AN innovative new virtual event ‘Fit for Welfare’ has been created by the Society of Master Saddlers. Correct fit takes a team, and this online event explores how best to approach fit for each part of the tack triad: the horse; the saddle and the bridle; and the rider. Ten leading industry experts will share current research and best practise during the virtual event that runs … [Read more...]

MOST of the country’s leading riders are entered and set to converge on Osberton International Horse Trials later this month. Well known as a training ground for many horses that go on to compete at world class level, the top eight horses at this year’s Chedington Bicton Park CCI5* Horse Trials were all Osberton International graduates in their earlier years. Bicton provided a … [Read more...]

THIS year’s Royal International Horse Show proved a huge success for horses and ponies fed on TopSpec with the North Yorkshire based team delighted at so many outstanding results. Cheshire-based showman Robert Walker and his wife Sarah, are certainly having a season to remember but they were more than overjoyed when their daughter Issy won the 122cm Show Hunter Pony with … [Read more...]

THIS year’s Society of Master Saddlers’ National Saddlery Competition takes place on September 20 at Saddlers’ Hall in London with a host of classes to be entered. The ever popular Master and Apprentice class will see apprentices making a Bradoon Rein and the Master making the curb rein to match for a double bridle. A pair of traditional laced reins is the theme for the … [Read more...]

LOOKING for a great staycation at the end of the summer months and still be able to get that horsey fix for you and the family? Camping and caravanning is available at this year’s Osberton International Horse Trials which runs from September 29 to October 3 on this prestigious Nottinghamshire country estate. Enjoy all the fun of the evening entertainment and chill out and have … [Read more...]