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Join EquiTeam as we celebrate 100 podcast episodes. Liz, Lou & Liz discuss the top three most downloaded episodes as well as share their own personal favourites.

We aren't stopping here though, the team have lots of exciting plans for the show and would really appreciate your feedback on how we can make Listen with EquiTeam even bigger and better. We have put together a short survey and everyone that submits a response will be entered into a prize draw to win three months membership to EquiTeam. 

Complete the survey here: https://bit.ly/ListenwithEquiTeam 

And if you missed any of the episodes we mentioned in this recording, you can find them all on the following links:

Most Downloaded - 

https://www.equiteam.co.uk/how-losing-four-stone-and-getting-fit-changed-my-life/ 

https://www.equiteam.co.uk/hungry-woman-uncovered/ 

https://www.equiteam.co.uk/more-then-just-hacking/ 

Our Favourites - 

https://www.equiteam.co.uk/i-overheard-them-saying-i-was-too-fat-to-ride/

https://www.equiteam.co.uk/the-value-of-time-2/ 

https://www.equiteam.co.uk/coach-trainer-rider-producer-james-oakden/ 

https://www.equiteam.co.uk/one-woman-a-cob-and-a-connie-dancing-at-psg/ 

https://www.equiteam.co.uk/a-conversation-with-shannon-lorimer/ 

https://www.equiteam.co.uk/riding-the-menopause-with-caroline-wilson/ 

https://www.equiteam.co.uk/in-the-vets-corner-all-about-joint-medication/ 

This week Lou is in the hosting seat to chat to the third member of our EquiTeam trio, Liz Somerville.

Although Liz started riding at a very young age she had to wait till she was 33 years old to finally be able to buy her own horse. In this episode she shares how she worked for her rides by mucking out in army stables, and how she got given plenty of horses over the years, including one as a wedding present, mostly because no one else would ride them! And no matter how hard she tried to get out of horses and into a normal job, she kept boomeranging back to the horses.

17 years on from starting an equine vet practice with her husband, joining EquiTeam has brought her full circle once again. Being able to combine two jobs she loves with helping people and spending time with the horses is a pretty perfect combination.

If you would like to access some of the downloads and videos mentioned in this episode, you can join us here at www.equiteam.co.uk/register/equiteam/ 

In this episode we meet Natasha Swales who shares her incredible story of a £1 horse called Mary

Known for liking quirky mares Tash purchased Mary, a grey mare with a history of rearing for just £1 four years ago and has been documenting their journey on social media ever since.

Tash tried absolutely everything to break the cycle of Mary’s rearing and it was only months later when she asked Jay Johnson for help that they turned a corner. Now out jumping numerous double clears, Tash and Mary’s journey is such an inspiration and a brilliant example of what hard work, a willingness to learn, love for a quirky mare and a slight stubborn streak can achieve

You can follow Mary and Tash’s journey here:

https://www.facebook.com/she.rides.twd

https://www.instagram.com/she.rides.twd

“He just doesn’t feel quite right” Sound familiar? If you have owned and ridden horses then you’ll understand that feeling of dread when you realise that your precious horse that you have invested so much time and money in is lame. But knowing when they are lame can be really difficult especially if they are quite stoical and not showing the classic head nod that most of us associate with lameness.

In this episode Liz, Lou & Liz from EquiTeam share some top tips on how to identify the early warning signs that something isn’t quite right. Knowing what is normal for your horse is key so feeling their legs and checking for digital pulses every day is really important to pick up any soft tissue injuries or early laminitis.

They also discuss some of the less obvious signs of lameness including napping, not wanting to jump, refusing to go forwards, a sore back, going round bent to the outside, not wanting to work in an outline and toe dragging behind, and talk you through how to trot up and what to look for with both a front leg and hind leg lameness.

If you are an #EquiTeam member you can watch our video on how to trot up your horse properly here and if you haven’t joined us yet you can sign up here