Geoff Billington is honoured to be our ambassador and he has a special place in his heart for Forces Equine. Hear more about Geoff below: Geoff says, throughout my career I'd had some fantastic horses and owners. But in 1992 a long time owner sent me a novice 6 year old horse that changed my life. His name was 'It's Otto'. He was to become one of t...
Lewis comes from a non-horsey military family (RAF) and is based in Norfolk. Lewis has owned and trained his 13-year-old Grand Prix horse Diego since a 4-year-old. Lewis and Diego competed at the Young Rider European Championships in France in 2018 gaining a top ten place and the U25 European Championships in Hungary in 2020, the combination are cu...
Lucinda is delighted to announce her appointment as an ambassador to Forces Equine (www.forcesequine.com) who are a non-profit, volunteer run organisation. The Forces Equine community is run by the community it serves and encourages input from all their serving and dependent riders to boost the sport wherever they are posted in the world. Forces Eq...
We are excited to announce that our partners at Blue Chip are offering a 15% discount as a long running offer for FE. The discount code is available within our members area which can be applied at the checkout on the Blue Chip website (www.bluechipfeed.com) and the discount will be automatically applied. This discount applies to all...
PRESS RELEASE Blue Chip to offer long running support for Forces Equine Blue Chip are incredibly pleased to announce their support of Forces Equine with a long running offer for their valued members. As an organisation Forces Equine share many of the same attributes as Blue Chip, offering support, being inclusive, working hard, having fun and embra...
Founder Debi Heath French & Membership Lead Jan Heath had the pleasure of talking to Emma and learning all about her showing life and her career!
Name: Lewis Carrier Age: 23 years old Discipline: Dressgae Lewis comes from a non-horsey military family (RAF) and is based in Norfolk. Lewis has owned and trained his 13-year-old Grand Prix horse Diego since a 4-year-old. Lewis and Diego competed at the Young Rider European Championships in France in 2018 gaining a top ten place and the ...
Today we look back at 2017 and Arena UK who hosted our Armed Forces Day Mini Major. It was a fabulous weekend and this was the best event ever. Tilly contacted us via Instagram and wanted to share a memorable moment and we thought it was defo a #FeelGoodFriday moment! "This is me and my pony Magic Monkey, my 29 year old 128. We broug...
In August 2020, Forces Equine signed the Armed Forces Covenant and we are proud to announce that we are officially on the database. Download PDF File Here
We wanted to share some fantastic news that our organisation has won another award. We received this email and a personal call from CorporateLiveWire to say we had been nominated and only won it!!!! "We can now confirm we have made the decisions on the companies and individuals that should be selected as winners in this year's programme. You were c...
On Tuesday 9th February 2021, Forces Equine launch their first on many "Tuesday Night In with Forces Equine & Friends" and this week we will be hosting Managing Director Carmen Cummiskey of FOMO. FOMO develop state of the art Body Protectors that are great for Competing and day to day riding, looking after your safety. Tune in and find out...
We are incredibly proud of all of our members, but there a lot of you who inspire us by holding down a full time frontline career and a spectacular equestrian career also. We would like to introduce you to PC Emma Smith of Suffolk Constabulary, who qualified for the world famous Olympia, but due to COVID-19, 2020 was not possible. Take a look at Em...
For our 2021 chosen charity that is UK Emergency Services Giving, PCSO Emma-Jo Thorpe & Forces Equine HQ member, launched competition raffles to raise money for this charity who champion, as we do mental health awareness within our Emergency Services. "I was in my local tack/feed shop and was chatting to a wonderful Spillers rep. I mentioned wh...
On the 27th December at 7pm, we will be hosting a quiz on Zoom to raise money for Emergency Responders for UK Emergency Services Giving operated by UKESG Ltd. We'd like to raise £500 but you can enter for as little as £1.00 or as much as you would like. To get involved, please visit
During the lockdown our Chairman, Captain David Heath French, signed up for the virtual fitness challenges in October 2020 with a personal achievement to get out and about and hopefully get a bit fitter. When the second lockdown was announced he decided to carry out a challenge throughout 2021 whilst raising money for charity. Sharing the ide...
We were so proud of our two fabulous members who made it to the final of the Horse & Hound Awards 2020, within the same category PIKEUR Amature Rider of the Decade, well done PC Philippa Wratten you make us so very proud each and every time you ride with and for us, you are a real team player!We are super excited to announce that the winner was...
We are so proud to announce that not one but two FE'ers have made the final 4 in the Pikeur Amateur Rider of the Decade category, here's their stories; Philippa Wratten 33 years old, police officer jumping up to 1.40m with her mare Ginelli Z This talented showjumper produces her own horses alongside working demanding shifts. She often competes agai...
It's been our pleasure to watch our members out and about after what has been a very strange year! In all disciplines, they have tried their very best (as always) and achieved some great things. "Mo - Show champion and Dressage champion, Gracie - overall Reserve supreme of show (all disciplines)" said PC Emma Smith of Suffolk Police. (her horse pic...
We never expect any member to say thank you, but it means so much when you do and our sponsors really know just how much their impact has on our organisation and it's members. This lovely card arrived at FEHQ and found it's way to the home of our Founder Debi Heath French. "It's so lovely to know that our leagues have such an impact and we could no...