Events at Rein & Shine

29/05/2026

Are you getting enough fun in your diet?

25/05/2026

have you got yours handy?

SUNBLOCK FOR HORSES! 😁🌞🌞🌞🌞

Lavender Sunblock combines cooling zinc oxide with soothing lavender and to help shield delicate skin from the sun. It soothes problematic, broken skin whilst giving sun protection. No skin-irritating chemicals. Instant cooling effects and usually lasts all day.

Recommended for lightly pigmented or thinly-haired animals. It can also be used on yourself, great to help cool and soothe insect bites and hot spots. Awarded “Best in Test” by Horse & Rider in 2023.

Find it in the shop, or on our website here :
https://www.sydneyfree.co.uk/dpt/pgr/pro-equine-lavender-sunblock--400g__4844?preview=true

21/05/2026

Cross country training clinics with Johanna McDonald . Great partnership today 👏 👌 a green horse learning to link fences and trust the rider- really successful outcomes. This is the second ever cross country for this 8 yrs old pure Irish Draft. Lots of time taken to show him fences, and ask very straight forward questions. As he grew in confidence he trusted the rider to start linking easy questions without prior fence introduction. Sessions must always end on a high for a horse- when he is keen and enjoying his job.... rather than when he has been kept out there too long, tired and frustrated.

19/05/2026

Equestrian version of James and the Giant Peach 🍑..... Ponies and the Giant Pomegranate ♥️ 😍 ❤️ 😄 😀

Good to see you guys out there enjoying cross country schooling hire

16/05/2026

Important client update

🐴 IMPORTANT CLIENT UPDATE: KEEPING OUR HORSES SAFE 🐴
You may have seen news about a local outbreak of "Strangles" within the SN postcode area.
To be precise, the outbreak is at Oxleaze Farm Stud & Livery in Woolstone, Faringdon (SN7 7QS). While they are doing an amazing job following strict vet advice to contain it, we need to take a few quick precautions here at our yard to keep our own horses safe and healthy.
What is Strangles?
It is a highly contagious respiratory infection in horses. It cannot be passed to humans, so you are completely safe! However, it spreads very easily between horses through nose-to-nose contact or through mucus left on surfaces like gates, buckets, clothes, and boots. Strangles can be fatal for horses which is why this is a very serious post.
How you can help us on your next visit:
🧼 Use Hand Sanitiser: Please use the hand gel hanging on our gates or inside the office as soon as you arrive.
👕 Fresh Clothes & Clean Boots: If you have visited any other horse yards or have friends at the Uffington/Woolstone yard, please change your clothes and scrub the tops and soles of your boots before coming to see us. The affected yard has done everything they can do by letting others know and locking down. This is not their fault, they are not villians, they are trying to get their horses safely through a very difficult time.
Our horses love your visits, and these simple steps will keep them happy, healthy, and doing what they do best! Thank you so much for your support. 💛

12/05/2026

Yes, we are all bonkers

Giant squid jump develops a following 😎😎😎

08/05/2026

The Squiddy!

03/05/2026

Stage 2 coaching course starts 10th May - have you booked your space?

30/04/2026

We must put our money where our mouth is... so the owner of Rein and Shine Equestrian Centre (APC and British Horse Society Senior Eventing Coach) Johanna McDonald, took her horse cross country schooling today! Mmmm.... looks pretty fun to me!!!