Nicolas Wettstein
The eventer has announced a new collaboration with the French clothing manufacturer, Le Sabotier Chemiserie.
Created in May 2012 by Emmanuelle Gonnet, the brand creates top of the range competition gears for men and women, as well as sportswear, combining French technics and know-how.
A special emphasis is put on choosing the fabrics, creating the perfect balance between comfort and elegance.
“I feel honoured to have been chosen to represent Le Sabotier Chemiserie and really look forward to riding with their clothes. I was immediately blown away by the quality of the clothes. My deepest gratitude goes to all at Le Sabotier for their trust and support,” he said.
ArcEquine
Event riders Lucinda Fredericks, Francis Whittington, Lissa Green and Liz Halliday are joined by dressage rider Amy Stovold as the first recipients of sponsorship support from ArcEquine. The brand produces microcurrent units that offer a drug-free, non invasive and safe way to facilitate rapid healing and restore full function to damaged tissues, including bones, tendons, ligaments, muscles and skin.
ArcEquine’s Thirkell explained: “All of these high-profile and very successful riders have chosen to use ArcEquine as an important element in the management of their horses at every level and their understanding of the product, along with their collective enthusiasm in supporting our rapid growth means they are already an important part of the ArcEquine team.”
British Showjumping national amateur and veteran championships
The championships in 2015 (18-25 November) will be sponsored feed company Dodson and Horrell for the fourth year.
Dodson & Horrell’s Sam Horrell said: “We are thrilled to be continuing our sponsorship, it gives us a great opportunity to support grass-roots level showjumping and be on hand to provide nutritional advice to help competitors perform at their best.
“We are proud to be a part of the 2015 Championships and wish all the competitors the best of luck.”
Horse of the Year Show
The Colosso Family will be sponsoring the riding horse of the year championship, including the small and large riding horse divisions.
The Colosso Family own a string of high quality coloured horses, many of which qualify for HOYS annually.
“We are really pleased to be able to sponsor the riding horse class and championship at such a prestigious show, and so looking forward to seeing beautiful horses compete for this converted title,” said Kim Colosso.
Charlotte Fill
Shropshire-based firm Alpha Chartered Surveyors has sponsored the young rider.
Charlotte’s major achievements include National Pony Club dressage champion. She has also competed at regional and national championships, has been member of the World Class Start Programme and, at junior level and was in the British Junior European Team.
The company’s Charlotte Wright said: “She’s an inspiration and I can see she’s got the ability and determination to achieve great things. We share the same values so if we can help her do that then fantastic. As surveyors we are very involved with the equestrian property market and the fact that we now offer also offer a bespoke planning application service for the construction of equestrian ménages and other equestrian buildings makes it a natural partnership”.
BE arena eventing championships
Kent & Masters has announced the title sponsorship of the championships.
Through running the championships, British Eventing (BE) is able to engage with both BE members and non-members taking part in competitions outside of the BE calendar.
The Championships ultimately mean that more riders can aim for a place in a series culminating at some of the most prestigious locations Britain has to offer.
“We’re very proud to be able to support this exciting new series which will highlight a lot of great new talent in the sport we are so passionate about,” said Ben Roberts of Kent & Masters Saddle Makers.
