.

In the evening there was a buffet with a very funny quiz night, everyone slept well that night, including the horses. During the day there were talks and demos from various companies. WOW saddles gave riders the chance to try the saddles and see for themselves the benefits these saddles give to both the horse and rider. Spillers feeds brought their weight bridge and offered riders feeding advice.

On the second day riders again had an individual session with a trainer, this was filmed and the trainer’s comments were recorded. In the afternoon riders rode the same test again as they had the previous afternoon, but this time under test conditions and in competition clothing. This too was filmed and put onto a memory stick to take home. The riders were then given a Rosette for the % scored rather than first to sixth. There were three awards, bronze, silver and gold, depending on the percentage scored.

Camp was a huge success and great fun. The trainers were Charlotte Lasetter, Henry Boswell, Leanne Wall, Sharon Edwards and Zoe Colgate with Sarah Ridd doing the pole work.

Henry Boswell (trainer), Sue Pinks (Southern BYRDS rep) and Sharon Walker (BD Southern RDO)

Zoe Colgate explaining to Emma Holt on Gilbert, what she would like them to do next Sarah Rodgers with her mother, Debbie Rodgers

Holly Colegate-Hardaway pictured with her horse, Maizy

Amy Tickle form Kent, with her horse Max

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Arena re-grade?

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oss Hemming from Leisure Ride Surfaces has been involved with performance sports horses for many years. His expertise and knowledge in providing the correct training surface for specific disciplines has led to him to be one of the UK’s most sought after riding surface technicians. Here Ross gives Local Rider readers the low down on how to rejuvenate arena surfaces without breaking the bank!

“The besT surface I have ever rIdden on” carl hester, 2012 Gold Medallist

Is your arena or surface: ✔ Tired or worn out ✔ Riding too deep, or breaking up ✔ Generating dust or the components are separating ✔ Freezing in cold conditions, or bogging in the wet ✔ Losing it’s spring or energy return ✔ Becoming increasingly difficult to keep level We offer simple, clear advice and solutions to eliminate these and many other problems.

Keeping your arena surface in good condition needn’t require a second mortgage. More and more savvy arena owners have learnt that you can drastically improve the going and lifespan of a sandbased arena for a relatively low cost without the need of replacing it.

Re-grade not replace...

Sometimes an arena has been ridden on so much that there’s tracking or compaction in some areas such as the corners or typically around the outside “track”. Whilst the component arena material is fine, it just needs re-laying with machinery - this can take under a day and should cost about £750 for a professional arena company to come in the do this.

Fibre footing

Fibre additives help stabilise the sand and add bounce and structure whilst retaining moisture. Different fibre types do different jobs but bales of fibre can cost as little as £180 though you may need a few to complete the job depending on the quality of the surface that is already there. A good quality sand and fibre surface may have ‘thread-like’ fibres as the binding agent and ‘chopped-felt’ type fibres to give structure, energy return and to retain moisture content. You can install and mix the fibres yourself with the right machinery and training.

Through our passion for performance horse sports, we have developed our own Trojan® range of surfaces which offer unrivalled durability, energy return and appearance - tailored to each riding discipline recommended by 2012 dressage gold medallist carl hester arena & gallop construction or renovation, maintenance equipment and advice - with options to suit all budgets

for no-obligation advice call

01684 273 232

Waxing Lyrical

Waxing a sand and fibre surface drastically reduces dust and the need for watering - if your water is metered you will save the cost of waxing from the saving on your water bill, frozen pipes and maintaining pipes and pumps. You could wax a 20 x 40 arena for under £3,000.

Again there are many types of waxes on the market - with different properties. The wax for your surface if you mostly do dressage might be different to the one you choose for, say, racing gallops.

For more information on the various arena surfaces available from Leisure Ride Surfaces call +44 (0) 1684 273232 or visit www.leisureridesurfaces.co.uk.

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Royal Windsor Horse Show R

oyal Windsor is one of my favourite shows of the year. It provides a jam-packed programme with something for everyone and it is always a great place for catching up with friends. In one day I saw Her Majesty the Queen, Nick Skelton, Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin, plus Tim Wonnacott from the TV series Bargain Hunt as well as lots of local riders. Here are a few we spotted at the show.

To see more pictures from the Royal Windsor Horse Show visit the Gallery section on the Localrider website www.localrider.co.uk

Rachel Dorrell – Buckeroo Bob

Ella Dalton – Zelston Bellquest

Eleven-year-old Harriet Bailey made it a double celebration at Royal Windsor on Sunday 18th May when she won the Working Hunter Nursery Stakes with Pebbly Fairytale, which also qualified her for the Championship class at the Royal International Horse Show.

Riding the amazing pony, Zelston Bellquest, 12-year-old Ella Dalton won the 133cm Working Hunter class and went on to stand Reserve Working Hunter Champion in the Castle Arena at Royal Windsor.

Harriet was determined to qualify for the Royal International and after a season of missing out, on most occasions by just one place, she landed her ticket in fine style, by jumping a beautiful clear round under the backdrop of Windsor Castle.

Now 14, Zelston Bellquest, was bred and is owned by Mrs Carol Bower and is produced

by Mrs Anne Brickell. Over the years Quest has been ridden by many young riders including Ellie Horne, Vicky Eales, Rohan Cadney-Moon and Georgia Darlington.

Ella and Zelston Bequest now head to the 133cm Championship at the Royal International, where Ella will also be competing Gabriella Atkinson’s 12hh Mountain & Moorland WHP, Millcroft Gothic.

Double Olympic Gold medallist Charlotte Dujardin won the CDI3* FEI Grand Prix Freestyle to Music riding Uthopia

Abi Drury and Hero Worship, third The Tattersalls and ROR Thoroughbred Ridden Show Horse and fourth, Novice Hack

Jenny Ruddall from Horse & Country TV found herself at the other end of the microphone at Royal Windsor

Pictures by ES Photography and Fiona Rafferty

Harriet Bailey – Pebbly Fairytale

Rachel Dorrell sent us this picture of her riding Buckeroo Bob in the Castle Arena on Thursday 15th May. Rachel said: “I was lucky enough to be picked with my horse, Buckeroo Bob, to represent RMA Sandhurst Draghunt in the Inter Hunt Relay at Royal Windsor. Sadly we did not get placed as a team, but after breaking my pelvis in a freak accident only six months ago I feel incredibly lucky to have had this opportunity. It is definitely the highlight of my 21 years of riding horses.”

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Chilham Park One Day Event Chilham Castle, near Canterbury, Kent Saturday 17th May 2014

Photographs by Jonathan Gardiner www.jgphotographer.co.uk

Kristy Cutler riding Walking On Sunshine, first 90cm Section F

Abbi Stone riding Quicksilver, first 80cm Section A

Frankie Kew riding Royal Supernova, first 80cm Section C

Lucy Gasston riding Red, first 1m Section J

Claire Miller riding Sharp Discovery, first 80cm Section B

Wendy Parr riding Jasmine, second 70cm Section E

Jemma Lee riding Goodnestone Twister, first 1m Section I

Amelie David riding Montyzuma, second 70cm Section D

Judith Leggatt riding Libby, first 70cm Section D

Louise Gladding riding Tangelo, first 90cm Section H

Karen Stone riding Carlos III, first 90cm Section G

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SHOW REPORT Jevon Gilham and Alkaff, first In-hand Veteran

Marnie Ansell and Artisan, first Ridden Pre Veteran

Jasmine Kearney, first Riding Horse

Sue Hobday and Sunglow Montgomery, first M&M Small Breeds In-hand

Imogen Williamson and Triann Adonis, first M&M Small Breeds Ridden

Lenny Hewer and Thistledown Jury, first Lead Rein Pony

First Ridden Hack, Philippa Margolin’s Titanium

Pachesham Easter Show

Charley Evans and Wynbrook Spirit, first Pony Club Pony

Pachesham Equestrian Centre, Leatherhead, Surrey Monday 21st April Words by Glen Charman and pictures

by Danny Berta

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he bright sunny weather bought out well over a hundred horses and ponies for the thirty classes of the Pachesham Easter Show.

Everyone seemed very keen to get out and take part in the various qualifying competitions being held.

The Balanced/Equifest Mountain and Moorland qualifiers were judged by Lynden Barrow. Sue Hobday’s youngster, Sunglow Montgomery, won the M&M in-hand class. While the winner of the M&M Ridden Large breed was Emma Kampa’s smart looking dun, Nyton Master Joker.

Coloureds, Foreign and Rare Breeds qualifiers were judged

by Hazelnut Long. These classes were very well supported and highly competitive. The in-hand Piebald/Skewbald class was won

by Georgina Clinton with Cwmclais Alfie and the ridden Piebald/ Skewbald horse/pony was won by Callum Wilson riding The Gambler.

Debbie Mardle on Iberis T had a very successful day winning two classes, the Foreign or Rare Breeds and the Ridden Iberian/Part Bred Iberian Classes.

The Best Conditioned in-hand was a smart combination Farchynys Foxglove handled by Jessica Gregory. The popular Lead Rein class was won by Lenny Hewer on his Welsh Section A Thistledown Jury.

Clare Cameron judged the Veteran Society Classes and she chose Anthea Edward’s Corisande as her winner in both the 25+ classes.

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Callum Wilson and The Heartbreaker, first In-hand Traditional Gypsy Cob

Winners M&M Small breed in- hand: Sue Hobday Sunglow Montgomery M&M Large breed in-hand: Samantha Watson Twyford Glenora M&M Small Ridden: Imogen Williamson - Triann Adonis M&M Large Ridden: Emma Kampa - Nyton Master Joker Ridden Thoroughbred: Lindsey Harrup - Mochez Ridden Hack: Philippa Margolin - Titanium Riding Horse: Jasmine Kearney Small Ridden Hunter: Marnie Ansell - Artisan Large Ridden Hunter: Marie Northfield China Blue BSPA/Equifest in-hand Piebald/Skewbald: Georgina Clinton - Cwmclais Alfie BSPA/Equifest ridden Piebald/Skewbald: Callum Wilson The Gambler Ridden Foreign or Rare Breeds: Debbie Mardle Ridden Iberian/part bred Iberian: Debbie Mardle Veteran Horse In- hand pre Veteran: Samantha Buckley Mr Flashman In hand Veteran: Jevon Gilham - Alkaff In hand Veteran Plus: Anthea Edwards - Corisande Ridden Pre-Veteran: Marine Ansell - The Artisan Ridden Veteran: Ellen Mekins - Langfield Flip Dragon Ridden Veteran Plus: Anthea Edwards - Corisande Best Conditioned in – hand: Jessica Gregory- Farchynys Lead Rein Pony: Lenny Hewer -Thistledown Jury In hand prettiest Mare: Melanie Burden Trehewyd Jane Eyre In hand handsomest Gelding: Paige Williamson Best rider 11-16: Jordan Cleaver - Finn Pony Club Pony: Charley Evans - Wynbrook Spirit Family Horse/Pony: Miranda Hill - Jaz In-hand Traditional Gypsy Cobs: Callum Wilson The Heartbreaker Ridden Cobs & Maxi Cobs: Karen Walsh - Augustus Ridden Traditional Gypsy Cobs: Miranda Hill - Toby

Samantha Watson and Twyford Glenora, first M&M Large Breeds In-hand

Karen Walsh and Augustus, first Ridden Cobs

Jordan Cleaver and Finn, first Best Rider 11-16

Miranda Hill and Toby, first Ridden Traditional Gypsy Cobs

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SHOW REPORT

Adam Heitman and Athlone Leah, fourth in Challenge Class 3

Lauren Withey and Averons taking the straw bale link fence nicely in Challenge Class 3

Easter Events Chloe McDonnell and My Choice, first in Challenge Class 2

Lara Jackson and Fudge jump a rustic in style in Challenge Class 3

at Mount Mascal Stables

Easter Dressage

To finish the Bank Holiday weekend and make the most of the extra days off, the Easter Dressage Competition took place on the Monday.

Laura Kerr and Stuart, fourth Novice

Lauren Withey and Averons, first Junior Prelim

Ever increasing enthusiasm for this discipline at Mount Mascal Stables was reflected by the high entries. Lots of new faces and it was lovely to welcome so many riders from local neighbour yards, as well as our own clients. Numbers meant that Class 1 Intro was split. The Junior winner was Amy Collins riding Parisian Eire, while first place in the Senior section went to a delighted Janice Reid who rode a very pleasing first test with her new bay mare, Life Valley, a former Mount Mascal Stables riding school horse. Special mention must go to the Camm sisters, Rosabella riding Mr Blue and Olivia riding Keane Lady.

They rode well to gain fourth and fifth places respectively and were very happy with their lovely family ponies.

At Prelim level, Judge Alan Light noted that most competitors had prepared well and were confident to ride accurately without a reader, which was particularly good to see among the younger riders. The Junior Prelim winner was Lauren Withey riding Averons, while in the senior section, first place went to Michelle Johnson riding Teyha, who also took the Novice class.

Judge Alan Light said: “Congratulations to everyone who took part. While the competition atmosphere was friendly and welcoming, competitors had clearly taken trouble with their preparation. There was a professional standard of turnout and good performances overall.”

Elizabeth Dunphy and Primitive Missile, second Senior Prelim and third Novice

Sian Goldfinch and Sultan, second Junior Intro

Liz Mudderidge and Willow, Senior Prelim

Caitlin Marchant and The Full Monty, second Novice

Michelle Johnson and Teyha, first Senior Prelim and first Novice

Challenge pictures by Darren Whittaker of Green Ninja Photography Dressage pictures by Diffused Light Photography

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Mount Mascal Stables, Bexley, Kent

he Easter holidays at Mount Mascal Stables were busy, happy and successful with action and fun every day. Culminating in two calendar highlights over the Bank Holiday weekend.

Firstly, the Mount Mascal Challenge on Good Friday. This unique, one and only annual event is Director, Alison Window’s personal favourite. Alison says: “I absolutely love the Challenge.

It’s different and it’s brilliant. A start the season, show and crosscountry style jumping opportunity. Around two arenas with a straw bale link fence between the separate courses. With three classes on offer, true beginners and the more experienced can all have a go. Every competitor did really well this year and we had the best entry numbers for the event since it started. Plus, it’s fantastic fun for spectators and supporters. The gallery and our friendly Clubroom were buzzing with excitement and the Show Specials Menu choices - like the tasty Challenge Wrap - were very popular too. The last class was an edge of your seat affair with just 0.4 of a second between the winner and runner up. A really exciting end to Challenge 2014.”

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FEATURE

The Need for Rehabilitation or Retraining

Sarah Ridd of Weymarsh Dressage is experienced in both the rehabilitation and retraining of competition horses. Here she discusses what she looks for initially in the horse and the type of rehabilitation programme she might prescribe.

Symptoms or cause?

Often identifying the difference between pain related issues and behavioral and training issues is a very grey area.

Sometimes, which came first can create an element of confusion. What may appear to be reluctance or confusion on your horse’s part in training can be a result of weakness or stiffness in the horse’s body which at times can lead to injury and pain. While it is easier to identify a pain related issue if the onset is quick and changes are apparent overnight, for example a horse that can be relied upon for a clear round every time that suddenly begins stopping or displaying behavior that is out of character should be investigated.

However it is more difficult to recognize something if the problem is intermittent or has slowly and progressively got worse. If a young horse at the start of it’s ridden career offers the incorrect canter lead you would have to take into consideration where the horse is at in it’s training and physical development, however if a mature horse begins to disunite or favour a particular canter lead and gets agitated or displays tension when pushed onto the correct lead then it could be reasoned that there is more to consider. This could also be true of unresolved lameness that occurs in many horses.

How To Help Your Horse There comes a point where calling in a specialist is the best option for both horse and rider.

Investigation and thorough assessment is key to recovery, whether it is part of a veterinary investigation, physiotherapy plan or re-training. Without an understanding of the issues involved it is unlikely your horse will improve.

It may be that the horse needs to be encouraged to rebuild muscle on the lunge and learn to work properly before ridden work is beneficial. Often it is important to break the cycle of bad habits that have established themselves over time and sometimes it is necessary to create specific rehabilitation programs to

support areas of weakness.

For example, constructive time spent on the lunge without the weight of a rider to encourage more effective use of specific muscles may be an option for establishing the correct canter lead. Helping the horse to better support it’s frame and find it’s own balance, which will ultimately transfer to when it is being ridden.

Hill work and hacking as part of a program can be essential for fitness and strengthening work, this needs to be done with a horse that is up to the bridle and off the leg to improve muscle tone.

Stretching and massage Stretching and massage can be used to help physically support your horse, however, you also have to be aware of looking after other vulnerable muscle groups, imagine if you hadn’t worked specific muscles for a long time, when encouraged to do so, you could start feeling sore in other places. It is really important to ensure the whole picture is assessed. Regular massage and additional physiotherapy will contribute to the overall wellbeing of the horse and help eliminate secondary pain.

In addition to working on what we can physically see, we need to ensure the horse is healthy on the inside with a balanced diet providing the correct nutrients and energy the horse needs to perform to the best of it’s ability. Likewise, sufficient turnout allows the horse the opportunity to enjoy some down time and relax.

In general recovery, re-training and rehabilitation all go hand in hand and should all be considered as a plan to complement each other and help your horse back to fitness and full health.

Sarah Ridd of Weymarsh Dressage has spent many years working alongside vets, farriers and numerous therapists supporting horses with various issues back to full health.

Sarah works with both performance horses and leisure horses and is happy to offer both rehabilitation livery and remedial services where assessing your horse and developing rehabilitation programmes may be an option for your horse at home.

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Jump for Fun and Points

Royal alexandRa & albeRt School

New BSJA affiliated show jumping centre near Reigate, Surrey

Show Jumping Competition Dates 2014  Sunday 8th June  Sunday 15th June  Saturday 5th July  Sunday 21st September Equestrian Centre

Royal Alexandra and Albert School Gatton Park, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 0TD 01737 649069 www.raa-school.co.uk stables@gatton-park.org.uk

rehabiliTaTion anD remeDial speCialisT

With a wealth of experience and understanding Sarah Ridd at Weymarsh Dressage offers a full rehabilitation and remedial service including post-operative care and injury management to help your horse on the road to recovery.

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SymptomS or CauSe ?

Sarah has a comprehensive understanding of the biomechanics, physiology and behavior of horses and can identify if a problem is a symptom or cause and then work accordingly to bring your horse back to full health and fitness.

Undiagnosed lameness?

Bridle lameness?

Unresolved training issues?

Resistance on one rein?

Persistent incorrect canter lead?

Muscle wastage?

If your horse suffers from on e or more of thes e common problem s then Sarah ridd at Weymarsh Dres sage may be able to help.

