The Horse Report June 2022 edition

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FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ returns in full force

By FEI After two COVID-impacted and abbreviated seasons, the FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ returned in full force, with the opening event held at Pratoni del Vivaro Italy on May 11-15.

This venue near Rome, is also hosting this year’s FEI World Championships for Eventing and Driving, which runs from 12-15 September.

The 2022 Nations Cup season will run from May to October this year, with nine legs, eight of which are held around Europe and one in Canada.

The final event will be held at Boekelo on 6-9 October, where the Series Champions will be decided.

This FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ Series, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, is open to all nations, at CCIO4* Short and Long level.

The final classification of the Series will be made by accumulation of the points obtained by teams in each competition.

It is open to individuals and riders can also gain FEI points for the world rankings and purpose of qualification for championships.

This FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ opening event attracted 59 athletes from 13 nations, spanning four continents, including multiple leading eventing riders.

Reigning Olympic team silver medallist and individual bronze medallist, Australian Andrew Hoy recently competing at the opening qualifier of the FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ 2022 series and test event for the FEI World Championships 2022 held at Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy. FEI/Kai Försterling/EFE

Many hoping to impress selectors, as well as get a feel of this year’s World Championships venue.

These riders included Australian Andrew Hoy, who has won six Olympic medals, including individual bronze and team silver in Tokyo and Australian stalwart, Bill Levett.

Five time Olympian and double gold medallist, Ingrid Klimke joined four other riders from Germany, including her Beijing Olympic team gold medallist Andreas Dibowski.

The 2019 FEI Nations Cup™ champions Sweden, boasted a strong squad of five riders, including London 2012 silver medallist Sara Algotsson Ostholt.

France, too, also put forward an

the FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ in Pratoni del Vivaro (ITA) It was a double victory for the Swiss, when Robin Godel’s Jumping clear round clinched the individual prize and a win for Team Switzerland.

France, who were overnight leaders going into the final day, finished a close second and Sweden finished third.

The home side Italy were fifth.

It was a tense finish after the French team left Godel no room for error in the Jumping phase.

The 23 year old athlete kept his cool on Grandeur de Lully CH, to incur just one time penalty.

The FEI Nations Cup™ Eventing action moved to Houghton Hall in England for the second of nine events in the FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ Series.

impressive team of riders, including their three Tokyo Olympic bronze medallists: Christopher Six, Nicolas Touzaint and Karim Florent Laghouag.

Team New Zealand included the current World No five and six, Jonelle Price and her husband Tim Price.

Their former Kiwi teammate Andrew Nicholson, who has now retired from top competition, has been coaching the promising Swiss team with great success.

Team Switzerland came to Pratoni with five riders including Mélody Johner, who is entered on Toublou De Rueire. and host nation Italy fielded 16 riders.

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Feeding your mare while she is in foal

By Dr NERIDA RICHARDS Pregnant mares carry your hopes and dreams, be it for the next champion or just a riding companion.

Regardless of your intention, good care of the mare during pregnancy has long term impacts on both her and her foal’s long term health and athletic capacity.

Here are some tips for feeding pregnant mares to keep them healthy and breeding sound, strong and athletic foals: 1. DON’T LET MARES GET FAT Mares in their early stages of pregnancy don’t need many, if any additional calories than they needed when they weren’t in foal.

Pregnant mares should ideally be maintained at a condition score of six and should not be allowed to exceed a score of seven.

Having mares too fat can: - Reduce their milk production - Put unnecessary strain on their hooves and joints, making them uncomfortable.

- Lead to difficulty foaling (though this isn’t necessarily proven to occur).

- Make it difficult to fall pregnant again, particularly if a mare is forced to lose weight just prior to or immediately after foaling.

As mares progress through their pregnancy, their requirement for energy and protein does increase, so you may find you need to feed additional feed to maintain their body condition score.

If you are feeding pregnant mares, get in the habit of running your hands over them every time you feed them. Doing this means you will quickly pick up if they are putting on more condition than they need and will allow you to adjust their feed intake.

2. DON’T LET MARES GET SKINNY A pregnant mare shouldn’t be allowed to drop below a condition score of five.

Mares that are any lighter will fall away quickly after foaling, reducing the body energy and protein reserves for milk production and also switching off the reproductive cycles, making it difficult or impossible to get in foal again.

Keeping mares in the correct body condition is essential for both her and her future foal's long-term health.

While pregnant mares can often be mainThin mares may also be more susceptible to tained on good quality pasture with little disease. additional feed, without supplementation of If you notice their ribs becoming easier to minerals, a pasture-only diet will almost cerfeel or their topline and rump starting to fall tainly have quite dramatic deficiencies of away, you will need to increase the amount copper and zinc and depending on the geoof feed they are getting. graphical location may also be very deficient Because so much room is taken up in the in calcium, phosphorous, magnesium, iodine mare’s abdomen late in the pregnancy you and selenium. will likely need to feed high energy grains If the mare doesn’t receive the additional or high energy fibre feeds that use ingrediminerals she needs to support herself and ents like sugarbeet pulp or soybean hulls to her growing foetus she will draw them from allow them to increase their energy intake her own body reserves. enough to hold their body condition. High However if she is required to do this for fat feeds are useful for late pregnant mares. many consecutive breeding seasons, it will 3. MAKE SURE MINERAL AND VITAMIN eventually have implications for both her and her future foal's’ long-term health.

REQUIREMENTS ARE MET One study has shown that foals born to Meeting the mineral and vitamin requiremares early in her breeding career have less ments of pregnant mares during early and structural problems than foals born later in late pregnancy is crucial to: that mare’s life, which may indicate that over - Promote sound development of their foals. consecutive pregnancies, mares can run out - Prevent deficiencies like iodine that can affect the thriftiness and survival of newborn of reserves of minerals that directly impact the sound development of her foals. foals.

- Prevent problems in the mares like retained FeedXL allows you to quickly and easily determine your mare’s requirements for placenta and the associated laminitis. these critical minerals as well as vitamins - Maintain a strong immune system in the and helps you make sure the diet you are mare and foal. feeding is meeting her requirements.

- Maintain the long-term health and soundness of the mare for future reproduction.  Continued page 5

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Understand your pregnant mare’s nutrition needs  From page 4 4. FEED HIGH QUALITY PROTEIN During pregnancy, a mare requires high quality protein to meet her own requirements and those of her growing foetus.

If the pasture your mare is on is of low quality (for example sub-tropical C4 Type pastures, or pasture that has matured, gone to seed or browned off), add some high quality alfalfa/lucerne hay to raise the quality of protein in the forage component of her diet.

If you are using supplementary feeds on low quality pasture, select feeds that use legumes and oilseeds with quality protein, including soybean, lupins, faba/field beans and canola meal.

Low quality protein sources like cottonseed meal shouldn’t be used for pregnant mares.

FeedXL will help you make sure you are feeding enough good quality protein to your mares to produce healthy foals and will also stop you from overfeeding protein which will make your mare’s diet very expensive.

5. MAKE THE MOST OF PASTURE IF YOU HAVE IT Pasture is an excellent source of energy and protein. Feeding a diet that relies largely on pasture has two main positive effects.

The first is it will make for an economical diet, with pasture being one of your cheapest feeds available.

Secondly, a high fibre diet will keep your mare’s gastrointestinal tract healthy, reducing the risk of problems like colic (something to be avoided in a pregnant mare).

To really know what is in your pasture and what your mare needs in addition for her diet to be balanced, you should have your pasture tested for energy, protein and minerals levels.

Once you have had your pasture tested, we can enter the results into your FeedXL account so you can see what is in and what is missing from your specific pasture.

Then you only need to add what is missing from the mare’s diet.

Feeding good quality feeds to your mare helps to produce a strong healthy foal.

SUMMARY Because it is so often said that a pregnant mare needs little more than a horse at maintenance, it is sometimes mistakenly thought that mares and particularly early pregnant mares can be fed diets of forage only with little or no supplementation.

However while a pasture or good quality hay diet may be sufficient to maintain your mare’s bodyweight, it will almost certainly be lacking in critical nutrient including minerals that can determine if your foal is born structurally sound or not.

Keeping mares in the correct body condition, making sure you meet mineral and vitamins requirements from day one of the pregnancy, feeding high quality protein and using pasture when you can will help you to breed sound foals that are healthy and full of life when born.

It will also mean your mares can remain healthy and able to produce strong foals with good structural soundness year in, year out.

Being pregnant may not appear to be hard work but it will take a toll on your mare’s body if she is not properly cared for.

Dr. Nerida Richards is FeedXL’s resident equine nutrition specialist.

With a degree in Rural Science, a doctorate degree in equine nutrition and nearly 20 years of full time, on the ground experience in feeding all types of horses, Nerida is able to help FeedXL members solve any problem they may come up against with feeding their horses.

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Breeding your broodmare is a big decision mare not coming into season such as an unexpected pregnancy. Furthermore, not all mares are obvious when displaying signs of being in season or “oestrous behaviour”. Your veterinarian should be able to determine the stage of her cycle by an ultrasound.

