Horse Of The Week - Royal Diamond II.

This is the lovely eventer Royal Diamond II also known as Smudge, whom is owned by Mr. Toby Pigott.  He is a 7-year-old Irish Sports Horse by Manor Diamond.  Toby bought the 16.1hh as a 5-year-old from the Little London Stud, in November 2013. Toby explains: “Having previously show jumped as a four-year-old, Smudge has since been produced by myself to event.  He stepped up to Novice Level as a six-year-old with numerous top 10 placings, and also finished 11^th in the CIC* Young Horse Championships, Osberton.  In this, his seventh year, he has continued his success with more top ten placings at Intermediate level and coming in at 13^th place at Houghton CCI*.  At Nunney Horse Trials, Smudge was the winner of the Rodney Baker Silver Fox Memorial Trophy.” Due to Smudge having brittle feet, Toby decided to feed him Feedmark’s Hardy Hoof Formula:  “There has been a real difference in the quality of Smudge’s hoof growth, in his horn and especially an improvement in the hoof wall.  My farrier has commented on how the hoof has improved generally and I now feed Hardy Hoof Formula to all of my horses.  I have noticed similar results in all of them, I really could not be without it.” “Our plans for the future are to continue to establish at intermediate level, and at ** level in 2016.  Specifically, we will be aiming for The 8 and 9 Year Old Horse CIC*** at Blenheim.” A FREE 5kg tub of Hardy Hoof Formula is on its way to Smudge 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.