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British Showjumping News Please contact Fiona on 01892 863062 or email fiona@localrider.co.uk to submit your British Showjumping News to Localrider

Hayley Webster wins the KBIS Insurance Senior British Novice Second Round

Hayley Webster and LK Ten Cents, won the KBIS Insurance Senior British Novice Second Round at Crofton Manor

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ayley Webster from Ventnor, Isle of Wight with her mother Dawn’s five-yearold skewbald gelding, LK Ten Cents won the 2014 KBIS Insurance Senior British Novice Second Round at Crofton Manor Equestrian Centre in Stubbington, Hampshire. The second round was held on Saturday 17th May 2014 and 71 combinations battled it out with the aim of getting to the Championship Final.

All of the combinations were competing with the end goal of producing a treble clear in mind in order to qualify for the KBIS Insurance Senior British Novice Championship Final, which will be held at the Alexanders Horseboxes British Showjumping Scope Festival.

After producing two clear rounds, fifteen combinations made it through to the final jump off where five of these combinations then went on to produce the all-important treble clear.

Hayley and LK Ten Cents were was the penultimate combination to go in the jumpoff in which they took the win by posting their treble clear in 42.46 seconds.

Commenting on her win, Hayley said: “It was such a surprise to win. I was very pleased with LK Ten Cents’ performance, he’s a home bred and we’ve really focussed on bringing him on slowly over the course of the past year.”

In second place was 35 year-old Emma Slater from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire and she rode Chacco Rouge, an eight-year-old bay gelding owned by Hannah Berryman.

This combination secured their treble clear in a time of 42.56 seconds.

Third place was taken by Megan Phillips (22) from Hove, Sussex on board her own five-year-old bay gelding Banderas. They clocked up their third clear in 43.71 seconds.

Localrider Magazine South East British Showjumping Club Leagues Rider Name

Horse Name

70cm Horse Davina Phillips Clare Dowden

Points

Dettori II ......................................... 15 Woodland Spirit II........................... 10

70cm Pony Francesca Jobson

Little Okehurst ................................ 15

90cm Pony Chloe Richardson

Coolrue Lad .................................... 27

1.00m Pony Chloe Richardson

Coolrue Lad .................................... 15

For more information on Club Shows and how you can get involved visit www.britishshowjumping.co.uk

Why not come along and find out more at one of the local events...

8th June - Royal Alexandra & Albert School, Surrey 8th June – Coombelands, West Sussex 15th June – Royal Alexandra & Albert School, Surrey 21st June – Parwood Equestrian Centre, Surrey 5th July - Royal Alexandra & Albert School, Surrey

If you jump 90cm and above you could find yourself jumping at the Horse of the Year Show

Fancy competing at the Horse of the Year Show? Now’s your chance!

Historically, many have said that they have found the idea of jumping affiliated confusing. British Showjumping has addressed this by making it much easier and simpler to join and understand.

In short, there is a now a ‘Four Tier League’ system, which encompasses classes for those wanting to compete between 0.70m–1.10m. These classes suit riders that have a focus on regional championships through to those who aspire to be the next Olympic medallists.

objective of being high enough on your regional league table to qualify for the North or South Club League Championships which take place late summer.

It is also worth noting that if you are over the age of 16 years and are still competing your pony, you can do so in the Club League. Also if you are a member of a Riding Club or Pony Club you will still be able to jump on their teams as there isn’t any prize money being awarded.

Club League

Bronze League

Club Membership starts at just £30 for the year and includes membership for both you and your horse or pony. Club Shows have classes between 0.70m – 1.00m in which you win regional league points based on placings/double clears. This allows you to follow your progress at a regional level in addition to having all your performances recorded officially and available to view on the British Showjumping website.

Your aim will be to accrue points with the

National Membership starts with members competing in the Bronze League, which is for those that want to compete for national titles and prize money. Classes between 90cm – 1.10cm will award Bronze League points to each horse/rider combination that only have results at this level.

With the introduction of the Bronze Leagues, which started on the 1st April, there is also the new Horse of the Year Show. Qualification to the Final comes via a Semi-Final with two routes of

qualifying for the Semi-Final being available. You can either qualify by being within the Top 15 in your regional Bronze League table or by being awarded a qualifying ticket at each of the eight direct Semi-Final qualifiers.

Additional Benefits There are extensive training programmes available to British Showjumping members including the NAF 5* Performance Awards Programmes where you have a Handbook that you work through with your coach. There are also Academies which offer coaching days, camps and social activities.

In addition to this, you have peace of mind in the knowledge that the public liability insurance is included within all membership fees and that all events will be professionally run within a safe and structured environment.

For further information on which Membership type might be right for you, why not ring the British Showjumping Membership Team on 02476 698824 who will be happy to talk it through with you.

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EX-RACEHORSE NEWS

Local ROR Stories

Words by Alex Kelly

BIG HANDS LYNCH

Seven-year-old Big Hands Lynch left his trainer Jim Boyles stable in Epsom aged four and has been re-trained and schooled by Gabriela Freydl to be a very successful dressage horse.

Big Hands Lynch and Gabriela won the Pet Plan Elementary Open at Oldencraig in 2013 to qualify for the National Championships, where he successfully qualified for the second round, finishing twentieth overall.

Big Hands Lynch is also a successful eventer and won a BE90 section at Rackham in 2013. So far this season he just missed out on a placing at Tweseldown UA, as Gabriela unfortunately missed a fence.

Gabriela Freydl and Big Hands Lynch competing at Oldencraig

Figaro Flyer The diary of

While I’m still patiently prepping Figgie for the day when he is ready to make a show ring appearance others are out and about enjoying the season with their horses.

MOUCHEZ

Lindsey Harrap tells said of her ex-race horse, Mouchez: “With his super cool laid back attitude, he never fails, to amaze me or make me smile.” While this may have counted against him in his racing days it certainly proved to be an asset in his new career as a dressage and show horse.

Over the winter months Lindsey and Mouchez have enjoyed competing at Prelim and Novice level dressage, but now the summer is here they are looking forward to competing in showing classes.

They got off to the best possible start with a win at Pachesham Easter Show in the Ridden Thoroughbred class.

Mouchez and Lindsey Harrap at Pachesham Easter Show

CHARTPLAN Katharine Steven’s and her ex-racehorse, Chartplan, competed in their first ever BE competition at Chilham Castle in April, where they finished fourteenth going clear in the cross country within the time, just rolling an unfortunate pole in the show jumping.

Katharine Stevens and Chartplan competing at Chilham Castle

Phots by Gary Horner

While schooling in public may not have been allowed in Figgie’s racing days it has become a necessity in his re-training days.

For the last month or so every time the lorry has left the yard Figgie is on it for a ride round, it’s not that he’s naughty, just the more he goes to different venues and just chills the more relaxed he’ll be when he gets in the show ring (eventually!).

Not to mention he’s a really useful nanny for the babies when it comes to travelling.

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Penfull has proven an ideal schoolmaster for Karen Lynch

PENFULL

Karen Lynch’s ex-racehorse, Penfull, was bred in France and raced on the other side of the Channel before coming to the UK, where he trained under Michael Scudamore.

He raced over the sticks eight times, winning once, before retiring in May 2008. Penfull was re-trained by his previous owner and evented at BE100 level. He has since proven to be an ideal schoolmaster for Karen, taking her round her first BE90 on a double clear to finish on his dressage score. As Karen continues Penfull’s re-education she says: “I am very proud of him and every time I do something new he tries so hard to please.”

Racing News Surrey-based racehorse trainers, Olly and Hetta Stevens, came very close to classic success in the Newmarket 1000 Guineas with Lightning Thunder. Despite an epic run, the filly and her jockey, Harry Bentley, finished a very close second, behind the winner, Miss France.

Right: Helen Miller and Mole winning the Large Riding Horse at Chelsham and Bromley Riding Club Open Show 2013

Local Success Story This month Helen Miller, from Dartford in Kent, tells us about her ROR Good Etiquette.

Racehorse’s name & age: Good Etiquette (aka Mole), 10-years-old Purchased where & when? From Rachel Coney in Lincolnshire, 2009.

Racing history: Rubbish! He was too slow for the flat and too careful over hurdles, so he only raced five times and lost four and didn’t finish once!

Biggest success so far: Completing Chilham Castle at BE80T in April 2014. He has evented before but had kissing spines surgery at Bell Equine last year and we didn’t know if he would jump again, so crossing the finish line again was a dream come true.

My mum was crying and I was laughing because I was so happy to have him back.

Goals for the future: We are continuing to event this season and move up to BE90 next event and hopefully BE100 by the end of the season. We are also trying to qualify for the RoR Racehorse to Riding Horse at HOYS. Any advice for anyone wanting to retrain a racehorse: Have the patience of a saint! They are very difficult and frustrating, but they will give so much back to you and always try their hardest if you ask nicely.

Would you do it again? I would have another one tomorrow if I had the time and money for it.

Lightning Thunder heading to the finish at Newmarket

If you own an ex-racehorse and would like to feature in this column email: alex@localrider.co.uk

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EVENTING

Birthday Bonus for Sue

In the February issue of Localrider we ran a competition for one lucky reader to win a two day training clinic with Lucinda Green MBE at Littleton Manor Equestrian, courtesy of Petplan. The judges selected Sue French and her young horse Freya and here’s why...

Right: Sue French and Loves Theme competing in the BE80T section at Chilham Castle Horse Trials

Re-trained Racehorse Loves Theme has taken to all three phases of eventing and has excelled particularly well in the dressage arena.

Pic by Spidge Photography

Lucinda Green MBE

Dear Localrider,

Having recently purchased my Localrider magazine, I was delighted to see a competition to win a place on the Lucinda Green clinic with Petplan at LMEQ on 2nd & 3rd March and would love the opportunity to be part of it.

My name is Sue French. I have previously evented up to BE Novice level and would absolutely love the opportunity to be part of the clinic with Lucinda at LMEQ. I have a rising sixyear-old ex-racehorse called Freya (previously featured in your ex- racehorse section), who I bought just over a year ago. She had raced 27 times. I have enjoyed bringing her on over the last year with eventing in mind and she did her first BE80 last year, finishing on her dressage score and being placed fourth. a This season I am hoping to pick up where we left off and have fabulous season.

I have been addicted to Lucinda’s clinics on Horse and Country TV and have every one recorded to watch over and over again (even my very un-horsey partner knows who Lucinda Green is now, because she’s on our TV so much!). I adore her teaching style and feel Freya and I would benefit hugely by being given the opportunity to attend a two day clinic with her. Being young get and at the beginning of her (new eventing) career, I want to it right for her and training with Lucinda would certainly point us in the right direction. I also feel that Lucinda would enjoy teaching her. She has such a trainable attitude, always tries her her best and is willing to have a go at anything, making training very rewarding. I also know Lucinda loves mares.

To top it all off, the 3rd of March is my birthday and I cannot think of any other way I would rather spend it than flying around the cross-country course at LMEQ, with the words of the six times Badminton winner and greatest event rider ever, ringing in my ears.

Yours hopefully,

Sue French

Dear Localrider,

I wanted to write to thank you for my wonderful prize of the two- day Lucinda Green clinic at LMEQ at the beginning of March. The weather didn’t put us off and we had two days of great instruction and great laughs.

We were put into groups depending on our experience.

I have evented to BE Novice level, but Freya has only done one BE80 competition last year so I knew we would be in the baby group. I was very happy with this as I didn’t want to feel pressured into doing anything she wasn’t ready for, especially as she hasn’t seen a cross-country fence since September 2013. Well I needn’t have worried about feeling pressured, Lucinda never once made us feel anything but confident about what we were doing and neither pushed us nor made us do anything we weren’t going to find easy.

Each day was made up of a two hour session with six of us in our group, all on young/ inexperienced horses. The first day was in the grass arena. Lucinda had specifically asked Matt at LMEQ if she could use the grass arena as she believes you should practice on grass rather than in an arena, this will encourage the horses to learn to maintain their own balance on any terrain. She said she didn’t agree with having studs at this level and only studs her horses at Novice/ Intermediate level. I didn’t have studs as Freya has never worn them, she didn’t even have shoes on behind but never slipped once.

Day one was all about control and improving our adjustability. We worked on changing the gears, so going from a forward canter for a few fences to condensing the stride coming into a combination fence. We used lots of skinnies and lines with odd distances and angles to get the horses to be quick thinking, a vital ingredient for a crosscountry horse. All the horses did very well as these kinds of exercises are very taxing on young brains and they had to concentrate a lot and so did the riders! >>>

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Day two was a Monday so we left at the crack of dawn to get over to LMEQ for 9am to start at 10am. I was concerned about the Monday morning M25 traffic so left plenty of time and actually arrived over an hour early, but better that than sitting in a queue on the motorway. Freya did look confused when I dragged her out of her stable in the dark on Monday morning and loaded her up into the lorry for the second day running! The forecast was awful for the Monday and sure enough, the moment we all got on the hail came, but I can honestly say I can’t tell you when and if the rain stopped, we were having too much fun to notice.

We started off by going off on our own and warming-up over a few small fences in whichever pace. Lucinda told us to do whatever we wanted but not banks, steps, ditches or water, as were going to do those together. When we had warmed-up we started together on an interesting exercise of walking over a log and then walking up and down a step. So good for young horses (or horses of any age) to learn that you don’t need speed to get over a fence and where they are putting their feet. We finished by trotting up and down until everyone was confident before moving on to another step-log combination. Because of the recent weather, we had the added hazards of puddles either side of the fences and some of the young horse were not keen at first, but were very soon splashing in and out confidently.

We then went down to the water where Lucinda had us walking in and out and splashing around. There were a couple of the horses that really didn’t want to go in so Lucinda had one of them just working on going in and out of the puddles and left one persevering on the edge of the water complex, he went in eventually to a big cheer! Freya has never been the most confident at going into water, she will always go and has never refused to walk in, but she’s never gone in with great gusto. By the end of the session Lucinda had us all jumping into the water over two blue barrels placed on the water’s edge, so I was extremely pleased with Freya and she felt very pleased with herself.

Moving onto ditches. We all got in a line and one following the other, walked over the ditch. Again, Lucinda always starts in walk for the same reasons, to get them thinking about where they’re putting their feet and realising the ditch isn’t the enemy. If the horse is ballooning the ditch, they’re nervous of it. You want them to be able to quietly walk over as if it’s nothing. We then went into trot and finally canter, at which point we were let loose to go off and do a few fences by ourselves again and have a play doing whatever we liked.

We had been out on the course for an hour and a half at this point and so we all finished there, with Lucinda agreeing that all the horses had been great and didn’t need to do anything more. We had a question and answer session which was fascinating as we got to learn about Lucinda’s views on things. We were also given a handout from Petplan Equine, written by Lucinda and Yogi Breisner, giving their top ten tips for cross-country which is great.

Overall both Freya and I had a fantastic time on both days and we are very grateful to everyone who made it possible, what a great way to spend a birthday! Lucinda is so wise and intuitive, a fantastic teacher and I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending her clinics to others in the future. Freya was a superstar and I’m now even more excited about her for the future.

I’m planning on entering Freya for the BE80 at Chilham at the end of April. We feel totally ready to go cross country now we’ve had our fabulous training!

Thanks again.

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he successful event was held in 350 acres of historic parkland in the heart of the Kent, and although the weather was patchy, it was still a lovely weekend to enjoy the beautiful parkland. The ground stood up to 600 horses galloping over it remarkably well. “The going was as good as it can get,” said Scott Brickell, Course designer.

Several Badminton-bound riders were spotted on course, including Tina Cook, Gemma Tattersall, Harry Dzenis and Sophie Jenman. Plus most exciting of all was Emma Dougall, who actually brought her Badminton horse Kelecyn Ice Age for a pre-Badminton run.

Tessa Wheeler, owner of Chilham Castle said: “We were thrilled the going was superb and that 600 horse and riders enjoyed their time with us so much. I would like to say a special welcome and huge thank you to all the army veterans from Futures for Heroes, who came to help us with the parking and stewarding, it was lovely having them here. The Ashford Park Farm Scouts, were also a marvellous help, as were our growing band of faithful volunteers and Sponsors who all help to make Chilham such a great venue. Little did Ali Ferry and myself realise 10 years ago, when we organised our first unaffiliated Hunter Trial, what we’d started!”

Karen Maurice and Panache II, first BE80 Section F

Chilham Park Horse Trials Chilham Park, Near Canterbury, Kent Saturday 26 & Sunday 27th April 2014 Pictures by Spidge Photography

Emily Clover and Tullamore Dew III, first BE80 Section G

Tom Jackson and Dowalda, first BE100 Section K

Melanie Jones and Loughehoe Cruise, first BE80 Section H

Sarah Marshall and Oresco Z, first BE90 Section D

Hazel Reay and Rococo VII, first BE90 Section B

Laura Schroter and Willem Van Wup, first BE90 Section C

Lucy Gasston and Smart Colours, first BE90 Section A

Tom Jackson and Delicious, first Novice Section P

Catriona Kerruish and Courville BZ, first BE100 Section L

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Sophie Jenman and Fedorian, first BE100 Section I

Din Rasshied and Angels Spirit, first BE90 Section E

Molly Russell and Freshmans Pink Floyd, first BE100 u18 Section M

Sam Jennings and Diamond II, first BE100 Section J

Gemma Tattersall and Briarlands Birdsong, First Open Novice Section R

Anna Hanson and Troef Van De La Vie, first Novice Section Q

The helpers from Future 4 Heroes

The Park Farm Scouts

Emily Baldwin and Uppercourt Cooley, first BE100 Plus Section N

Emma Scott and Fergus II, first Open Novice U18

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hloe Mariani has lots to celebrate this month, as she was second in the ONu18 at Chilham Castle Horse Trials and has also been given a wild card to a two day camp at Somerford Park. A member of the Lord Leconfield branch of the Pony Club, Chloe loves eventing and her main ambition in life is to one day ride at Badminton.

Her horse, Dumbleton, Chloe Mariani is a 12-year-old gelding and Dumbleton

by Primitive Rising, who were second won his first ever event, an in ONu18 at Intro at Aston-le-Walls with Chilham Castle Laura Collett, back in 2006.

Chloe has been selected as one of ten up and coming Pony Club event riders nationally to attend a two day training camp at Somerford Park in June with Gary Parsonage. From this camp one rider will be selected to receive a training bursary as a precursor to Talent Excel and other Government funded sports initiatives.

Chloe’s goals for the remainder of the season include hopefully competing for the South East region in the CCI1* at Weston Park. Next year she aims to compete at Intermediate level with a view to being considered for the British Junior Squad.

Goodbye Coolgrange Merger It is with great sadness that we write of the loss of Kent-based vet and event rider, Tony Warr’s great horse, Coolgrange Merger. Tony found the wonderful chestnut by Political Merger Tony Warr and Coolgrange in Ireland and produced him himself Merger jumping into the until his untimely death aged 16.

Lake at Badminton in 2009 The combination competed at their first ever event, a Pre Novice at Stilemans in March 2003.

