HorsePlay.ie supporting the Irish Horse Welfare Trust
The Irish Horse Welfare Trust recently announced the launch of its new website at www.ihwt.ie and we’re delighted to have sponsored the build of this new site! The website has been especially designed and delivered by Irish equestrian marketing agency H...
Feeding Horses in Winter
Unless your horse is stabled year-round, feeding horses in winter requires a somewhat different approach than feeding in summer. Lisa Elliott – equine nutritionist at Smart Horse Nutrition – gives us some insights into best feed our horses in wint...
5 tips to ensure your horse stays in excellent condition this winter
As the nights get colder and the frost greets us in the morning, we need to seriously consider the health care of our horses over this festive season. It’s all too easy for horses to lose weight, or develop skin conditions that could be relatively easil...
Mud Rash in horses – all you need to know
With Ireland’s largely mild and usually wet winters, mud fever is unfortuantely all too prevalent in this country. Given that most horse owners have to face and treat it at some stage, it’s important to know exactly what mud fever is, what cau...
New research collection shows how cutting-edge imaging is improving equine head and spine diagnoses
The better vets can examine their equine patients the better they are able diagnose and treat them. The good news is that major progress in imaging of the head and spine is helping to achieve exactly this. The Equine Veterinary Journal (EVJ) has joined fo...
Waterboy Hot Wash – you need this in your life…
Mud… it’s something that us horse owners have to learn to live with. And as much as us we dislike the stuff, our horses love it in equal proportions. Mine seem to set themselves a daily challenge of caking as much mud as they possibly can over as larg...
The Five Greatest Irish Winners at the Cheltenham Festival
British horses may dominate the role of honour at the home of jumps racing, but Irish entrants have more than held their own when they make the voyage over the Irish Sea. Irish raiders have been turning up at the gates of Prestbury Park – accompanied by...
Never be afraid to fail. If you are you’ll never succeed. Emma Golding’s wrap up of a mixed autumn campaign
So this has turned out to be a rather long blog as it covers the World Championships for Disabled Drivers in Beesd and the All-Ireland National Championships, and because things didn’t go exactly how I would have hoped. The World Championships The World...
Kildare Horse Transport – Thinking inside the box
In the field of Equine Transportation Kildare Horse Transport, or KHT to you and I might be the new kids on the mounting block….but they certainly haven’t been slow out of the starting gates by any means! Derek O’Sullivan and Nina Vallee, a p...
Hannah Francis and Willberry Wonder Pony – 6 legs, 2 hearts, Pure Inspiration
It is said that success is not only measured by what you achieve in your lifetime, but also in what you inspire others to do. Event rider Hannah Francis was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in 2015, at just seventeen years of age. Her story has changed lives, ...
