EquestrianClearance.com BE80(T) Qualifers Well Supported
A HOST of EquestrianClearance. com BE80(T) qualifiers around the country have seen excellent support for the series which continues to prove hugely popular.
At Pontispool in Somerset, Harriet George and Treasla Bannana captured the EquestrianClearance. com BE80(T) section with a final score of 26 penalties to head the section after a great all round performance.
Twenty-year-old, Elphin Gold and Yvonne Mackay ran out the winners at Scotsburn in Ross Shire after a double clear in the show jumping and cross-country, followed their 34 dressage score.
Yvonne has owned Finnie, as he is known at home, for 11 years and as he is still fit and well they enjoy competing at BE80(T) level.
Said Yvonne: “Finnie is still in great form, really enjoying going eventing and while he tells me it is fun we are going to keep competing.”
At Berriewood in Shropshire the two EquestrianClearance. com sections went to Fiona Youde with Tettacotta Red and Phoebe Woodbine with Carnsdale Sunnyside after excellent results in all three phases.
Anna Shelford Manor
Shelford Manor in Nottinghamshire also saw two sections running with the first falling to Anna Nichols and chance ride Bazaars Dante.
Sixteen-year-old Anna stepped in to take the ride after her friend was injured riding another horse.
Said Anna: “I had a flatwork lesson on the Friday evening and then went to Shelford Manor and won, it was brilliant.”
Anna has been busy with GCSE exams and is looking forward to a summer riding and competing.
New Business Offers Free Equine Sports Massage To New Customers
Dorchester-based Lynda Swindells has worked with horses all her life. Now she is living the dream running her own horse business having recently qualified as an Equine Sports Massage Therapist (ESMT IAAMT).
Lynda says “Having had over 30 years of enjoyment from horses, being able to now spend my time freeing these magnificent animals from pain and muscular tension brings home just how important massage is in every day horse maintenance’.
It is Lynda’s 30 years’ experience of both owning and working with horses that has put her in good stead to make a success of this business.
As a mother of two and already running her own business as a book indexer, Lynda has more to
juggle than most new business owners.
“I am determined to make this business work and I will not become a statistic. I am aware of the pitfalls and am treading carefully.” Says Lynda. “So far so good, I have treated horses from happy hackers to eventers to show jumpers to those not in work. It is a very popular service and I have been overwhelmed by the response!”
To celebrate Lynda’s new business venture, she is offering new customers a free massage if she has to refer their horse to a physiotherapist/vet/chiro etc. (see website for terms and conditions
www.lyndaswindells.co.uk/ freemassage). Most horses simply don’t need physiotherapy or chiropractic treatment, but if they do, Lynda will always refer them to the appropriate practitioner. She is
that confident her massage will be able to help your horse! Just quote EL06 when you speak with Lynda to make your booking.
Equine Sports Massage is not a luxury pampering treatment for horses, but an essential part of the maintenance & treatment of all horses and ponies. Therapeutic Sports Massage can be used to treat a wide range of muscular problems and aid recovery from injuries and illnesses, and more and more vets are referring horses for sports massage treatment. Over 60% of a horses body mass is muscle (compared with humans at 35-40%), and many physical and behavioural problems can be traced back to muscle tension and dysfunction – which massage can help. Sports massage can also
improve overall flexibility and performance and most owners notice an improvement in ridden work after just one session.
For more information on this offer and to see what Lynda’s work involves as an Equine Sports Massage Therapist please visit
www.lyndaswindells.co.uk, call her on 07798 535254 or email at
esmt@lyndaswindells.co.uk
Lynda Swindells
The second section went to Lisa Egan and Conrad VI, her ride of just four weeks, and a seven-year- old she keeps at livery at Wittering Grange, near Peterborough.
Said Lisa who works for equestrian products distributor, Westgate EFI: “We have gelled really quickly and although he is seven, Conrad hasn’t done much at all so I couldn’t have been more pleased.”
At Ascott under Wychwood, Sarah Pinfield with Rossaveel Boy and Dr Maggie Wilson with Isn’t it Nice were both on top form to win the
EquestrianClearance.com BE80(T) sections.
Sarah and the 15hh, Rossaveel Boy finished on their dressage score
of 31, while double clears in the show jumping and cross-country also saw Maggie and the 11-year- old Isn’t It Nice also head to the winner’s podium on just their dressage score.
To Derbyshire and Draycott House, and it was the turn of Maddie Beckett and Rebecca Maeers to take the honours.
Maddie and her 14.2hh gelding, Mocha started the day on an excellent dressage score of 24 penalties in the 39-strong section, while Rebecca and Terry’s All Gold, headed the latest qualifier on a score of 31 penalties in another full section with 38 starting out in the
EquestrianClearance.com sponsored series.
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