In March 2004 they did their first Novice, finishing second in the Novice Regional Final at Eridge, before winning their first ever Intermediate at Tweseldown with a dressage score of 28.1.

The following year, 2005, they went Advanced at Brockenhurst, by which time Tony knew he had a horse which had the makings of a Badminton contender. Two years later in 2007 they completed their first three star at Burnham Market ending the season at Blenheim.

Tony always dreamed of competing at Badminton, but as a very busy vet, he knew it was unlikely he would be able to bring everything together at the right time, but 2009 saw the pair jump clear round their first ever Badminton, just rolling a pole show jumping. Something they improved on in 2010 when they were one of the few combinations to jump double clear.

Coolgrange Merger, known as Precious to his friends and family started this season as competitive as ever. He was third in the AI at Great Witchingham, won the AI at South of England and finished eighth at Burnham Market CIC***. Coolgrange Merger died doing what he loved best, jumping cross country fences, whilst competing at Chatsworth Horse Trials in May. Our thoughts are with Tony, his wife Sarah and their family and friends who are devastated by the loss of this sweet natured horse, with the heart of a lion.

Laura Powell writes...

Is everyone still thinking and talking about this year’s Badminton?

Everyone I bump into, it is the first thing they talk about. Talk about 4*, maybe we have just reached 5*? It appeared that it’s all very well honouring your line and kicking, but if you couldn’t ride a related distance to the centimetre then you’d had it. I went up on the Sunday (with my sister and friend Debbie), something I haven’t done before, having sat the previous day like a statue for the entire six hours of live coverage on the Saturday afternoon. It was brilliant and amazing to walk the course Sunday morning and see the different and sometimes very interesting lines that the riders had taken.

It was also really interesting to watch the trot up first thing, a lot of the horses and riders looked very sore. And it was also great to note that 4* horses really do come in all shapes and sizes.

Then of course there was the usual shopping and delicious food before we watched the nail biting Show Jumping, which really shuffled the order about, it was most definitely not a dressage competition and refreshing to see.

However, I think the technical side of the cross-country has filtered down through all levels. I remember when Intro (BE90) classes first started and you could pretty much canter a green baby round and jump an easy clear as long as you had schooled over a ditch, step, brushes and the water and now there is so much more to it. Including skinnies on curved related distances etc.

Due to this I’m wondering if Nessa will make the age classes.

Firstly she is huge with a huge jump and is currently having difficultly working out what to do with each leg over a fence. She will be a late developer (I hope). But still she shows signs of an event horse, which I recently was told they fit in to either one of two categories.

Walking the course at Badminton – it was big!

Laura’s Beddy Whippet, Molly

They are either so thick that they don’t care what they jump or they are a crank. However, she does already pop a water tray, goes up and down banks and stomps all over plastic carrier bags out hacking.

After some loading practice this week we are planning to make our debut at some unaffiliated local dressage.

Whoopi meanwhile has kept up her form of being a star and is having a little break in the field before she continues her education and gets to go to some parties, although she is still for sale.

After a super start to the season Spud went wobbly again at Chilham. It turns out he had an abscess in his neck and was very sore, he is such a wimp! We were meant to go to one of my favourite events, Mattingley, which is down in Hampshire. We were all set to go when I received the message saying it had been abandoned due to the excessive rainfall, which was amazing as it was bone dry at home.

I’ve just entered BCA so hopefully we might get there!

The next few weeks are full of lots of Pony Club and cross country training, where the emphasis is getting the right canter and holding your line. And lastly let me introduce my lovely little dog Molly. She’s a Beddy Whippet and is completely clueless about horses and it’s only a matter of time before she’s trodden on.

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Come and enjoy the family fun Great day out

Fun for all the Family

at Eridge Horse Trials & Country Market Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th June

DOGS IN THE PARK • Dog Show • Fun Dog Show • Dog Agility • Terrier Racing • Open to All with entries on the day

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he Eridge Horse Trials & Country Market will take place on Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th June at Eridge Park with ‘Dogs in the Park’ on Sunday.

A great line up of sport and attractions awaits you at the 2014 Eridge Horse Trials & Country Market, which is taking place in Eridge Park, which is just outside Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent.

With Olympic course builder, Scott Brickell, creating three superb Cross Country Courses that flow over the stunning parklands of Eridge Estate promising to set the scene for some great spectator sport. There will be both novice and experienced combinations taking part and you are more than likely to spot an Olympian galloping past. Come along with friends, family and dogs to see the thrills and spills of eventing.

The Country Market

Eridge Horse Trials and Country Market offers a superb range of exhibitors, public catering, licensed bar and mini fun fair for the enjoyment of all visitors over the weekend.

Sunday includes ‘Dogs in the Park’, which incorporates a dog and fun dog show, dog agility and terrier racing. All entries will be taken on the day and is open to anyone.

Each day starts at 9am with the first competitor on the crosscountry course at approximately 10am. Admission for this great day out is only £10 per car and that includes all occupants.

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HICKSTEAD DERBY PREVIEW

All roads lead to Hickstead on Derby Sunday Left: Katie Jerram and Her Majesty the Queen’s Barbers Shop

There are Children’s Showing classes

The Hickstead Derby Meeting offers something for everyone. There is showing, driving, show jumping and of course the greatest jumping class of them all, the Hickstead Derby. One of the most challenging competitions in show jumping, it is a class that can be won by jumping a single clear round. If you are lucky you can watch the stars of the main event warming-up and if you are really lucky can say hello as they wander around the show.

With a huge shopping village you can be in retail heaven, not only is there absolutely everything you could possibly want for the horse and rider, there are colourful stalls selling clothes, bags, crafts and cards, plus delicious edible goodies too.

The 2013 Hickstead Derby Champions, Phillip Miller and Cartiar Z

The Crawley and Horsham Hunt Parade

Cut out the coupon opposite for FREE ENTRY to the show for two people on either Thursday 26th or Friday 27th June.

Hickstead Derby Meeting TIMETABLE OF EVENTS

Pic of William Funnell by Samantha Lamb

Above: William Funnell will be looking to win on Dorada

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Thursday 26th June

Saturday 28th June

10.15am .....The Camardo Coffee 1.35m Open Championship

8.30am .......The Animo Amateur Championship (£1,500)

To follow ...The Hickstead Novice Championship

To follow ...The Beethoven 7 & 8 Year Old Championship

To follow ...The Hickstead Annual Grade C Championship

11.45am .....The Tom Hudson Derby Trophy (£5,000)

1.00pm ......The Stoner Jewellers Vase (£3,000)

2.30pm ....... The Osborne Refrigerators Scurry Driving Championship

3.00pm ....... Presentation: The British Private Driving Derby (Private Driving Championship - HOYS Qualifier)

3.00pm ....... Presentation: The Nettex Supreme Hack Championship

3.00pm ......Presentation: The Driving Concours D’Elegance 3.15pm .......Presentation: Supreme Trade Turnout Championship 3.45pm .......The Bunn Leisure Derby Tankard (£5,000)

Friday 27th June 8.45am .......The Hickstead 1.25m Open Championship To follow ...The British Five Year Old Jumping Championship To follow ...The British Six Year Old Jumping Championship 11.30am ..... The Bunn Leisure Derby Trial for the Ben O’Meara Memorial Trophy (£21,500) 2.30pm ....... Final Judging: The Nettex Small Show Hunter Championship 2.45pm ....... Presentation: The Blue Chip Native BSPS Heritage Supreme Open Ridden Championship Sponsored by Stack & Bonner

3.30pm ....... The British Speed Derby for the Liz Dudden Memorial Trophy (£21,500) 7.00pm ....... Derby Celebrity Special & Polo Challenge on the Bunn Leisure Arena (All Weather)

Sunday 29th June 10.45am .....Public Course Walk of the Equestrian.com Derby 11.00am ....The Romford Band of the Royal British Legion 11.35am .....End of Public Course Walk 11.40am ..... Presentation: The HorseDeals.co.uk Supreme Coloured Horse Ridden Championship 12.00...........The Hickstead Under 25 Masters 12.40pm ..... Presentation: The Nettex Supreme Hunter Championship 1.10pm ....... Final Judging: The Tattersalls & ROR Thoroughbred Show Horse Championship 1.30pm .......The Osborne Refrigerators Celebrity Scurry

3.00pm ....... Presentation: The HorseDeals.co.uk Supreme Cob Championship

1.55pm .......The Romford Band of the Royal British Legion

3.30pm .......The Bunn Leisure Master’s Challenge (£5,000)

2.30pm .......The Equestrian.com Derby (£115,000)

2.10pm .......Parade of Riders in the Equestrian.com Derby

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Tina Fletcher supports the Hickstead Derby Community

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ina Fletcher is encouraging showjumping fans to get behind the new Hickstead Derby Community ahead of this year’s Equestrian.com Hickstead Derby Meeting.

Tina, who won the Derby on Promised Land in 2011, modelled the official Hickstead Derby Community polo shirt during a photo shoot at the All England Jumping Course.

The polo shirt marks out its wearer as an official partner of the event, and comes with automatic membership of the Hickstead Derby Community. Everyone who joins gets a free members’ ticket for Thursday 26 June (worth £26) plus a host of other discounts, offers and entry into money-can’t-buy competitions.

Showjumping supporters who buy a Hickstead Derby Community polo shirt are also being encouraged to enter Equestrian.com’s ‘selfie’ competition. Everyone who takes a picture of themselves in the polo shirt, whether on a horse, at the yard or somewhere exotic, and posts it on social media using the tag #hicksteadselfie, will be entered into a competition to win £100 of vouchers from leading retailer Equestrian.com.

To purchase tickets for the Equestrian.com Hickstead Derby Meeting, or to join the Hickstead Derby Community, visit www.hickstead.co.uk

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There is no doubt that if you look good you will feel good and this confidence will be passed onto your horse and ultimately reflected in your performance, whatever discipline you participate in. We have been testing a range of hats, gloves, competition shirts and breeches, as well as some great saddle pads for the horse too...

Mountain Horse Aria Tech Top A high-tech, lightweight competition shirt in a performance microfibre fabric for great breathability and wicking properties.

This shirt will wash easily, dry quickly and become invaluable in the competition season. It has plenty of stretch to make sure you stay comfortable and there’s a zip at the front, plus a white cotton collar.

Colours: Red, White & Blue Sizes: XS-XXL RRP: £45.95 www.mountainhorse.co.uk LR Comment: This is a really soft lightweight top, which fits well and definitely dries quickly.

It looks good and is very hard wearing standing up to regular wearing and washing.

Caldene Mortham Breeches The Caldene Mortham Ladies Breeches are practical, elegant and, most importantly, fabulously comfortable.

The knitted cotton blend offers plenty of stretch.

The Mortham breeches feature a silicon printed full seat which gives a practical grip whilst retaining the stretch for a comfortable fit.

Toggi Bramham Breeches The Toggi Bramham high performance breeches have a soft feel and super stretch to provide for exceptional comfort and ease of movement. The breathable fabric contains a built in moisture management system which helps the rider to remain cool and dry all year round. Featuring a full selffabric seat in a super stretch fabric, 2 zip pockets, nickel free fastenings and belt loops the high performance functionality of the Bramham makes them a perfect choice for everyday riding or competing.

Colours: Beige, Black Sizes: 24” – 34” RRP: £67.50 www.toggi.com LR Comment: Smart competition breeches, which are comfortable to wear and suitable for all disciplines. They have two zipped pockets and can be worn with a belt. I particularly like them as they fit to the waist and the stretchy fabric helps flatter the figure in the saddle. Good value for money too.

Colours: Beige, Corn, Navy, Black, Slate and White Sizes: 24” to 34” and long lengths sizes 24” to 32 RRP: £58.50 www.caldene.co.uk LR Comment: These are very comfortable breeches and I have found the silicon seat gives a slightly increased grip on the saddle, making it slightly easier to stay in position. They have quite a lot of stretch in the fabric, so are great if you are prone to gaining a few pounds.

Toggi Hurley Stock Shirt Made from highly technical Coolmax® fabric which is designed to mimic the action of the skin and actively takes moisture away from the body, the Toggi Hurley stock shirt offers unrivalled performance to help keep you cool and comfortable while competing.

Colours: Blackberry, Cameo, Navy Sizes: 8 – 18 RRP: £27.50 www.toggi.com LR Comment: The Coolmax® fabric is lovely and soft, with a white cotton bib front, which shows under one’s jacket. The style makes it perfect for wearing without a jacket, in between classes.

Toggi Barbury Performance Glove The Toggi Barbury ergonomically designed stretch Cross Country style glove is designed to help keep your hands warm and dry, whatever the conditions, whilst providing excellent grip. Featuring a technical stretch fabric on the palm and back, with a neoprene cuff and adjustable wrist strap for comfort and protection, Barbury gloves have great stretch providing a greater level of flexibility and movement whilst riding cross country. With strategically placed reinforcement panels for extra durability and grip, the Toggi Barbury glove is the one to choose this season.

Colour: Black Size: XS - XL RRP: £12.50 www.toggi.com LR Comment: These are great competition gloves as well as for everyday riding or schooling. They are light, comfortable and supported in all the places gloves wear. Plus they are a fantastic price too.

Champion Ventair helmet Champion’s extremely lightweight Ventair Deluxe Jockey Helmet features a design registered ventilated airflow system that is styled to increase airflow and to help keep your head cool. Certified to PAS 015 2011 and BSEN1384 2012, the Ventair system features a uniquely tailored harness for complete stability and security and, as with all Champion hats and helmets, offers further safety reassurance by carrying the BSI Kitemark, guaranteeing you that it will comfortably outperform the four main areas of testing: penetration, shock absorption, harness strength and stability.

Colours: Black, Pink, Navy or Silver Sizes: 6¼ - 7¾ RRP: from £85.00 - £110.00 depending on size www.championhats.co.uk LR Comment: This is a very lightweight hat, which offers maximum protection.

The Ventair design allows cool air to cool your head, which is great for summer riding. It can be worn both with and without a hat silk.

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You know when something just feels right.

We understand your horse is a big part of you. So when you spend so much time with them, shouldn’t you feel truly comfortable? Dublin jodhpurs and breeches have been created to go the distance. In a choice of three fits and fabrics, they’re ideal for yard life, competition or even for those relaxed hacks. With clever features such as stitching that prevents rubbing and our advanced fabrics which promote greater freedom of movement. No wonder they feel right. For more details see your local stockist or visit www.dublinclothing.co.uk

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tried&tested Caldene Riding Gloves The Caldene Competition Riding Glove is elegant option to complete an outfit. Made from lightweight and flexible high quality PU material, to ensure you achieve a close contact fit. It offers optimum grip and feel of the reins.

Colours: Black, Brown and White Sizes: XS, S, M, L, XL RRP: £21.49 www.caldene. co.uk LR Comment: These gloves offer a good light feel on the reins. They could be used in the show ring or for everyday wear.

Carrots Leather Show Gloves For plain and simple, yet beautifully classic, the Carrots Leather Show gloves cater for both adults and children and add a sense of traditional luxury to competition attire. Made from soft, quality leather these flexible, stretchy gloves provide a perfect fit without unwanted bulk.

Equipped with reinforcements at the fingers and thumb to enhance durability and provide excellent grip when riding.

RRP: £20.00 www.carrotsuk.com LR Comment: Very smart traditional gloves, which are perfect for the show ring. They do have a very thin fleecy lining, so may be a bit hot if the weather is scorching hot.

Ariat Olympia Breeches The Ariat Olympia Breeches incorporate the patented V3 technology which uses an elastic ‘V’ panel in the back of the waistband offering multi-directional stretch to accommodate riders’ varying hip angles and ensure total freedom of movement when riding.

Made from four-way stretch Schoeller fabric for maximum comfort and flexibility in the saddle, the Ariat Olympia Breeches are available with or without a stretch Clarino Full Seat.

To ensure the perfect fit - no matter what leg shape - the exclusive Calf Fit System is also utilised in the Ariat Olympia Breeches to provide the wearer with a smooth, comfortable and adaptable fit without the risk of rubbing seams or irritation from bulky closures.

Reflective Jodhpurs from EquiDirect These technically designed jodhpurs are stylish and comfortable and have no inside seams, so are very comfortable against the skin.

Designed by riders for riders, the ‘Jeggins’ have a mid-rise waist so less gaping and are a good length for added comfort.

The two-tone colours and reflective silver piping down the outside of the leg give the wearer a slim-line look as well as helping with visibility whilst out riding.

Colours: Yellow/ Black and Pink/ Black Sizes: 24” – 36” RRP: Child/Teen £24.99 and Adult £29.99 www.highvisibility. uk.com/equi-direct

This snug fit ensures a smooth line under long boots and chaps and accommodates any leg shape.

Colours: White, Beige, Navy, Black & Truffle Sizes: 24 – 36, in regular and long fit RRP: £115.00 and £125.00 for the Full Seat design www.ariat-europe.com

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KM Elite Cotton High Wither Dressage Square This deluxe dressage square includes new D-Ring velcro attachments for easy fitting, it offers optimum fit and a functional design.

It is fully breathable, helping wick away sweat, whilst maintaining a soft comfortable contact with the horse.

Colours: Black or White RRP: £29.99 www.kmeliteproducts.co.uk LR Comment: I liked the velro attachments for both the girth and D Ring, which made it easy to fit and adjust. It looks good and is well priced as it is hard wearing and has stood up to my obsession with washing saddle pads.

Smart Saddlepads

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Colours: Black, Brown, White, Bottle Green, Burgundy, Red, Royal Blue, Purple, Grey Sizes: Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large RRP: from £32.50 www.nuumed.com LR Comment: This is a great pad for horses with high withers, as it gives the horse plenty of room to move in front and prevents rubbing. Excellent quality pad, which looks smart and offers good value for money, plus it is made in the UK.

KM ELITE Adaptor Pad The KM Elite Adaptor saddle pad is made from the same 100% Merino lambswool (which is tanalised using no harmful chemicals) and our signature 100% cotton quilted fabric as all of the KM Elite Distinction range.

The new clear spine, which is swept up at the wither relieves pressure on the horse’s back, allows air to flow through and ensures an optimum fit. The sheepskin encourages muscle relaxation and improved blood circulation, whilst maintaining a soft comfortable contact with the horse. The pad is fully breathable and the merino fibres help wick away and hold 40 times their own weight in moisture, keeping the horse cool during the summer and warm in the winter.

There are four pockets with Velcro fastening, two on either side, front and back and it comes with 16 inter changeable pads, 12 cotton shims and 4 memory foam inserts to allow the rider to personalise the pad to suit their own saddle. The shims and memory foam inserts can also be purchased separately in packs of four should the original ones become lost.

