I am often asked by people who are doing well in ridden show classes how they can make the transition into riding side saddle. Side saddle is very popular now but you have to know what you are doing and it’s not something you can teach yourself. My advice is don’t assume that just because you … Read more
Here we are in 2021 and boy am glad last year is behind us – I wish you all a Happy and Healthy New Year. Under normal circumstances the open horses, such as Twinshock Warrior (Supreme HOYS 2019) and Casino III (Riding Horse Champion HOYS 2019) would have been turned away at the end of … Read more
Once again Absorbine are delighted to be associated with the Horse & Hound Awards and sponsor the 2020 Groom of the Year Award. Huge congratulations Amelia Jay Sanderson winner of the award this year. Amelia is a freelance groom, who set up her own business, Prestige Equine in 2018, aged just 22. Well done to … Read more
As October passes by I was thinking last Sunday Team Ross should have been at HOYS and instead there I was on my quad bike grading the sand school – what a difference from 2019! Last year the team were up at 2am preparing and competing 3 riding horses (Casino, Hello Dolly and CSF Cummer … Read more
We all know that this year has been very different for the showing world and sadly HOYS had to be cancelled for the first time since the event was establishment in 1949. Everyone is missing HOYS and that “end of term” feeling, including “Team Ross”. As we can’t be there, we thought we would take … Read more
After the strangest of summers, it has been good to get back out to a couple of shows and catch up with friends that we haven’t seen for such a long time! An excited “Team Ross” set off to Loraine Homer’s show at Dallas Burston on the 5th August. It was great to get … Read more
Absorbine Ambassadors, Emma & Kevin McNab moved to the UK from Australia in 2011 with the sole purpose of competing in UK and European events. Since then they have developed a team of horses and made an impact on the eventing scene with four horses qualifying for the Olympics in 2020. They now have their … Read more
Finally, I can say that showing has started up again, albeit in a very different way and under careful scrutiny. We have been to a couple of shows now, with only 5 allowed in the ring, a separate way in and out, no ride judge and of course all the social distancing measures we have … Read more
Who could have imagined at the start of this year that we would be finding ourselves in this quite bizarre situation and that our industry would be at a near standstill in June? I thank my lucky stars that my family, friends, and colleagues are safe, and I am in awe of the front-line staff … Read more
These are strange times for us all and, instead of being out at qualifiers, equestrian competitors find themselves with the challenge of keeping their horses ticking over at home during lock down. We asked 3 experts how all of us can best use this extra time, in particular, focusing on groundwork training. Emma McNab … Read more