Ballinger Equine is excited to announce its 2024 summer event is taking place at Cottered village hall, SG9 9QR at 6.45pm on Friday, 12 July.Continue Reading

Today’s (Sunday, 2 July 2023) annual Endurance GB pleasure ride at Luffenhall has once again proved a big success. A beautiful sunny early summer’s day, with cooling breezes in the fields, woodland and bridleways of rural Hertfordshire providing an idyllic setting for a relaxing Sunday ride with friends.Endurance GB pleasure ride raises funds for The...Continue Reading

Ballinger Equine Ambassador, Charlotte Silcott-Niles and her GB Horseball Squad teammates leave today for the Fédération Internationale de Horseball (FIHB) World Cup in Saint-Lô. The FIHB World Cup is held every four years. Britain is this year fielding U16, Ladies and Pro-Elite teams.An interview with Charlotte Silcott-NilesBallinger Equine Ambassador and international horseball player, Charlotte Silcott-Niles, today...Continue Reading

Today’s (Sunday, 3 July 2022) 20K pleasure ride at Luffenhall has proved a huge success. A beautiful sunny day, with the gentlest of breezes in the midst of rural Hertfordshire providing the perfect setting for a relaxing Sunday ride with friends.Endurance GB pleasure rideNicki Harris, Gemma Grodkiewicz and their team, seasoned Endurance GB competitors, have...Continue Reading

Ballinger Equine is today proudly sponsoring and supporting BHS Bedfordshire’s organised ride in aid of East Anglian Air Ambulance. Every participant will receive a smart Ballinger Equine rosette and Ballinger Equine’s clinical director, Dr Susanna Ballinger is on site throughout the day providing event veterinary support.This is the seventh running of the popular sponsored ride...Continue Reading

Members of the Ballinger Equine team were out in force at today’s Puckeridge Hunt Western Pony Club Open Novice One Day Event at Bramfield in Hertfordshire. Pictured above are (from left to right) veterinary surgeons Dr Eleanor Kigozi and Dr Sophie Sutton, Lyndhurst Romeo (aka Hugo), practice veterinary technician Kate Harley and practice administrator Sharni...Continue Reading

A sunny, breezy, occasionally showery summer Sunday proved perfect for today’s (4 July 2021) inaugural Luffenhall Ride for Life Endurance GB event. Ballinger Equine sponsored the local grassroots endurance pleasure ride and undertook Official Veterinarian duties, ensuring veterinary health checks for all competing horses and ponies, as required by the sport’s governing body, Endurance GB.Veterinary...Continue Reading

Ballinger Equine Practice Administrator Sharni Heaps competed with her pony Hugo at Sunday’s Puckeridge Western Pony Club, Open One Day Eventer Trial in their first outing of the season. Supported by colleague Kate Harley and her new whippet puppy Snoopy, Sharni and Hugo pulled off a podium finish with third place in their class.Last minute...Continue Reading

Ballinger Equine is proudly supporting the return of equestrian grassroots competition in accordance with COVID-19 restrictions. The Puckeridge Western Pony Club eventer trial is to be held at Sue Underhill’s excellent cross-country venue at Bramfield on Sunday 16 May. Ballinger Equine is once again providing event sponsorship and veterinary cover throughout the competition.A welcome return...Continue Reading

Ballinger Equine is holding an autumn gastroscopy clinic for horse and pony owners who wish to establish whether their animals are suffering with gastric ulceration. The clinic offers a special discounted rate to those participating. Winter is almost upon us, the mornings are already icy and pasture is deteriorating. Turnout typically diminishes with the winter...Continue Reading