This is Charlie, who came to owner Verity Arbuthnot at four months old as a cruelty case. Verity explains: “Charlie was in very poor condition, and his scurfy skin and coat reflected this. I started feeding Feedmark’s EquiDermis Plus when he was one-year-old, and have continued with it ever since.”
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Our Horse Of The Week is now Moth, a 16.3hh, 12-year-old Irish Sports Horse owned by Suzanne Oliver. Moth has been owned by Suzanne for four years, and together they mostly do schooling and hacking currently. Suzanne told us: “our future plans are to hunt and school over the winter, ready for next s...
Wow – what a fantastic season. Of course our highlight was winning both Individual and Team Gold at the FEI Young Rider Europeans in Strzegom, Poland. Having won Individual Bronze a couple of years ago on Pioneer Silvie my experience of a championships was very positive. Although Livingstone II was ...
Meet Bella, a 14hh Cob. For 22 out of her 29 years, she has been owned by Joanne Baldwin. Joanne explains: “I got Bella as a seven-year-old when I was 14. She was originally a Rag-and-Bone pony, and was tethered up. My parents were not convinced about buying a horse but my riding instructor said, if...
Winter is a time to keep a close watch on our horse’s respiratory health as changes to their management can cause problems. Winter requires many horses and ponies to spend more time in the stable or field shelter however research has shown that this stable environment contains greater air contami...
A: Filled legs are a common problem when your horse is stabled for longer than normal periods of time. This is often due to a collection of fluid, which would ordinarily be pumped around the horse’s body when the horse moves. When the horse’s movement is restricted, such as when confined to their st...
Q: My horse is prone to colic, and often gets attacks over the winter- how can I help him if he has to be confined? A: Horses that are on box rest due to injury or weather are more prone to digestive issues, commonly impaction colic. To help to reduce the risk of this, increase ...
Q: My horse goes mad if he has to be stabled for more than a day- he becomes very angry and difficult to handle, is there anything I can do to help him when the weather is so bad he has to stay in? A: While some horses are happy living in, for other horses it can be very hard to...
This 26-year-old Thoroughbred, stands at 16.1hh and is called Jaffa. 
She is owned by Alison Richardson and has been since she was 4-years-old. Alison purchased Jaffa at Ascot Sales as an unbroken, rejected racehorse. 
Alison explains “I used to show jump with Jaffa, but she was such a live-wire in th...
Horses are flight animals, and as such anything ou of the ordinary has the potential to cause an adverse reaction, making the horse distressed. This can be dangerous to the horse itself, to other horses and to the people around them. We are often able to desensitise our horse to a situation th...
