WHETHER it’s lorries, trailers, flights or ferries, travelling can take it out of our horses as they travel to competition. The statistics can be staggering in terms of the mileage our best horses have to cover.

It is our showjumpers that are clocking up the most miles with some travelling over 80,000km in a year in order to compete globally. Most of those miles are on board a flight and in general horses travel well in the air, but it’s the lorries which appear to provoke a few more challenges when it comes to getting from A to B and home again.