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Issue 278 September 2018 | £3.00 Equestrian Life Magazine Life Magazine Life Equestrian ‘What a FIVE MINUTESMINUTES WITH WITH Summer’ Nina Meet Georgina Wilkes Barbour Best Foot Forward Double Gold Superstar Autumn Issue 278 September 2018 September 2018 278 September 278 Issue Issue Boot SAFFIE OSBORNE Styles EQUIFEST 2018, NATIONAL SIDE SADDLE SHOW, NCPA YORKS, PLUS NOTTS DERBY HORSE SHOW PLUS MORE EDITORIAL CONTACT Zoe Bateson [email protected] ADVERTISING CONTACT Welcome Michelle Toner 07547 174015 Can hardly believe that our press [email protected] www.equestrianlifemagazine.co.uk passes for The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials have arrived already. WRITE TO US AT: Equestrian Life Magazine This always signals Autumn to RKB Media Ltd, The Loose Box Shelton Lodge, Shelton, Newark, me. I know we’ve moaned about Notts. 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EQUIFEST 2018, NATIONAL SIDE SADDLE SHOW, NCPA YORKS, PLUS NOTTS DERBY HORSE SHOW PLUS MORE www.equestrianlifemagazine.co.uk 3 7 Contents September 2018 • ISSUE 278 6 News 7 TOYS Story – A Readers Dream Result 8 Burghley Horse Trials Preview 10 Caroline Towning Art 12 Five Minutes with Nina Barbour COVER STORY 14 Double Gold for Saie Osborne COVER STORY 16 Mexican Summer on ire for Georgina Wilkes 18 18 How to improve your paddocks after the heatwave 20 Feed and Veterinary Advice 26 Sovereign Equestrian : Keeping and Maintaining Fitness 29 The Very Important Pad Review 10 30 Harriet Morris Baumber Blog 31 Training with Coral Herbert 32 Autumn Footwear : New Boots 35 Rural Life : HOYS Spectator Style 38 Junior Life : Phoebe Rocks 40 Native Life : Molly Barker 42 Senior Life : SSADL Stories 44 NCPA Yorks 46 Equifest 2018 50 The National Side Saddle Show 53 SEIB Search for a Star from Vale View 56 Lowther Working Hunter Show 57 Notts Derby Nervous and Novice Horse Show 58 Kirkby Riding Club 60 Diary Dates 4 September 2018 Equestrian Life Contents 50 44 100% Natural Equine - Equine Iridologist, Herbalist and Equine Products Herbal supplements for horses and dogs for all conditions from Old Age to Ulcers. This family run business pride themselves on the quality of product and the positive results. For more information on Iridology and to view all Equine and Canine Products visit www.100naturalequine.co.uk, or 58 email [email protected] Tel 07595498015 NEWS ROUND-UP SEIB Insurance Brokers to give £100K in 2019 Following the success of the they would launch of SEIB Giving in 2018, like to see SEIB Insurance Brokers will win the £50K. grant £100,000 to good causes Nominations in 2019. The winning charity are now open will receive a grant of £50,000 and will close and another £50,000 will be on the 30th split between other good November. Once causes. a shortlist of charities has been announced at the SEIB Charity have to be used for a specii c drawn up, SEIB clients will SEIB are asking the general Awards Luncheon on the 22nd project which will make a true have the i nal vote for their public to put forward their March 2019. difference to the cause it is favourite project. The winning nominations for the charity aimed at. All charities will need charity and runners up will be SEIB Chief Executive Ofi cer Barry Fehler explained: “We to be UK registered and projects were delighted to be able to are to be UK based but past hold our i rst Charity Awards in winners will not be eligible. Festiv 2018 and owing to their success Mr Fehler continued: “SEIB the total amount we have for believe that some of their charity has doubled to £100,000 Associa company proi ts should be used for 2019. SEIB is so successful to contribute to the common 2018 because we are totally customer good. Our company really focussed and this is another wants to make a difference The Festival of Champions way that our clients can have — for example, £50,000 could 2018 is at Harrogate Riding their say.” Centre on 25th - 28th October fund a new sensory room at a & 3rd & 4th November 2018. Always known for ‘putting children’s hospice, a kennel Visit the website for the full something back’, SEIB is a or stable block for an animal schedule. It’s not too late to commercial business with charity or for a homeless charity register your Club. a charitable purpose. The to purchase more facilities. The company insures numerous choices are endless.” Festival Scotland & charities and not for proi t Scottish Masters organisations. SEIB is an Giving is embedded in A big thank you to our independent broker but is the culture of SEIB. From sponsor Blue Chip feed for ultimately owned by a charity supporting grass roots there support and all our called the Allchurches Trust competition that gives ocials & competitors which opportunities to amateur made it a great Champion- Limited and proi ts are used ships see you all next year. for good causes. The aim of riders that they could only SEIB’s immediate owner, the otherwise dream about, right Ecclesiastical Insurance Ofi ce through to the company’s Plc, aims to give £100million long-term commitment to the for good causes through the Animal Health Trust who are Allchurches Trust by 2020. developing a vaccine for Grass Tel: 07872 065234 or 07926 047191 No charity is too small to be in Sickness. [email protected] | www.festivalofchampions.co.uk the running for the 2019 SEIB To fi nd out more and to nominate charity giving, but turnover is Oen Copied … Never Equalled … Simply the Best !!! your favourite charity please capped at £15m. The grant will visit: www.seib.co.uk/giving 6 September 2018 Equestrian Life TOYS Story! What a weekend for Amateur horse Known as Elsa at home, Anna has owner Anna Sumner with her three owned her for two years, from year old traditional gypsy cob illy, a yearling; it’s her irst year out Gjw Sd Elsa. showing, she has one more County show to attend, the plan then is to They went to TOYS (Traditional of the get her bitted and ready for backing. Year), their irst year attending and Commented Anna “TOYS is a show were not expecting to get past the that everyone tries to qualify for class stages, but she won on the day throughout the season, it’s a three day 1st place restricted youngstock, 1st event”. place 3 year old illy, then they took the three-year-old championship, Anna is married with three children, qualifying them for Supreme Best Of when not looking after the family Breed Youngstock, which they won in she spends all her time caring for the the evening, which in turn qualiied horses, she owns several traditional them for Supreme Of Show which we Gypsy cobs, she’s got a beautiful went on to win. yearling illy and two year old illy that she plans to show next year As if that wasn’t enough they also won whilst Elsa is concentrating on under the Quest youngstock championship, saddle work. Says Anna “the kids, which was another evening husband and breeders were all at performance. To get into the quest TOYS supporting me which meant they had to qualify earlier on in the so much, people throughout the day season and get Champion or Reserve that I didn’t even know stayed behind at a TGCA show.