Renowned horse boot manufacturer Veredus has launched its latest riding boot and mini chaps, which boast an innovative yin and yang system – essentially giving you two boots in one.
Read moreLeading Italian saddle brand Amerigo has teamed up with International event rider Nicola Wilson to provide its precision dressage and jumping saddles for her string of horses.
A member of the silver medal winning eventing team at the London 2012 Olympics, riding Rosemary Search's Opposition Buzz (Dodi), this well-loved rider/horse partnership has had a long and very successful career. Dodi is now retired from 4* events but Nicola has a host of exciting up and coming young horses who are already achieving notable results wearing the Amerigo Vega range of saddles that incorporate a specially created synthetic tree.
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This exceptionally talented rider has enjoyed notable successes such as Team Silver at the Olympic Games in London and European Gold in Herning, Denmark. Kristina very first won Gold in 2002 at the Pony European Dressage Championships.
Kristina is a passionate advocate of helmet awareness, and believes in always putting her helmet on, and setting an exemplary example for others. Just because it is dressage, it is not any less vital than when riding cross country. She says “Many serious injuries could be avoided, just with this simple action”. Tragically in the supposedly ‘staid’ discipline of dressage this is being proved time and time again, with Fiona Bigwood recently suffering a severe head injury.
Kristina trains in Oldenburg on her 13 year old black Hanoverian stallion Desperados with her uncle and will be working closely together with the Design and Development Team at uvex, identifying ways in which to improve and advance products for riders of the future.
"We are proud to work with such a successful athlete" said Falk Pewestorf, MD of the uvex sports group. "Kristina Sprehe embodies equestrian success and will be a vital member of the uvex Team”.
uvex and Zebra Products now sponsor over 50% of both the German and British Medal Winning Dressage Teams between them, including Laura Tomlinson and Michael Eilberg and are at the forefront of supplying riders with helmets that they want to wear, and not just have to wear.
Recent moves by so many leading riders across the disciplines who are voluntarily deciding to wear standard safety helmets as opposed to the ‘old hat’ top hats is a triumph of sensibility over vanity.
Sprenger Spurs are made from the finest stainless steel and come in a variety of styles to suit the rider and horse.
As we come into the competition season these Sprenger Ultra Fit Extra Grip Spurs are an ideal addition to your competition wardrobe. They are encased in a hard rubber which not only help to protect your leather riding boots from the metal rubbing them but also help to keep your spurs in the right place when riding as the rubber “sticks” to leather.
They come in a variety of different styles and one of the most unique and innovative styles is the Comfort Roller. This spur is a great back up to the rider’s leg aid as it helps give the aid that little bit faster with direct flank contact, but is softer and less likely to cause a negative response from the horse due to its rolling action along the horses side.
The rowel is a big circular brass roller that moves along the side of the horse and prevents any marking of the horse’s side. There are two lengths of neck both of which are complete with the same size brass rowel.
Can be fitted with leather or mesh straps and are easy to put on or remove, the Sprenger Ultra Fit Extra Grip Spurs are a must for the competition season.
Sprenger Ultra Fit Comfort Roller RRP: £78.00
Fourteen-year-old Robert, who has been competing since he was nine, lives in Preston, Lancashire where he trains with his well-known show jumper father, Peter Murphy.
Read more'They work brilliantly! Convinced and Converted'
''I have conducted an experiment today. I tacked up my horse and put one 'ordinary' neoprene brushing boot on one leg and the TRC Vento on the other, then went for an hour's hack. On taking off the boots, the neoprene was clammy inside and the horse's leg was warm and sticky. The inside of the TRC Vento felt the same as when I had put it on and the horse's leg was cool. They work brilliantly! I am convinced and converted.''
Liz Benwell-Horse Owner
The uvex supersonnix is designed for children and their growing developing head shapes, in a range of styles, colours and designs that appeal. They weigh approx. 335g, and have a ventilation system which funnels air over the top of the head.
Uvex have created and patented an IAS 3D system which adjusts to both your head size and shape, enabling you to have the helmet style that you truly want, that is not restricted by the currently traditional rigid shell shape. Very often you do see that riders wanting a particular style of helmet sacrifice the fit for the look that they want, thereby compromising their own safety. This does not happen with uvex helmets.
The free floating design of the IAS 3D ring system means that it adjusts not only around the circumference of the head by means of operating a dial, but also internally over the top of the head, therefore altering the depth of the fit to suit either shallow foreheads or deep foreheads. This very much works in favour of the retailer as well as the customer because they only need to stock approximately a third of the volume of helmets to cater for the same number of clients, reducing the space needed in their shop, and their financial outlay, allowing for a wider variety of different products to browse through.
Because the helmet adjusts, this means the fit is better and in no way compromised by the changing needs and size of a maturing skull, or a changing hairstyle. Parents also no longer have the same financial barrier to ensuring the safety and protection of their child, because the helmet alters. And of course the fact that the helmet can be adjusted means that parents with sibling and subsequent friends and just the one pony do not have to risk the dangers of compromise with a one shape-one size helmet. The adjustability allows for more consistent protection.
The scenario where parents ask for ‘a helmet they can grow into’ demonstrates perfectly why uvex have spent so much time, money and effort on extensive research throughout the arenas of all extreme sports to provide a 3D adjustable cost effective solution for head protection and safety.
With the advent of the uvex helmet the days of ‘buying a second hat riding hat’ are that much closer to being at an end. And surely something that everyone should be celebrating now that the solution to an age old problem has been presented.
Finally, the ventilation system in the very lightweight uvex helmets, which actively pulls air over the head and funnels it away, means that the days of ‘Helmet Hair’ are well and truly over. Historically this and the weight of a helmet has been a barrier to small children willingly putting their headgear on.
Sadly we cannot educate all of the members of the General Public, who may ‘think it’s fine to share a hat’ but the magazines, the retailers, the industry as a whole, and the manufacturers are doing their utmost to circumvent accidents, and to educate, protect and prevent through design.
In addition the supersonnix can be accessorised by uvex flashing lights that are affixed with clips to the shell of the helmet. These are battery operated and can be set to flash intermittently, therefore meaning that they work as a visual safety aid, provide light to see the way, and also a means of easily locating each other on dark nights. These are available at approx. RRP £6.50 each.
Available in sizes 49 – 52 cm and 52 – 55cm. RRP: £119.00 - £129.00