Colours: Black/Natural, White/Natural Sizes: Medium & Large RRP: £89.99 www.kmeliteproducts.co.uk LR Comment: We all know we should have our saddle checked regularly, but we also know that horses change in shape on a daily basis, depending on the grass in their field, workload, competition stress etc. The KM Elite Adaptor Saddle Pad offers the flexibility to tweak the fitting of your saddle in any one or all of four pockets. I have an older horse and found it useful to adjust the way the saddle fits slightly depending on her change in muscle tone.

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The Ultimate Close Contact Saddle Designed with a slimline profile enhancing feedback and increasing the bond between horse and rider.

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show report

Lee Bennett’s Naszeema, Pure Bred In-hand Champion

Mr & Mrs Bourne’s SAS I Feel Frisky, Champion Anglo & Part Bred

Mrs R Devrakuma’s Sentiments Royal Elegance, Reserve Champion Anglo & Part Bred

Sara Gonzalez and Chaseford Sparkle, first 148cm & under Part Bred

Maria Pook and Perrylands Politician, first over 148cm Part Bred

Stephanie Chaplain and Lenmar Shady Reflection, Reserve Part Bred Champion

The South East Arabian Horse Group Spring Show 2014 Merrist Wood Equestrian Campus, Guildford, Surrey • Sunday 27th April 2014 Words by Pippa Bowles and photography by Samantha Lamb

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ll the championships were generously sponsored by Al Muawd Stud, Saudi Arabia, with cash prizes being presented to the successful exhibitors.

The ridden classes attracted good entries, being early qualifiers for HOYS for the Pure Bred Ridden Arabs, and Cherif Championships for the Ridden Anglo’s and Part Bred Arabs. Ridden judge Miss Stephanie Turner found her HOYS qualifier in Mr & Mrs Warner’s chestnut stallion, Patros HB (Psytadel x Padisha Ibn Estopa) capably ridden by Clare Fitch. The runner-up in the Open Ridden Championship was awarded to Lee Bennett’s beautiful liver chestnut mare Ianthe (Shaka x Lady Jane Grey) ridden by Harriet Podd.

The Pure Bred Novice Ridden classes produced the largest class of the day with 17 forward in the mares and geldings. The winner and Novice Champion was Ms S Robinson’s grey gelding Aja Benraz (WH Justice x AJA Beneja). Second and Reserve Champion went to Natalie Pix’s

chestnut gelding Taroub (Spearmint x Tamira) ridden by Vikki Court.

A winning tune In the Anglo and Part Bred Ridden classes, the novice winner was Virginia RussellWood’s home bred dark bay gelding Music Man (Chestnut Park All That Jazz x Stage Whisper), the 148cms and under winner was Evita Gonzalez’s Chaseford Sparkle, with Mandy Burr and Maria Pook’s well-known skewbald gelding Perryland Politician (Harroway Mr Harliquin x Morning Magic) heading up the over 148cms and going on to take the Championship. The Reserve Champion was Mrs Shawyer’s bay gelding Lenmars Shady Reflection (Cranleigh Swift Reflection x Headsnook Shady Shadow).

Mrs R Devrakuma’s Sentiments Royal Elegance in the two and three-year-old class taking the Reserve.

The Pure Bred In-Hand Champion was the winner of the mare class, Lee Bennett’s Naszeema (Narismma X Saszarta). The Reserve was awarded to John Brewster’s fabulous two-year-old colt Aaremis (Aazari x Bey Sheba, who also won his Crabbet youngstock class judged by Mrs Joyce Smith.

In-hand classes Judge Ryan Jones found his Champion Anglo & Part Bred in the gelding class with Mr & Mrs Bourne’s pinto SAS I Feel Frisky (KF I Feel Rowdy x Medekaya), with

Clare Fitch and Patros, Ridden Champion gaining the HOYS ticket

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Rambo Sweetitch Hoody with Vamoose

ONE TO BE GIVEN AWAY!

Sensational

GIVEAWAYS

Summer Giveaways

As well as being made from tougher than tough 1000D polyester fabric, the Rambo Sweetitch Hoody with Vamoose is treated with Permethrin, a naturally occurring biocide found in the Chrysanthemum flower, to really keep flies at bay.

Combining a silky mane, tail and shoulder lining to minimize the horse’s ability and need to rub, extra deep sides and leg arches allow the rug to wrap around for maximum coverage. A fully integrated neck cover and super-size tail flap offer complete head to tail protection for sensitive horses.

We have some wonderful prizes to giveaway this summer.

There is something for everyone and all you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is complete the coupon on page 69

Please indicate your preferred size on the entry coupon.

www.horseware.com

Speedi-Beet Quick Soaking Beet Pulp Flakes Speedi-Beet is a highly nutritious micronized (cooked) beet pulp feed which provides an excellent source of digestible fibre and is approved by The Laminitis Trust. Due to its unique manufacturing process, Speedi-Beet can be soaked and ready to use in just 10 minutes. Feed either cold, or as a warm mash in winter to help raise core body temperature. Speedi-Beet can also stabilise the ingestion of sugars present in spring grass when it is fed before turnout.

15 winners will each receive one bag of Speedi-Beet.

www.britishhorsefeeds.com

Verm-X Pellets for Horses and Ponies

15 TO BE GIVEN AWAY!

Each 250g box of Verm-X Pellets for Horses and Ponies contains five individual sachets which provide natural control of intestinal hygiene and boost every-day health. The sachets eliminate the need to measure pellets and can be added to feed or fed as a treat straight from your hand. One sachet to be used every day for five consecutive days every three months, horses just love them!

15 TO BE GIVEN AWAY!

15 winners will each receive one 250g box of Verm-X Pellets for Horses & Ponies.

www.verm-x.com

Scientific Nutritional Products Supplement

SIX TO BE GIVEN AWAY!

Scientific Nutritional Products is an innovative equine and canine supplement company offering affordable high specification supplements. The ethos of the company is refreshing, manufacturing the highest quality supplements, available to customers direct from their website www.horsesupplementsdirect. co.uk ensuring products are offered at the best possible price.

Their range includes; best selling Horse Joint Right Supreme, Multivitamin Supplements/MSM/Electrolytes for the Competition Horse and also a Horses & Pony Multi Supplement, a Horse Calming Supplement, Robust Hoof – Biotin and Mud Manager - ideal for muddy, wet weather. Canine supplements include Canine Joint Right with Glucosamine for Dogs to maintain joint health and mobility.

Four readers will receive a supplement up to the value of £40.00.

FOUR TO BE GIVEN AWAY!

www.horsesupplementsdirect.co.uk

SSG Digital Gloves The Digital Glove from SSG the leading equestrian glove manufacturer from Canada were two years in the testing and feature DigiGrip Square Groove Technology on the palm. The innovative textured surface of the glove offers the rider a new experience in breathability comfort and durability with a really close fit and extra grip. They are ideal for any riding discipline and great for driving too.

Digital gloves are machine washable and extremely hardwearing.

Available in sizes 5 to 11, in a choice of Black, Brown and Camel.

Please indicate preferred colour and size on the entry form.

Equine Speedskip When removing manure from the stable, it is essential to have the right tools for the job.

The Speedskip’s innovative rake design makes it possible to be highly selective at removing only the manure, dramatically reducing the amount of bedding removed. As the cost of bedding continues to rise, a tool which can save good bedding material ending up on the muck heap will quickly pay for itself.

Also, if you clear your paddocks of manure, the rake does not get tangled up in long grass and makes it easy to collect even small particles.

Colours: Black, blue, green, red and purple.

Please indicate your preferred colour on the entry form.

www.equinespeedskip.com

FIVE TO BE GIVEN AWAY!

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GIVEAWAYS

EIGHT TO BE GIVEN AWAY!

Absorbine Bundle Three winners will each win: UltraShield® Insect and Fly Repellent, which provides instant “knockdown” for insects as well as a long lasting protective “shield”.

UltraShield® Fly Mask is made from new Rip-Sheild material is supertough and rear resistant, providing protection against all types of flies, mosquitoes and gnats.

Soxtrot Socks The unique Soxtrot socks, worn and loved by riders right across America, are now available here in the UK. They’re made from a lightweight, stretch, durable fabric which is cool in summer and surprisingly warm in winter - perfect for wearing under boots.

They look great when you take your boots off, coming in over 100 jazzy designs (checks, stripes, spots, plain colours, florals, paisleys, animal prints and even denim designs, cartoon strips, stars and stripes, and oranges!) They make perfect presents!

Horseman’s One Step® is a convenient, one-step leather cleaning and conditioning cream that contains three cleaning agents. It removes dirt, sweat, and salt, while helping to restore a natural shine.

Hooflex® Natural Spray, contains avocado and tea tree oil, to promote strong, healthy hoof growth and to deep condition the hoof and highlight the natural shine. It helps maintain the moisture balance in the foot, especially for horses kept barefoot and is delivered in a quiet spray application which is convenient, clean and easy to use.

The Mitt, is THE new, smart, easy and clean way to apply spray and lotion products and is an ideal applicator for ShowSheen, Fly repellant or leather cleaner.

Great for guys and girls. One adult size fits all. Child/teen and ankle also available.

www.soxtrotuk.com

ONE TO BE GIVEN AWAY!

THREE TO BE GIVEN AWAY!

www.absorbine.co.uk

Taurus Gaiters & Boots One reader will win a pair of black Leather Gaiters from Taurus Footwear plus a pair of short boots of their choice.

The Leather Gaiters are made from soft, calf Aniline Leather, with a soft Amara lining and with an elasticated rear panel to ensure optimum flexibility and a streamlined fit. Child’s sizes: S, M and L. Adult’s sizes: XXS to XXL.

THREE TO BE GIVEN AWAY!

They will also win a pair of short boots of their choice from the range. Simply log on to www.taurusfootwear. co.uk to decide on your preferred style.

You may consider the Prairie - a comfortable, smart boot offering the good looks of a lace-up style with the ease and practicality of a rear zip, with the added comfort of elasticated sides. Adult sizes 3 – 12, in either Black or Brown.

Please indicate your preferred choice or boot with size and colour, plus the size of Gaiters you require.

www.taurusfootwear.co.uk

RS-tor Rider Safety Aid The award-winning RS-tor (pronounced ‘Arrestor’) allows riders to stay safer in the saddle at any level. Simply hook the RS-tor rider safety aid’s loops onto your stirrup bars, replacing the stirrup leathers over the top. The RS-tor’s rapid action allows instantaneous recovery from potentially dangerous horse riding situations. How? The shock absorbing element in the strap absorbs the velocity of being unseated.

Available in three sizes: Child, Small & Medium/Large (M/L) sizes. Typically, adult riders over 5ft 4”, or riders that jump beyond 2ft 6” and need to stretch further up the neck without restriction, select size M/L. Two winners will each receive a RS-tor plus a smart baseball cap. Please indicate your preferred size on the entry form.

The brand new KM Elite Champion Showing Range is here. Four amazing products each targeted at getting that professional show ring finish.

Champion Black, Champion White, Champion Sparkle Shine, plus Champion Highlighter are available now from

www.kmeliteproducts.co.uk

Veterinary Thermal Imaging Scans

Sit through spooks, bucks and cat-leaps!

It is ideal for children as well as adults. In Pony Club events that stipulate some kind of strap around the neck, choose an RS-tor with either a martingale or breastplate. It is a much safer alternative to a neck strap.

KM Elite Champion Showing Range worth £50.00!

Thermal Imaging maps heat patterns across an animal’s body, highlighting hot and cold spots. Hot spots could indicate inflammation, while cold spots show a reduction in blood supply, which can be due to swelling, thrombosis, scar tissue and increased tone in the nervous system.

TWO TO BE GIVEN AWAY!

www.rstor.co.uk

Maddi Burchell is offering the winner a full body scan of their horse, second prize is a leg scan and third prize a back & saddle scan. * Prize restricted to Kent & Sussex only.

To find out more visit www.veterinary-thermal-imaging.com m or call Maddi on 07403 415680 or email maddi.burchell@vtiuk.com

Parelli HorseManShip Book Want to learn more about natural horsemanship and how it can help improve your skills and knowledge while increasing your fun, safety and results when around horses and ponies?

The New Parelli HorseManShip book has over 90 pages giving in-depth explanations of horse behaviour and psychology, the habits of a horseman, and what it takes for a horse and human to truly become partners.

Capped off with a handsome hard cover, spectacular photography, an accompanying DVD, enlightening anecdotes from Pat and Linda Parelli and much more, HorseManShip is the ultimate resource for a horseman obsessed with learning.

HorseManShip is the expansive book that you can buy separately from the Parelli education packs, but explains the philosophy behind them. It is like a window into the minds of Pat and Linda Parelli – their philosophy, their vision of the program, and their dedication to putting the relationship first. www.parelli.com

THREE TO BE GIVEN AWAY! ONE TO BE GIVEN AWAY!

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FOUR TO BE GIVEN AWAY! BUFF® Prizes

GIVEAWAYS June 2014 entry form

We have one of the following to give away to four different readers: Insect Shield BUFF®, a Helmet Liner BUFF®, a Headband BUFF® and a Visor BUFF®.

Headband BUFF® is ideal for active outdoor sports, it will mop your brow, keep the sweat out of your eyes and help you stay cool. Great for around the yard.

Thanks to its Coolmax® Extreme fabric, Headband BUFF® is designed to effectively wick moisture away from your skin as you sweat.

Headband BUFF® can be worn as a headband, hairband, scrunchie or wrist band.

High UV Protection with Insect Shield BUFF®. Nobody likes being pestered, or worse still, stung or bitten by insects which is why the boffins at Original BUFF SA have invented High UV Protection with Insect Shield® BUFF® Helmet Liner Pro BUFF® is designed with anyone who wears safety or protective headwear in mind, the special Fastwick Extra Plus fabric is designed to be highly breathable, absorb sweat and be highly breathable to keep you cool and comfortable.

Visor BUFF®has all the UV protection and wicking performance of High UV Protection BUFF® but with the added benefit of a flexible neoprene peak.

Please indicate your preferred BUFF® Headwear.

www.buffwear.co.uk

Frostline Boots from Grub’s The Frostline boots from Grub’s are ideal for keeping your feet warm and dry on cold and frosty days, whether out in the countryside, down at the stables or walking the dog.

Ideal for most working conditions or leisure activities, the Frostline™ boots features excellent grip with a Trax sole and Hexzorb Duraprene technology for comfort.

Combining the unique Insu-Foam Ultra technology with the advanced 5.0 thermal engineering, these boots are extremely practical with their insulating and waterproof properties.

TWO TO BE GIVEN AWAY!

Alternatively, email your entry to competitions@localrider.co.uk with details of the Giveaway you would like to win, plus your name, address and contact telephone number.

 Rambo Sweetitch Hoody with Vamoose

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 Speedi-Beet Quick Soaking Beet Pulp Flakes

 Verm-X Pellets for Horses and Ponies  Scientific Nutritional Products Supplement

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Equine Speedskip

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SSG Digital Gloves

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Soxtrot Socks Absorbine bundle

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 KM Elite Champion Showing Range worth £50.00!

 RS-tor Rider Safety Aid Size......................................  Veterinary Thermal Imaging Scans

The Frostline boots also boast the latest high specification including a SuperDri lining for added warmth, Under Foot Chassis technology and Nitrocell insulating and cushioning foot-bed for comfort.

(Kent & Sussex only)

Available in a range of colours, Mossy Green, Black, Fuchsia, Violet and Camouflage, the Frostline boots are available in UK sizes 4-13.

Please indicate your preferred Size and Colour on the entry form.

 Parelli HorseManShip Book  BUFF® Prizes Preferred BUFF® Headwear .........................  Frostline Boots from Grub’s Size....................... Colour......................................................................

 uvex Sunglasses Colour .....................................................  Equine America Uls-Gard Regular

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uvex sgl 202 frameless equestrian glasses provide feather-light high-tech eye protection, incorporating the latest visual technology, glare protection and prevention with comfort features. The unbreakable polarising decentred lenses reduce visual strain and fatigue, and provide 100% UVA, UVB and UVC protection with perfect distortion free vision.

The Anti-fog coating and easy clean finish ensures that the lenses remain clear during testing weather conditions and sweat build up.

The design of the frames allows for a full and unrestricted field of vision.

To enter for any of the Giveaways in this month’s issue of Localrider, simply tick the relevant boxes below, complete the form, and send it to us at: Localrider Giveaways, Roundbale Ltd, 2 Littleworth Cottages, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 0TP

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The sweat absorbent soft, pliable nose pads prevent slippage, whilst the flexible, adjustable arms have rubberised non-slip ends providing stability and security, perfect for wearing under a helmet.

Available in black/white, red/white, and white/brown.

Please confirm your preferred colour on the entry form.

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Photocopies of this coupon are acceptable, but only one entry per household. Closing date 30th June 2014.

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Equine America Uls-Gard Regular Solution Equine America Uls-Gard Regular Solution helps to support gastric health and is an aid for scouring foals.

The lifestyle of a domestic horse, whether used for leisure or competition, creates the conditions which very frequently lead to poor gastric health, including damage to the stomach lining.

To support the gastric health of all types of horses and ponies, Uls-Gard has been developed as an inexpensive supplement which can be fed continually to achieve healthy performance in the stomach by coating & soothing the stomach lining.

10 TO BE GIVEN AWAY!

10 winners will each receive a bottle of Equine America Uls-Gard Regular Solution.

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TRIED&TESTED

Let the battle begin...

There is nothing more troublesome than horrible buzzing and biting flying insects. They bother the rider and more importantly irritate the horse. We take a look at some of the products available to help minimise the frustration caused by flies during the summer months.

KM Elite Space Fly Mask This ingenious fly mask features a unique reinforced band to keep the material away from the horse’s eye area, it is made with extremely durable material and will protect against flies, mosquitoes and ticks, as well as offering full UV protection for your horse.

Sizes S, M & L RRP £24.99 www.kmeliteproducts.co.uk LR Comment: This is an innovatively designed mask, which keeps the mask away from the horse’s eyes. They still have good clear vision (apparently) and it has UV protection too. I like the detachable nose flap and the padding to the edges to prevent it from rubbing. Good price too.

KM Elite Fly Mask Long with Ears Designed for protection, comfort and durability. Also provides shade with UV protective mesh for light-coloured horses that sunburn easily.

Available in long nose with ears and standard nose with ears.

Sizes: XS, S, M, L & XL RRP £14.99 www.kmeliteproducts.co.uk LR Comment: This is a great value fly mask, which does everything you want of it. Tough and durable it doesn’t mind being rubbed on fence posts or buried in mud, it was quick and easy to clean.

Equine America FLY-REPEL Spray Equine America FLY-REPEL Spray, the Natural Solution, is now available in a new formulation, which contains: Citrepel, Tea Tree Oil, Castor Oil, Lavender Oil and Cedar Wood Oil. This natural equine spray is perfect for the horses that you care about. Specially formulated for horses and ponies, it gives superior natural protection from troublesome biting flies. Equine America Fly Repel is an essential horse care product for long lasting fly deterrence. The natural ingredients allow safe use for both horse and rider.

