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BUILDAGUT is an absolute lifesaver. It is the first and only additive that goes into the hard feed of any TB that comes to me off the track and the results speak for themselves. Living in the South Island means multiple trips to the North Island every year and every horse that is travelling gets BUILDAGUT added to their feeds before and during travel. I no longer have to deal with the stress of horses going off their feed, losing condition on the journey or getting to their destination flat. They bounce off the truck ready to compete and I can’t remember the last time I had a horse not lick their feed bowl clean on a trip away from home.

PREPARE is a product that I feel gives my horses the added support and resilience required at the upper levels of Eventing. It is a taxing sport, and I believe that PREPARE gives my horses the additional ability to bounce back after a hard day of XC and front up happy and ready to SJ the following day.

All of my upper level horses run on PROTECT. I believe that PROTECT had a big part to play in keeping Shaw Lee as a fit, healthy and sound 17yr old competing at 4*. My 8yr old daughters pony is an absolute gem and carts her around events at 80cm. He is 20yrs old and I want to make sure he has plenty more years of competition life left in him, hence he is also on PROTECT.

At the end of a big day jumping, I always use COOL N TITE under my stable wraps. The cooling feeling on your hand from rubbing it into their legs is so refreshing, giving me confidence that it must feel nice for the horses.

The other BetaVet product that I always have on hand is HEALS UP. I have had some amazing results with this product and would recommend to anyone with a difficult wound. Being in a spray bottle makes it great for young or sensitive horses as you are not having to apply a cream, and the accelerated healing I have seen from using this product has been mind-blowing.

One of my most-utilised BetaVet products is STEADY STEED, which is an excellent (competition legal) aid for assisting in taking the edge off anxious horses, allowing them to process their experiences and learning better. I also use it frequently on our well-known Punky Pony to help contain his high-jinx!

Recently I have started using a new BetaVet product, HERBAZOLE. Magic! I initially trialled it on a very highly-strung 3yo filly whom we had in for pre-training. Within days she was a happier horse, eating, less grouchy, and starting to put on weight - not to mention happily opening her mouth for the syringe. This is a handy natural tool to have for those horses who are showing signs of having ulcers.

I also love the new ALLER-GEN and have found that it’s great for skin rashes etc especially with this humid weather we are experiencing at the moment.

One particular product at BetaVet which we have used for the past 6 years is the GASTRI-TEC and have seen wonderful results. It is a product which helps horses hold their condition, add a glow to their coat and helps with gut support.

Recently we have moved to a similar product called HERBAZOLE. Off the back of in-depth research at BetaVet we were confident to give this product a go.

We see HERBAZOLE as a more specific product for gut lesions and to maintain a healthy digestion system. We will certainly be using this product going forward, especially when preparing horses for sales.

She has stamped her name on individual titles on nineteen occasions, with eight different horses, and has won the Helen Holden Area Team Trophy six times. Anamore progeny where were a favorite at Vanessa’s Oakura stable, with six titles secured on NRM KH Arion and NRM KH Allandro. Two ‘Prestige’ progeny feature in the list; NSC Pronto, the advanced winner in 2019, and NSC Timbermill Prequel, who won the Surrey Small Tour title in 2020 and went on to earn over 66% in the Grand Prix at the NZL World Championships qualifying event in 2022. Her current stable star, NSC first rock DW, won the Young Horse Championship as a six-year-old in 2020, with a massive 89.4%. He has since graduated to small tour. Being an avid competitor, trainer, and coach, Vanessa is quick to recognize the hard road to the FBI levels. Since 2019 she has sponsored the VW ProAM Championships at the Nationals to encourage and reward riders making their way through the grades to the top levels. Vanessa is based in Taranaki but regularly coaches throughout the North Island and Victoria AUSTRALIA. Her BetaVet "must haves"are PROTECT, BUILDAGUT and HERBAZOLE.