Showjumper Joe Whitaker has been a familiar face on the international circuit since his days on ponies. However, at the age of 32, he has decided to fulfill a childhood dream to become a National Hunt jockey and is set to make his racecourse debut at Newcastle on Tuesday 28 January. “It’s something I’ve always […]
Posted: 21/01/2020
‘They say that horses find you, something I never truly understood until I met Arko’ — meet the next generation of Argento’s offspring
Posted: 21/01/2020
Sam has been showing ponies since she was nine, turning professional in 2004. She has produced many national champions and had multiple wins at Horse of the Year Show and the Royal International, and won the mountain and moorland final at Olympia. She trains a mix of her own and clients’ ponies.
Sam Roberts and Idyllic SpartacusThe leading native pony producer on the usefulness of turnout rugs, her love of lists, the importance of gratitude and why she thinks before she speaks
Posted: 21/01/2020
Yard and horse owners are being encouraged to have written agreements in place to cover the authorisation of emergency veterinary treatment after an owner took action against her vet when her colicking horse was put down in her absence
Library image. The 2019 legal battle was brought after the horse was put down, rather than undergoing colic surgery, when its owner was not present. You may also be interested in…
Posted: 21/01/2020
Experts are calling for all owners to incorporating simple measures into their daily routine to help prevent the spread of disease, warning that biosecurity leaves ‘a lot to be desired’ at many yards
Library image. Owners who have become complacent about biosecurity must up their game to combat the real risk of infectious disease. Following the equine herpes virus outbreak in Hampshire (news, 16 January) and more than 219 equine flu outbreaks in 2019, experts agree more can be done to reduce the risk of disease spread — and call […]
Posted: 20/01/2020