Bucas Buzz-Off Zebra Dress your horse up like a zebra this summer and keep him fly free. Really? Yes it’s true. Following trials in Hungary and Sweden, researchers have discovered that horse flies hate stripes, which is the reason behind Bucas’ latest fly rug design.

Pallets containing vegetable oil were painted different patterns of black and white stripes or all black or all white. These pallets were then placed in a fly-infested field and results showed that there were far more flies in the black painted pallets, fewer in the white but the fewest flies of all were found in the pallets painted with very thin black and white stripes.

Afterwards, researchers carried out a similar trial on model horses covered in glue.

At the end of 59 days, the black horse had caught 562 flies, the brown one 334, the white one 22 and the zebra patterned horse had just 8. It is thought that the flies find the stripes confusing and as a result they tend to steer clear.

Based on this research, Bucas has developed a first of its kind fly rug with thin zebra-like stripes, to keep horses free from the stresses of summer flies for good. This unique zebra fly rug, which is the same design as the Bucas standard Buzz Off fly rug, has shoulder darts for extra room and movement, a stitched on neck, which overlaps in front to ensure no flies can get in, a belly flap for further protection and it’s made from a fine mesh fabric ensuring that even the smallest of flies won’t have access to your horse. What’s more, there’s the option of a matching face mask, too.

Without doubt, this clever Bucas zebra patterned fly rug, which offers added UV protection, is definitely a product your horse would want you to buy.

Tel: 01403 255809 or visit www.equine-america.co.uk

Full Neck 5’6” - 7’2” RRP: £108.00 www.bucas.com

LR Comment:

LR Comment:

I like the fact that this is a natural product. It offers eight hours of protection against mosquitoes, midges and other biting insects too. The bottle is easy to hold and use.

This is a great rug, which is made to the normal high Bucas standard. It has a padded front and Velcro straps over the fastenings. It fits well and there is a detachable belly pad. I was sold when I read the research, it is such a clever idea.

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Absorbine UltraShield® UltraShield®is the ultimate insecticide for use around horses to protect against irritating and biting insects. It contains active ingredients Permethrin and Pyrethrin, providing instant “knock-down” when insects come into contact with it, as well as a long lasting protective “shield”.

The product offers all-round protection in equestrian premises, stables and barns, and also in dog sleeping quarters. www.absorbine.co.uk LR Comment: This is a great product to have around the yard and home to keep all those irritating summer insects and bugs away. It is definitely worth having a bottle to hand.

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LeMieux Comfort Shield Featuring soft merino lambswool on the lining across the brow and nose, the LeMieux mask has comfort as it’s the top priority. Available without nose and ears, or as a full riding mask.

Sizes: Small, Med, Large and X Large.

RRP: £14.95 - £19.95 Telephone: 02380814360 or visit www.horsehealth.co.uk

Garlic Horslyx backed up by research R

esults from two separate studies at Aberystwyth University have shown that when fed continuously, Garlic Horslyx can reduce the number of flies landing on horses (when fed for a minimum period of two weeks).

The first research study shows that feeding Garlic Horslyx would be expected to reduce the irritation from flies and other airborne flying insects making your horse more settled whilst out at grass or in the stable.

This was confirmed in the second study at Aberystwyth investigating the ability of Garlic Horslyx to reduce the amount of time that horses with existing sweet itch, an allergic reaction to the Culicoides midge bite, spend performing behaviours associated with alleviating the irritation caused by this condition.

The second study demonstrated that Garlic Horslyx had beneficial effects in decreasing the number of times each affected horse tried to alleviate the irritation of sweet itch.

The research concluded: “Feeding Garlic Horslyx helped to alleviate irritation caused by sweet itch, which in turn may reduce stress, making for a happier, more responsive and co-operative horse.”

For especially sensitive horses, combining Garlic Horslyx with other products such as fly sprays and rugs could give optimum protection from flies and other flying insects.

Garlic Horslyx is a palatable, nutrient rich lick containing optimum amounts of pure garlic oil, together with the Horslyx high specification vitamin, mineral and trace element package, which incorporates the powerful antioxidants Vitamin E and selenium to support a strong immune system.

When fed alongside the correct amounts of good quality forage, Garlic Horslyx removes the need for buckets of hard feed and offers a palatable, easy to use and cost effective method of feeding your horse garlic, while balancing the deficiencies in forage and grazing.

For more information about Horslyx visit www.horslyx.com or call 01697 332 592

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SHOW REPORT Dorothy Greentree at the log jump riding Eastlands Molly, co winner of the Novice Pairs class

Chloe Hammond on Zola trotting up the hill to the Ridden Incline obstacle to win the Beginners Pairs Angela Rundle jumping the log jump to come fifth in the Novice Pairs

Kilnhanger Mini-Trec

Chrissie Nichols on Marty at the Ridden Incline, winner of the Novice Pairs

Kilnhanger Stables, Fraley Green, Guildford Sunday 20th April 2014 Words by Ali large and pictures by professional event photographer, Chris Sterling www.chrissterlingphotography.com

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Sally Jones at the log jump with Jasper, winning the Individual Novice section

n Easter Sunday, 20th April, 65 competitors headed for the Surrey Hills. Well, Kilnhanger Stables to be precise, where Lynn Roberts, Manager of the livery stables, welcomed riders of all abilities to the Min-Trec competition. These equestrian competitors tackled a one day Mini-Trec competition midst the mass of bluebells that tumbled down the wooded hillsides.

The event was intended for Beginners and Novices to try Trec and as a ‘warm-up’ for the major BHS Trec to be held at the same venue at the end of May. There were classes for Beginners, Novices and an Open section, so there was something for everyone.

Competitors initially tackled a Control of Paces section and then went onto ride a varied cross country style course with many different natural obstacles to test the concentration and obedience of horse and rider. This course weaved its way around the beautiful Kilnhanger woodland and out into the open near the Stables themselves, thereafter riders followed a marked Orienteering route which went from Farley Heath towards Shamley Green, along Green Lane and then around Blackheath and back via Farley Green to the Kilnhanger venue. It was lovely riding all on sandy tracks.

The day started pretty well with warmish weather, albeit cloudy at times and for a while organisers Joy Taylor and Ali Large hoped the weather forecasters might be wrong!

Sadly however, they were not and at lunchtime the rain began to pour down. Despite the soggy conditions, competitors had dressed for the part in waterproof Hi-Viz clothing, so most managed to stay dry and finish the competition with smiles on their faces. Money was also successfully raised for the Gambia Horse and Donkey Trust and the Kilnhanger local church fund.

Congratulations go to all the very worthy winners and those placed second and third. It was a big field so no easy task to come top of such a big competitive field.

Results Beginners Classes Individual: 1st place: Liz Turner, 2nd Place: Laura Christie, 3rd place: Alisa Wood Pairs: 1st place: Claire Bettershell and Chloe Hammond, 2nd place: Helen Kendall and Liane Jarman, 3rd Place: Caroline Sherwood and Chris Baverstock Novice Classes Individual: 1st place: Sally Jones Pairs: 1st place: Chrisse Nichols and Dorothy Greentree, 2nd place: Dinah Bosley and Sally Tolson, 3rd place: Jeanette Wellard and Carol Adams Open Classes Individuals: 1st place: Graham Clack, 2nd place: Diana Stewart, 3rd place: Natalie Douglas Paris: 1st place: Kate McMorris and Karen Morton, 2nd place: Helena Levett and Maike Ahlgrimm, 3rd place: Clare Foy and Jo Boraston

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Happy judges despite the rain, in the midst of bluebells

Helen Kendall on Tom, second in Novice Pairs at the log Liz Turner on Poker face, winner of the Individual Beginners Class, expertly executing the ridden S-Bend

Graham Clack on Dear Finnegan, winner of the Open Individual class at the log

Karen Moreton on Lloyd jumping the log to win the Open Pairs with Kate McMorris Claire Bettershell on her grey Mystico being given some assistance at the S-Bend but going on to win Beginners Pairs

Kate McMorris on her lovely Teddy, concentrating at the Ridden Incline obstacle to win the Open Pairs

Diana Stewart second in the Open Individual, galloping away up the wooded bluebell hill

Laura Christie, riding Miss Molly giving the log jump a lot of height to come second in the Individual Beginners JUNE 2014 Localrider 73

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show report

Khairas Royal Salute, first In Hand Youngstock, shown by Malcolm Fry

Isabel Paget and Butterfly Gemstone, first Ridden Hunter over 15hh. They also came second in the In Hand Best Condition at Grass, Part Stabled, Stabled

Finlay Rodgers, dressed as a burglar, and her pony, Uni, dressed as a police horse, came fourth in the Fancy Dress class

First Ridden Cob/ Cob Type, Hazel, ridden by Gemma Grove for owner Trish Wilding

Lead Rein winners, Daisy Grimes and Custard, led by Ellie Jenkins

First In Hand Veteran, Charlie Brown shown by Paula Richards

First Fancy Dress, Molly Grimes and Custard

First In Hand Mountain and Moorland Breeds, Emsdale Edgar, shown by owner Jo Dockeray

A young competitor puts his pony through its paces in the In Hand Mountain and Moorland Breeds class

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here was something for everyone at Winchester Riding Club’s Spring Show on Sunday, 11th May, with classes ranging from Working Hunter to Fancy Dress, Dressage and In Hand and Ridden Classes and - to round off the day - gymkhana games for the children.

The show was held at Sparsholt Agricultural and Equestrian Centre near Winchester, a new venue for the club, and chosen so that the organisers could be sure of the going after the very wet winter and early spring. With its four all-weather surface arenas the day was a bit hit with the competitors with a lot of positive feedback on Facebook. They may not have known it but one of the surfaces they were riding on came from the equestrian arena of the London 2012 Olympic Games after Sparsholt purchased it, so they were following in the hoofprints of Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro as well as Peter Charles and Murka’s Vindicat W. The weather stayed fine but horses and riders had to cope with blustery conditions, quite challenging for those new to a show environment.

Young combination There were no such problems for Holly Aufiero on Jungle Jack, however, who took the Working Hunter Pony 15 hh and under class and the Ridden Hunter Pony 15 hh and under. “I was actually quite surprised,” said Holly, 11, “because he is quite young.”

She plans to do more with Irish pony Jack, seven, who she has had for just six months, this season.

It was a good day for the partnership of Isabel Paget and Butterfly Gemstone, who came first in the Ridden Hunter over 15hh class and second in the In Hand Best Condition, at Grass, Part Stabled or Stabled.

Dressage proved popular

The two dressage classes were very well supported, with 12 competitors in the Intro A, which was taken by Gemma Merritt on Stolen Thunder with a score of 67.82%. The highest placed riding club member was Barbara Tollett on Berry, with 65.21%, who was placed third. There were 18 in the Prelim 7 class, where Katie Gould on Little Miss Sunshine triumphed with an impressive score of 77.25%. The highest placed riding club member was Sally Bugler on Holly’s Boy, who with 68.75% came fourth.

Some of the competitors were looking forward to some big occasions - Malcolm Fry and Khairas Royal Salute, who took the In Hand Youngstock class was heading to the Royal Windsor Horse Show.

Owned and bred by Fiona Kinsman, he is out of Peveril Peterborough and the New Forest pony was using Sparsholt as a practice event.

Hoorah for Hairy Henry

Mackenzie Preston on five-year-old piebald Mister Hairy Henry won the Ridden Coloured class and may now head for Equifest in Peterborough later in the year. “It is only our third show. We just brought him out to gain a bit of experience,” said Mackenzie. “We are thrilled. He was bought in October and has not been broken long.”

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At their first show of the year were Jo Dockeray and Emsdale Edgar, who took the red rosette in the In Hand Mountain and Moorland Breeds. “Now that he has won it might not be our last,” said Jo, who bred the Dales pony, who is 10 this year. The judge said he was a very good example of what a Mountain and Moorland should be.

Young competitors who had a good day were Molly and Daisy Grimes, aged 10 and eight, who, at their first ever show, took the Fancy Dress class as Burglars 1, 2 and 3 with their grey Connemara/ Welsh pony Blue Mist, aka Custard. Daisy and Ellie Jenkins went on to take the Lead Rein class.

The Judge’s favourite

Grace Russell on Popstar took the First Ridden (off the lead rein) class and Darcy Randle, seven, on Connemara pony Storm won the Pony the Judge Would Most Like To Take Home class. Darcy’s Mum Jacky confirmed the judge had picked the right pairing, saying of Storm: “He is the best horse I have ever had. He has been brilliant since the day I owned him. He hunts, jumps, is doing the gymkhana today. He goes anywhere, does anything, without fuss.”

Another youngster, Amy Aufiero, and her New Forest Pony Louis won Child Handler, came second in the high-scoring, hotly contested Prelim 7 dressage, third in ridden pony and fourth in Pony the Judge Would Most Like to Take Home.

This Spring Show was in place of the club’s Summer Show and the club will be holding lots of other events at Sparsholt this year, including an Open Eventers Challenge and a members only Dressage Evening.

Results Working Hunter Pony 15hh & Under 1st Holly Aufiero – Jungle Jack 2nd Tayler-Jayne Slark – Hurrican Gold 3rd Lucy Talbot – Cruz 4th Leonie Sumner – George 5th Margaret Hird – Iona’s Polly’s Lady Working Hunter Horse over 15hh 1st Gemma Merritt – Stolen Thunder 2nd Emma McDonald – Tsunami 3rd Jane Carter – Willy John Magee 4th Karin Themsen – Zesarino 5th Isabel Paget – Butterfly Gemstone Ridden Hunter Pony 15hh & Under 1st Holly Aufiero – Jungle Jack 2nd Tayler-Jayne Slark – Hurrican Gold 3rd Margaret Hird – Iona’s Polly’s Lad 4th Amy Lawrence 5th Sandy Gregory – Spud 6th Eleanor Jenkins – Blue Mist Ridden Hunter over 15hh 1st Isabel Paget – Butterfly Gemstone 2nd Jane Carter – Willy John Magee 3rd Gemma Merritt – Stolen Thunder 4th Suzie Metcalf – Liddlington 5th Paula Richards – Charlie Brown 6th Clare Cornett – Huck Finn Riding Horse/Pony 1st Jenny Cox – Biscuit Man 2nd Isabel Paget – Butterfly Gemstone 3rd Amy Aufiero – Louis 4th Emma Kirby – Fred 5th Katie Gould – Little Miss Sunshine 6th Sarah Sole – Ben Ridden Veteran 1st Andrea Kirby – Ballybane King 2nd Paula Richards – Charlie Brown 3rd Emma McDonald – Tsunami 4th Amelia Burgess – Furzley Hill Cascade 5th Zoe Wyatt – Linford Louise 6th Jane Ellis – Silk on Blue Ridden Part Bred Arab 1st Sarah Bray – Violetta 2nd Chantal Rowlands – Klassic Duet

Amy Aufiero and Louis, first Child Handler

Holly Aufiero and Jungle Jack, first Working Hunter Pony 15 hh and under and first Ridden Hunter Pony 15 hh and under.

The Pony the Judge Would Most Like To Take Home, Storm, ridden by Darcy Randle and led by her mother, Jacky Randle.

Grace Russell and Popstar, first First Ridden

3rd Danielle Lethbridge – Play that Jazz 4th Ella Beswick – Wooldgate Blue Moon Ridden Coloured 1st Mackenzie Preston – Mister Hairy Henry 2nd G Grove – Hazel 3rd Marion Attree – Indian Legend 4th Amelia Burgess – Furzley Hill Cascade 5th Claudia Herbert – Apache’s Choice 6th Sarah Attfield-Cutmore – New York Colours

Sarah Attfield-Cutmore and New York Colours, first In Hand Coloured

Ridden Cob 1st G Grover – Hazel 2nd Marion Attree – Indian Legend 3rd Karen Wass – Bertie 4th Sam Bailey – Dolly 5th Jane Ellis – Silk on Blue Fancy Dress 1st Daisy Grimes – Blue Mist 2nd Tessa Baker – Wizz 3rd Georgina Dobby – Double Dex 4th Finlay Rogers – Grindles Unique

The Ridden Coloured class being presented with their rosettes

Hilary Mullins and Marielee Sonador, first In Hand Best Condition at Grass, Part Stabled, Stabled.

They also came fourth in the Mountain and Moorland Breeds.

Judging the In Hand Mountain and Moorland Breeds class

Lead Rein 1st Daisy Grimes – Blue Mist 2nd Katie Emery – Briar Paladin 3rd Sophie Wigmore – Worthing Wood Wayfair 4th Darcy Randle – Storm 5th Ruby Giles – Templedruid Sukkoth First Ridden 1st Grace Russell – Popstar 2nd Finlay Rogers – Briar Paladin

Competitors in the In Hand Best Condition, at Grass class

Pony the Judge would like to take home 1st Darcy Randle – Storm 2nd Grace Russell – Popstar 3rd Georgina Dobby – Double Dex 4th Amy Aufiero – Louis 5th Phoebe Greatrix – William 6th Teagan Campbell – Muppet Child Handler 1st Amy Aufiero – Louis 2nd Cameron Wigmore – Worting Wood Wayfairer 3rd Lauren Noakes – Dream 4th Ella Beswick – Wooldgate Blue Moon 5th Phoebe Greatrix – William 6th Harriet Greatric – Pebbles

Competitors line up in the Ridden Hunter over 15 hh

A competitor in the Ridden Hunter over 15 hh

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SHOW REPORT Emily Legg and Lennie Little Legs, first Mini Mini

First Mini Pairs: Helen Rockall and Bonnie with Faye Mitchell and JJ

Crawley & Horsham Hunt South Pony Club Hunter Trial Arundel Park, West Sussex 26th April 2014

Words and photos by LRG Photography

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Megan Fletcher and Elliot, first Mini

Leanne Lampard and Summer, third Mini

he Crawley and Horsham Hunt South Pony Club’s Hunter Trial was held on Sunday 26th April in the grounds of Arundel Park West Sussex. With the superb views and a range of challenging obstacles across an undulating and changing terrain, the well-tended park makes a great venue for this annual event. The weather in the lead up to the event had us all holding our breath, but the day dawned fine and with a great deal of relief it went ahead.

This was an open event aimed at all ages with classes to suit from lead rein to intermediate, with two classes for pairs with the addition of a dressing fence. As usual at such an event, there were disappointments for some and triumph for others. Overall the day was a great success with some Verity Leggett and Tatty, outstanding performances form second Mini Mini riders and horses young and old.

