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  1. Managing School and Horses

    Managing School and Horses

    By the time you read this, many of you will be part of the way through your GCSEs or A-levels. Having done my GCSEs last year I can really sympathise with you, it is really tough, but I know that my horses helped to keep me sane during this difficult time.

     

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  2. 10 Types of Horse on a Yard

    10 Types of Horse on a Yard

    As the owner of 6 horses and a yard owner myself, I’ve come across a huge variety of horses on my yard and also from previous experiences! I’m very blessed to have a group of lovely horses on my yard, however it’s amazing how much their personalities differ! 

    The Yard Clown 

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  3. Differences: Horses and Donkeys

    Differences: Horses and Donkeys

    Donkeys have always been part of my life. I was used to having donkeys around long before I ever owned a pony. Donkeys are unique and adorable with very cheeky personalities! Donkeys, for their size, are able to carry more weight than a horse. They require less sustenance than a horse of the same size

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  4. Why Devon Riders Are Tough

    Why Devon Riders Are Tough

    Harry Hall Ambassador Theo Funnell is longing to go eventing, having knuckled down through a bitter Devon winter... Well what a winter it has been... and we don't seem to be out of it yet... all our plans for our youngster Mac's first proper British Eventing (BE) eventing season keep getting

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  5. Gastric Ulcers

    Gastric Ulcers

    Up to 1 in 3 horses suffer from equine gastric ulcer syndrome (EGUS). Here we talk about what they are, and how we deal with them.

    WHAT ARE THEY

    Gastric Ulcers form when the horses stomach lining has been eroded due to prolonged exposure to acid

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  6. Why Riders Need Resilience

    Why Riders Need Resilience

    Fionnuala Stott, a mum, optometrist and amateur eventer from Cheshire and new Harry Hall Ambassador, tells us why she’s horse-addicted despite the heartache

    I never thought I would see the day I would be asked to write a blog. I was the child who hated English in school and would never

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  7. Five Tips For First Time Eventers

    Five Tips For First Time Eventers

    As Harry Hall Ambassador Ella Lucas starts her second season of British Eventing, she shares five biggest things she learnt as a newbie last year 

    Beyond regaining feeling in my fingers, one of my favourite things about spring is of course the event season beginning (hooray!). Last

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  8. Improving Rider Fitness

    Improving Rider Fitness

    We're waving goodbye to winter and welcoming the lighter mornings and evenings that spring brings. A new season is starting, so how can you improve your horse riding fitness for the year ahead? We can all be guilty of focusing on building our horse’s fitness whilst

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  9. Juggling Work and Horses

    Juggling Work and Horses

    We as equestrians all know how hard it is to juggle life with ponies, whether that be school, work or kids. I for one know how challenging it can be. Probably the worst thing you your parents could imagine you doing I have done. University and horses was defiantly challenge not being at home. The way

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