by chris | Aug 1, 2022 | Blog, Features and Articles, From the horse's mouth, Horse care & management
Dr David Marlin Dr David Marlin is a world renowned scientist and has been involved with horses his whole life. After completing his PhD looking at the effects of exercise and training on Thoroughbred racehorses David has gone on to work for The Animal Health Trust,...
by chris | Apr 11, 2022 | Blog, Features and Articles, From the horse's mouth, Horse care & management
Fireworks: 7 top tips for keeping calm As the nights begin to draw in, we get ever closer to every horse owners worst nightmare; firework season. This time of year, can bring stress and anxiety to horses and owners alike. As horses are prey animals, they have evolved...
by chris | Apr 11, 2022 | Blog, Features and Articles, From the horse's mouth, Horse care & management, Horse health
We love to complain about the weather in the UK when it’s slightly too hot or cold for our liking! With the thermometer rising above 30° for most of England next week, here are our team’s top 10 tips when caring for your horse during hot weather. Whether...
by chris | Feb 28, 2022 | Blog, Features and Articles, From the horse's mouth, Horse care & management, Horse health
What is body condition scoring? Body condition scoring is a tool to assess your horse’s overall fat covering to determine if they are a healthy weight. We can use it to monitor weight loss, weight gain or weight maintenance. Assessing your horse’s weight throughout...
by chris | Jan 13, 2021 | Blog, Horse care & management, Horse nutrition
Underweight horses If your horse is currently underweight, we would always recommend consulting your vet to check that there isn’t any underlying health issue causing the weight loss. It is also important to consider dental check -ups and worming to make sure your...
by chris | Nov 4, 2020 | Blog, Horse care & management, Horse health, Horse nutrition
Why would you soak horse feeds? Historically, soaked horse feeds like warm bran mashes were fed after a hard day’s work to hydrate and warm the horse. However, with further scientific knowledge this practice has become outdated. We now understand that using a...
by chris | Feb 21, 2019 | Blog, Horse care & management, Horse nutrition
Why feed forage and why is it so important for your horse? The horse is a trickle feeder, designed to eat little and often. Their diet should be made up of a minimum of 1.5% of their bodyweight as forage per day. For a 500kg horse this is a minimum of 7.5kg of forage...
by chris | Mar 19, 2018 | Blog, Horse care & management, Horse health
In March 2018, we caught up with our sponsored rider Georgina Vaughan to talk about gastric ulcers in horses. As well as being an international endurance rider, Georgina is an equine veterinary surgeon at Abbey Equine Clinic in Abergavenny. We took the opportunity to...
by chris | Oct 5, 2017 | Blog, Horse care & management
As with all horses, it is important to ensure that breeding horses are fit and appear in good form. To achieve this, the nutritional side of things must be considered carefully. Without attention to detail in this area, the chances of having a horse at the optimum...
