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The grass has gone brown, but has the vitamin E gone with it? 
Spike is back with Louise Jones for a bite-sized Feed Room, answering a great listener question prompted by the hot weather: when fresh green pasture turns dry and scorched, do we need to start supplementing vitamin E?
Louise explains what happens to vitamin E as grass dries out, whether a normal balanced diet is enough to cover the difference, and which horses might actually benefit from additional supplementation.
Highlights
Why fresh grass is such a good source of vitamin E
What happens when pasture becomes dry and scorched
Whether most horses need extra vitamin E
When supplementation may be worthwhile
Vitamin E for horses prone to tying up
Why feeding additional oil can change requirements
Guest Louise Jones – Equine nutritionist with Connolly's RED MILLS, answering your real-world feeding questions with Spike.
🎧 A quick one, but a very useful one. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.
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Will Coleman Has Unfinished Business

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The US Equestrian Open Final is here, and we've got a special bonus from the US Equestrian Open Podcast to get you ready for Morven Park.
Annie Bishop, Diarmuid Byrne and Ali Barrett look at the storylines heading into the Final, with Will Coleman and Off The Record returning after coming agonisingly close 12 months ago. Can they go one better this time?
This is just the first 10 minutes of the conversation. For the full Morven Park Preview Show, including the team's predictions, contenders and everything to watch this week, head over to the US Equestrian Open Podcast.

Boekelo delivered.
Nicole and Catherine debrief a brilliant Nations Cup final, where Great Britain and Germany went head-to-head right to the final phase, while Ireland and the USA battled for the podium.
They celebrate Julia Krajewski and Ero de Cantraie's wire-to-wire win, another huge result for Katie Magee and the young horses that made a serious impression with 2027 and LA on the horizon.
Highlights
Great Britain take the Nations Cup final
Julia Krajewski leads from start to finish
Another second place for Katie Magee
The young horses to remember for 2027
Ireland win the battle for the Nations Cup podium
Nicole's under-the-radar horse to watch
All that, plus plenty more from a seriously competitive week at Boekelo.
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Over 100 horses, the FEI Eventing Nations Cup Final and one of the most competitive four-star longs of the year. It's Boekelo time.
Nicole is joined by Catherine Austen and Ali Barrett to look through a huge field, pick out the combinations that could make their mark and, of course, build their Eventing Manager teams.
Gemma Stevens and Cooley Park Muze head up the conversation after a brilliant season, while Zara Tindall, Katie Magee, Tom McEwen, Kitty King and plenty more give the British challenge serious depth. There are exciting young horses from across Europe, a strong US contingent and a few combinations flying firmly under the radar.
Plus, could Tom McEwen make a little bit of history? And who are Nicole, Catherine and Ali backing for the podium?
Highlights
The leading contenders in a field of more than 100 combinations
Gemma Stevens and Cooley Park Muze's chances at Boekelo
Tom McEwen's opportunity to add another major win to an extraordinary season
The Nations Cup Final and the teams to watch
Exciting combinations from Britain, Ireland, France, Germany and the USA
Eventing Manager picks, bargains and dark horses
Nicole, Catherine and Ali make their podium predictions
Get your Eventing Manager team locked in at manager.equiratings.com and play along throughout Boekelo.
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Jess Rimmer didn't always want to be an event rider. In fact, as a child, she'd have chosen her Barbie Dream House over a muddy yard any day.
Fast forward to Blenheim, and Jess has just jumped double clear with The Spice Merchant as part of the Rising Lions. Nicole catches up with her while the smile is still firmly on her face to talk about the journey from reluctant pony rider to one of Britain's rising eventing talents.
From studying biochemistry while competing a string of horses to finding her place at William Fox-Pitt's yard, Jess shares the people, horses and opportunities that have shaped her career so far. There's plenty about Basil, the horse who keeps saying yes, and the ambitions Jess is working towards.
Highlights
The pony that changed Jess's mind about riding.
Growing up with a five-star event rider for a mum and the support that came without pressure.
Balancing a biochemistry degree with competing seven or eight horses.
Learning from William Fox-Pitt and Jackie Potts.
Why you don't have to follow the traditional youth team pathway to succeed.
The £1 pony who helped Jess reach the Young Rider Championships.
How The Spice Merchant, better known as Basil, became her four-star partner.
What representing Great Britain and riding for the Rising Lions means to Jess.
Her ambitions for five-star success and the two horses she thinks could help her get there.
Guest
Jess Rimmer – British event rider and Rising Lions team member, joining Nicole fresh from a double clear at Blenheim with The Spice Merchant.
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