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Oscar Wins The
Face of TopSpec
2014!
Oscar, a six-year-old coloured
gelding owned by Julie Hammond
from Aberdeenshire has been
chosen as ‘The Face of TopSpec
2014’ in a nationwide competition.
For Julie, a health and safety advisor, Oscar is a very special chap
as a homebred project horse and
one who could easily have not
made it at birth.
Oscar had impaction colic at just
24-hours-old and Julie is very
lucky to still have him...and this
he knows!
Their prizes include £500 worth
of TopSpec feed, a professional
photo-shoot and framed print and
a top of the range Horseware
Turnout Rug.
Verdo Horse
Bedding Sponsor
National
Competition
Verdo Horse Bedding, the clever
heat-treated wood pellet bedding
product is proud to announce
that they are to be the official title
sponsor of ‘British Riding Clubs
Dressage to Music Championship
2014’
The competition, which is open to
all riding club members, continues
to grow in numbers and BRC
is delighted to welcome Verdo
Horse Bedding on board, as
Sarah Phillips BHS Director of
Participation explains:
“It’s great to be able to welcome a
new brand at this level and Verdo
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Said Julie: “Oscar knows that
he is very handsome and very
charming and he definitely wants
the world to know it too. He didn’t
have the best start to life but he is
now showing huge potential.
“He is an exceptionally fussy
eater who struggles to maintain
weight… being handsome is hard
work you know!
“Last year he went from looking
poor in early spring to qualifying
for several classes at the CHAPS
Championships, winning local
championships and qualifying for
the British Dressage Area Festivals and British Dressage Winter
Regionals and we owe this to
TopSpec.
“He’s a bit like Tigger, who won’t
eat acorns, honey or thistles,
Oscar won’t eat horse and pony
nuts, he’s very particular over
chaff and doesn’t like supplements... but he does love his
TopSpec flakes!
Added Julie: “I am delighted he
has been chosen as ‘The Face of
TopSpec 2014’ - and he proves
how well TopSpec products can
help improve a horse’s condition
and performance.”
Julie Hammond and Oscar.
“After some searching we have
learned that a combination of
TopSpec Comprehensive Feed
Balancer and TopSpec Super
Conditioning Flakes is just the
right thing for him.
were equally as enthusiastic
in taking on the exciting
opportunity of title sponsorship
of this increasingly popular
championship series”
Alistair McGlynn, Sales Director
of Verdo Horse Bedding agrees:
“We are hugely excited to be
involved with BRC at this level,
as many of our customers are
members or have worked their
way up through the British
Riding Club route to go on and
become professional riders. The
competition also couldn’t have
been more perfect, considering
one of our sponsored riders is
multiple Gold medallist Natasha
Baker who broke a Paralympic
record at her Paralympic debut in
her Freestyle test”
day with Natasha at the rider’s
Uxbridge yard and the opportunity
to watch the talented equestrian
in the saddle.
Verdo Horse Bedding Qualifiers
will begin in April with the
Championships taking place
4th – 5th October at Bury
Farm Equestrian Village in
Buckinghamshire. For further
information please see www.
britishridingclubs.org.uk
One of the champions from 2013 Alys
Matravers on Tiger Tim. Photo credit
Action Replay Photography
As part of the championship prize,
winners will also be treated to a
Everything Horse UK Magazine • February 2014 • Issue 5
British Riding
Clubs Winter
Championship
Qualifiers
WITH more than 20 events
already held, competition
is proving fierce at the
EquestrianClearance.com
British Riding Clubs Winter
Championship qualifiers.
Held at Hartpury College,
Gloucestershire on March 29/30,
the event is one of the highlights
in the British Riding Clubs
calendar, drawing competitors
from all over the country.
Over 150 senior show jumping
teams, 70 junior show jumping
teams, 211 senior dressage and
57 junior dressage teams have
already taken part.
With 500 competitors making it
through to the finals, qualifiers
for the EquestrianClearance.
com British Riding Clubs Winter
Championships take place across
all 23 Areas including Northern
Ireland.
Successful teams qualified
include the East Yorkshire RC
from Area 4, who has qualified
two teams for the senior dressage
Championships. Riders 2000
RC from Area 15 were also
successful in qualifying two
teams.
Said Riders 2000 RC team
manager, Karen Saunders:
“We are over the moon to
have two teams qualify for the
Championships. The riders have
worked extremely hard and
we are hoping to continue our
success on the day!”
Joining these teams in the senior
dressage championships is
Cwmaman RC and East Clwyd
RC. The Llandudno RC has
qualified a team for the junior
dressage championship.
Lorraine Meadowcroft of
EquestrianClearance.com
said: “We are delighted with
the support from the Riding
Clubs up and down the country
the qualifiers are proving very
popular.
“The British Riding Club Winter
Championships supports grass
roots riders wanting to develop
their skills across team show
jumping and dressage.
“This is our second year of
sponsorship with British Riding
Clubs and we are very much
looking forward to the final in
March.”
For full details of the British Riding
Clubs Winter Championships
including dates for Area qualifiers
head to www.bhs.org.uk or visit
www.equestrianclearance.com
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