There are so many things to consider when thinking of sending your mare to stud… stallion choices, reproductive options, veterinary costs and so much more.

The ultimate goal is to have a healthy foal, that suits your needs or meets the markets needs, so how do you achieve this?

1. Good health and nutrition is is vital. Before starting on any breeding journey, it is important to make sure your mare is in good health she is up to date with vaccinations, has had a dental check-up and has been wormed. Remember a healthy mare is your best bet for a healthy foal.

2. In the lead up to the breeding season, assess your mare’s body weight. It is important that your mare is in good body condition for breeding. Mares who carry excess weight may have trouble cycling and falling pregnant.

3. Breeding earlier in the breeding season usually gives the best results. Some mares will benefit from being rugged, put under

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Feeding due to wet paddocks & being stable confined

By Dr NERIDA RICHARDS With all the rain and flooding and paddocks so sodden and wet, we find many of our horses are confined to a stable and not getting much exercise.

So how do we feed them?

It’s a balancing act…to give them enough feed to keep them occupied but not so much you have them climbing them walls.

Here is a little help on how to do it.

Horses are sometimes required to be confined due to flooding, illness or injury with no exercise allowed or possible due to the conditions.

It’s certainly not ideal for a horse, but, with some conditions, diseases, injuries and surgeries it is critical that a horse does stay confined for long periods of time.

As it does for so many things, nutrition what you feed and how much, makes a very real difference to how well a horse will cope during confinement.

Horses will express the amount of calories they are being fed in their diet in their behaviour.

So if you feed them a lot of energy (calories) they will give you a lot of energy.

Which means feeding a confined horse needs to walk that fine line of enough calories to hold weight so that healing/recovery can occur but not so much that behavior becomes a problem.

This can be either from your own safety perspective or for their own safety (the last thing you need an injured horse doing is

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A confined horse needs a calorie controlled diet. climbing the walls of a box).

Where it gets really tricky is that mentally they need enough to eat to keep them occupied and of course we need to keep the stomach full to lower the ever present risk of ulcers.

So it’s a classic Catch 22 - how do we feed lots to keep them munching all day without exceeding their calorie requirement?

The answer is in low quality, low calorie hay - if you can find it.

Average quality grassy hay is perfect for these horses because it is low in calories, meaning they can eat a lot of it without blowing their calorie budget.

Plus it’s often stemmy and requires a lot of chewing, so it keeps them busy for long periods and makes them salivate a lot which is great for maintaining the health of their stomach.

And they don’t particularly like it, so they won’t eat it really quickly - a benefit in keeping them busy and preventing ulcers.

Of course you can’t just feed average quality grass hay.

There would be deficiencies in the diet everywhere that would hinder recovery and general health.

My ‘go to’ with these horses is average quality grassy hay, a portion of alfalfa/lucerne hay and a high quality balancer pellet for vitamins and minerals which gives you the quantity/bulk you need to keep the horse sane and it’s gut healthy, the high quality protein needed for healing and it will cover all the vitamin and mineral needs.

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Mudfever - a condition or a symptom

By HIFORM AUSTRALIA Mudfever is a common condition causing scabby inflamed areas on the skin that mainly affects the pasterns and lower leg region.

It is often seen in muddy and wet conditions, however it is also seen with humidity and changing temperatures, from hot and cold and wet and dry.

It is a fungal infection which breeds with moisture.

However, the real question is this just a symptom to something further going on?

When the horse’s immune system is functioning optimally, it can defend itself from viruses, bacteria and fungus.

This is what the immune system is designed for.

Only when it is not functioning optimally or if the pathogen is extremely robust do we see illness appear.

This can be the case in some cases of mudfever, however it is more common that it is due to a combination of environmental factors and poor immune function.

What does the immune system encompass?

It provides a barrier and defence to the horse’s body from infection.

The skin is the first barrier, followed by the digestive tract; especially the microbiome.

This means if the bacteria in the digestive tract are imbalanced the immune system won’t function as well as it should.

Mudfever is a common condition causing scabby inflamed areas on the skin, mainly affecting the pasterns and lower leg region.

Conditions such as scours, ulcers, inflammatory bowel disease, worm burden, etc. all will directly affect immune function.

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ication your horse has been on, has it had high doses of antibiotics, without following up with probiotics?  Continued page 15

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Environment can cause skin conditions  From page 14 If so, they may have reduced immune function as there was no reinoculation of bacteria after antibiotic treatment.

If your horse suffers from other diseases or conditions, this may make them more susceptible to infections as their body is already dealing with a chronic issue.

This is more so the case with horses who suffer from auto-immune disorders or are on immuno suppressants or steroid treatment.

Environmental factors such as poor stable management can also lead to a variety of skin conditions such as mud fever.

Certain beddings such as straw, breed more bacteria than the likes of wood shavings.

Ensuring the bedding is regularly monitored and kept clean as well as ensuring that highly absorbable bedding is used, will reduce the chance of unwanted bacterial growth.

There are dietary changes we can make to

HIGHER SUSEPTABILITY Horses with: Pre-existing conditinons or illness Muddy environments Horses with feather Older horses Injuries; particularly on the lower parts of Scabby inflamed areas on the pastern and heels are typical of mud fever. ensure our horses’ immune systems are functioning efficiently.

Providing the horse with a good quality plantbased oil such as AlphaFlax, can also assist on a cellular level by keeping the skin and coat hydrated.

Dry skin is more likely to crack or break, making it more likely to be exposed to pathogenic bacteria that can cause mud fever.

Zinc plays a huge role in immune modulation as well as in skin health, maintaining the strength in cellular structure.

It is also important to maintain the health of tight gap junctions in between cells which is what helps keep skin and tissue intact.

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The hoof abscess - types causes and treatments Sourced from THE HORSE FARRIER www.horsefarrier.com.au

Many horse owners and riders are unable to recognise the symptoms that indicate the beginnings of an abscess.

If detected early, most abscesses can be treated in a simple fashion.

There are four types of abscesses that can occur in the hoof and long before they become visible, you will have noticed a change in your horse's attitude or a slight change in the regular gait, or unevenness; often they will rest one leg and point the hoof.

You must be aware enough to notice these changes - it is your duty of care.

If you suspect an abscess, look for a digital pulse in the suspect leg (this is an early indication of trauma within the hoof).

Note the pulse then compare it with the opposite leg.

If the pulse appears to be accelerated or stronger you can be fairly sure there is an abscess forming somewhere in that hoof.

At this point the decision needs to be made whether you are capable of carrying out further treatment or if you should call an experienced farrier or the vet.

As with any treatment of hoof abscesses, prescribed antibiotics should be given.

Hoof testers should be used to gently pressure test around the outer edge of the hoof wall beginning at one heel and moving at intervals to the other heel to see exactly where it is sensitive.

The four types of hoof abscesses are Toe, Sole, Bar and Heel which each have a cause, an effect and a treatment.

TOE ABSCESS - The cause

Sole abscess

Toe abscess

The toe abscess will be found at the junction of the sole and the hoof wall between the white line and the sensitive laminae.

It usually starts from the hoof wall being too long, causing it to flare out and separate from the laminae.

Often the hoof wall cracks vertically, allowing dirt and grit to build up inside against the sensitive tissue which when aggravated becomes inflamed then infected.

The effects The horse will stand with the leg pointed forward to relieve the pressure at the toe and will show a head bobbing action at the trot.

The treatment The separated or cracked area must be thoroughly cleaned out to remove all dirt and grit.

The flares at the toe must also be reduced back to an even hoof wall thickness at this time to prevent stress.

If the abscess is not yet visible, a poultice should be applied to the complete sole, to try drawing out the intrusion; this may need to be repeated until lameness is eased.

Some toe abscesses will travel up through the hoof wall and

blow out at the coronary band these need to be poulticed in that area.

The long term effects of these top releasing abscesses will be seen about two months later, when a small horizontal crack appear in the hoof wall directly above where the original abscess was, and just below the coronet.

It will grow down as the hoof grows and will need to be opened up to prevent it from holding dirt and causing another abscess.

There will be a capillary track from this horizontal crack down to the tip of the hoof which must be opened and cleaned.

If necessary, it should be refilled with synthetic material (used as directed).

SOLE ABSCESS - The cause The cause is either from bruising to the sole (which is common to wide flat footed horses) and usually results from the sole not being concave enough to allow free movement downwards when the hoof is under load), or from a stone bruise which may also puncture the sole; these usually occur in the front half of the sole.

The effects Accelerated digital pulse, point-

Applying a poultice and bandaging the hoof Supplies: •Epson Salts, Poultice clay or Poultice pad (Animalintex®) •Small sized diaper or cotton wool •Self-adhesive elastic bandages (3-4 inch, Vetrap™) •Elastic adhesive tape , silver or black fibre tape the best to use •Bandage scissors Bandaging Steps: 1. Prepare a duct tape square. Make a square by overlapping the strips of tape about half way to give some strength to the square. Set the square aside in a safe Page 18

spot, sticky side up.

