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New sponsor for BRCs Festival of the Horse
Fibre-Beet is the new sponsor of the British Riding Clubs Festival of the Horse Championships and this exciting title sponsorship sees a new three year agreement signed for the championship series which is always hugely popular with British Riding Club members. Rachael Hollely-Thompson, Manager of BRC said: “It is fantastic to be working with Fibre-Beet and their support helps continue to offer high quality competitions to our members.” Added Will I’Anson of British Horse Feeds: “We are delighted to enter our first sponsorship with British Riding Clubs and are very pleased to be supporting the area qualifiers in the lead up
to prestigious BRC Fibre-Beet Festival of the Horse finals at Aston le Walls which is a fantastic venue.
“Fibre-Beet is an excellent feed for all horses as it provides non- heating, high fibre beet pulp and quality alfalfa, to build condition and deliver essential amino acids.” The 2018 BRC Fibre-Beet Festival of the Horse Championship takes place at Aston le Walls, Northants on May 19 and 20. The two day competition sees classes for both senior and junior riders in the Challenge from 80cm to 100cm and in the Combined Training from 75cm/Prelim to 85cm/Novice.
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Becky Haynes, 2017 winner Senior Challenge 90cm Individual. Photo courtesy of Action Replay Photography
24 hours of torment
Each day, more than 130 horses begin their journey to the slaughterhouse – travelling for thousands of miles across Europe by road before eventually arriving at their destination suffering fatigue, severe stress and completely broken in spirit. The law currently allows these journeys to last for up to 24 hours at a time, for days on end. World Horse Welfare is asking supporters to sign a petition calling on the European Commission to impose a maximum journey limit of 9-12 hours, which its own scientific advisors have recommended. This would dramatically improve the health and welfare of the horses subjected to this completely unnecessary torment on their way to slaughter as well as making the regulation easier to enforce. Since launching in May, the
campaign has gathered in excess of 13,000 signatures and World Horse Welfare will soon be launching concurrent campaigns in Poland, Italy and Spain, but still needs vital support from the UK public in order to boost impact while we are still part of the European Union. The charity has brought about a number of key improvements such as reducing the number of horses transported from 165,000 in 2001 to around 50,000 today and introducing partitions in lorries to prevent severe overcrowding and trampling and is working towards ending the long-distance transport of horses across Europe for slaughter by its 100th anniversary in 2027. Sign the petition: https://e-
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Horses packed into a lorry on their way to an Italian slaughterhouse
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