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Essential Emergency Kit Requirements When You Travel Your Horse

Health & Safety

Essential Emergency Kit Requirements When You Travel Your Horse

The biggest fear for most people when they travel a horse in a trailer or a lorry is a breakdown or an accident. It makes sense to carry som...Read more

Keeping Your Horse Happy And Healthy

Keeping Your Horse Happy And Healthy

If you are thinking about buying your first horse then it is helpful to understand the basic requirements needed to keep a horse happy and h...Read more

Should You Breed From Your Mare?

Life As A Pet Parent

Should You Breed From Your Mare?

If anything goes wrong – have a foal, isn’t that the mantra trotted out by mare owners? But the fact of the matter is that not every mare sh...Read more

Keeping Your Horse Protected From Theft And Straying

Health & Safety

Keeping Your Horse Protected From Theft And Straying

Every horse owner recognises the importantance of keeping their tack and equine possessions safe from theft but how do you protect your hors...Read more

What makes a good riding instructor?

Education & Training

What makes a good riding instructor?

Everyone has been taught by instructors and trainers that they really rate and also had lessons and tuition from people who haven’t helped t...Read more

The Flies Are Coming!

Health & Safety

Grooming & Hygiene

The Flies Are Coming!

A late spring has meant a delay to the usual insect life but, following a very wet spell, the recent warm weather has given a real kickstart...Read more

Buying a Native Pony

Buying a Native Pony

The British Isles is the envy of the equestrian world as it is home to nine native breeds of pony spread across all four countries in the UK...Read more

Sarcoids and should you remove them

Health & Safety

Sarcoids and should you remove them

The mention of the word ‘sarcoid’ invokes some quite strong reactions from horse owners. At purchase, a sarcoid is something that doesn’t tr...Read more

Want to try working hunter classes this year? Here is everything you need to know

Want to try working hunter classes this year? Here is everything you need to know

Working hunter classes are great for lots of different riders, they are the ultimate performance class and are something that appeals to rid...Read more

Managing horse in sub-zero temperatures

Life As A Pet Parent

Managing horse in sub-zero temperatures

Horses as a species cope well with very cold temperatures providing that they have a shelter – this doesn’t have to be the stable – and are ...Read more

Coping with hoof abscesses during the winter months

Health & Safety

Grooming & Hygiene

Coping with hoof abscesses during the winter months

Horsey folk don’t need to be told it has been the wettest December on record as they know from the state of their fields and the condition o...Read more

Options to consider if you can no longer care for your horse or pony yourself

Options to consider if you can no longer care for your horse or pony yourself

2020 saw many of us unexpectedly struggling for either time, money or both, and the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to go on to have a large imp...Read more

Six questions and answers about horses, ponies and riding during lockdown 2

Life As A Pet Parent

Six questions and answers about horses, ponies and riding during lockdown 2

If you own a horse or a pony, what you’re allowed to do in terms of riding, caring for them, and meeting their needs during lockdown 2 can b...Read more

What is Equine Herpes Virus and do you need to vaccinate against it?

Health & Safety

What is Equine Herpes Virus and do you need to vaccinate against it?

There are nine types of Equine Herpes Virus also called Equine Rhinopneumonitis but the most important strains are EHV 1 and EHV 4. These ar...Read more

What to know about BE

What to know about BE

Is this your first season eventing? What to know about British Eventing British Eventing is the organisation responsible for horse trials i...Read more

Is this your first season eventing? What to know about British Eventing

Is this your first season eventing? What to know about British Eventing

British Eventing is the organisation responsible for horse trials in the UK and if you want to take part in affiliated horse trials then you...Read more

Beware early laminitis this Spring

Life As A Pet Parent

Beware early laminitis this Spring

After a mild and very wet winter, the grass is bursting through with vigour, in fact, it hasn’t actually stopped growing all winter. Laminit...Read more

It’s just a question of colour

It’s just a question of colour

Coloured horses have never been more fashionable and the appetite for these horses whatever shape or size they are just does not seem to dim...Read more

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