2. Prepare and clean the foot.

3. Apply poultice following the instructions on the packaging.

4. Use a small sized diaper or cotton wool pad to provide padding, and keep to hoof clean and protect the coronary band from pressure from the next layers of bandage material.

5. Using self-adhesive elastic bandages, like Vetrap™, bandage over the cotton wool pad, securing it in place.

7. Take the duct tape square and place the centre of it over the sole of the foot, Using the roll of duct tape, wrap the foot, paying extra attention to the toe (especially if the horse has shoes on) as this

ing the toe, hoof feels warm to touch, often swelling in the lower leg and obvious lameness.

Treatment For a blind sole bruise/abscess there is sub-surface bleeding and this can be treated first with an ice boot or similar until any heat or swelling has subsided.

Then protected with an underpad fitted between the shoe and hoof and left in place for a week or two as protection for the affected area.

It is not advisable to try to drain this type of abscess by opening up the sole; it increases the risk of infection and delays the soundness.

As soon as the bruise has subsided, any excess thick or crusty sole should be pared away to achieve a concave profile which will help in the rehabilitation of the hoof and the prevention of another bruise.

In the event that the sole has been punctured by a stone, there will already be bleeding from that point so it needs to be cleaned and disinfected and a poultice applied to draw out any dirt etc.

The punctured area needs to be protected with a pad or boot for a few weeks to allow the sole to heal over, and the horse must be given antibiotics.

HEEL ABSCESS - The Cause These occur in the corn area at the junction where the bars meet the heel buttresses.

The cause is from excess pressure from the bar under the heel of the shoe, or from high impact to the heels as a result of the heels of the hoof capsule being too high; this starts off as bruising and progresses to inflammation and finally becomes abscessed.  Continued page 19

area will be the first to wear through when your horse walks.

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Treatments for hoof abscesses can vary  From page 18 The effects Acute lameness, strong digital pulse, horse will rest the leg toe first with the heel off the ground. There will be visible swelling in the lower leg and hoof feels warmer to touch.

The treatment Trim the bars down to sole level and lower the heels to expose the bruised area.

Apply a poultice and repeat until soreness has eased, trim the hoof to achieve a straight line from the front of the pastern down to the tip of the hoof and remove all flares in the hoof from toe to heel.

Sometimes a heart bar shoe is necessary for the hoof return to normal by easing pressure to heels during rehabilitation.

BAR ABSCESS - The cause Occurs about half way back along the bar where a crack develops when the bars have not been maintained to a short strong profile.

The effects When the bar cracks there is almost always an infection, extreme lameness, swelling, and pulse and then progresses to an under run sole abscess.

Ice/ice boots Ice Boots or standing your horse in a bucket of ice-water is a great way to reduce pain, heat, and inflammation and possibly even prevent an abscess forming or the onset of a bout of laminitis.

Also great for cooling legs after exercise and sweating under leg

protection. Heat in tendons, ligaments and joints can cause cellular damage, which can create tendon damage, ligament damage and even arthritis in the joints.

A poultice should be applied, to try drawing out the infection this As soon as you suspect your horse may need to be repeated until lameness is eased. has a problem, don't wait until you a buffer until the new sub-sole The treatment can feel a pulse, get the ice on their is strong enough to protect the Carefully clean the affected area feet and legs, this way the damage pedal bone. of all dirt and excess flaky sole, is bought to a halt or at least will Conclusion disinfect and apply a poultice be minimised.

Hoof abscesses are unnecessary Current research shows hoof wall for about three days, repeating and prevention is far better than temperature needs to be below 10 the cleaning process each time. cure.

When the soreness decreases, a degrees to halt the progress of Avoid allowing flares to develstraight bar shoe and under pad laminitis. op in the hoof wall - this will can be fitted as protection. eliminate cracks and laminae About six weeks after the initial separation which invite the infection from a cracked bar, if abscess. there has been an under run Balance the hoof to the correct infection, the sole will feel holpastern angle to eliminate heel low in that area and occasionaldamage, trim the sole to its natly at least half of the sole will be ural concavity and trim the bars affected. to be strong.

Care should be taken not to This will solve most potential pare away this separated sole hoof related problems. too soon as nature is using it as

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How to feed your horse well through winter

By LARISSA BILSTON, BAgrSc (Hons 1), Animal Nutritionist, Farmalogic Most horse diets need tweaking through winter to compensate for seasonal reduction in pasture quantity and quality whilst horses burn extra calories to keep warm.

Older horses in particular can have trouble maintaining weight through cold weather as their bodies become less efficient at producing, processing and absorbing nutrients.

Minimise issues with winter weight loss by taking care of teeth, worming or other veterinary issues early and before the full stress of winter hits.

KEEP THEM WARM The two most important things you can do for your horses through winter are also the two easiest - keep them warm and feed plenty of hay.

The body uses energy (calories) to stay warm during cold weather and for horses with a lower body condition score it is energy they cannot afford to lose.

Providing rugs, wind breaks or shelters will help older and underweight horses use more of their available energy for weight gain and maintenance.

Two things you should do to assist older horses through winter is to keep them warm and feed them plenty of hay.

meadow hay is necessary.

Horses need to be able to eat approximately two per cent of their bodyweight in dry matter per day to keep their gut functioning optimally.

That equates to at least 10 kg of hay or up to 18 kg of grass per day for a 500 kg horse.

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PROVIDE ADEQUATE ROUGHAGE Plant growth is naturally slower in winter due to longer nights and less sunlight hours for photosynthesis to occur.

Plants also become stressed due to cold weather, frosts, drought and water-logged conditions which restricts their growth.

As a result there is less pasture available for horses to graze and supplementation with grass or

stantly digest a steady stream of fairly low energy, high fibre forage.

When pasture is in limited supply, it is essential to provide enough good quality grass or meadow hay to fill the gap in pasture availability.

Hard-keepers and underweight horses will benefit from access to free choice hay whenever pasture is overgrazed or the average length of leaves in the pasture falls below ankle height.

For overweight horses and those with metabolic conditions who are prone to laminitis, it is necessary to limit access to short, green or stressed grass as these are higher in the sugars and carbohydrates that can cause weight gain and laminitis.

Although spring and autumn are the highest risk times for laminitis, it is important to monitor pasture and horses carefully through winter as well.

When weight loss is necessary, remove horses from pasture and supply low calorie (or soaked) hay at a rate of 1.5 per cent of their bodyweight per day.

Slow feeder haynets can help make the daily ration last longer to avoid the stress and gastric ulcer risk associated with leaving horses for hours without roughage.

A bonus for horses eating plenty of hay or grass during cold weather is that fibre digestion occurs through fermentation by hindgut microbes which produces heat and has a 'warming' effect.

Adequate roughage usually provides enough protein to meet the daily needs of adult horses but some older horses are less efficient at digesting protein and may need extra protein in their diet.

Higher protein feeds include lucerne, clover, soy or legume products.

ADD CALORIES Some horses will get enough energy (calories) from hay and grass to maintain weight through the winter but many will need a hard feed to maintain weight.

Be prepared to increase the size of hard feeds in response to weight loss but always ensure adequate roughage (as pasture or hay) is available before you introduce or increase hard feeds.

If you're looking for something to top up a diet to put weight on you don't necessarily need a product that says 'weight gain' on the bag - you only need to add more calories.

This is often easiest achieved by feeding more of what you already feed.  Continued page 21

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Plenty to consider for older horse’s diets  From page 20 You can increase the level of energy (calories) in the diet with a cereal grain (such as oats or barley), a legume grain (like soy or lupins), a 'super fibre' (such as copra, beet pulp or soy hulls) or oil.

You can use these ingredients alone or combination or as part of a premixed pellet or muesli blend.

When choosing your grain or energy source, consider how much time and energy you are willing to put into preparation.

Whole oats can be fed raw, but other cereal grains such as barley or corn should be fed in a cooked form.

You can boil them or buy steamflaked, pelleted, extruded or micronized grains.

Super fibres usually require a short period of soaking to absorb water while whole lupins are best soaked for hours to soften the seed coat.

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If you are feeding older horses, take into account the condition of your horse's teeth and digestive efficiency when choosing a

Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation can be necessary through winter when horses are reliant on hay for roughage and are fed more omega-6 rich grains, oils and hard feeds.

Omega 3 rich supplements containing a combination of ALA, EPA and DHA are the best way to improve the omega 3 to 6 ratio across the whole diet.

Omega-3 supplements can also assist horses with inflammatory conditions such as arthritis, airway disease, allergies and itchy skin.

Consider an older horse’s teeth and digestive efficiency when choosing a hard feed. hard feed.

The amount of hard food that is required depends on the horse's size, level of activity or breeding status, the amount of energy provided by the pasture or hay and the individual's metabolism (easy-keeper or hard keeper).

Research shows that some older horses experience a decline in the function and efficiency of their digestive tract but others seem to process feed as robustly as ever.

