Issue 499

Your Horse

Enjoy every second in the saddle

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Welcome
A RECENT SURVEY that sought to find out more about the veteran horses we keep in this country threw up some heartening and fascinating results (Horse Talk, page 6). Out of the 12,000 respondents, 99.3% of owners said that they intend to offer their g
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Your Horse Magazine
Social media guru Rhea Freeman: A great picture can really make an impact, and that applies on social media. Find out how images can make your content stand out, page 21 Horse trainer Emma Massingaie: Finding your confidence — and that of your horse
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HORSE talk
RESEARCH The results of a new survey show that horse owners remain faithful to their equine charges well into old age. The heartening research, undertaken by Spillers, reveals that 65.6% of owners surveyed kept horses of 20-plus years old, while 32.7
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Hacking Around The Christmas Tree!
WE ALL HAVE a different idea of the perfect Christmas. It could be one spent with family or friends, eating a turkey lunch or dinner with all the trimmings, staying in and opening presents, or perhaps taking the dog for a walk provided it’s a cool, c
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That Was The Year That Was!
PHOTOS: SHUTTERSTOCK, UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED ■
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YOUR HORSE MAGAZINE meets LINDSEY KITCHING
IN A PERFECT world, architect and mother of two Lindsey Kitching would be schooling her 17hh mare every day, as well as regularly turning up to showjumping contests. Once there, she would unload Indie, a daughter of Billy Congo, pop a few practice fe
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Picture This!!
THERE IS a lot of competition out there. Whether you use Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, or any other social media network, there are literally billions of people whose content is being pitched against yours all the time. Therefore you
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Kate Loker
How I make it work: My partner, Rowland, is a huge support and it helps to have the business based at home A mare who suffered from bouts of colic led Kate Loker to develop an equine digestive supplement which, in turn, led to the foundation of a com
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The Back-up Plan
I would probably have been amounted police officer. It was my original plan, but my mum, who I sadly lost a few months ago, persuaded me to keep horses as a hobby. That went a little wrong as they are my everything. ■
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SEND a Selfie
Keep your photos coming in to yh.ed@kelsey.co.uk This is me and my ex-racehorse Forty, who was my leaving present when I left the stables he was born at. He’s a big boy at 17hh, but he has a dopey nature. He loves cuddles and kisses, as well as gallo
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Rise To The Challenge
YOUR HORSE’S TRAINING WE’RE BACK THIS issue with January (named after the month in which she was born) and her fantastic little horse Juice as they continue their mission to nail the basics, hone their technique over related distances and, above all,
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Fix It… Hacking On New Terrain
EVERY HORSE BENEFITS from fewer hours in the arena and more time on what I like to call ‘adventure hacks’ — rides with elements of novelty or challenge, be that new terrain, environment, or the inclusion of natural obstacles. As soon as you begin hac
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PART 4 Let’s Try Unbridled!
Riding at liberty is the ultimate goal for most people who become interested in liberty training. It involves piloting the horse with no bridle to control him. Instead, to communicate with the horse, the rider uses their previous in-hand liberty trai
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Drawing A Line Under Past Woes
MEET THE EXPERT After overcoming her own riding confidence issues using NLP, Tracey Cole started a mindset and mental performace business in 2013. She is a trainer and master coach of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and hypnotherapy, specialising
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Case Study
‘Without Time Line Therapy, I don’t think I would ever have got on a horse again’ After years of incident-free hacking, Janet Thomason bought a new horse and found herself frequently on the floor. “I hadn’t fallen for 16 years and then suddenly I fou
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Having A Field Day
All OWNERS HAVE had that sinking feeling when their previously squeaky clean horse who is turned out in his winter paddock returns to the stable covered from head to toe in thick, sticky, wet mud. How on earth are you supposed to prepare him for a ri
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Straight From The Horse's mouth
ANYONE WHO HAS ever experienced an aching tooth will know how painful it can be, as well as the efforts they are prepared to go to to relieve the horrendous discomfort. An emergency trip to the dentist, though, is likely to swiftly solve the problem.
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Top Tips For Healthy Teeth
Melissa Emson advises the following when it comes to feeding…
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Out For The Count
