Day: 12 March 2024

Recognising Trauma in Horses webinar encourages engagement with live Q&A

Suzanne Ashton
Recognising Trauma in Horses: A Neuroscience Perspective webinar

A Recognising Trauma in Horses webinar, hosted by the World Horse Welfare on Wednesday 13 March (7pm), will welcome neuroscientist, Dr Emma Lethbridge and equine behaviourist, Justine Harrison. Emma and Justine will also be on hand to answer your questions in a live Q&A, you can register your attendance for here. World Horse Welfare’s incredibly popular webinars have grown to over 50 thought-provoking subjects and all are available free to view on the newly updated World Horse Welfare Advice Pages. Topics this year have included such diverse themes as social media…

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Spring Worming for Horses

Suzanne Ashton
spring worming for horses

In this article, Caroline George BVMS MRCVS discusses spring worming, the importance of worm control, the Intelligent Worming Programme and correct testing methods. Following the winter, our thoughts swiftly turn to appropriate spring worming strategies for our horses. A variety of endoparasites (worms) infect horses in the UK, the majority of which are carried with minimal harm to the adult horse when managed correctly. However, certain horse worms which in low numbers are unlikely to cause harm, can lead to problems when a larger burden is established. When the population…

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Eventing Spring Carnival on the horizon for Paris 2024 contenders

Suzanne Ashton
BEDE Events’ Eventing Spring Carnival, at Thoresby Park

The 2024 Eventing Spring Carnival, held at Thorseby Park, will this month welcome just shy of 700 horse and rider combinations for the first international event of the season. Taking place from March 29th to 31st, this year’s event will be an enormously important fixture ahead of this summer’s Olympic Games (Paris 2024). Heading up the CCI4*-S (126 entries) field of Paris 2024 hopefuls is world champion Ros Canter riding her Badminton 2023 winner, Lordships Graffalo. Ros will be joined by industry heavyweights Laura Collett and London 52, reigning World Champions…

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Ellen Whitaker and Korlenski celebrate success in Spain

Jan Hughes
Ellen Whitaker riding Andalusia Sunshine Tour 2024

Ellen Whitaker has been hitting form once again during the 5th week of the Andalucia Sunshine Tour in Vejer De La Frontera, Spain on 8th March. Ellen secured the impressive win in the CSI5* 1.50m Ashford Farm Trophy, Longines Ranging speed class riding Korlenski. Out of sixty nine entering combinations, only eighteen completed the course without fault. Ellen rode to triumph on the nine-year-old KWPN mare Korlenski (out of legendary stallion Coronet Oblensky) stopping the clock over a second faster than second-placed Turkish rider, Derin Demorsoy on the BWP gelding…

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