Equestrian Life April 2018 Issue

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Prevention is
better than cure
A Plea From The Horses To Save The
Racehorse Sanctuary From Closure
These magnificent creatures The Racehorse Sanctuary is
have given their all for our calling on all horse lovers for
pleasure and entertainment help to keep the stable doors
(not to mention monetary gain) open and to save the charity
during their entire lives, many which is facing imminent closure
have even forfeited their lives. without your support. Please
When their careers are
Don’t
over help The Stress
Sanctuary to continue
due to injury or age all they
this
ask to provide a vital support, welfare
season use Laminaze
is that we provide food, water, and a Life After Racing for some
veterinary care and warmth to support of the healthy 4000 horses Laminae
leaving the
along with someone who cares racing industry annually.
and will be there for them. NAF Not recommends The Sanctuary Laminaze relies on when
a big ask in the scale of • things Horses and
donations
ponies
and
are
fundraising
on
to
and this is exactly what The restricted grass intake
keep the doors open. The Charity
Racehorse Sanctuary does. • Key In gut support commenced is required 2017 with cash
doing so it secures their future
• Healthy horn reserves growth lower needs than encouraging
previous
for the rest of their lives under
our ownership but it costs
money that we simply don’t
have. Between us we must
ensure that no horse ever again
ends up getting to the stage
shown in the picture, no horse
deserves this fate.
Think positive,
test Cushinaze
Equestrian Event
Photography Specialist NAF recommends Cushinaze when
• Body condition is compromised
Whether youʼre a local riding club or an
organiser of a large show, we
•
can
Immune
provide
support is required
photography for your event. • Healthy gut function needs encouraging
Our services are normally free, and our
images are made available to competitors and
those taking part by putting them on our
online shop for viewing and purchasing. A
selection of images from the event are made
available to the organisers free of charge for
future promotions.
We also carry out other work
including; Equestrian Shoots on Location,
Weddings, Family Portraits, Action Shots,
Football Matches & School Proms.
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years due to our need to relocate
to less expensive premises
in the West Country. We had
expected that our many summer
fundraising events would enable
The Sanctuary to build up our
reserves and secure a solid base
to take us into 2018. Sadly,
following the cancellation of
two important events in our
fundraising calendar due to
lack of sponsorship, and despite
all the hard work of everyone
involved, this has not proved to
be the case.
With the flood of Political,
Environmental, Educational and
Medical appeals, and competition
from other Animal charities
there has never been a more
difficult time for small charities,
many of whom are fighting for
survival. Our financial reserves
are now at a critical level and
unless we can gain enough
support to fill this funding gap
and rebuild reserves we will be
forced to close our doors within
the next few months.
Ideally, we need to raise funds
to finance us for a year to give
The Sanctuary breathing space
or at the very least give us time
to rehome the current horses for
which we have a duty of care.
With an estimated 7 million
horse lovers (and over 1 million
Quorn Hunt Relay
Quorn Hunt Tuesday Forest
and Quorn Hunt Supporters
Association present a brand
new Quorn Hunt event, THE
QUORN HUNT FOREST RELAY
in support of Derbyshire,
Leicestershire and Rutland Air
Ambulance, Sunday 15th April
2018, at Blackhill Farm, Beacon
Road, Woodhouse Eaves, near
Loughborough, LE12 8XA by
kind permission of Mr James
Wilson.
For teams of four. Two
members will proceed over a
course of fences and return
to hand over to the next two
team members. The clock starts
when the first horse crosses the
Contact NAF today for your
line and stops when the third
FREE Nutritional Consultation
horse finishes. That will be the
Call 0800 373 106 or email
team
info@naf-uk.com
time.
regular riders) in the UK it would
take only a fraction of these
to donate 1 pound to make
us financially secure - or even
allow us to purchase our own
property in order to secure our
long- term future. It would make
an enormous difference were we
able to acquire or rent suitable
premises free of charge or at a
peppercorn rent with a minimum
of six stables and 20 acres in the
South of England, which would
also enable us to retain many of
our existing loyal staff. CAN YOU
HELP?
Please pick up your phone
and TEXT your donation to
us - Whatever mobile network
you’re on, you can simply text
HORS20 and an amount of £1,
£2, £3, £4, £5 or £10 to 70070. An
example text would be: HORS20
£10 making sure to send this to
70070.
Or visit https://www.justgiving.
com/racehorsesanctuary/donate
Class 1 – EXPLORERS starts at
9:30am
Class 2 – SWASHBUCKLERS
starts at 13:30
Informal Clear Round Mini
Working Pony class (running in
a separate ring)
Forest Relay Contact is Rachael
Fairbrother who can be
reached at rachfairbrother@
googlemail.co.uk or 07810
696959. For the full schedule
or to enter online go to:
www.horse-events.co.uk
Course will be available for
walking on Saturday 14th April
between 14:00 and 17:00 hours.
naf-equine.eu/uk
Please note no dogs are allowed
on site for the course walking
or the event.
8 April 2018 Equestrian Life