Horses produce less saliva as they age so dampening feeds assists the process of chewing and swallowing.

BALANCE THE VITAMINS, MINERALS AND FATTY ACIDS Feeding a correctly formulated diet complete with all the vitamins, minerals and fatty acids in balance allows the horse's body to function optimally.

This can result in improved 'fuel efficiency' and immune function to help horses through the stress of winter.

Horses will always be deficient

in some minerals and vitamin E, regardless of pasture quality, unless supplemented.

Even the best pasture in the world, able to provide more than enough calories and protein to keep horses fat and shiny, fails to provide enough of the microminerals copper or zinc and often selenium and iodine.

The macrominerals calcium, phosphorous, salt and magnesium are also frequently needed to balance mineral ratios across the whole diet.

Vitamins and minerals can be supplemented by providing the full recommended amount of a quality pre-mixed feed, or by adding a balancer powder or pellet.

If feeding a reduced rate of premixed pellets or muesli, use a balancer powder to top up and balance your horse's vitamin and mineral requirements.

Remember that it is possible for a horse to be deficient in one mineral even if the recommended daily intake is given unless all minerals are provided in correct mineral ratios.

TIPS FOR CHOOSING HAY FOR WINTER Grass or meadow hay is the best choice to substitute for pasture when grass growth is poor due to seasonality or over-grazing.

Lucerne hay is a good way to boost protein intake but should be limited to no more than 30 per cent of the roughage intake.

When buying, choose hay that smells sweet and fresh.

Look for lots of leaf in the hay stalky hay, and significant amounts of seed heads are signs of poorer quality hay made from mature plants.

AVOID HAY THAT IS: - too stalky - dark in colour - dusty - browning (especially on the bottom of bales) - hot to touch - smells of mould - displays visible fungus.

When stacking hay in your shed, arrange it so that the oldest hay can be used first.

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JUNE 11-12 Warwick Horse Trials 16-19 Qld World Cup Show - Larapinta 19 Sunshine Coast Showjumping 24-26 Festival of Jumping @ QSEC JULY 2-3 AQUIS Champs Tour Elysian Fields 22 Sunshine Coast Showjumping 28-31 Eventing Qld 3DE & State Champs @ Tamborine

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18 Barcaldine Show 18-19 Mt Larcom Show 18-19 North Qld Show Horse Champs 21 Bowen Show 22 Burdekin (Ayr) Show 23-24 Herbert River (Ingham) Show 24-25 Rosewood Show 25 NDHD T-Shirt Hack @ Burpengary 24-26 Malanda Show 24-26 Redcliffe Show 27-28 Atherton Show JULY 1-3 Laidley Show 2-3 Dayboro Show 7-8 Innisfail Show 9-10 Mareeba Show 9-10 Samford Show 13-15 Cairns Show 14-16 Gatton Show 16 UEA Winter Showcase @ Burpengary 17 Qld Riding Pony Sow @ Burpengary 17-18 Mossman Show 21-23 Royal Darwin Show 22-23 Tully Show 23-24 Mt Gravatt Show 24-26 Charters Towers 24 EQ Winter Hack Show @ Park Ridge 29-31 Pine Rivers Show 30-31 Sarina Show

TRAIL RIDING & CTR Australian Trail Horse Riders Association 0418 438 807 www.athra.com.au Alligator Creek 0407 117 998 Beaudesert Shire 0429 443 237 Beechmont & District 0419 737 253 Bouldercombe 0418 715 837 Breakaway 0408 712 851 Brisbane Valley 0428 750 145 Border Country Trail Riders 0409 224 605 Cairns Trail Horse Club 0408 727 616 Calen Trail & Sports Club 0412 804 974 Cooloola Trail riders Ph 07 5482 8436 CTHC-Caboolture ph 07 5498 6068 Curtis & District 0438 111 091 Dayboro Trail Riders to 0432 186 200 Email - dayboro.trailriders@gmail.com Ipswich & District 0457 881 012 Logan River Redlands 0418 715 786 Mudgeeraba & Hinterland 0407 902 754 Nth West Qld Trail Riders 0429 309 280 Rathdowney Trail Riding 07 5544 1177 Richmond River Trail Horse Riders Club 0447 668 953 / rrthrc@gmail.com Saturday Horse Activities 0408 361 215 SCATER www.scater.com.au Ph: 07 5478 8676 or 0417 612 061 Somerset Trail Riding Club - 0418 438 807 Sunny Coast Trail Club - 0428 176 557 Tweed-Byron Trail Riders 0418 400 047 Toowoomba Trail Riders 0419 614 426 Toowoomba's Cumburrie 0429 663 397 Trail Riding Australia 0458 342 067 Wide Bay Trail Riders 07 4126 3456

WESTERN www.aqha.com.au JUNE 4-5 South Burnett WP Show @ Nanango JULY 9-10 Marybourough Western Club Show

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Australian Teams Announced for 2022 Oceania Sam Lyle & BF Valour, owned by Charlotte Mavris Shenae Lowings & Bold Venture, owned by Shenae Lowings Shane Rose & Easy Turn, owned by Angela Shacklady and Shane & Niki Rose

By Equestrian Australia Equestrian Australia (EA) is pleased to announce the selected combinations for the 2022 Oceania Championships, to be held in Victoria at the Melbourne International 3 Day Event from 9th – 13th June, 2022.

Australia will field three teams: two Senior teams and one Young Rider team.

The Oceania Championships are an important component of the EA High Performance Program, giving athletes the opportunity to gain Championship-level experience in the Southern Hemisphere as part of a representative team.

This is consistent with the EA High Performance Program's strategy for developing emerging combinations, and for the majority of the Young Riders selected in 2022, this will be their first appearance on an Australian squad.

Prior to the Championships, all team and reserve combinations will attend a staging camp in Victoria that will focus on team culture and competition preparation. The composition of the two Senior teams will also be finalised during this camp.

EA High Performance Director, Chris Webb, congratulated the combinations selected for the biennial competition against New Zealand.

“Congratulations to all of the selected combinations who have been named to the Australian squads,” Mr. Webb said. “The Oceania Championships are an integral part of the EA High Performance Program’s

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Reserve combinations Andrew Cooper & Hey Arnold, owned by Madeline & Darren Wilson Gemma Tinney & Diabolo, owned by Tim Game & Karen Tinney Matthew Gaske & Bellhaven Cumbria, owned by Jason Johnstone Sarah Clark & LV Balou Jeanz, owned by Sarah Clark Pathway, which supports athletes aspiring to represent Australia.

Many of Australia's most successful equestrian competitors made their debut at an Oceania Championship and we remain committed to continuing the development of Australian combinations.”

Oceania Championships Senior Teams Annabel Cargill & Quaprice, owned by Annabel Cargill & Hamish Cargill, Alison Lalak and Paul Cargill Emma Mason & Warrego Marco Polo, owned by Marco Polo Syndicate Jessica Rae & Fifth Avenue, owned by Jessica Rae Lauren Browne & Skys da Limit, owned by Lauren Browne Samuel Jeffree & Woodmount Lolita, owned

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Oceania Championships Young Rider Team Edward Darby & Dawn of the Day, owned

by Julia Gibson Georgia Tivendale & Star Allure, owned by Georgia Tivendale Oliver Barrett & Sandhills Special, owned by Prue Barrett Riley Lyall & GI War Machine, owned by Riley Lyall Reserve combinations Amilia Schooley & Grande Exito, owned by Amilia Schooley Ella Smith & Jaybee Altimate, owned by Ella Smith For further information about the Zeep.

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New K9-GTS Integrating Timing System

By SMW ELECTRONICS The K9-GTS product is a integrated timing System with multi IR beam sender/receiver wireless gates that was developed to accurately time sporting events such as Showjumping timed events, Barrel racing, Point to Point Events and any timing requiring a single timed individual or animal though a timing gate.

The K9-GTS Controller Console and System This system can: * Support up to 6 active RF encrypted wireless gates on the system - Type 1 Gates are 1.3m high and have Multi IR Beams - Type 2 Gates are single/Dual IR Beam units for showjumping use * Support for 2 active RFwireless handswitches for manual start/ stop/clear time as an accurate stopwatch and for special event usage. * Calculate speed and split time speed information which is done when course distance is entered. * Provide a large database of run times details for events which

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Guide your horses to the answers

By TANJA KRAUS We had recently had a horse at a clinic who was fairly green in his education and also had a bit of 'spooking' happening.

He had gotten away from the owner on the ground (spooked at something, and pulled away).

Even though he has been being ridden, we noticed he was not comfortable with the saddle at all, and in fact was quite spooked when it made a sound (not great when you want to ride him).

Phil Monaghan started working with him on the ground.

One of the first things Phil had to establish was that the little guy couldn't get away (this can be a huge, and dangerous issue).

Phil helped him by teaching him to look to him when he ran off, instead of running off.

This began with Phil putting in a hindquarter disengagement to his focus (not needing to physically touch him).

