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The Weatherbeeta ComFiTec Essential Combo Heavy is a classic styled turnout rug, ideal for use in the winter when it's really cold, with 360g of polyfill to keep your horse warm and cosy. Perfect for rug wreckers who are prone to trying to trash their rug, it features a strong and durable 1200 dener ripstop outer to prevent tears, with a repell shell coating to keep the rug fully waterproof and breathable.

I often get asked "What do you feed Bailey?" and "Do you have a preference between hay and haylage?". The answer is, I feed both. I feed Bailey 50/50 hay and haylage through the summer and then come winter I increase the proportion of haylage. The rest of the gang are little porkies so they only have hay, or very limited amounts of haylage in the winter. Hay is great for my porkies as I can soak it when they get a bit tubby, but I make sure I also have some available for Bailey as he loves...

Hi, Edward here, This time I’m going to give you some tips and tricks to help improve your dressage scores: 1. The centre line: This happens twice on the test, once at the start and once at the end. The directives for the judge are; Straightness, contact and balance. Pick a point at C and focus on it the whole time until you get to G. Before you turn down the centre line, ensure that your horse is moving forwards into a contact equally with each rein, and keep them straight ...

Do you have a problem with your lower leg swinging back when you jump? Then there are many things to consider, but the main areas to start looking at are the length of your stirrups, your jumping position, your weight distribution and your lower leg strength. If your stirrups are too long you will find you are stretching to reach for them, which leads to your leg being less secure in the saddle and slipping back. You’ll want to tighten them up to ensure you have a bend in your knee, hip and...

My best tip for the end of the clipping season is to get your clippers serviced and blades sharpened, ready for the following clipping season. There’s nothing worse than getting to the start of the season, getting your clippers out, starting to clip and then finding that half way round doing your horse, the blades go blunt or the clippers pack up and just stop working! Now this may be too late for some who have already hit this wall, but at least you know how to prepare for next clipping seaso...

I was working with a client recently, and a whole new can of worms opened up. I’m sure she’ll know who I’m talking about as I write – an experienced horse person with a sensitive, non-conforming mare who throws up challenge after challenge. The human was worried that she didn’t have the equine skills or the time to commit to helping the mare, and the mare… Well, she was just stressed and anxious. The first day, when she arrived (in a halter) at the arena to be saddled to begin wo...