Leni Dowling and Highland Harvet, fifth Mini

Second Mini Pairs: Naomi Khan and Fernella Bella with Terri Germaine and Aziza

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Results Mini-Mini 1st. Emily Legg - Lennie Little Legs 2nd. Verity Leggett - Tatty 3rd. Eden Davey - Myrtle 4th. Sophie Zahra - Prince 5th. Emilie Williams - Alfie 6th. Annabelle Williams - Sunny 7th. Edward Zalman - Moortown Sweet Pea 8th. Alice Carmody - Charlie Mini 1st. Megan Fletcher - Elliot 2nd. Jodie Moore - Wolverton Winnie the Pooh 3rd. Leanne Lampard - Summer 4th. Abbie Smith - Romeo 5th. Leni Dowling - Highland Harvest 6th. Gemma Warr – Buddy 7th. Emmy Louise Roberts - Jonty 8th. Phoebe Chapman - Rosie

Third Novice Pairs: Rebecca Kennett and Burberry (left) and Jenna Bennett and Saffie (right)

Third Mini Pairs: Fran Armitage and Clyde with Becky Paye and Guinness

Hannah Cargill and Purple Iris, sixth Novice Section A

Clare Brotherhood and Fleur De League, second Intermediate

Jennifer Cranford and Penlanganol Bandit

Amy Little and Thistle Forest Lady, first Novice Section A

Chloe Jayne and Aziza, eighth Novice Section A

David Cox and Maisie, third Intermediate

Koren Marner and Smokey

Hannah Mudd and Rohans Wolf, third Novice Section A

Eleanor De La Fuente and Lakeside Black Panther, first Intermediate

Alex Peters and Carnveiw Momentum

Terri Yates and Rocky

Mini Pairs 1st. Helen Rockall - Bonnie & Faye Mitchell - JJ 2nd. Terri Germaine - Aziza & Naomi Khan - Fernella Bella 3rd. Fran Armitage - Clyde & Becky Paye Guinness 4th. Ann Black - Billy & Sam Hinks - Jeffrey 5th. Lucy Quaile - Conner & Zoe Vallance Brandy 6th. Leni Dowling - Highland Harvest & Leanne Lampard - Summer 7th. Faye Byrne - Soviet Purple & Liberty Gage - Second Chance 8th. Evie Denton - Ruby & Georgia Denton - Fudge Novice Section A 1st. Amy Little - Thistle Forest Lady 2nd. Matthew Perry - Cisco 3rd. Hannah Mudd - Rohans Wolf 4th. Abby Lebus - Billy 5th. Rory Leggett - Flyer 6th. Hannah Cargill - Purple Iris 7th. Leah Bentley - Midnight Spirit.

8th. Chloe Jayne - Aziza Novice Section B 1st. Lucinda Langhorne - Howard 2nd. Amelia Brown - Thistleberry 3rd. Letty Hill - Beantrice 4th. Rebecca Kennett - Burberry 5th. Karen Ibberson - Valentino Rossi 6th. Georgia Limpus - Jack 7th. Barbara Haynes - Hector the Protector 8th. Jodie Hearth - Butler Novice Pairs 1st. Audrey Watson - Jack & Les Watson Archie 2nd. Charlotte Baxter - Gilltowns Princess & Ellie Bielski - Corky 3rd. Rebecca Kennett - Burberry & Jenna Bennett - Saffie 4th. Oona Hickson – Aggie & Nina Murphy - Bud 5th. Emily Legg- Smith - Its Me & Joanna Inglis - Timmy 6th. Jennifer Cranford - Penlanganol Bandit & Alex Peters - Carnveiw Momentum 7th. Jessica Tegham - Red Sullivan & Georgia Barrett - Charlie Red 8th. Ella Head - Rockland Abbey Prince & Clare Winder - Elijah Intermediate 1st. Eleanor De La Fuente - Lakeside Black Panther 2nd. Clare Brotherhood - Fleur De League 3rd. David Cox - Maisie 4th. Fiona Charman - Uvin 5th. Michael Emeny - Fairyhill Convict 6th. Indie Limpus - Stuart 7th. Olivia Michel - Fonzarelli 8th. Danielle Bye - Saffie

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SHOW REPORT

I Jewels Stables Fun Show

t was a successful well attended first show of the year for Jewels Stables at Crossbush, near Arundel, with a buzzing and supportive atmosphere, which provided the children with a fun and fulfilled day. The schedule was well organised with classes including dressage, jumping, showing and gymkhana games, with set times so no one missed a class.

The weather was in the show’s favour, being pleasantly warm and bright all day.

The ponies kept and owned by Jewels joined in the fun, allowing the children and adults who attend other Jewels stables events to have an opportunity to participate in this fun show.

The charity horse shows at Jewels Stables are fundraisers for very important local children’s charities, including Chestnut Tree House and The Sussex Snowdrop Trust and therefore most of the people that are a part of the organising and running of the day are doing it voluntarily.

Saturday 19th April 2014 Words and Photography by LRG Photography

Layla Smith and Marley, first Walk & Trot Test B

Amanda Batchelor and Miss Mouse, with Sophie and Kenny, first Advanced Novice Pairs

Tanya Caton and Ebony, first Novice Jumping and first Intermediate

Bailey Gould and Magpie, fourth Walk & Trot Test B

Leni Dowling and Pops, second Minimus Jumping

Fleur Macmillan and Jigsaw, second Mini Novice Jumping

Dulcie and Jim, second Best Mane & Tail

Amber Bolesworth and Dino

Faychesca Graham and Piccolo, enjoying the Gymkhana Games

Tanya and Sandstorm, second Bucket Elimination

Holly and Lola, third Prettiest Mare

Daisy Ludd and Storm, second Most Handsome Gelding

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Laura Kelly and Lily May, first Best Mane & Tail

Faychesca Graham and Piccolo, first Best Child Handler under 16 and first Most Handsome Gelding

Fleur Macmillan and Jigsaw, first Bucket Elimination

Josh Hobbs and Queenie, first Prettiest Mare

Ellie Pett and Dixie, third Best Mane & Tail

Carys and Tipi, second Best Child Handler under 16

William Dales and Heidi, second Prettiest Mare

Caroline Almond and Masiey

Jade Leigh Oram and Masiey, completing the clear round cross country

Polly Dales and Ted, third Most Handsome Gelding

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SHOW REPORT

Emma Farnes and Roxy, first 70cm Jumping

Katie Palmer and Max, first 80cm Jumping

Caroline Hannam and Max, second 70cm Jumping

Jackie Tomlin and Mister Magee, third 70cm Jumping

Terri Yates and Rocky, second 80cm Jumping

Grace Ridge-Edwards and Major, third 80cm & 90cm Jumping

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21st April 2014 Words and photos by LRG Photography he Easter Show run by Aileen Tizzard at Hangleton Farm Equestrian Centre, by kind permission of Mr and Mrs C Ellis, was well attended with a cheerful and supporting atmosphere. The day was blessed with warm weather and the day gave many combinations their first experiences of competitive jumping.

Two first timers had a great show, Lilly Shears with her new pony Leafycroft Rolo, and Fletcher Collier riding Sophie.

Olivia Hirst and Stanley, first 90cm Jumping

Parissa Henney and Budd, second 90cm Jumping

Flynn Ellis and Pudding

Jan Wood and Humbug

Ashleigh Burford and Maddie

Claudia Elton and Poppet

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Lilly Shears and Leafycroft Rolo

Jackie Reeves and Humbug

Fletcher Collier and Sophie

Saskia Arden and Smurf

Graham Burton and Lily The Pink

Riding For The Disabled Regional Challenge Day Success At Felbridge Show Ground Thursday 8th May 2014

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iders representing 10 RDA groups from across the South East converged on East Grinstead’s Felbridge Show Ground to participate in their annual Challenge Day. Nearly 60 young riders braved the torrential rain to display their riding skills in a range of activities including the Countryside Challenge which was a qualifying event for the RDA National Championships in Hartpury, Gloucestershire in July.

Enduring torrential rain, riders from East and West Sussex, Kent and Surrey went head-to-head in dressage, tack and turnout, handy pony and a number of gymkhana games. The event ended with a fancy dress competition featuring an ‘Animal’ theme.

The Countryside Challenge follows a simulated course where the riders put their skills to the test by tackling obstacles and tasks they might find in the country. These include going through a gate, crossing a ‘road’, entering a farmyard, picking an apple from a tree and collecting eggs from a chicken! Although great fun, this also tests their steering, balance and confidence.

Qualifying this year in the Juniors were Nancy Davies of Hope in the Valley RDA (Plumpton, East Sussex), as well as Adam Lester and Emily Wetergaard-Belcher both from East Park RDA (Newchapel, Surrey). Ellen Chapman and Barbara Westbury, both from Chichester RDA (West Sussex), qualified in the Senior class.

Tom Longley, Director of Architecture of sponsors, Cowan Architects, awarded the prizes. “It’s always such a treat and an honour to participate in these inspiring events,” he commented.

“The weather was atrocious but there were still smiles all round.”

Brandan Witham receives his first place Dressage award from Tom Longley (Director of Architecture) of RDA regional sponsors, Cowan Architects

Charlie Wicks, aged 8, riding Comet, receives a rosette from Tom Longley of RDA Regional Sponsors, Cowan Architects for his fancy dress entry as George and the Dragon

Five-year-old, Deian Prescott, a young RDA rider, negotiates an obstacle in the Handy Pony competition Below: Daniel Middleton, aged 9 from Eastbourne RDA on Snowy with Helen Waters in Tack and Turnout.

Above: Henry Streatfield on Toby tackles the postbox obstacle in the Handy Pony

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SUNSHINE REPORT

Here comes the summer…

Fudge qualifies at Hall Place

Rebecca is thrilled to have qualified

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ebecca Brewer qualified for the Sunshine Tour Championships in Intro and Junior Dressage at Willow Farm. After the recent loss of Rebecca’s beloved 13.2hh pony, Revel, due to laminitis, Rebecca found it hard to consider looking for a new ride. Although with support and encouragement from her mother, a new bond was formed with Alfie aka Baronsdown Shinluti.

Both Alfie and Rebecca spent time getting to know each other before entering the Sunshine Tour Qualifier at Willow Farm and after just four weeks Rebecca had built such a relationship with Alfie that she was confident enough to enter the show.

After a very busy day of preparation Rebecca rode a fantastic test on Alfie, which resulted in them finishing second and qualifying for the Sunshine Tour Championships.

At just 14-years-old Rebecca is one of the youngest qualifiers this year for the Dressage Championships.

Rebecca Brewer and Baronsdown Shinluti have qualified for the Dressage Championships

High Society Veteran Anna Verrall qualified her veteran mare, High Society in the Prelim class at Red Horse Dressage at Willow Farm.

Around the yard High Society’s stable name is Fern and at the age of 24 she and Anna continues to qualify for a range classes throughout the South East.

Having had Fern since she was just four-years-old, Anna has spent many years competing locally in dressage competitions and currently trains with Alex Hudson.

10-year-old Lottie Backhouse qualified for the 60cm Show Jumping Championship at Hall Place in April.

Lottie’s pony, Fudge is a fantastic 13.2hh, 12-year-old New Forest Pony who she has had on loan since June 2013. Fudge had only ever been ridden by his owner, Sally, who backed him as a three-year-old.

Luckily for Lottie all of the time Sally spent training and schooling Fudge means he Lottie Backhouse and is a super well-mannered pony who loves Fudge have qualified for nothing more than competing and being the 60cm Show Jumping spoilt with a treat or two.

Championships As a keen member of South Berks Pony Club Lottie loves all things horsey and is preparing for her first One Day Event later in the year and is looking forward to her first Camp on Fudge.

Pic by Fred the Cat Equestrian Photography

Sunshine Tour competitors have obviously been enjoying taking their equine friends to all sorts of shows and events in the past month; Sunshine Tour HQ is now being inundated with qualification registrations every weekend! Riders and handlers from all walks of life and representing every discipline are keen to come to the championship on 27th & 28th September and are registering their interest and telling us about their achievements.

Danny Long from Pure Technology, one of the Sunshine Tour’s major sponsors has been out and about finding out a bit more about some of your experiences and chosen a few of the stories to share.

Qualification for Tango and Steph

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teph Crawford and Tango qualified for Championships at Great Bookham Equestrian Centre’s evening show jumping series.

Both horse and rider are 13-years-old. Tango is a bold 14.1hh New Forest pony who according to Delphine Crawford, Steph’s mother, doesn’t perform so well at the end of the day as all he can think of is his tea!

This is the second year the combination has qualified. In 2013 Steph and Tango came eighth overall in the 70cm Show Jumping.

This year Steph is hoping to move up to the Grand Tour and qualify in the 75cm, so we wish them lots of luck over the coming season in qualifying and competing in the 75cm classes.

Steph Crawford and Tango have qualified for the Show Jumping Championships

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Helen Klein and Limerick qualified in 1m Show Jumping (Elstead RC)

Out & About at the Sunshine Tour Shows

Right: Sally Klein and Poldark, third Pleasure Horse class

Elstead Riding Club, Surrey

Tish Harwood and Michaelmas Blue won the Odd Coloured Horse class (Elstead RC)

Hall Place, Berkshire

Hall Place had a busy month of qualifiers in April. Monday 7th was the turn of the minis. Chloe Allen rode Lovely Lily to win the Teeny Weeny jumping and Ellie May Page jumping Handsome Henry won the Mini Mouse class. Barney and Bobbi took the top honours in the Weeny and Micky Mouse jumping, resulting in, Madelana Broekhujsen and Charlotte Goforth taking home a red rosette and a qualifier card. More Sunshine Tour hopefuls filled the entries in the Minimus 60cm and Novice 70cm classes, with 1st places being awarded to Caitlin Stewart riding Pippin and Anastasia Bishop riding Barney. Caitlin also won the Intro A combined training class.

On 18th April the classes started at 60cm, with a win for Pebbles Pullen riding Morebridge Trigger in the Bunny Hop Novice. The Chicks Restricted Challenge 70cm was won by Taylor Swift riding Blue Genie, followed by the Easter Bonnet Bounce 75cm, which was won by Annie Bishop and Ellexa. Top class of the day, the Easter Egg Stakes saw Freya Hopkins and Breeze head the line-up. Riders also had fun taking part in the Daffodil Dash Top Score and the Hot Cross Bun Chase Me Charlie, which like Combined Training are not Sunshine Tour qualifiers.

Just So Dressage, Kent The popular winter series ‘Just So Dressage’ organised by Pippa Doran at Arrow Riding Centre in Kent is drawing to a close for this year, so competitors were keen to pick up valuable Just So championship points and qualify for the Sunshine Tour at the same time. Klare Urquart, Danielle Millgate and Morgan Schive did just that with a win apiece and two for Danielle. Intro B was won

by Klare Urquart riding Baron, and Julie Edmed took second place picking up a Sunshine Tour qualifier and valuable points which took her up to the top of the Just So leader board in class 1 of their championship.

Double winner Danielle Millgate riding Kildonan Gold took the top honours in the Prelim 13 and Prelim 14 and brought herself up to second in the leader board of Just So class 2 championship. Current leader, Imogen Bridges was also at the show competing with her mare, Holly Vale Charade and managed to maintain her leadership with valuable points earned by being placed third in the prelim classes. Prolific competitor Imogen, also lies second in class 3 of Just So’s championship and has qualified for both the Prelim and Novice Dressage Championships at the Sunshine Tour.

Morgan Schive also managed to land her own double result, by winning the combined Novice & Elementary class with Night Watchman and also took sixth place with Henry Hoofer, in the Elementary. Michelle Girt joins Morgan with two qualifications, one in the Novice and one in the Elementary, with Perfect Combination.

The Spring Show held on 13th April was jam-packed, not only with competitors but also with chances to qualify. And many riders and handlers did just that, with Elstead’s show recording the highest number of qualifiers received at Sunshine Tour HQ during April. The Condition & Turnout class was divided into in-hand and ridden sections with wins for Nina Crawley with Sharcombes Melody and Claire Goodwin-Hill with Question Master respectively. Claire went on to win the Veteran class, 20 years and over section with Question Master. Elstead Riding Club member, Jenni Winter with Diamond Del won the Pre-Veteran under 20 years section and picked up another qualifier card in the Show Hunter by taking third place.

Jenni Winter and Diamond Del won the Pre-Veteran under 20 years

Every type of show horse was represented in Elstead’s comprehensive schedule. The Show Hunter was won by Georgie Smith riding Crunner, Riding Horse by Caroline Bradshaw riding Womble and Pleasure Horse was won by Abbi Norris riding Castledermots Promise. Third place in the Pleasure Horse class was awarded Elstead Riding Club member, Sally Klein riding another veteran horse, Poldark who was also placed fourth in the Pre-veteran class. Cobs and Coloureds are popular classes and now qualify for the Sunshine Tour, so Tish Harwood was delighted to qualify in both with a win in the Odd Coloured Horse/Pony with Michaelmas Blue and fifth place in Cob & Cob Type.

The show jumping riders also had their chances to qualify at Elstead’s show, with classes from 70cm to 1m. Charlotte Williams with Fleck opened the proceedings by winning the Novice Jumping and then Tracy Curry won both the Intermediate 75cm and Local Jumping 80cm riding her consistent performer, Rex. Both the Open classes, 90cm and 1m were won by Elstead members, Charlotte Robe winning the 90cm riding Clover Robe and Helen Klein riding Limerick winning the 1m.

Red Horse Dressage at Willow Farm, Kent

Newcomers to the Sunshine Tour qualifier shows, Red Horse Dressage, hosted a show at Willow Farm in Kent on 12th April. The Intro B was well filled and tightly contested, with two sets of equal placings being awarded to second and third. The outright winner was Sarah Hewitt with Mister Pleau, while second was shared by Siobhan Berry riding Solomon and Charlotte Bray riding Mickey.

Closely following were Jennifer Neaves with Man of Mystery and Alex Hewitt with Polbourne Moondance, who tied for third place.

The Prelim 7 was also a close fought contest, with three riders sharing fifth place. Red Horse Dressage had plenty of qualifier cards to share out and all seven placed riders were able to take away a coveted yellow card. Kate Chittended riding Goliath was the worthy winner, followed by Maria Dyball riding Buster.

It turned out to be a great day for Sarah Hewitt as she picked up another win with Mr Pleau in the Prelim 12 and came fifth with Retromania. September 27th will be a busy day for Sarah at the Small Tour championships. The Prelim 13 class was won by Sandy O’Connell riding White Ash Nutmeg, Novice 27 was won

by Jason Hart on The Power of Phil and the Elementary 44 was won by Jo Iveson with Balthazar.

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE RIDERS Now that the weather has improved and qualifiers are well underway, we’re keen to hear from you about your experiences qualifying for the Sunshine Tour. Tell us about yourself and your equine friend and you could be featured in next month’s Localrider magazine. Just send a photo of you and your horse, with a bit of background information to office@sunshinetour.co.uk Not yet qualified? If you haven’t yet taken part in a qualifier show, look online at www.sunshinetour.co.uk for a show near you – if you can’t see anything near to you, let us know and we’ll see what we can do about that!