This starts on a smaller circle, and then you continue to make the circle bigger, until he is able to come in on the 22' distance -

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All of this was done with the saddle on - a great way to help him be confident simply moving around with a focus with the saddle on.

Phil then asked him to circle at the walk, trot and canter - and at the start, the little horse would take off even at the walk.

Phil held space and gently guided him to a stop, or a hindquarter yield when he got anxious, to help expand his 'thinking zone'.

So instead of taking off, he began to think that stopping was

a better option, and the stopping allowed him to re-assess the saddle and realise it wasn't so bad.

With Phil's kind guidance it didn't take long until he was confident at the walk and tolerating at the trot.

He still took off at the canter - it is so important to realise that increasing the gait reduces the horse’s ability to remain calm about something he is worried about.

So Phil did the same at the trot gently guided him and showed him it was much more comfortable to come back to a walk, rather than take off.

By the close of the session, the little guy was confident at the walk, cautiously confident at the trot, and able to tolerate at the canter.

In future sessions the owner will work on increasing this confidence in all gaits until it can be relied upon.

The vital parts of this session were; - Phil remaining calm - Phil remaining connected to the horse - Phil keeping the conversation going - Phil showing the horse the comfortable spot - Phil giving the horse time to think, and also helping him I often hear the train of thought "just leave him, he will figure it out" - well, he might, but it's going to be a heck of a lot more stressful for him than if you just helped him along.

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Giving a horse time to think will help produce a better understanding between horse and rider.

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EA Coach of the Month - Nina Fritzell

By EQUESTRIAN AUSTRALIA Coach of the Month is a regular education series on the Equestrian Australia website.

It is a way of highlighting the EA coaches and educators who work with dedication and passion all over Australia.

Nina Fritzell is an EA level 1 Vaulting Coach and an FEI level 2 Vaulting Judge and is EA’s May Coach of the Month.

Nina shares her story of how she became a Vaulting Coach, her coaching philosophy and why Vaulting should be part of all training.

How my passion with horses started “I grew up in Stockholm, Sweden in a non horsey family.

“My best friend at primary school was horse mad, so I used to go with her to the local riding school.

“I convinced my mum to give me a weekly riding lesson and from there on, I was hooked.

At the age of 10 we moved to a country town where of course I found the local riding school to continue my passion.

“I pretty much spent all my time at the riding school helping out.

“At the age of 15, I finally got my own 15-year-old Arab/New forest pony with no education and to

Nina Fritzell is an EA level 1 Vaulting Coach and an FEI level 2 Vaulting Judge

finance agistment, she had to be used for the riding school as well.

“Keeping horses in Sweden is very expensive so that was my only option to keep her.

“She ended up being a great little show jumper and we competed successfully until I turned 18.”

My transition to coaching “I did my riding instructors course and worked as coach for 5 years at the riding school.

Nina Fritzell and some of her accomplished young Vaulters.

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“In 1987 I went to Australia on holidays and have been here ever since.

“Doing track work became my job for the next 25 years and I also competed dressage on some lovely pure bred Arabians.

“I have a lot to thank Miguel Tavora for my interest in dressage, I took regular lessons from him while he was giving clinics in SA and also worked for him in Sydney for a year.

“Learned some very valuable lessons in dressage fundamentals.

“He had this great gift of knowing when to ask for the next step and I always refer back to him when training horses and Vaulters.

“In the early 90s I was asked by the Strathalbyn Pony club to be a guest instructor and I suggested we do some Vaulting as I used to vault in Sweden at the riding school for fun.

“The kids were hooked so Marion Meuring, who was the chief instructor, and I, started up Vaulting in SA. “We were soon approached by Bob Hennig and from there the first ESA discipline committee for Vaulting started.

“Vaulting was very new to Australia so there was a lot of work to get the sport going.”

Vaulting Judge and Coach “I became a FEI judge in 1994 and then got my coaching qualifications soon after.

“I am now 57-years-old and live on 80 acres in Springton where I run a small agistment business.

“I work part time for the University of Adelaide at Roseworthy Vet school where I teach horse and dog

handling/teaching support.

“Acacia Gold Vaulting Club is based at my place and we train every Saturday morning.

“We have currently vaulters from the age of 3 ½ to 25 yo.

“The thing I love about this sport is the inclusiveness, everybody is helping each other and it is a team sport.

“The horses we use for training is my 2 17.1hh thoroughbreds Charlie and Fred, aged 18 and 25.

“They both raced in their early years and Reggie who is a 12 yo Warmblood owned by Skye Barrowcliffe.

“Skye is our oldest Vaulter and is also coaching.”

Greatest Achievements “All three horses have been awarded EA Best Vaulting horse of the year.

“One of my greatest achievements has been to see some of my students compete internationally and my former student Jamie Hocking has been based in Denmark for over three years studying and competing at the highest level.”

Why Vaulting?

“I believe vaulting is a very good way to learn harmony with horse, improved balance and confidence so it would be great to see it more widely used in training riders.

“Not the competition vaulting just incorporate part of the training.”

Coaching Philosophy “My coaching philosophy is to encourage all my students to take advise from different coaches/ people not only from me and always show good sportsmanship win or lose.”

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Madam Rouge stars on final day of sale

By MAGIC MILLIONS Bidding online, Widden Stud was able to secure to star mare Madam Rogue for $2.4 million and was one of nine lots to sell for seven figures at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast.

It will be welcome return to the famous Hunter Valley nursery for the daughter of Zoustar.

The original breeder of Madam Rouge, Widden sold her for $310,000 at the 2017 Gold Coast Yearling Sale but astutely retained a 10 per cent share for her racing career.

That career netted six wins and almost $1.5 million in prizemoney before she was mated with I Am Invincible in her first season at stud last spring.

"We are thrilled," Widden's Antony Thompson said.

"We obviously bred her and were involved in racing her we know her intimately.

"It was a great ride with Chris Waller and the owners.

“So now to be able to buy her and bring her back to Widden is wonderful.

Madam Rouge proved the star of a remarkable third and final day of the 2022 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale

"We bred and raced Sunlight and tried to buy her but we were unable to.

“Last year we underbid Mizzy.

“These Zoustar mares are the most gorgeous mares - they will be fantastic broodmares.

"For mine she was the number one in-foal mare in the sale.

“We were able to build an army to go to war and we were able to win that battle."

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Earlier in the day, Victoria's Lucky Vega Syndicate went to $1.7 million to secure the impeccably bred Fantasy (Lot 1084) from the draft of Coolmore Stud.

An imported daughter of Invincible Spirit, Fantasy was a winner and group placegetter at the Curragh and was presented in foal to Juddmonte's international champion sire

Frankel.

The resultant foal will be a close relation to champions Magical and Rhododendron, who are from Fantasy's half sister Halfway to Heaven and by Frankel's sire Galileo.

It was a big day for mares in foal to Frankel with Easton Angel (Lot 1066), Key (Lot 1145) and Excellent Sunset (Lot 1078) selling for $1.35 million, $1.1 million and $1.05 million respectively.

The Written Tycoon Syndicate was leading buyer at the sale with six lots purchased at a gross of $11.81 millions.

Their purchases included Away Game ($4 million) and Tofane ($3.2 million).

The Newgate Consignment rounded out the sale as leading vendor by gross with over $24 million traded on their 50 lots sold.

Arrowfield Stud (eight sold at $525,250 average) edged our Ciaron Maher Racing (four sold at $520,000 average) as leading vendor by average (three or more sold).  Continued page 32

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Broodmare sale rated ‘greatest ever’  From page 31 Across three day's of selling the National Broodmare Sale grossed over $123 million on 542 lots sold at an average price of $228,311 and median of $140,000.

The clearance rate currently sits at 84 per cent.

"I am absolutely delighted," Magic Millions Managing Director Barry Bowditch said.

"I think it's been one of the great breeding stock sales we've ever held.

"Last year was a huge benchmark to meet, it was an incredible sale which obviously included the Shadwell Australasia Dispersal, so to increase our gross, taking out Shadwell, to sell 18 million dollar horses in the past three days is an extraordinary effort.

"We thank vendors for entrusting us with these mares and race fillies and the buyers for supporting the product that we have a lot of confidence in with great gusto.

"The yearling sale market's been quite extraordinary, racing here in Australia is going from strength to strength and there's a huge amount of confidence in our game and internationals are paying attention, so it's the perfect recipe for a great sale.

"I think we had an outstanding line-up of mares, especially young mares, it was a very, very young catalogue, and the market took to it in an emphatic way.

"I must thank all of the vendors, their amazing teams and others connected with the logistics of the sale - the weather was very testing during inspections and early in the sale and everyone worked together to help make it an incredible sale."

To view the results of the sale or to make an offer on a passed in lot, visit the Magic Millions website.

The Gold Coast National Yearling Sale with a quality catalogue of youngsters was expected to draw continued buyer interest.

"It's the last major opportunity for buyers to purchase a lot to be eligible for the $14 million plus Magic Millions Race Series and there's a great line up of stock catalogued," Bowditch said.

