The September Issue of Hooked on Horses Magazine was out this week – and is now bigger and BETTER than ever!
We have all the latest event and show reports including Gosling Cup 2010 – a full report along with lots of photos. Please remember to keep checking on our westie for The Gosling Cup video – *COMING SOON*
2000 winner Gemma Jewell riding Oxnead Andrew
Ahead of Septembers Orsett Show, we interview Angela Howe, who runs the Marriages Riding Club Pony of the Year competiton.
In 1987 it was decided that Marriage’s would run and sponsor a showing class, as a means to promote their range of quality horse feed – The Marriages Riding Club Pony of the year was born. The first year it was held, there were six qualifying classes, before a final was held in Essex, hosted by Finchingfield Riding Club. Over the years the competition gradually expanded to the size it is today, and there are now more than ten qualifying venues across Essex, spread all over the county hosting qualifiers which run from April to July.
This years regional final is to be held at The Orsett Show, which we can’t wait to watch. If you are going along, be sure to visit the Hooked on Horses tradestand!
Also in this months issue…
Find out who has been crowned the Martin Wilkinson Master Saddler rider of the month – could it be you?
Farrier Matthew Fawcett explains how to take a shoe off in an emergency including a step by step photo guide
Farrier Columnist Matthew Fawcett
Events diary jam packed with events in and around Essex in the upcoming months.
Rhea Freeman investigates worming as part of horse management:
Worming is, perhaps, not the most exciting topic but it’s a necessary part of equine management. Many people have a traditional worming programme that they stick to which involves treating the horse in the winter for encysted small redworm larvae and bots, spring and autumn for tapeworm and treating during the summer months for round worm and large and small redworm. However, as Simon Wetherald from wormers-direct.co.uk explains, it doesn’t have to be exactly like this…
Part two of our veterinary column on lameness by Blaircourt’s Patrick Martin.
And lots, lots more!