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The behind the scenes hero… Ashley Newton

Any successful equestrian will tell you that the key to success is a great back up team, be it a trainer, sponsor or family member there are just some people we cannot be without. In this continuing series we meet ‘the dads’, so important and so supportive, but very rarely known.

Supporting a horse mad family can be tough if you are not an equestrian yourself, but Ashley Newton has developed an excellent plan, which he can action from his golf club! While he may not always be on the showground it doesn’t make him any less proud of his wife, Susie and daughter, Amy and their achievements.

Susie with Spinway Pearl at Area 20 Summer Show Amy riding Walstead Bob Cat

Name: Ashley Newton Home-town: Scaynes Hill, Haywards Heath, West Sussex Occupation: Sales Director Off-spring: One daughter, Amy Newton How did you become involved with horses?

Apart from the odd trip to Ladbrokes, I first became involved in horses when I met my wife, Susie, in the early 1990’s. After a weekend staying at her parents’ house I used go and assist her at 6am with the horses, I should have learnt then!

Do you ride yourself? I did a trek in the Brecon Beacons when I was about 12 and we did some bareback riding in Mexico (I was great!), apart from that – no thanks!

Favourite horse or pony and why? My daughter’s first pony, Harkaway. I’m afraid he was the first of many, I will have to see the Bank Manager! Although, it has ‘almost’ assisted her in developing a disciplined character!

Amy at home with the fiveyear-old, Underwoods Tom Tom Susi and Spinway Pearl

What area of the sport are you involved with? Partial Funding!

How do you support your family with their sport? Well, I often get up early in the morning to make them their packed lunch and send them on their way, prior to visiting the golf club!

What’s the best thing about competing?

Getting to the 19th hole! Oh, the horse competing, well seeing them when they eventually get home of a late afternoon with the rosettes (the kitchen cupboards are full of them).

What’s the worst thing about competing?

Seeing them when they get home after a not so successful day, it is time for a trip to the pub when that happens!

What was your proudest moment when watching your child compete? To see her smile, no matter what the outcome of the event. Just to see her smile and enjoy it makes all the funding worthwhile.

Favourite show ground snack? Apart from the sandwiches that I get up to make, it has to be the carrot cakes, which always seem to be on sale.

Favourite show ground and why? The South of England Show Ground. We are fortunate to live not far from there and it is always a professionally run and an exciting venue to visit.

What do your friends think about what you and your family do? Well, there’s a story!

Both friends and work colleagues seem to think I won the lottery or robbed a bank, as the wife seems to love collecting horses. In real terms, they like the fact that we have a ten-year-old who is full of beans and energy with a developed and personable character based on her involvement with horses since she was born, rather than TV and Game Machines all weekend!

Amy and Blackthorn Paragon

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FEED NEWS

Weight M Control and Laminitis

any horses and ponies, if they are not working sufficiently hard to burn off the calories they are consuming, are prone to weight gain. With those that carry a lot of weight, laminitis is always a concern.

There are several reasons why too much condition can lead to an increased likelihood of laminitis occurring. These are: (1) Internal fat is hormonally active and can initiate changes in the foot (2) A greater load will be put on the structures of the hoof (3) Obese horses are more prone to Insulin resistance (IR)

By Anna Welch, BVSc, BSc, MRCVS. Veterinary Nutritionist, TopSpec.

The incidence of Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS)/IR is greater in overweight horses/ ponies and this contributes to their higher risk of laminitis. These horses will have an exaggerated insulin response to a meal higher in sugar and starch and this can be a trigger for laminitis. Therefore, diets should not only be calorie controlled (to aid weight loss and improve insulin sensitivity) but also low in sugar and starch and cereal-grain free.

High starch products can cause an overload of starch to reach the hindgut, affecting the microbial balance and making the contents more acidic, which can cause ‘Laminitis Trigger Factors’ to leak into the bloodstream, which can also be a contributing factor to laminitis.

The feeding regime and weight control of horses and ponies is vital in the management and prevention of laminitis, in order to minimise the accumulation of ‘predisposing factors’ such as obesity, high sugar/starch diets and hormonal problems (EMS/IR).

Grazing

It is important to bear in mind the level of sugar and/or fructans in grass. Care should be taken in Spring/Autumn and when grass is frosted. For overweight horses and ponies, grazing will need to be restricted and for those with laminitis, stopped completely (i.e. box rest on a deep shavings bed).

The most ideal way of controlling grass intake (and encouraging weight loss) is to graze poor quality hill land with less-productive grass species and a larger area to graze, burning off calories. However, this is available to very few people!

Other options include; mixed grazing with sheep, restricting the area to be grazed (e.g. with electric fencing), limiting the time spent at grass (e.g. six hours turnout during the day) and using late-cut meadow hay (soaked if necessary) in the stable, the appropriate use of grazing muzzles and the use of a ‘sacrifice’ paddock with a (safely hung) net of soaked hay.

Dried forage (Hay) JJ Punch, ridden by Michaela Steyn-Keating and owned by Sonya Steyn “In the Spring JJ Punch went very footy. He was a top class show hunter pony in Ireland winning regularly including the Dublin horse show. We bred him and he is like a member of the family so we had to save him as it looked like we were going to lose him. We got a wonderful remedial farrier, Andrew Poynton, over from England. We rang the TopSpec helpline where we were given great advice to use TopSpec AntiLam and to soak his hay. He has really never looked back.

He is now back in work and is looking healthy and happy. We honestly think without TopSpec he wouldn’t have made it.” Sonya Steyn

Reducing fibre intake excessively is not an ideal approach. When grazing is restricted and time is spent off the grass, forage should still be provided.

It is important never to starve an overweight horse or a laminitic, as this can have fatal consequences.

For an overweight horse with acute laminitis, low (<10%) NSC (Non Structural Carbohydrate) hay should be fed ad-lib, for no more than a week, to help re-establish the correct hindgut bacterial balance. Hay can then gradually be reduced to 1.5% of ideal bodyweight, to help weight loss.

For an overweight horse without laminitis, hay can be fed in the same way, restricting it to no less than 1.5% of bodyweight (occasionally 1% of bodyweight under veterinary recommendation).

If hay quality is unknown, it can be analysed but in the meantime, can be soaked in ample fresh, cold or lukewarm water for approximately 12 hours to significantly reduce the sugars it contains. At least in the short term, a low sugar/starch chop such as TopChop Lite, can be used as a hay replacer. Trials at the Middle Park Laminitis Research unit have shown it to be very effective in decreasing blood insulin levels.

Hard feed

With an increased requirement for vitamins and minerals with EMS/IR and/or laminitis, supplementation of the diet is very important, especially when grazing is restricted and hay is soaked.

TopSpec AntiLam contains a broad spectrum supplement, therapeutic hoof supplement and pure, protected yeast. The latter creates beneficial conditions for the growth of fibredigesting bacteria in the hindgut. Mannan oligosaccharides (MOS) bind to the undesirable bacteria and removes them from the gut, leaving the fibre-digesting bacteria free to multiply and reduce the acidity of the hindgut. The high levels of anti-oxidants included are also helpful in removing excess free-radicals.

This makes it an ideal product for horses and ponies prone to, being treated for and recovering from laminitis. It can be fed with a molasses free, low calorie chop such as TopChop Lite.

For horses in light to medium work who are not suffering from (or prone to) laminitis, TopSpec Lite Feed Balancer can also be used.

TopSpec can be contacted, free of charge, on their Multiple-Award-Winning-Helpline Tel: 01845-565030

Exercise

As well as a low calorie but nutritious diet, exercise is very important for horses and ponies carrying too much condition. However, this should only be initiated under veterinary advice if following a laminitic episode.

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v It’s affordable - at around £25 for 20kg, it costs just 56p per day to feed* and lasts for ages v It’s low calorie - making it the perfect basis for a calorie-controlled diet which still provides all a horse or pony needs for health and well-being v It’s fully balanced - with a complete spectrum of vitamins, minerals and important antioxidants, plus quality protein for muscle tone, it provides everything that may be lacking in forage or pasture, especially for those on a diet v It’s low starch - so is safe for excitable types and those prone to laminitis or who need to limit starch intake v It’s good for hooves - providing all the essential nutrients for healthy hoof growth means you can ditch those expensive supplements *450g (2 coffee mugs) per day recommended for a 500kg horse

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Feed news

Feeding for Weight Control & Laminitis

An increasing number of horses are clinically overweight, which can lead to several health issues including laminitis. Here we look at some of the feeds & supplements, which can help to manage the condition.

Equine America Supports horses prone to Laminitis Step 1 - Lamigard XXXtreme Paste A concentrated form to be administered to your horse or pony if it is prone to laminitis. Lamigard XXXtreme Paste provides anti-oxidants which support the health of the feet, alongside targeted nutrition to encourage general health.

Lamigard XXXtreme Paste should be given over a 14 day period, a total of five oral pastes (servings can vary according to size of pony).

Step 2 - Lamigard TRT pellets or solution To be used on a longer term basis for horses and ponies prone to laminitis.

Lamigard TRT is a supplement for the horse or pony which is prone to laminitis, and can be used at high levels in the short term, and at a maintenance level for long term health. Lamigard TRT will help your horse’s feet to stay healthy all year round and will complement a careful feeding regime.

Lamigard TRT contains ingredients to support a healthy enzyme level within the hooves and provide nutrients to the internal sensitive structures, as well as promoting sound hoof wall condition.

Tel: 01403 255809 or visit www.equine-america.co.uk

T.E.N. Laminitis Support T.E.N. Laminitis Support is a targeted supplement for overweight horses and ponies, those prone to laminitis, or with Cushing’s Syndrome (PPID) or Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS). It includes fenugreek, cinnamon, magnesium, fructo-oligosaccharide and ginseng to help maintain a healthy metabolism with the aim of supporting a normal insulin response.

In addition grape seed, dried hawthorn and rosehips supply antioxidants which may help to support blood flow and the laminae tissue. Grapefruit, which has been used in humans to support weight loss, has also been included.

Tel: 01908 311010 or visit www.tensupplements.co.uk

Benefits of using small-holed haynets to extend eating time A series of studies has been conducted by the WALTHAM® Equine Studies Group which provides the science behind the SPILLERS® brand, in collaboration with Andrea Ellis of Nottingham Trent University, (now director of UNEQUI LTD) and her colleagues. The first showed that stabled horses and ponies often finish their forage in the early evening and then spend most of the night without food. However, there was a small advantage of using small holed haynets as they slowed down forage intake by increasing chewing time. The most recent study, conducted using Shires’ haynets, suggests that layering two small holed haynets and placing them in several locations around the stable may be even more valuable in prolonging the time spent foraging.

“Any method of extending eating and foraging time may help reduce the risk of gastric problems that can be contributed to by long periods without food and may also help to alleviate boredom.” Said Clare Barfoot, Registered Nutritionist at SPILLERS®.

Visit www.spillers-feeds.com or call the SPILLERS® Care-Line on + 44 (0)1908 226626. www.shiresequestrian.com

Keep Weight under control with Speedi-Beet Speedi-Beet from British Horse Feeds is a highly nutritious sugar beet feed perfect for good doers that are prone to piling on the pounds, when fed in small amounts with a vitamin and mineral supplement.

It is unmolassed 95% sugar free and provides an excellent source of digestible fibre. Extremely palatable it makes an excellent complementary feedstuff to hard feed as a top dressing and due to its unique manufacturing process can be soaked and ready to use in 10 minutes.

Speedi-Beet is approved by the Laminitis Trust thanks to its low starch and high fibre content it provides an ideal fibre source for horses and ponies prone to laminitis.

Tel: 01765 680300 or visit www.britishhorsefeeds.com

Blue Chip Original Native Blue Chip Feed is pleased to announce the launch of their unique new feed balancer Original Native, specifically designed to meet the nutritional needs of Native Ponies.

Original Native contains a tailored level of probiotic to help maintain Native ponies’ natural condition, helping to promote a healthy digestive system without altering their condition. Original Native contains a high quality protein that helps build a strong topline and good outline, with additional oils and organic zinc, It helps to promote a strong mane and tail, improving the quality of the hair and therefore reducing breakages. The oils found in Original Native will leave your native pony’s coat as soft as silk with a sheen guaranteed to turn heads.

Tel: 0114 266 6200 or visit www.bluechipfeed.com

The Best Friend Grazing Muzzle The Best Friend Grazing Muzzle from Charlies Products is a must this spring/summer for managing a restricted diet, whilst allowing your horse the freedom to socialize, exercise and de-stress out in the field.

Horses adapt well to the Best Friend Grazing Muzzle and when fitted correctly, effectively restrict grass intake without restricting natural grazing and drinking patterns.

The Best Friend Grazing Muzzle is designed with your horses comfort in mind. For horses with pronounced features there is also the Muzzle Mate or Sheep Skin Padding for additional comfort.

The Best Friend Grazing Muzzle attaches to any field safe head collar, or the Deluxe version comes in an all-in-one design with a safety head piece attached. Available in the following sizes: Large horse, Horse, Cob, Pony, Mini and Mini Mini.

For more information Telephone: 0844 809 4655 or visit www.charlies-products.co.uk

other feed news Equine America So Kalm Solution The main ingredients in So Kalm are L-Tryptophan and Magnesium. L-Tryptophan is a naturally occurring amino acid responsible for controlling concentration and excitement. Therefore, supplemental L-Tryptophan is an excellent choice for highly strung, young horses or those with a lack of focus.

Magnesium plays an important role in nerve health, with a lack of magnesium in the diet being associated with anxiety and tension. So Kalm may need a 4-5 day build up and can be fed on a long term basis. So Kalm Solution fed daily can aid concentration and willingness to work, but without removing the edge required for competition.

Suitable for nervous, excitable and young horses.

Tel: 01403 255809 or visit www.equine-america.co.uk

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Suzanne Taylor, riding Salsa Caramel, feeds her horse one sachet of very palatable Aloeride powder a day (sprinkled over appropriate feed for an Endurance horse). Our unique, very broad spectrum of nutrients gives Salsa an improved condition, builds stronger hooves, makes sure there is a raised ability to keep soft tissue cool, it encourages swifter natural break down of lactic acid, it supports the digestive tract, and provides a wide range of electrolytes.

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The Best Friend Grazing Muzzle is designed with your horses comfort in mind. For horses with pronounced features there is also the Muzzle Mate and Sheep Skin padding for additional comfort.

The Best Friend Grazing Muzzle Deluxe version comes in an all-in-one design with a safety head piece attached.

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Best Friend Have-A-Heart Muzzle has all the features and benefits of the Best Friend Deluxe Grazing Muzzle plus more: • Noseband can be expanded to reduce potential rubbing.

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• The enlarged openings allow for additional air flow.

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Feed news Nutri-Science Arthriaid X Strength Nutri-Science Arthriaid X Strength for joint mobility and protection. In the normal day to day life of a horse the joint cartilage is continually being broken down and replacement cartilage is normally manufactured. However, this balance can be upset due to increased training, trauma, competition or simply old age.

Such horses need to be assisted in the maintenance of the cartilage and to reduce risk from further deterioration in the future. This super strength supplement contains significantly increased level of HA (Hyaluronic Acid) for accelerated promotion of synovial fluid, cartilage and connective tissue, high strength Glucosamine which assists the body’s manufacture of cartilage, and MSM which is a naturally occurring sulphur compound helping to sooth knocks and return joint mobility, ultimately it offers the end user a cost effective option for the repair and maintenance of joints.

Used to address joint problems, stiffness, lameness, ringbone and spavins.

Visible results in 10-14 days. Long term use recommended, particularly for the older horse.

Tel: 02380 814360 or visit www.horsehealthtrade.co.uk

Nutri-Science AnxiKalm This effective combination of Magnesium and L-Tryptophan helps calm excitable horses in stressful conditions such as competition, travelling and training. Suitable for a cross-section of horses, available in liquid, powder or gel syringes.

Powder, Liquid (not suitable for competition but great results) and Syringe pack.

Tel: 02380 814360 or visit www.horsehealthtrade.co.uk

Lifeforce Focus from Alltech Balancing the diet of a leisure horse that is not exercised daily can often be a challenge, controlling energy levels and behaviour. A good indication of the over-all health of any horse is the condition of its coat and research has shown that minerals are important in nutritionally maintaining a shiny lustrous coat.

The mineral Zinc is involved in the formation of keratin, a fibrous protein in both hair and hooves.

Copper functions as a co-factor for numerous enzyme systems, one of which is active in the linking of collagen and elastin in the skin.

Lifeforce Focus from Alltech is specially designed for horses and ponies in less active lifestyles, that spend a lot of time grazing, whether they are a happy hacker that is only ridden a few times a week or a retired companion.

By improving gastrointestinal integrity through more consistent fermentation and fibre digestion, Lifeforce Focus can minimise digestive upsets, reducing the risk of colic and the presences of essential trace minerals support coat, skin and hoof quality.

Tel: 01780 764512 or visit www.lifeforcehorse.co.uk

GASTrIC ProBLEMS Research shows that gastric ulcers do exist in high numbers, particularly in the competition horse, here we look at products which will help combat the ulcers and help alleviate the discomfort in the horse’s stomach.

Vetrogard It is thought that as many as 60% of performance horses might have gastric ulcers, with that figure rising to a possible 93% when investigating racehorses alone. There are many possible factors for these high numbers but modern management systems are thought to play a role. Reduced time at pasture, higher concentrate feed levels, insufficient forage and greater performance pressures could all contribute to digestive discomfort in equines.

Animalife the creators of Vetrofen and Vetroflex launched Vetrogard Intense at BeTA this year. It’s a nutritional supplement designed to support both the reduction of gastric discomfort and the absence of ulcers in horses.

The active ingredient in Vetrogard Intense is a proprietary non-GMO micronized soya bean meal. The active ingredient has been used successfully in humans to relieve pain, associated with ulcers and is now being for equines, with proven results.

Several studies were conducted on the Vetrogard Intense formulation. The initial trial was conducted on 8 horses, which did not receive a gastroscopy, however displayed signs suggestive of gastric discomfort. These horses all showed a clinical improvement within 4 – 7 days of using the Vetrogard Intense formulation. Five of the horses were then able to undergo gastroscopy with signs of healing of the gastritis or of ulcers of a level below 2.

A second protocol involved 59 horses that came in for consultation after their owners had observed clinical signs renowned for being associated with ulcers. The horses were divided into three groups.

Group A consisted of 23 horses that did not receive a gastroscopy, however showed symptoms of gastric ulcers and were fed the active ingredient in Vetrogard Intense for one month. After one month of treatment 81% of the initial symptoms had disappeared. A further investigation one month later showed that the improvement was maintained despite no longer receiving treatment.

