Julie-Ann Taylor set up her livery business, White Mischief Equestrian (WME), six months ago in thevillageofWybunbury,Cheshire, determined to offer an outstanding service to horses and owners alike. Based just a few miles from Nantwich, WME tailors packages to suit each individual client and can offer a full service to owners which includes all aspects of [...]

Equissage-sponsored para dressage rider Lee Pearson is back in the saddle and hitting top form once again following his accident which left him with a broken back earlier this year. Lee competed at Oaklands, Herts recording a one-two in both FEI grade 1B para classes. Para dressage selectors will have been delighted to see Lee [...]

Make sure you warm up and cool down properly at the beginning and end of all exercise sessions. Always use a mounting block or ask for a leg up when mounting. Check your saddle regularly when it is on and off the horse to make sure it is in good repair and fits correctly. Make [...]

Equissage-sponsored Maria Eilberg and Lynne Crowden’s Woodlander Rockstar gave a show stopping performance at the National Dressage Championships taking the Dressage Horse International Intermediate I Freestyle Championship on a score of 73.05%.  Maria and her brother Michael went head to head in the class, with Michael riding his father’s Torino. Michael finished in second place [...]

Equissage-sponsored Piggy French and her Olympic test event winner DHI Topper W finished in first place at the CCI*** at the Fidelity Investments Blenheim Horse Trials. After the cross country Piggy was in first and second place with Lemmington Lett Dance and DHI Topper W, respectively. Piggy then had to withdraw her cross country leader, [...]

Seventeen-year-old Sophie Holliday and her eight-year old gelding Westerhofs Limit showed exceptional talent when they jumped to glory in the Equissage National Discovery Championship. Sophie (17) is based in Cambridgeshire and attends Moulton College, Northampton where she is an equine studies student. She has owned Westerhofs Limit for two years, he was purchased as an [...]

Equissage-sponsored Piggy French and Jakata scored 40.40 in the dressage on the first day at the FEI European Eventing Championships 2011 making them best of the Brits, overall fourth place and helping to secure second place for Team GB, at the halfway stage of the dressage. Germany is currently topping the leader board and Sweden [...]

Equissage-sponsored eventing star Piggy French is heading to the European Eventing Championships with Jakata which take place in Luhmühlen, Germany (25-28 August). Piggy and the rest of the British Senior Eventing team are focused on producing their best performances in what is the final Championship before the London 2012 Olympic Games. The selected squad: • [...]

Lee Pearson Q&A Lee Pearson suffered a fall from his horse recently which resulted in three fractured vertebrae and crushed a fourth.  As a result, he has been advised not to ride to allow everything to heal, meaning that he will miss out on selection for this year’s European Championships in September, the last major [...]

Equissage-sponsored Maria Eilberg and her brother Michael had an excellent outing to the Hartpury Festival of Dressage, with a staggering eleven horses, the dressage duo secured an impressive nine wins! Maria and Two Sox gave a brilliant performance in the Superflex FEI CDI Grand Prix Freestyle Part I winning on a score of 72.48%. The [...]