Win a lesson with a top-level event rider and a year’s supply of feed
IF YOU’RE KEEN to sharpen your riding skills or want to move up the ranks in eventing, what better way to kick things off than by training with a rider who’s at the top of the sport? We’ve teamed up with British Horse Feeds and are offering one lucky winner a private lesson with James Sommerville. The 28-year-old has contested Badminton CCI4* and has a myriad of three-star placings under his belt. You’ll visit a yard in Yorkshire (exact details to be arranged between you and James) and use your own horse for the lesson. You’ll also bag a year’s supply for two horses of either Speedi-Beet or FibreBeet, depending on your horse’s needs. Fibre-Beet is ideal if you have to watch your horse’s starch intake – it conditions and maintains energy levels but without the fizz that cereal-based feeds can give. “Fibre-Beet is an excellent feed for our competition horses as it helps them to maintain optimum energy levels,” says James. “It’s also great for keeping condition on horses, and to help keep dietary fibre levels high.” Alternatively, you can opt for Speedi-Beet — a highly nutritious, quick-soaking feed that’s low in sugar and free from starch, making it safe for laminitics. Suitable for a range of horses, it can be fed in small amounts to good doers as a multivitamin supplement, or in larger quantities to help poor doers to gain weight. Once you’ve made space in your tack room for all the feed, you’ll have to clear a spot in your wardrobe too. As part of your prize, you’ll also receive a softshell jacket, gilet and cap. Plus, we’ll make sure your horse looks the part by decking him out in a branded saddle pad. But that’s not all — 20 lucky runners-up will receive a bag of Speedi-Beet or FibreBeet, as well as a stylish branded cap.