Group B consisted of 17 horses that received a gastroscopy as well as the active ingredient in Vetrogard Intense for one month. These horses all showed low level lesions and after 1 month of treatment the clinical signs were reduced by 69% and 72% at the final examination having been without treatment for a month.

Group C consisted of 19 horses that received a gastroscopy as well as an antacid (Omeprazole) for 15 days and then 30 days of the active ingredient in Vetrogard Intense. The principle of this protocol was to quickly calm down the ulcerous pathology and to gradually bring down the lesion to a lower level. The reduction of clinical signs was 84% in the first month and 93% in the second month. This study confirms the advantage of using Vetrogard Intense to take over from Omeprazole in order to limit the risk of recurrence.

At the end of the trials, the research confirmed that the active ingredient in Vetrogard Intense helps to restore the epithelium of the horse’s stomach and maintain its integrity while also helping to reduce pain by modulating cytokine profiles and improving the horse’s general condition by increasing appetite and ensuring better digestive health. www.animalife.co.uk

Aloeride Competition nerves can play havoc with your tummy and the same could be said for some horses with 90% of racehorses and 60% of competition horses displaying some form of digestive problem.

To help soothe and support a healthy digestive system, Aloeride is a taste free, totally organic aloe vera supplement, which can help relieve digestive irritation and also encourage a greater nutrient uptake from the appropriate diet, which will also assist your horse in feeling and looking his best.

Other benefits from feeding Aloeride also include help in promoting a glossy coat, healthy skin and strong hooves, through to supporting a healthy immune system, all key factors for the competition horse.

Aloeride has also been tested by an accredited newmarket laboratory and doesn’t contain any synthetic compounds and comes in easy to feed in convenient, sealed sachets, helping to enhance your horse’s performance the natural way!

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Equine America Uls-Gard Regular Solution equine America uls-Gard Regular Solution supports gastric health and is an aid for scouring foals.

The lifestyle of a domestic horse, whether used for leisure or competition, creates the conditions which very frequently lead to poor gastric health, including damage to the stomach lining. To support the gastric health of all types of horses and ponies, uls-Gard has been developed as an inexpensive supplement which can be fed continually to achieve healthy performance in the stomach by coating and soothing the stomach lining.

Tel: 01403 255809 or visit www.equine-america.co.uk

Starch Control with Baileys Part of the management regime for horses known to be prone to gastric ulcers is to keep starch intake to a minimum. For working and competition horse this can be hard as their energy requirements often necessitate more than forage alone can provide.

Baileys All-Round Endurance Mix is a high oil, high fibre mix which delivers performance levels of calories, quality protein and other nutrients with a lower starch content than other competition mixes.

Alternatively, for those requiring even lower levels of starch in the diet, a combination of Baileys Performance Balancer, Fibre-Beet and Baileys Outshine high oil supplement is an ideal option. The balancer provides essential protein, vitamins and minerals, whilst Fibre-Beet supplies slow release calories, from alfalfa and Speedi-Beet. Outshine high oil supplement also supplies slow release, non-starch calories and feeding quantities of both this and Fibre-Beet can be adjusted according to requirements.

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Science Supplements Gut Balancer Science Supplements Gut Balancer contains a specially protected live yeast which ensures that optimum numbers of live yeast cells reach the hindgut to beneficially influence hindgut function, with results seen in as little as seven days.

Gut Balancer also contains a source of mannanoligosaccharide (MOS) and betaglucans, which help stimulate the growth of good bacteria and bind mycotoxins produced by fungal contamination of feed.

Winner of the prestigious BeTA International Innovation Award for 2014, Gut Balancer aids gut health, digestion, and helps protect from gastric related problems.

Telephone: 0845 680 0606 or visit www.sciencesupplements.co.uk

dengie healthy Tummy Healthy Tummy is a high-calorie feed with an energy level equivalent to a competition mix or cube, but with about 10 times less starch. It features high-specification vitamins and minerals, including B vitamins and biotin for improved hoof condition. It also has an oil coating for slow-release energy and exceptional coat shine.

This new, nutritionally complete fibre feed includes the latest ingredients known to promote optimum digestive health: alfalfa, a type o fibre which is a natural buffer to acidity in the digestive tract, Protexin In-Feed Formula, with prebiotics and live yeast to encourage good bacteria in the gut to flourish, and a blend of herbs that are believed to be powerful antioxidants and also make the feed taste really good.

Research shows that low-fibre diets and stress can contribute to gastric ulcers. Dengie Healthy Tummy, as a high-fibre feed, takes longer to chew than cereal-based feeds. This increases saliva production – the horse’s own defence against acidity in the stomach. Healthy Tummy can be fed alone without the need for additional feed or supplements.

For those preparing for and taking part in competition, it can be fed alongside mixes and cubes to help counteract the effects of cereal-based feeds.

Telephone: 0845 345 5115 or visit www.dengie.com

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12 July Sevenoaks Riding Club Dressage, SJ and combined training at 1 June, The Equi-Fun Club, Showing Show, Plumpton College, Ditching Road, Nr Lewes, East Redlands 01732 461462

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17 - 19 July Kent County Show www. kentshow.co.uk 01622 633060

Mini Cross Country, Sulham Hill, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 5UB, Telephone: 0118 9426938 www.hall-place.com

18 July Fiddlers Green Stud Unaffiliated Dressage www.FGStud. co.uk 07752 712915

1 June, Newlands Corner Riding Club, Open Unaffiliated Dressage and Showing Show, Hollister Farm, Nr Guildford, Surrey, GU5 9TD, Contact: Lesley Selway, Telephone: 01483 205049, www.newlandscorner.org 1 June, LMEQ, Cross Country Clinic with Caroline Jeanne, Littleton Manor Equestrian Centre, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 8LB, Telephone 07919 617844, Email: cjeanne@btinternet. com, for places, www.lmeq.com

19 July Goring & District Riding Club Open Show www.gdrc.org.uk 07988 502833

1 June, Romney Marsh Branch of the Pony Club, Open Show, for 21 years and under, Delmonden, Hawkhurst, (51.038365,0.483568), Telelephone: 01892 824754, http:/ branches.pcuk.org/romneymarsh

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19 July Southdown East Pony Club at Wivelsden Farm 16 and Under Show www.pcuk/southdowneast

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23 July Chipstead Riding Club Evening Dressage wwwchipsteadridingclub.org.uk

8 June, Colettes Showing & Show Jumping, Show Jumping, Ridden & In Hand Showing, Blue Barn Equestrian Centre, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, Telephone: 07949 096086 Email: cbequine@btinternet.com www.cbequine.co.uk 8 June, The Equi-Fun Club, Show Jumping Show, Plumpton College, Ditching Road, Nr Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 3AE, Telephone: 07738 993995, email: becca@equi-fun.co.uk, www.equi-fun.co.uk 8 June, LMEQ, Show Jumping Clinic with Ernest Dillon, Littleton Manor Equestrian Centre, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 8LB, Telephone Jennifer: 07771 598730 for places, www.lmeq.com 8 June, Mid Surrey Branch of the Pony Club, Eventing level 2, 3, 4, (2’3” to 3’3”). Teams and Individual Open to all. Pony Club Field, Hurst Road, Walton on the Hill, Surrey, KT20 5BN, Contact: Gina Kitchener, Telephone: 01737 644255, Email: gina@midsurreyponyclub.co.uk, http://branches.pcuk.org/midsurrey/schedules/ 8 June, Sevenoaks Riding Club, Trec Obstacles Competition, Redlands, St Julian’s Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, Contact: J Burgess, Telephone: 01732 464293, www.sevenoaksrc.co.uk 8 June, Simply Shows Events, Show Jumping & Clear Round, Warren Barn Farm, Slines Oak Road, Woldingham, Surrey, CR3 7HN, Telephone: 01883 344959, Email: simplyshows@ hotmail.co.uk, www.simplyshows.co.uk 8 June, Speedgate Events, Unaffiliated Show Jumping, Speegate Farm, Fawkham, Longfield, Kent, DA3 8NJ. Email: events@ speedgate.co.uk, www.speedgate.co.uk 9 June, Hall Place Equestrian Centre, Dressage, inc UK Riders Qualifiers, & Sunshine Tour Qualifiers, Sulham Hill, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 5UB, Telephone: 0118 9426938 www.hall-place.com 9 June, Parwood Equestrian Centre, Sam Osborn Dressage for Grassroots Riders, Parwood Equestrian Centre, Great Westwood, Westwood Lane, Normandy, Surrey, GU3 2JE, Telephone: 01483 813860, www.parwood.co.uk/events 11 June, Parwood Equestrian Centre, Andrew Gould Dressage Clinic, Parwood Equestrian Centre, Great Westwood, Westwood Lane, Normandy, Surrey, GU3 2JE, Telephone: 01483 813860, www.parwood.co.uk/events

12 June, Squirrells Riding School, Come as you are Dressage, Squirrells Riding School, Common Road, Bluebell Hill, ME5 9RG, Telephone: 07713 323968, Email: i.squirrell@ sky.com, www.squirrellsridingschool.co.uk

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Affilliated BS, Clear Round followed by classes from BN to 1.15m, Blue Barn Equestrian Centre, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3DH, Telephone: 07949 096086, Email: cbequine@ btinternet.com, www.cbequine.co.uk

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6 June, Southern Horse Trials Championships Qualifier,Unaffiliated Horse Trials, Pre Intro (80cms), Intro (90cms), Pre Novice (1m), Tweseldown Racecourse, Bourley Road, Church Crookham, Fleet, Hampshire, GU52 8DY, Telephone: 01483 767336, www.bdwp. co.uk/aallen, www.tweseldown.co.uk 7 June, LMEQ, Show Jumping or Cross Country Clinic with Lucy Thompson, Littleton Manor Equestrian Centre, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 8LB, Email Ruth: littletonbarn@ gmail.com for places, www.lmeq.com

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7 June, Sevenoaks Riding Club, Trec Training, Redlands, St Julian’s Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, Contact: J Burgess, Telephone: 01732 464293, www.sevenoaksrc.co.uk

7 June, Speedgate Events, Julia Buckle Polework Clinic, Achive more suppleness in flatwork and learn new exercises to help your horse to become more supple and rounder. Teaches you exercises for more varied schooling and to improve your dressage, Speegate Farm, Fawkham, Longfield, Kent, DA3 8NJ. Contact: Karen, Telephone: 01474 888474, Email: events@ speedgate.co.uk, www.speedgate.co.uk

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15 June, East Sussex Pony Club, Tetrathlon (Pony Club only), The Pony Club Field, Montague Farm, Hankham, Pevensey, BN24 5BB, www.pcuk.org/eastsussex

15 June, Epsom RDA, Jumping Clinic, St Ebbas Farm, Hook Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8QW, Telephone: 01372 743690, www.epsomrda.btck.co.uk

15 June, Eridge Hunt Branch of The Pony Club, Open Show in Eridge Park, Eridge Park, Eridge, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 9JT, Enquires email: fionawhitt@btinternet. com, http://branches.pcuk.org/eridge

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15 June, The Rockbourne Ride, Open Horse Trials, Wilton Pony Club, Tenantry Farm, Rockbourne, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, SP6 3PB, Contact Fran Lockyear, Telephone: 01725 517735, www.tenantry.co.uk

15 June, Speedgate Events, Unaffiliated Dressage Series, Speegate Farm, Fawkham, Longfield, Kent, DA3 8NJ. Email: events@ speedgate.co.uk, www.speedgate.co.uk

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21 June, Parwood Equestrian Centre, Unaffiliated Show Jumping incorporating British Show Jumping Club Show, Parwood Equestrian Centre, Great Westwood, Westwood Lane, Normandy, Surrey, GU3 2JE, Telephone: 01483 813860, www.parwood.co.uk/events

22 June, Bonfleur Cross Country Course,

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22 June, Horseware National Hunter

29 June, The Rockbourne Ride, Parelli

Trial Series, Hunter Trial qualifier for The Horseware National Final at Eland Lodge, Derbyshire, Hall Place Equestrian Centre, Cross Country, Sulham Hill, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 5UB, www.hall-place.com

Natural Horseman Clinics, Tenantry Farm, Rockbourne, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, SP6 3PB, www.tenantry.co.uk

Show Jumping, and Combined Training Show, Redlands, St Julian’s Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, Contact: J Burgess, Telephone: 01732 464293, www.sevenoaksrc.co.uk

22 June, Southdown East Pony Club, Open Events, CDMS (Sussex) Horse Trial, One Day Event, Wivelsden Farm, North Common Road, Chailey, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 4EH, www.branches.pcuk.org /southdowneast

22 June, West Kent (Sevenoaks) Branch of the Pony Club, Inter-branch Novice One Day Event, Lockskinners Equestrian Training Centre, Lockskinners Farm, Wilderness Lane, Chiddingstone, Kent, TN8 7NA, www.pcuk. org – go to westkentsevenoaks branch

24 June, Sevenoaks Riding Club, Evening Dressage and Show Jumping, Redlands, St Julian’s Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, Contact: J Burgess, Telephone: 01732 464293, www.sevenoaksrc.co.uk

Full schedules and entries online at www.gbec.info Events Secretary, Great Bookham E.C., Dorking Road, Great Bookham, Surrey, KT23 4PZ. Tel 01372 451458, Email shows@gbec.info

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29 June, Squirrells Riding School, Dressage Show, Squirrells Riding School, Common Road, Bluebell Hill, ME5 9RG, Telephone: 07713 323968, Email: i.squirrell@sky. com, www.squirrellsridingschool.co.uk

30 June, 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

Unaffiliated Show Jumping and Jumpcross Show, Hollister Farm, Nr Guildford, Surrey, GU5 9TD, Contact: Lesley Selway, Telephone: 01483 205049, www.newlandscorner.org

22 June, Sevenoaks Riding Club, Dressage,

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29 June, Epsom RDA, Open Unaffiliated

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22 June, Newlands Corner Riding Club, Open

Qualifiers for Sunshine Tour, Romeo/Attlees & Hickstead Dressage, Show Jumping Champs of GB & Pure Technology points, Balanced Horse Feeds, VHS, Equifest & SSAD Showing.

Show, Open to all. Classes for everyone, The Pony Club Field, Montague Farm, Hankham, Pevensey, BN24 5BB, www.pcuk.org/eastsussex

Cross Country, Sulham Hill, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 5UB, Telephone: 0118 9426938 www.hall-place.com

Open 12 Years and Under Show. Pony Club Field, Hurst Road, Walton on the Hill, Surrey, KT20 5BN, Contact: Gina Kitchener, Telephone: 01737 644255, Email: gina@midsurreyponyclub.co.uk, http://branches.pcuk.org/midsurrey/schedules/

More shows July – October see www.gbec.info for information

29 June, East Sussex Pony Club, Summer

22 June, Hall Place Equestrian Centre,

22 June, Mid Surrey Branch of the Pony Club,

■ June 4 Dressage & Show Jumping Afternoon/Evening ■ June 15 Spring Open Show, including lots of qualifiers ■ June 25 Dressage & Clear Round Afternoon/Evening

Dressage Series, Speegate Farm, Fawkham, Longfield, Kent, DA3 8NJ. Email: events@ speedgate.co.uk, www.speedgate.co.uk

Dressage and clear round Show Jumping, St Ebbas Farm, Hook Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8QW, Telephone: 01372 743690, www.epsomrda.btck.co.uk

Country Clinic with Lucy Thompson, Littleton Manor Equestrian Centre, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 8LB, Email Ruth: littletonbarn@ gmail.com for places, www.lmeq.com

Dressage, Show Jumping and Showing

ODE, Sandhole Farm, Westfield, Nr Hastings, Kent, TN35 4SA, www.rvrc.org.uk

Eventers Challenge, Open to all, classes from 60 to 85cm, Bonfleur XC course, Linton, Kent, Telephone: 07976 138120, www.bonfleurcrosscountrycourse.co.uk

22 June, LMEQ, Show Jumping or Cross

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5 July, Colettes Horse Shows, Senior Affilliated BS, Clear Round followed by classes from BN to 1.15m, Blue Barn Equestrian Centre, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3DH, Telephone: 07949 096086, Email: cbequine@ btinternet.com, www.cbequine.co.uk 5 July, LMEQ, Show Jumping or Cross Country Clinic with Lucy Thompson, Littleton Manor Equestrian Centre, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 8LB, Email Ruth: littletonbarn@ gmail.com for places, www.lmeq.com 5 July, Romney Marsh Branch of the Pony Club, Tetrathlon, Delmonden, Hawkhurst, (51.038365,0.483568), Telelephone: 01892 824754, http:/branches.pcuk.org/romneymarsh

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SOCIETY OF MASTER SADDLERS QUALIFIED SADDLE FITTERS Meadowlea Saddle Fitting Services Ltd Society Of Master Saddlers Quilified Saddle Fitter and Master Saddler. Saddles to suit all budgets from synthetics to various makes of full leather Full assessment and profile of horse carried out prior to fitting. Please visit our new showroom at Unit 7, Brocklands Farm, Alton Rd, West Meon, GU32 1JN. For more information Tel Jill on 07575 052423 or visit www.meadowleasaddles.co.uk

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FEED MERCHANTS SPR Animal & Pet Feed Centre. SAVE MONEY at the SPR CENTRE on horse feed and bedding! SPR’s own quality Mix and Cube is manufactured by a Major Horse Feed Company at a very competitive price.

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FENCING N.B.Fencing Services Specialists in deer, stock, equestrian fencing and gates.

Tel: 01474 814637 / 07710500790.

RIDING BOOT REPAIRS The Riding Boot Repair Centre, Unit 17 Grays Farm Production Village, Grays Farm Road, St Pauls Cray, Kent. Complete refurbishment, re-fit and re-zipping, etc.

Also specialist leatherwork undertaken - please ring for details. 0208 300 1960 /2644. www.fcrepairs.co.uk.

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Tel. Mo Chapman 07768 834761

TACK SHOPS Charity Farm Country Store. Everything for Horse and Rider. Pet feed & accessories.

Swattenden Lane, Cranbrook, Kent. 01580 713189 www.charityfarmcountrystore.co.uk.

The Tack Room, Johns Cross, Robertsbridge, East Sussex. Tel: 01580 882255.

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arm sunshine and a very gentle breeze provided the perfect weather conditions for Colette’s first summer show of year, held at Barville Farm, Dover. Everyone turned out in force to compete, with record entries, particularly the in the showing rings which saw consistently high numbers of entries across nearly all of the ridden and in-hand classes.

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Mountain & Moorlands proved popular at the show with classes being split to accommodate small and large breeds. Jo Sheehy on Whintor Fiery Brown, won a very strong ridden class and qualified for Equifest, Royal London and the Barrett’s Land Rover Mountain & Moorland Pony of the Year Championship. This year the Lead Rein classes were split into age and ability with classes starting at ‘tiny tots’. This new format proved successful and saw good levels of entries across all classes.

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