Email to The Editor, Your Horse magazine
from Household Cavalry Veterinary Assistant

Dear Editor,

Looking through this week's edition of ''Your Horse" that someone had brought into work and reading the article on mud related problems, I'd like to point your readers in the direction of a product that we, here in the Veterinary Department of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, have found to work a treat against mud related problems.

Equr, produced by Taylors Hill is a safe, non-toxic sugary unguent/mixture that is smeared onto areas affected by bacterial conditions... and providing you follow the manufacturers instructions should clear up the condition in a week or so.

When I was initialy asked to buy in some Equr for our military horses at winter training in Melton Mowbray I was very cynical, as I've seen many cranky homeopathetic remedies come and go mainly because they're rubbish. Not wishing to waste the Tax Payers' money, I contacted Taylors Hill and asked them to put their money were their mouth was and if their product was any good, send me some freebies to prove it. Anyway, they did, we tried it, and although somewhat unattractive and messy to use, it worked a treat on some rather nasty outbreaks.

One of its good points, apart from actually working, is that it's not got any nasty chemicals in to screw up the rider/groom's skin due to prolonged use like the steroidal preparations often used against mud related outbreaks, and although the cost of the large tub of Equr seems expensive, compare it to the cost of a small tube of fucidic acid cream which is gone in one application.

We use Equr every year now against mud related outbreaks and related problems and the likes, plus another of Taylors Hill's products that proved it's worth against cracked heels, Heelit. So, I'd like to take this opportunity to recommend these products to your readers, as used by the horses of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.

Yours faithfully,
Sgt 'Scruff' Tidy
Regimental Veterinary Assistant