“The use of equine hydrotherapy in performance horses” Presented by Fiona Fitzgibbon BSc MIRVAP IEH Organised by Mark Robinson BHSI – Tuesday 16th November 2021 at 7.30pm Fiona is the research and training manager for ECB equine spa and is based in Northern Ireland. She was the pioneer and manager for 2 years in Ireland’s first purpose built equine rehabilitation centre with a water treadmill. Alongside her work for ECB she works as an equine…

Wed 30th June 2021 What a wonderful way to spend the morning! The visit to Mount St John Stud yesterday was a delight from start to finish. Many thanks to Fiona Harrison for organising the whole visit including the excellent lunch afterwards at the Carpenters Arms. A very big thank you to Emma Blundell and her whole team at Mount St John for making us all so welcome and Emma for taking the time to…

Stockley Farm, Calne, Wiltshire  15th June 2021 Held by Helen Martin On arrival, the first impressions of the facilities were excellent and professional combined with friendliness and a sense that nothing was too much trouble.  The day was organised with 5 groups of 4 riders with a lunch/discussion time with Lucinda, this meant a full day from 8am-6pm for our world class coach in what proved to be a hot/cloudless day. From the start of each…

There were 51 F&I members registered for this presentation which was organised in place of the Badminton course walk which would have been with Eric at Badminton. The evening was organised by our Vice Chairman, Ann Bostock. Thank you, Ann. There were a few technical communication issues, and the sound quality was not good, but this is what I derived from the evening. The opening presentation slide contained a picture of three buckets – hence…

Tuesday 20th April 2021 The 5.30 am alarm went off, this usually means one of two things – either I am off eventing or I have to get up to get hirelings ready for autumn hunting. Today neither was the cause of my early alarm, instead I was off to “Talland“ for my first “Study Day” as a newly qualified BHSI. Coming from the Essex/Suffolk borders, on a good day my journey according to google…

What an interesting and eye-opening session we had discussing diverse communities in equestrianism. Ruth opened the evening, introducing us to Sandra Murphy. Sandra set up BERF – BAME Equine and Rural Activities Focus group – just after the George Floyd incident. BERF were represented for the first time ever at the National Equine Forum a few weeks ago. Sandra posted a message on an equine forum asking how we can increase equality and diversity in…