Horse Of The Week - Clyde.

This week’s Horse Of The Week is owned by Sue Linacre, Sue explains: “This is my buddy, Clyde, his show name is 'Every Which Way' for anyone old enough to remember that film! He is a 16-year-old, 15.1hh Irish Cob. I bought Clyde as a 4-year-old, when he had just arrived from Ireland. This was way back in 2004, with what was left of my student loan after finishing university. He was my first (and only) horse and he certainly tested my horsey skills in his younger days, mostly by using his considerable size and strength to get out of whatever I was asking him to do! Despite his cheekiness, we had a go at a bit of everything from happy hacking to dressage (dressage was very entertaining for the spectators as we left the arena at speed - not really our forte!). Clyde really loved his cross country, along with sponsored rides and long hacks. Two hours was a short hack for us!” “Sadly, in 2009, Clyde’s breathing became very noisy so we had to cut down our workload and stick to gentle hacking and schooling. In 2012 the vet advised retiring him. However, I felt that 12 was too young for him to retire so I started researching respiratory supplements and tried everything! We finally discovered Clarity after reading an article in Your Horse magazine and speaking to the lovely ladies on the Feedmark stand at Your Horse Live. We received some great advice and came away with a small tub. We started using Clarity in November 2013, and after 3 weeks I was able to ride him in the school for short periods and take him on little ‘ploddy’ hacks - even right through the summer when his breathing was usually too bad to do anything at all! Clyde absolutely loves Clarity and even started neighing for his dinner after the first few days, which he'd never done before - I must admit it does smell delicious! We visited the Feedmark stand at YHL again this year and came away with an enormous 8kg tub! Well worth the effort of carrying it to the car.” “The vet is very pleased with Clyde's progress and I'm so pleased that the Clarity supplement has allowed me to still spend time riding my boy. 10-15 minutes of gentle schooling or a plod round the block might not sound like much, but for a horse that was on the verge of early retirement I think it's not bad! Who knew the power of the right blend of herbs? I highly recommend Clarity to anyone whose faithful friend may need it, and I've only ever heard good things from others who use it too - thanks Feedmark!” A FREE tub of Clarity is on its way to Clyde for being our Horse Of The Week! Each week, the Feedmark team select a horse of the week from reviews, letters and emails sent to them. If you would like your horse to feature, then please send your horse’s details in to [email protected] or go online and write a review.