OVERALL SALE TOP SELLERS $4,000,000 - Away Game (Lot 584) Vendor: Newgate - Killora Consignment / Buyer: Written Tycoon Syndicate (Vic) $3,100,000 - Tofane (Lot 542) Newgate Consignment (As Agent for Ballymore Stables) / Written Tycoon Syndicate (Vic) $2,400,000 - Madam Rouge (Lot 1191) Widden Stud (As Agent) / Widden Stud (NSW) $1,700,000 - Lighthouse (Lot 723) Arrowfield Stud (As Agent) / Dermot Farrington B'stock (QLD) Page 32

$1,700,000 - Fantasy (Lot 1084) Coolmore Stud (As Agent) / Lucky Vega Syndicate (Vic)

$1,350,000 - Easton Angel (Lot 1066) Glenesk T'breds (As Agent) / Written Tycoon Syndicate (Vic)

$1,600,000 - Mac 'n' Cheese (Lot 731) Spendthrift Australia / Written Tycoon Syndicate (Vic)

$1,300,000 - Tangier (Lot 892) Godolphin / Avenue B'stock/Tom Magnier (NSW)

$1,350,000 - Forever You (Lot 730) Blue Sky Premium Consignment (As Agent) / Written Tycoon Syndicate (Vic)

$1,300,000 - Nettoyer (Lot 1231) Newgate Consignment (As Agent) / Trilogy Racing Pty Ltd (NSW)

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The Horse Report DAYBORO SHOW The 65th Dayboro Show will be held on 2nd and 3rd July, 2022 at the Memorial Showgrounds, 3512 Mt Mee Road, Dayboro.

Check Shows at online for schedule, events etc.

Entries placed through Showday online would be preferred.

Saturday - Hack classes, Rider classes, showjumping, championship dog show, poultry, fireworks Sunday - ASH Feature Show and showjumping.

All weekend - pavilion displays, trade displays, trade exhibitors, sideshow alley, woodchopping and lots of family fun for all.

We are excited to welcome Sam Handford Entertainment to our show this year. You can see Sam and his team performing both days and the spectacular Trial By Fire show will be on Saturday evening before the fireworks .All enquiries: ph 0477 766 841 or secretarydayboroshow@gmail.com

GLENARTHON STOCKMANS CHALLENGES The 2022 Genarthon Stockmans challenges will be held at Mallanganee Showgrounds October 1 & 2.

There is a lot on offer this year not only for the Open rider but for everyone . There are Mini Junior and Youth Challenges, encouragement and Rookie Challenges and Challenges for 2, 3 and 4 year old horses. There will be a dinner and auction on saturday night at The West of The Range Pony Club Bar and the canteen will be open all weekend. Entries will open at the end of September. For further information contact the Event Co Ordinator: Colleen McQueen 0429 334 041 Email glenarthonstockhorses@hotmail.com

Show Horse Queensland June 5 Newcommers, Childs HOTY & Hack Show - Park Ridge July 24 Winter Hack Show - Park Ridge September 17-18 EQ HOTY - Toowoomba October 8 Youth Clinic - Park Ridge October 9 Champions of Champions Hack Show - Park Ridge For measuring enquiries Ph Gail Iskra 0407 748 763 email gailiskra@bigpond.com

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65TH ANNUAL Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd July 2022 Check Shows at online for schedule, events etc.

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Sunday - ASH Feature Show, showjumping All enquiries Email: secretarydayboroshow@gmail.com or phone 0477 766 841

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The Horse Report PONY CLUB SCHOOL HOLIDAY CAMP The Murwillumbah Pony Club will be holding July School Holiday Mini Camp on 7 and 7 July, 2022.

Instruction will be provided in show jumping, sporting, showriding, dressage, games and scary obstacles.

This camp will be BYO food but the Thursday night there will be a pizza night.

The program offers something for riders of all ages and interests from the lead line under eight riders up to adults so long as they are members of Pony Club.

The club operates out of the Murwillumbah Showgrounds and offers great facilities, stables, camping, canteen, new dressage arenas, jumping and sporting equipment, qualified instructors and friendly helpful members.

New members are welcome to join the club and join in the fun but riders from any club are welcome to come along.

Nominations are essential to attend the camp.

For further information or to received a Mini Camp nomination form contact Paula on 0413 733 294 or email cobakibob@bigpond.com

Murwillumbah Pony Club JULY HOLIDAY CAMP. They offer great facilities, stables, camping, canteen, new dressage arenas, jumping and sporting equipment, qualified instructors, friendly helpful members.

Murwillumbah Showgrounds, Queensland Rd, Murwillumbah

Show Riding, Dressage, Jumping, Sporting, Games, lots of fun

*** 2 DAY MINI CAMP *** Thursday 7th & Friday 8th Followed by 2 Gymkhanas 9th & 10 July

10 – 13 November 2022 www.equitana.com.au

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The Horse Report MUDGEERABA SHOW The 2022 Mudgeeraba Show will be held on June 25 - 26.

This family event is not to be missed with all the fun of the fair, more than 200 exhibiter stands and a huge variety of exhibits that attracts on average around 50,000 people. The ring events, run over two days, have a great equestrian program that includes hacks, rider classes, breed events and showjumping.

Goats, poultry, camels and racing pigs… they are are at Mudgeeraba. Woodchop events, community exhibits along with the wonderful arts and craft displayed in the pavilion too.

The Mudgeeraba Show has something for everyone from all age groups and interests. See great singers and dancers along with a huge variety of entertainers.

Everyone's favourite at the show is the night program held on both Friday and Saturday nights and this year will be finishing with a concert, fireworks and laser show.

To book a trade stand, volunteer at the show, to enter events or for more information on becoming a member please

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contact Kylie on 0418 182 533 or email info.mudgeerabashow@gmail.com

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WINTER HACK SHOW Saturday 18 June 2022

8:30 am start at Murwillumbah Show grounds Competitors must be members of SHCA or day membership is available - $20

Entry Fee - $30 per horse (includes ground fee, gate admission and entry into unlimited classes)

Pre entry before June 16 www.manehub.com Champ & Res Champ Led Pony, Galloway & Hack Champ & Res Champ Led Show Hunter Pony, Galloway & Hack Champ & Res Champ Novice Pony, Galloway & Hack Champ & Res Champ Open Pony, Galloway & Hack Champ & Res Champ Show Hunter Pony, Galloway & Hack Rising Star classes - Novice Riders - Second Chance ring

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Separate enclosed ring for young riders new to showing that includes leadline & independent events to include Led classes hack and rider games & Fancy Dress

For further information Email: nnswshowhorse@gmail.com Follow us on facebook Northern NSW Show Horse Association

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The Horse Report QUEENSLAND RPSBS Ltd 2022 STATE SHOW The RPSBS Qld Committee will run the annual State Show on 17th July 2022 at Burpengary Equestrian Centre 350 Rowley Rd., Burpengary starting at 8:00am.

The Riding Pony breed classes in Rings 1 and 2 feature RPSBS registered led youngstock, senior ponies and overheight horses, ridden Show and Show Hunter Ponies and Show/ Show Hunter Hacks exc. 14.2hh, Newcomer and Home Produced Riding Ponies and Overheights and Double Registered classes.

The Newcomer Sweepstakes finals will be held for Show, Show Hunter and Overheights that hold 2020/21 Newcomer Cards plus finals for those that hold 2021/2022 Newcomer Cards at this event along with newcommer classes for ponies that hold 2022/23 Newcomer Cards.

The program is now is available at https://www.rpsbs.com.au/qld/qldevents/ and entries will be via www.rpsbs.com.au - login Online Entry Procedure for Qld State Riding Pony Show Click on <STUDBOOK> in Menu bar Click on <Login> on right hand side of black menu bar.

In the login box type your RPSBS membership number.

If you have used the login previously enter your password.

If you have not used the login option previously click on <New Password>.

Enter email as requested and click <New Password>.

The Administrator of the online studbook system will email you a password.

To access the show schedule click on <Home> in the black menu bar after logging on.

In left hand box click <Shows>.

Click <Enter> on right side of <2022 Qld State Show> record.

Complete your entry details and send.

Click <Logout>.