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:● What general anaesthesia is ● How it works ● What the risks are IF A VET needs to carry out certain medical procedures on a horse or pony, general anaesthesia (GA) will potentially be used, whereby a drug will be given to the equi
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Weighing Up The Risks
Unfortunately, a general anaesthetic comes with risks. This is true of all species, but is particularly true of horses. When discussing an operation that involves a GA, your vet will make you aware of the potential complications and risks involved an
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The Great Balancing Act
not Fat Fit MEET THE EXPERT NIKKI MEGGISON in an independent nutritionist with a degree in equine science. She is also a member of The Nutrition Society. With almost 40 years'experience of riding and owning horses, Nikki juggles her passion with her
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Ask The Experts
Email your questions to yh.ed@yourhorse.co.uk Need help applying the brakes? Turn the page… Simple for horse solutions owners Meet this month’s panel of experts Riding advice Georgia Goss (née Spence) is a five-star event rider who has competed all o
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What's New?
You'll love being out in all weathers when you're wearing the Betacraft Women’s ISO940 Parka. It is 100% waterproof, windproof and breathable, and features four-layer technology to keep you warm and dry all day. Made from 25 recycled bottles, the dur
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ON TREND Why Not Fork Out!
RRP £17.90 (handle not included) COLOUR Whitekramer.co.uk A robust manure fork with a basket-shaped head for easy separation of shavings and droppings. Made from a glass fibre reinforced material, a reinforced handle attachment stabilises the fork. R
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THE BIG TEST Waterproof overtrousers
IT IS TRICKY to stay clean and tidy where horses are involved. Add winter into the mix when it’s wet and muddy and it becomes nigh on impossible to avoid getting dirty. With hibernation not a possibility, having the right clothing can make being out
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BUYER'S GUIDE Winter Boots
LONG WINTER BOOTS are a yard essential for any horse owner. Such boots are worn day in, day out while splashing through mud and water, and they are also subjected to the rigours of mucking out. Over time, they feel like slipping into a pair of comfy
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Win
To enter, visit yourhorse.co.uk/win/topspec499 PRIZE WORTH £1,000 ■ A lesson on your own horse with event rider Tim Rogers** ■ £700 worth of TopSpec feed ■ A consultation with a TopSpec nutritionist ONE LUCKY READER will win this amazing prize packag
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David Saunders
The former coachman to the Duke of Edinburgh explains what it was like to be involved in the early days of combined driving, and where life took him after his stint at the Royal Mews Have horses always been an interest? No, I was an army brat! My fat
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Your Horse
YOUR HORSE MAGAZINE www.yourhorse.co.uk Your Horse magazine Kelsey Media, The Granary, Downs Court, Yaldinq Hill Yaldinq, Maidstone, Kent, ME18 6AL EDITORIAL Seventeen Hands Media Ltd Editor: Julie Harding Email: julie.harding@kelsey.co.uk Freelance
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In The Beginning
HERMANN HEINIGER FOUNDED Hermann Heiniger Landesprodukte en gros following World War II. Through this trading company, he purchased fruit, especially apples and pears as well as potatoes, from regional farmers, exporting them abroad on a large scale.
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Here, Hair, Everywhere
For a full clip, you remove all the hair, including the legs and the head. Note, however, that you shouldn't clip the ears for welfare reasons. As the full clip leaves the horse with no hair, he has no way of keeping himself warm. Therefore, he will
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Leading The Way
HEINIGER AG IS expanding its product range to the horse sector while at the same time revolutionising horse and cattle clipping with its new XplorerPro clipper. Even more powerful than its predecessor, the XplorerPro features two speeds and is the on
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Light As A Feather, Strong As An Ox
ANY HORSE OWNERS looking for lightweight, quiet and low-vibration clippers need look no further than the SaphirHorse clipper — you will get amazing results. Based on the successful Saphir model, the SaphirHorse, with its new 10WF and 15W snap-on shea
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Tricky To Clip? No Problem!
TOM DYMOND has spent most of his working life competing and running livery and training yards. In the last 15 years, he has found himself clipping ever more horses all year round, and over the course of a winter clipping season (mid-September to the
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And The Verdict Is…
The XplorerPro Who is the horse being clipped? Chester is a pure French-bred Trotter turned riding horse. He has a fine coat which makes him sensitive and grouchy at times, particularly around his stifle area and back legs. Tom says… ■ These dippers
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Tom's Top 10 Tips For A Successful Clip
1. Have your horse as clean as possible. You always get a better finish with a clean horse. Just ensure that he’s not wet or sweaty when the time comes to clip as clipper blades hate nothing more. 2. Try to clip at a time of day when your horse is us

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