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British Dressage statement – rule alignment on horse definition
Posted on Wednesday, July 4, 2018 by Sasha Melia

At a meeting of the Board of Directors yesterday, the question regarding allowing the registration of a mule to compete in affiliated dressage competition was discussed fully.  Following consultation with the FEI, the Board have taken the decision to harmonise our rules with the international federation by adopting the same wording.  While our current rules […]

Horse health professionals rally to determine best practice as “Equitape” horse wormer to be discontinued from October 2018
Posted on Tuesday, July 3, 2018 by Sasha Melia

From October 2018 the wormer brand, Equitape®, commonly used to treat tapeworm infection will be discontinued from sale in the UK. This wormer is the only licenced product for horses containing praziquantel as a single active ingredient. Going forward, it will only be available in ‘combination wormers’ also containing either ivermectin or moxidectin, the drugs […]