Vanessa writes: I decided to buy my young daughter a shetland pony. This little mare named Holly was so quiet and had been running with other horses in a big paddock so I thought she would settle in fine with my four horses. Holly arrived and I decided to separate them through a safe wooden [...]
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Video Competition Winners The LightRider Video competition attracted some lovely entries and it was hard to choose from three out of the top five I had shortlisted. But the judges finally awarded the prize to Beck Hughes from Bendigo, Victoria because her video showed variety, some nice close-ups of the LightRider Bitless Noseband and we [...]
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Benefits of Bitless at Equitana Sydney Our presentation times have been announced for Thursday 10th – 5.45pm and Saturday 12th – 3.45pm both in the Riverina Pavilion. If you are keen to see myself and Suzanne Bellette demonstrate the ‘Benefits Of Bitless’ be sure to book your tickets for those days. More info on Equitana and bookings below [...]
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In the Natural Horse World Store: Specials on Brookby Organic Herbals – 10% off for June/July Featuring: Immune Booster Plus Recovery Useful in the treatment of respiratory problems such as viral coughs and colds. Excellent as a recovery tonic. Contains: Organic cider vinegar, Yarrow, Nettle, Garlic, Mullein, Elecampane, Echinacea, Fenugreek, Rosehips, Kelp. Colleen says: “I brought [...]
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LightRider Bitless Bridles Endorsed by I am very pleased to announce that after almost a year of trialling the LightRider Bitless Bridle and Bitless Noseband, the executive of Horse Safety Australia have given their endorsement. ”it is something the executive were happy to endorse, especially considering the quality of the materials in your products.” Horse Safety [...]
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Slowfeeder Haynets now in round bale size Since we had several requests for round bale nets, we decided to make some and have been trialling them for a few months now with good results. In fact I can see why some people prefer to use round bales as they are cheaper than the equivalent in [...]
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Bitless Collection videos Want to see how soft vertical flexion and a responsive relaxed horse can lead to true collection via self carriage? In this first video, Instructor Suzanne Bellette with her colourful Paint gelding, Tombay, shows how this is achieved with the LightRider Bitless Noseband and the appropriate education of course. Tombay’s ridden education [...]
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Time seems to fly and noticeably so as the days here start to shorten just that little bit. I love Autumn, it’s my favourite time of year with crisp mornings and beautiful still sunny days. And I guess in the opposite hemisphere, spring is in the air – well at least I hope so for [...]
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Two new Articles to read. Both of these articles have the same title, but different information. One focuses on the physical damage a bit can cause to the horse, and the other on a study done to evaluate the difference between young horses started with a bitless bridle or a bitted bridle. ‘To Bit or [...]
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