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Blue Cross tips on protecting your animals from firework fears

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Amanda Stevenson, 01 October 2008 12:00

The firework season seems bigger and louder every year and brings terror to many of the nation’s pets, including horses and ponies, sometimes leading to phobias and behavioural problems. With fireworks night fast approaching, The Blue Cross is offering some essential advice to help owners keep equines and small animals safe and calm over the noisy nights: • Find out if ...

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Blue Cross tips on protecting your animals from firework fears

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Amanda Stevenson, 01 October 2008 12:00

The firework season seems bigger and louder every year and brings terror to many of the nation’s pets, including horses and ponies, sometimes leading to phobias and behavioural problems. With fireworks night fast approaching, The Blue Cross is offering some essential advice to help owners keep equines and small animals safe and calm over the noisy nights: • Find out if ...

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Retraining of Racehorses receives Blue Cross Award

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Amanda Stevenson, 19 September 2008 15:45

The British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) welfare award 2008, sponsored by The Blue Cross, has been presented to the Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) organisation for their contributions to equine welfare in support of the re-training and re-homing of racehorses. The award, which was introduced by BEVA in conjunction with The Blue Cross animal welfare charity eight years ago, is a ...

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BHS launches Coastal Access Campaign for equestrians

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Amanda Stevenson, 17 September 2008 12:47

The British Horse Society is encouraging horse riders and carriage drivers to lobby their MPs over the issue of coastal access for equestrians. Government proposals in the Marine Bill aim to create a national coastal access trail four metres wide (or more) in England, but currently excludes access for equestrians. Horse riders have access to only 22 percent of the public ...

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Mark Todd to compete on the British Eventing Circuit once more

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Amanda Stevenson, 12 September 2008 17:03

Mark Todd has decided to continue in top flight eventing following the recent 2008 Olympics. Mark, who came out of retirement at the beginning of the year in order to compete in Beijing, announced his intentions on a flying visit to the Burghley Horse Trials. Speaking in the Celebrity Talk Area after visiting the Mark Todd Collection trade stand, he ...

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Test your dressage judging skills with Interdressage

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Amanda Stevenson, 04 September 2008 15:49

Interdressage, the world’s premier internet dressage competition in which entrants compete in monthly online classes without the need to leave home, now offers a competition for budding dressage judges, too. If you fancy yourself as a dressage judge, you can now put your skills and knowledge to the test in a fun, free-to-enter monthly competition. The Interdressage dressage judging competition provides a 'guinea-pig' who rides an ...

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UK Chasers celebrates its 21st birthday and the UK Chasers Challenge is back

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Amanda Stevenson, 29 August 2008 11:30

UK Chasers, the nationwide network of farm-based off-road riding courses, has been celebrating its 21st birthday this year with the relaunch of its UK Chasers Challenge Cross Country Series.  The 'Challenge' is a fun, unaffiliated cross-country competition with qualifiers held around the country and a National Final which will this year be held at Course 29 - Thornton Lodge Farm, near Easingwold ...

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Blue Chip Scholarship awarded to dressage rider Liam Sloan

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Amanda Stevenson, 28 August 2008 09:18

Liam Sloan has been awarded a generous annual scholarship from Blue Chip, which will provide support and advice for the forthcoming 2008-2009 season. Like many successful competition riders, Liam also has a full-time job as a lecturer in Business Studies at Barnsley College, South Yorkshire. In his spare time he swaps hats to train dressage competitors, organise dressage events and rides. Liam’s ...

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Performance awards for ex-racehorses

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Amanda Stevenson, 21 August 2008 16:48

Do you have an ex-racehorse doing well in a second career?  If so, there is still time to register for the South Essex Insurance Brokers Racehorse to Riding Horse Performance Awards and get your horse’s achievements recognised. The winners' awards will be presented at the star-studded British Breeding Breeders Awards Dinner in London in January.  Registration for these performance awards is free. All ...

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Event rider Ruth Edge clinches two victories in 10 days

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Amanda Stevenson, 21 August 2008 16:28

Talented event rider Ruth Edge, who demonstrated at Your Horse Live 2007, recently clinched two major horse trials wins in 10 days. Ruth, who is sponsored by Equine Products UK and comes from Cumbria, won The British Open Championship at The Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe Park for the second time, finishing with a score of 34.3, six penalties ahead of ...

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TROT (Toll Rides Off-road Trust) to open more new, safe routes for riders

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Amanda Stevenson, 21 August 2008 13:03

New, safe, off-road riding routes will be opening shortly in Shropshire and Herefordshire as part of the ever-growing, nationwide TROT (Toll Rides Off-road Trust) network of riding routes. TROT, a registered charity which was established in 1990 by Dora Pilkington who was concerned about rider safety on our busy roads, currently has 105 routes in 13 counties. Another new TROT ride, offering 15-miles ...

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