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I agree with the hot cloth treatment a couple of times and, if you don't already feed oil, try NAF Omega Oil (start with a little and give a little more each day) and you should get some improvement in four or five days.

Norton Heath takes stallions

We have a Butet for one of ours; it's by far the best saddle we've ever had, a really good second hand one fitted by Sederholm Selected and altered in France, which took a couple of weeks. We had excellent service and my daughter loves riding in it. The horse goes much better than he did in an...

I've never actually seen anyone in maroon in this country - tweed is definitely worn and I've seen maroon in the Netherlands, but they are much less traditional about these things than in this country. Why don't you ring BD or contact your regional development officer for advice and to get more...

Rule 42: Dress, states "Preliminary to Advanced Medium Tests – Uniform, short jacket or tweed coat with correctly tied stock, white American Collar or shirt and tie, hunting cap, bowler hat, crash cap, or dressage topper. Tail coats and short jackets may be any plain conservative, dark colour...

Just try pre and probiotic first! Even if there is already some in his feed, although you don't mention it. Also, have you checked the hay for the level of roughage? it's worth trying simple things first and I would definitely get on to Saracen's help line, if they have one. If not, try one of...

This is nearly always caused by an imbalance, as others have mmentioned. One of ours suddenly started doing this and I immediately put him on Equine Gold Biotal for a period and also talked to our feed manufacturers' helpline, as he was a good doer and on daily turnout plus an excellent feed...

Why don't you make an enquiry to Arwyn J. Jones of the Glanvyrnwy Stud, Y Fferm, Pontrobert, Meifod, Powys, SY22 6JA, UK. The stud has a website, which gives his email address.

Of the 23 presented, 7 graded: Champion - Spiridon ( Sandro Hit x Weltmeyer x Shogun xx) Res Champion - Serano (Serano Gold x Natiello xx x Galvano) plus: Sforzando (Serano Gold x Don Frederico x Karon) Don Rolieto (Don Ricoss x Balzflug x Sovereign Bill xx) Woodlander...

Linseed is very good - so long as you feed it cooked, micronised or as oil, it is strongly recommended for laminitic horses that need condition, as fat is metabolised quite differently from sugar. I think someone mentioned raw linseed, though. That is OK for humans but poisonous to horses...

Definitely check what happens when they stretch down!! I did my section C in a running plait for grading because I did not want to pull her lovely mane too much. It looked wonderful standing still and when I had a trial run at home. But the minute she stretched it went into a terrible wriggly...

I know of one two year old - mare conceived easily - but was hoping for more information and am also disappointed to hear about the semen issues.

Has anyone on here got any San Schufro youngsters? I have him shortlisted to use for next year, so any feedback would be much appreciated.

I was spectating at the Sports Pony Society grading last weekend and there was a very nice Crabbett stallion up for grading - Silver Zaanif, by Lutfi Pasha out of Imperial Silver lace by Shabash. Stands 154 cm and has a fantastic jump. I will keep him on my watch list to use for sure

Height is really difficult to predict - you should look at height on both sides of the pedigree to get a reasonable idea and also ask the stud what size progeny the Anglo-Arab throws. If he comes from a long line of animals around 14.2 you might end up with something around 15.2 or 3. If he is...