If you encounter a problem entering the show contact: RPSBSQ Secretary - Emily Hyland Email: rpsbsqld@outlook.com Show Secretary - Lorraine Currie Ph 0407 585 332 email: annandalestud@gmail.com

2022 Queensland State RIDING PONY SHOW Sunday July 17th 8:00 am start

Burpengary Equestrian Centre - 350 Rowley Rd., Burpengary All owners and competitors must be finiancal members for 2022-2023

Enquiries to Qld RPSBS Secretary Emily Hyland - 0421 776 908 rpsbsqld@outlook.com or Show Secretary Lorraine Currie - 0407 585 332 annandalestud@gmail.com Entries via

FULL RIDING PONYSHOW PROGRAMME Featuring RPSBS Youngstock and Including Riding Pony Show and Show Hunter Overheight Show and Show Hunter Youth Classes & Handler Classes Double Registered Riding Pony classes Leading Rein & First Ridden Ridden Home Produced classes Rider Classes SUPREME CHAMPION RIDDEN SUPREME CHAMPION LED SUPREME RIDDEN CHILD’S 2020/2021 NEWCOMER FINAL 2021/2022 NEWCOMER FINAL 2022 MOST SUCCESSFUL EXHIBITOR AWARD 2022 MOST SUCCESSFUL BREEDER AWARD 2022 SUPREME CHILD’S RIDDEN PONY

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Now Or Never (Henrys Affair)

Price: $ POA 16.1 ½ hh Bay Gelding Reg: EA | ASB | ANSA Sire: Henrythenavigator Dam: Admiral's Affair

Henry completed newcomer year in 2019 and is going into his second season of showing (due to missing 2020 because of COVID). Recently been started as a hunter and has a “look at me presence” with lovely length of rein.

He is the ideal rider class mount and with further experience he is going to be the ultimate child’s mount. A true Gentleman. Can ride bareback and stand up on him. Has been over a few small jumps and believe he would also suit interschool’s or dressage. Henry has been back to the track as a lead pony, leading race horses around the track and taken out to the lake to swim bareback. Ridden out along roads alone and in company, he is just happy to do whatever is asked of him.Easy to handle and loves attention, he is up to date with farrier, dentist and worming. Great to float, shoe, clip etc.

Recent Results: · Finalist Led OTT, and Runner Up Ridden OTT -Vic Saddlehorse champs 2022 · Supreme Ridden Hunter and supreme rider -Mildura Horse complex 2021 - Barastoc 5th Led Hunter OTT 2021 · Top 10 Large Show Hunter Hack SHCV HOTY 2021 · 3rd in both led and ridden Hunter OTTB SHCV HOTY Genuine enquires only please. Video available upon request.

Currently with David Warde. Ph 0439 918 341 or Ph: 0439 918 341

DP Cobolt Price: $ 8,000.

15.3 7/8 hh Reg: TB, SHC, EV Bay Gelding YOB: 2007 Sire: Taimazon Dam: Boxwood Sam is an experienced show hunter hack who is suited to an experienced rider. Sam has competed at Melbourne Royal and many Ag shows. He always comes home with a broad ribbon.

Recently he began competing HRCAV level 3 dressage where he placed 1st and 2nd scoring in the low 70%. Good to float and shoe. For sale due to my daughter giving up riding. Currently in work.

Contact: Helen Ph: 0418 774 468

Poppy Price: $ 25,000. neg 16.1 hh Reg: Warmblood x TB Bay Mare Sire: Fun and Sun Dam: Barely Anytime It is with a very heavy heart that I offer my 2yo Warmblood x TB for sale. She was to be my next all-rounder but due to time commitments with my veterinary studies I need to move her on.

Poppy has been well handled and is a very sensible young horse with a kind nature that will suit the show, dressage and jumping rings. She has great confirmation and lots of presence in her movement. She has dressage and jumping bloodlines as well as her dam being a runner up crane trophy horse as well as competing at EA National and Grand National level.

Poppy has been lunged over polls and small jumps showing good scope and a willing attitude.

Poppy ties up, walks calmly to and from her paddock, is paddock by herself and with others, lunges, has had a bridle on, a roller on, picks up all feet and been exposed to children, dogs, tractors and motorbikes.

Contact: Vienna Smith Ph: 0438 121 438

Pride

Price: $ 26,000.

15.1 7/8 hh Reg: TB | SHC | EA Chestnut Gelding YOB: 2011 Sire: Sebring Dam: Pride of Africa Straight forward fuss free requires very little work down Time has come and now ready for his next home for someone to enjoy him and love him as much as I do.

Some of Prides performances; - SYDNEY ROYAL EASTER SHOW 2021- 1st Novice hack 15-15.2 - SYDNEY ROYAL EASTER SHOW 2021- 1st Gents hack - SYDNEY ROYAL EASTER SHOW 2021 - 2nd Led TB GELDING 1516 - BATHURST ROYAL 2021 - RESERVE CHAMP HACK BATHURST ROYAL - 2021 RUNNER UP CHILDS - ENSW HOY 2020 - RUNNER UP SMALL HACK PRIDE IS ENTERED AND QUALIFIED FOR 2022 SHC GRAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, 2020/21 EA NATIONALS 2022 CANBERRA ROYAL 2022 SYDNEY ROYAL EASTER SHOW Contact: Tim Hadlow Ph: 0406 449 245

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Sanlirra Talk Of The Town Price: $ POA 14.1 ½ hh Reg: RPSB, EA, SHC, Part Welsh Bay Gelding YOB: 2005 Sire: Vale Park Spotlight Dam: Willowcroft Mahogany Rosscoe needs no Introduction to the show world having previously been champion at Royal shows, SHC and EV events throughout Australia. Runner up national champion child’s galloway with his previous owners.

Beautiful moving galloway who is in full work and show condition. He still looks amazing and likely has many years left in him.

A pleasure to prepare and have in the stables but needs a confident rider and experienced home. Will not be sold sight unseen. Price sensible and negotiable to the right home. Offered for sale on behalf of current owners.

Winbrook Forever Wicked GRP Price: $ POA 14.1 hh Reg: GRP Chestnut Gelding Age: 4 yrs Sire: Golden Rock (GRP) Dam: Winbrook Distinction Stunning young GRP By Golden Rock. Started end of last year, and then spelled, now in work with professional trainer. Make National quality show hunter and will stay under height for pony dressage.

All enquiries to Siri Spranz at Stella Equestrian Contact: Siri Spranz Ph: 0413 032 614

Contact: Cherie Forehan Ph: 0409 385 857

Glo-Brook Glory Be Price: $ 30,000.

14.2 hh (life measure) Reg: SHC, EA, Riding Pony, Arabian Riding Pony, Part Welsh Bay Mare YOB: 2011 Sire: Royalwood Boy Soprano Dam: Glo-Brook Alicia Trained and campaigned by Samantha Kennedy.

Performances include: - 3rd Small Galloway 2019 Australasian Show Horse and Rider Championships - Top 5 Small Galloway 2022 Show Horse Council Australasia Grand National Championships - Consistent high placings at Adelaide, Canberra and Sydney Royals Qualified for 2022 Adelaide Royal, 2023 Southern Cross Show Horse Spectacular in open and child’s, and 2023 Grand Nationals in open.

Contact: Samantha Kennedy Ph: 0417 837 082

Radford Lodge Monarch Price: $ 8,000.

14.0 hh Reg: RPSB Brown Gelding YOB: 2017 Sire: Rising Sovereign of Beckworth Dam: Salisbury Satine 'Reggie' unofficially measured approx. 14 hh small show galloway.

Professionally started under saddle with three soft, uphill paces. Reggie is a dream to handle and manage in every way, with a beautiful way of going and eye catching trot. Reggie is green but safe, and will excel in the open show ring or as a pony dressage/interschool prospect.

Shown once under saddle, Reggie is super fun to take out. Easy to show prep, float and handled a very busy warm up ring like a seasoned competitor. Reggie would suit a competent young rider, teen or competitive adult as he is recently started under saddle and will need a rider capable of furthering his education. Great basics established, soft snaffle mouth and loves being fussed over.

Can leave for several weeks and hop right on, requiring no work down or lunging. Currently in light work and ready to go on with.

Contact: Erin Krahnen Ph: 0427 628 526

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Sanlirra Seduction

Joemoor Splendas

Price: $ 7,500. - Price Reduced 13.3 ¾ hh Reg: SHC | eligible RP Brown Bay Mare Sire: Sanlirra Revelation Dam: Kinsbrook Dressed to Kill Josie has been part of our family since she was 3 months old. She was broken in and taken along slowly and correctly. Due to my pregnancy, she commenced her showing career at the end of last year with a showing family in Adelaide.

Her first show (2020 SHC of SA HOTY) she won champion preliminary show hunter pony, came reserve champion in her newcomer show hunter pony, and 6th in the child’s show hunter pony (did not start in her open).

Since then, she has had numerous placings in the child’s show hunter pony grand national qualifying classes - Including a 3rd at the rising star show and qualified for Adelaide Royal Show 2021.

Although she has been ridden by many different child riders and is quiet to ride, she is still green. She has a butter soft mouth and requires soft hands when ridden. She can be marey on the ground. She is good to catch, trim, clip, plait, float. With an experienced home, she will be an extremely competitive hunter of the future. She is only offered to the best of homes.

Video Footage Link - https://youtu.be/8CJPLJTzI28 Contact: Dianne Leahy Ph: 0407 189 614

Rosedale Secret Service Price: $ 18,000. neg 13.3 hh Reg: EA | SHC | Riding Pony Bay Gelding YOB: 2014 Sire: Whitmere Secret Agent Dam: Rothwell Make Me Famous Fully qualified for all royals .

