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16th February 2009

Hi Malcolm,
Great news - Jess and Fred qualified for the Royal International Horse Show at Hickstead yesterday. They were brill jumping a fab triple clear with the 3rd round standing at 1m20. She was placed 3rd and is the youngest to qualify this year on the youngest pony. It is a class for 12.2 and under ponies and 12yrs and under children (Jess is just 9). Only 25 qualify over 5 weekends. Jess also got chosen for the style and performance finals at The Pony of the Year Show. They pick the best 20 children aged 10 and under for the finals held over 4 days. So all in all an absolutely fabulous weekend.  The Winning Edge Extra is definitely doing the job with Fred, keep producing it we think it's a winner!!!!!
Malcolm Green comments: We will keep producing WINNINGEDGE EXTRA and offering it to the small number of horses that seem to benefit from its slightly different nutrient balance.

Nine year old Jessica Hewitt won the 2008 Golden Bears championships (for riders aged 10 and under) at SCOPE 2008. Riding the six year old Laithehill Tarragon (Fred), who she produced herself from a four year old, she blitzed the field beating the next fastest pony by 2.5 seconds.

She also qualified Duncrynes Jungle Bunny for the jump off but, having already set a really fast pace on Fred, she dropped one fence trying to go for first and second place!

All the Hewitt's ponies get WINNINGEDGE Gold and you can read about the effect of this product on all Jessica's and her older sister Natasha's ponies below. Any 'pony parents' should be interested in both the safety gains and the performance benefits!

This section was started in 2007

Jessica and Natasha Hewitt, 8 and 10 respectively, love their ponies. They come home from school, leave a trail of clothes through the house, get into their jods and rush out to the ponies.

The girls are very fortunate in having a number of ponies to ride and their parents had noticed that they seemed to be avoiding Spring -a 13 yo chestnut mare with over £450 in BSJA winnings. So Spring was put onto Cool, Calm and Collected and, with no prompting, the girls started riding her again. Now all the Hewitt's ponies are on WINNINGEDGE Gold and this has enabled them to keep riding some very experienced old hands. Dickens (30*) is back in regular work after a long lay-off and Inch High (pictured at top with Poppy and above right juming with Jessica onboard) is still jumping 1.28 metre tracks aged 32 and with over £12,500 of BSJA winnings.

These talented girls compete all over the country and the picture (right) shows Jessica on Laithehill Tarragon (Fred) and Natasha on Laithehill Gallant (Fred's sire) showing off their rosettes from SCOPE 2007.

Gallant was particularly difficult when they first got him - regularly refusing - but WINNINGEDGE Gold has transformed him into a pony who concentrates on his job, remains focussed and gets results!

* Just as we put this story onto the website we hear that Dickens passed away quietly in his sleep.

To the right is a picture of Poppy, showname Poppyfields Nutcracker, and Natasha. She is a 13.2hh 8yrs grey mare who was bought as a novice in Oct 06. Since then she has gone from strength to strength winning nearly £500 BSJA. She has qualified for blue chip finals, where she won the JC/JD final and also the pony of the year show where she got an equal 1st and a placing, She also qualified for the British novice finals and the progressive finals at the SCOPE festival of showjumping where she was placed every day. These are classes for children 16yrs and under and ponies 14.2hh and under so Natasha definitely held her own at 10yrs old.

Winning Edge Gold has helped Poppy concentrate and remain focused on her job, making life easier for Natasha when she is riding her but also easier for me (Mum - Rachel Hewitt) as she now stands still to be dealt with and travels calmly. She has maintained her weight much easier which was previously a problem and her coat and feet have improved. We hope that Poppy is a star in the making and with the help of Winning Edge and our trainer Rachael Williams we are looking forward to the future with her.

The Hewitts are also able to illustrate what happens when you run out of supplement for a few weeks!:

Hi Malcolm, thanks ever so much for the latest delivery, which as I think John mentioned was much needed!
I have a little tub that I refill from the large pack of winning edge gold to make it easier and thought that I had some left in it, wrong!! The ponies were deprived of it for approx 2 weeks, we didn't see any change at home and thought that the gap wouldn't show too much as some would be on it's way from yourselves. How wrong were we! It started when we were travelling to the show on Saturday and Bunny who had at last become less of a stress head started to get restless and banged on the partitions in the lorry and didn't settle until we pulled up at the show 2 and a half hrs later.
The show started successfully for Natasha who won and came third in the first class, however Jessica, who is on top form and on fire at the moment on her ponies, had a bad day.
Bunny had turned into a pony who didn't listen, pulled constantly at the reins, ran madly round the arena and wouldn't concentrate on the job, which resulted in fences down and at one stage Jessica having to pull her out of a jump as she was going too fast (despite jess pulling) to safely jump it.

Fred, although not as obvious as Bunny, also was doing his best to ignore Jess and consequently had a fence down in every class. This was a disaster for Jess as she is on amazing form at the moment and of course cost us a lot on entry fees. Bunny and Fred were both also hard to warm up as they were both very hot headed and too excitable to concentrate.
I think that Natasha managed to keep some sort of form as she is bigger than Jess and able to react quickly to changes but after the first class also had a fence down in every class.
I have seriously learnt my lesson and will make sure we don't run out again as it not only cost money on entry fees but also Jess lost a bit of confidence in both her ponies and her own ability.
I only have the pic of Jess and Bunny in the presentation at the show where she won the mountain horse class at the moment which I have attached, but I will get John to take some pics at the weekend similar to the ones we sent of the other ponies.


Thanks again,

Rachel and gang

Here is Rachel's report on Bunny from earlier:

Hi Malcolm,
Breaking news, I have clipped Bunny with no, yes no sedation! When she first arrived at the mere sight of getting out the extension lead she would become aggressive and rear up pawing the air, she would go for us either kicking or biting, anything but let us clip her, I have clipped many ponies over the past 20years and have never seen a reaction so severe. The first time we clipped her we had only had her for 1month and had to sedate her to prevent her from any more stress and to keep us safe. After 3months on winning edge she seems to be able to control her stress levels better and with the help of some cordless quiet clippers she let me clip her all over!!!! This may seem a small thing to many people but to us it is a milestone as we were told we would never clip her without sedation and this was from very knowledgeable horse people who had tried. It is not only stopping her getting stressed but is also saving me an £80 vet bill everytime.
Also, Bunny (Duncrynes Jungle Bunny) has had a fantastic career winning many national finals and accumulating over £10500 BSJA winnings, she was sold 16months ago after coming 3rd in the national under 10 final and was still at the height of her career. The people who bought her for reasons unknown to us did not get on with her and she lost all her form to the point of nearly destroying her reputation and getting known for the wrong reasons! Her naturally aggressive nature had got worse and also her itching was very bad. We took Bunny on and with the help and advice from yourselves immediately put her on WINNINGEDGE Gold and Itch Magic to help her itching. Bunny has gone from strength to strength winning over £150 in 3 months with a tiny 8yr old jockey, she has qualified for the winter 2nd rounds, won the prestigious Mountain Horse 128 final and been placed everytime out to a show against many of the countries top ponies with older more experienced jockeys. She is looking and feeling well eager to do her job and canters into the ring with her ears forward.
Hope this could give others some confidence in your product as we think it has been a main contributing factor to getting Bunny back on track.

Rachel and family
 

Photo Jessie Ambridge

Jessica and Fred in the qualifying rounds at SCOPE 2008.