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said: “Wepay particular attention to the grey horses. If their coatsare allowedto become stained with dung or mud then it neverreally comesout. The sameapplies to tails –wealsodoalot of tail washing. The only waytoensure acompletely stain free horse is by regular washing.” The daybeforeashoweach of Jo and


Holly’shorsesisgiven agood bath. When bathing thehorsesJoand Holly makesure care is takentoget themanesand tails squeakyclean and showsheen is used on the tail forextrashine andtoget the tanglesout. Jo said:“Thereisnothing worsethanseeingbitsofgreydandruff in ablackmane onceithas been plaited.” Aftereach horse is bathedalycra


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the topUKshows.Johad abrilliant season in 2017 andhighlights included taking the Champion Hack title at the RoyalInternational and Large Hack of the Year at HOYS with Elusiveowned by Suzannah Welby. Yvonne Jacques’ former group one winning racehorse, Grandeur went from ‘straight offthe track’ to 3rdplace at HOYS in the Racehorse to Riding Horse Final in 2017and Robbie Fallon’s Connemara stallion, Cashelbay Rocket qualified forboth HOYS and Olympia. Jo is increasingly turning herhandto


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teachingothersand providing advice from wayofgoingtohelping them achieve thatall important ‘look’inthe ring. Jo’s daughter,Holly –a topdressageriderand ahugely experienced showingcompetitor works with Jo to ensurethatthe horses areperfectly prepared forthe showring. Meticulous care is takenoverJoand Holly’shorses’ coatsand skin. Holly


anbury based show producer,JoBates enjoys greatsuccess producing horses and riding them at


body suit with head andneckcoveris put on. Anystains that appearovernight arethen washed again in themorning beforethe horse is loaded onto the lorry. With the horses that have white


socks,Joand Holly clip thesocksinthe week leading up to the showand the daybeforethe show theyare thoroughly washed.Jothenputseither chalk or baby powder on them and puts on bandages. Jo said: “Wedon’t take thesebandages offuntil justbeforegoing in the ring. It really makes whitesocks sparkle.” Jo said, “Our horsesare kept trimmed


up all thetime as we like to bothkeep them looking smartand it savesonhaving abig job to do justbeforea show. On theday before theshow, Igooverthem andmakesuretheyare given afinal trim to ensuretheylook super sharp. The horses generallyhavetheir tails cut to the topoftheir chestnuts.”This is notset in stone though, Jo continued: “Ifthe horsecarrieshis tail particularly high when he is going along, we will leaveitslightlylonger,soithangs to thecorrectlength as he is moving.” Blackhoovesare painted with


SuperShine Black and whiteonesare painted with SuperShine clear.Holly said: “The daybeforethe show, after bathing, we paintthe horses’hooveswith theSuperShinewhichdriesvery quickly and once drystays putfor afew days.


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Thiscan be very useful forhorseswhich might be highlystrung oncetheyget to the show.Iftheir feet already have the polish on them then we justneed to add aquickextra layerand not spendtoo long round theheels of afidgetinghorse.” If thereisa chancethat ahorse will need


studsonthe dayofthe show Jo is abig advocateofcleaning thestud holes out the daybeforewith astudtap andfilling the holes in with newcotton wool.She said, “This is abrillianttimesaver at ashowand it is farbetter to realise youhavea stone stuckinone of the holesathome,the day beforethe show,rather than tenminutes beforeyou needtoget on thehorse!” Jo andHollyassesseachhorse in the


yard on adaily basistomakesureall is going to plan with them. The pairride together mostdaysand keep aclose eyeonthings such as weight and the waythe horses aregoing. Holly said: “If something in particular comesup, wewill swap horsessoboth of us canhavealook at thehorse in question being ridden.” All thehorsesinJoand Holly’syard


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areroutinely seen by aphysiotherapist and an equine nutritionist. Jo finished by saying:“We do everythingwe absolutely cantoensure that each horse is giventhe best possiblechance to fulfil his potential in the ring.”


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