He has done everything from pony club to dressage, shows, interschools, jumping, and loves going for a swim in the dam.

He is well schooled and is completely handled by children.

Austin is a true childs pony that requires no work or ear plugs.

He is easy to wash, clip, float, shoe.

Contact: Cherie Baines Ph: 0481 292 774

Price: $ 25,000.

14.0 hh Reg: Arab X Welsh X Riding Pony Bay Gelding Sire: Joemoor Splendor Dam: Bramasky Golder Mist Mother's Dream Pony - National Quality Unfortunately I can’t find a supplement that will make Boudie grow with my daughter ? He has been an absolute blessing to our family. The confidence and amazing experiences that he has provided my daughter are unable to be measured. Whether it is in the show ring, pony club, at the beach, trail riding, side saddle etc.

This pony excels at it all.

He requires little to no work down and I have absolute confidence sending my daughter out on any stage - huge royal atmosphere or PC cross country.

Recent Performances include: Grand Nationals 2021 – Top 10 Large Show Hunter Pony Interschool’s Vic Champs 2022 – Champion Primary Working Hunter Pony SHCV Royal Gala Dec 2021 – Champion Large Show Hunter Pony Barastoc 2022 – Top 10 (equal 3rd, 4th on count back) Qualified for all royals to Sydney 2023 (Champion at almost every Ag show he attended) Sydney Royal 2022 - 5th open, 2nd Arabian Derivative Entered for Melbourne Royal 2022 This pony is 100% sound and drug free. He is a pleasure and he will only go to an approved home.Vet check, x-rays etc. are welcomed.

Video Footage Link - https://youtu.be/Dh64TllyPNo Contact: Rebecca Phillips Ph: 0417 309 612

Malibu Park Top This Price: $ 17,000.

13.1 hh Reg: Riding Pony | Arabian Riding Pony | SHC | Part Welsh Bay Gelding Sire: Llanarth Top Cat (Imp) Dam: Penny Pot Heavenly Blue (Imp) Kenny is a well-known for his reliability in the ring and his amazing work ethic. He has been such a fun pony to take out that won’t let you down.

He has an elevated walk, trot and canter and is very balanced. While he excels as a show pony, his extravagant movement and trainability would make him suitable for a variety of disciplines. (He’s a keen jumper!)

He’s been a consistent champion in 2021 and qualified for Grand National 2022. He was also top 10 Childs Pony at Qld HOTY. He is currently in show condition.

He has been so safe and sound, never foundered and is a true showman.

Requires very little/no work down at shows.

Kenny is more whoa than go, so he is best suited to a capable child or small adult to push his extravagant movement button! He is well known for his reliability in the ring and it’s time for Kenny to find his next perfect partner as he is still only at the beginning of his career.

Kenny’s saddle (Winsdor Esquire 15”) and show bridle is also available to purchase with him.

Video Footage Link - https://vimeo.com/714332464 Contact: Kate DunnPh: 0432 324 199

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Bordershow Castiel Price: $ POA 12.3 hh Reg: SHC, EA, Riding Pony, Arabian Derivative, ASP, Part Welsh Bay Gelding Sire: Falconhurst Boy Blue Dam: Weston Prunella Registered Riding Pony, Part Welsh, Arabian Derivative, SHC , EA, Saddle Pony. Cass loves strutting his stuff in the show ring. He is handled by children catch, wash, rug, saddle, feed etc.

Cass loves being pampered and he really deserves his next little rider who will spoil and love him. Cass has competed successfully under saddle at Ag shows, Royal Shows, pony club, camp, and gymkhanas.

Easily qualifies for royals Always in the supreme line up led & ridden (with his 12yr old jockey) Cass is a forward moving pony so he is more suited as a 2nd pony.

Cass is easy to get going and he has a nice soft mouth and he sits in a nice frame with 3 even paces.

Sad sale of a much loved pony, but sadly outgrown. We are in no rush to sell and we will wait for the perfect home.

Contact: Lynda Ph: 0408 411 191

Ascot Tru La La Price: $ POA 12.2 hh Reg: Riding Pony, Arabian API, Part Welsh, APSB Riding Pony Grey Filly Sire: Mirinda Field Of Dreams (AI) (UK) Dam: Ascot True Love This pony is true quality in every way, she is

by Field of Dreams being the sire of HOTY/GN winners such as Mirinda Alabaster, Mirinda Fortitude, DP London etc. and she will be no exception with a saddle on Her dam, Ascot True Love, (bay, also pictured) a Royal Supreme in hand and HOTY Newcomer winner under saddle and also dam of Ascot Jadore (Royal & HOTY winner in (SA) "Layla" is professionally trained in hand, mouthed and recently taught to lunge through the paces. Big ground covering stride along with the glorious temperament Shown lightly in hand this season for wins at state level: - 1st Yearling to mature under 12.2hds 2022 Welsh National Show - Supreme Champion Part Welsh Exhibit Euroa Ag Show - 2022 Junior APSB Riding Pony of the Year - 2022 WP&CS Youngstock Show - Supreme Champion Part Welsh Exhibit - ABSS Youngstock Spectacular - Supreme Champion Part Welsh Youngstock, Supreme Champion Riding Pony Exhibit She will make a superb addition to a competitive show team and will stand out in any crowd. Genuine enquiries please, a great home a must!

Contact: Melanie McGuire Ph: 0427 445 503

Villa Park Royal Secrett Price: $ 13,000.

12.2 hh Reg: ARP Bay Mare YOB: 2014 Sire: Whitmere Secret Agent Dam: Whitmere Minuette Minnie is sadly offered for sale. Lovable sweet girl who is solely handled by my tiny 9 years old. Easy to do absolutely everything with, ridden at home by my daughter and attended a couple of shows winning champion ridden pony champion led pony.

Minnie has had huge success in QLD winning Newcomer classes. Entered Melbourne royal. Will make top winning child's and open pony, rider class mount in the near future. Lovely forward mover with beautiful uphill self carriage. As this is her first season she will excel with a teen or adult and soon with her child rider.

Selling due to change in direction we are getting into Arabs and dressage moving onto bigger pony.

Contact: Casey Ph: 0421 823 330

Owendale Hi Bob Price: $ 16,000.

12.3 7/8 hh Reg: EA | Riding Pony | ASP | Part Welsh Chestnut Gelding Sire: Owendale Black Forest Dam: Willowcroft Cameo Multi champion over multiple states in multiple disciplines.

The hard decision has been made for Bob to find his next loving home.

In full show condition. Always ridden by children possessing looks, movement presence and education. A great traveller clip shoe prep.

Bob is best suited to an experienced child because of his upfront movement and stride which makes him a super rider class mount.

Bob comes with everything you need to start your journey, flydes made to measure saddle bridle bits false tail, number holder, headstall with name plate. Some rugs.

If this is not what you need negotiation can be made just for Bob. Lots of video and photos upon request.

Contact: Deb McClelland Ph: 0407 783 298

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What makes Rose-Hip Vital Equine stand out in a cluttered market?

There are in fact many reasons. It all starts

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“BYE BYE FLY” QUEENSLAND ITCH, SWEET ITCH, SUMMER ECZEMA and EQUINE ALLERGIC DERMATITIS are names for distressing skin conditions which affects horses in spring and summer months throughout Australia and around the world.

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It achieves this by the inclusion of the natural antiseptic “Eucalyptus oil” and nd Camphor oil” which naturally relieves es itchy skin.

These significant benefits are also so enhanced by the “Rain Resistant” and nd “Low irritant” formula. As it doesn’t n’t contain alcohol (prevalent in most fly sprays) it won’t “sting” the horse. It can an also be applied to surface wounds, s, minor cuts and skin abrasions to help lp prevent irritation and possible infecction by nuisance insects.

Registered by the APVMA in Australia for over 40 years, extennsive field experience has proven en KURITCH to be a most effective ve solution for both preventing and nd healing distressing skin conditions ns caused by biting insects.

Not only that, but once or twice a day, stable lies come to the horse, feed vigorously for a minute or two, and then return to the shade to digest their food. These bites can cause intense irritation in some horses. The bites appear as small raised lumps with a central scab.

As well as KURITCH as a repellent, nt, so environmental management will also assist in protecting your horse.

The effects on the horses can be dramatic. They suffer intense pruritus (itchiness) on the mane, tail, face, ears and back, resulting in biting, rubbing, hair loss, self-trauma and a change of temperament. They become miserable and irritable.

Midges breed near stagnant water. er.

As they don’t fly more than a few w hundred metres from their breeding ng area, housing or paddocking your ur horses more than 500 metres from m those areas will reduce their exposure re to the flies.

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Also rugging, hooding or stabling your horses between the hours of 4pm – 7am during spring and summer will limit the contact of the flies.

Should your horse already be suffering from the effects of allergic skin dermatitis, ensure you use QUIT ITCH to treat and relieve the effects of insect bites.

Since the 1970’s, QUIT ITCH has been an essential weapon in the fight against skin disorders in horses.