Local Riding

Your Online Equestrian Reference ...

Local riding is for the local rider, a unique horse riding and equestrian website exploring the wealth of local equestrian facilities in some of the most beautiful parts of the UK and USA.

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It's a free, online equestrian resource, for you and your horse.

Local Riding is about horse riding, an equestrian community for local riders and what you like to do with your horse. It's about showing off and letting other equestrians know how you're doing and how you do it.

It's about horse health, horse riding tips, horse care and finding good quality horse stuff, easily. It's about good local equestrian suppliers; tack shops, riding schools, riding clubs and equestrian centres.

Equestrian News & Reviews ...

International Equestrian Federation damns decision to take 'bute' off banned list The FEI's own vice-president Sven Holmberg, has damned the FEI's approval of a new list of medications, which allow the controlled used of the anti-inflammatory Bute (phenylbutazone). Bute was banned 20 years ago and despite impassioned pleas by the major equestrian nations, the FEI General Assembly voted in favour of its new "progressive list" by 53 votes to 42... Read More

New Competition at 2010 British Open The 2010 British Open Show Jumping Championships will host a new show jumping competition. Qualifying competitions will be held at selected BS Shows throughout the forthcoming winter season... Qualifier Dates & Venues

Brown's Horse Tax Gordon Brown, it seems. just can't dream up enough taxes to hit car drivers and has now turned to animal lovers. It looks like he's going to hit every horse owner with a Ł100 per year tax. Yes, just like your car tax, you will have to stump up Ł100 every year for the pleasure of keeping your horse. And; what do you get in return... Nothing.

Bob Ellis is Top Course Builder Course builder Bob Ellis has won the Animal Health Trust United Kingdom Equestrian Showjumping Award. The win was announced before more than 400 people who attended the trusts 21st United Kingdom Equestrian Awards in London on November 5.

Horse for Heroes... Horse Racing and Equestrian riders are uniting in an attempt to raise more than Ł1 million for Help For Heroes next summer with one of the largest processions of horses ever to come together in modern times. The event is called 'Horses for Heroes', and will take the form of a sponsored ride, starting and finishing at Ascot Racecourse. Approximately 2010 horses will take part.... more on Horses for Heroes

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Looking for equestrian facilities in your local area? Need to find horse riding associations or your breed registry?

How about local farriers, vets, riding schools or equestrian centres? What about your local tack shop, rug wash or online feed store? Use our Equestrian directory to find all you need for horse riding and equestrian facilities in England, Scotland or Wales or click through to your local area, Yorkshire, London, Caithness, Carmarthenshire or any other UK county.

Find livery yards, tack shops and equestrian facilities in your area.
Search for showjumping, dressage or other disciplines alphabetically or by county.
Easily find equestrian associations, breed registries, equine charities or societies.

Horse Health Advice and Horse Care ...

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Horse care tips and horse health advice for horse owners.

Essential information including horse health advice on conformation, your horses hoof, your horses feet, parasites and worms. Your horses breathing and digestive system.

Horse Care • Horse Facts
Equine Conformation • The Horses Skeleton
The Horses Respiratory System
The Farrier • Horse Hoof • Hoof Conformation
Laminitis • Lameness • Horse Feet Facts
The Vet • The Equine Dentist • Horse Teeth
Horse Colic • Azutoria • Equine Strangles
Horse Worms • De-Worming • Sweet Itch
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