Meet the Omega Equine Brand Ambassadors
Annick Hallam
Annick started riding at the age of 4. When she got to 10, she decided that riding a bicycle (like in her family's blood) wasn’t for her and that 4 legs were her passion.
All of her horses are considered family members and have a home for life, this includes her first pony who is still enjoying retirement at 35 years old! She started showing at a young age and whilst competing her SHP and ridden hunter she also led her younger sister in lead rein classes and in hand showing, which is what started her passion for ponies.
Annick has a degree in Equine Behaviour and Physiology, and has really enjoyed using this as part of her hobby, working with many horses with behavioural issues and also handling natives from foals through to 4-year-olds. This has been incredibly rewarding knowing that she has given many young horses the best start to their competition life.
As an amateur and home-produced competitor, she has to balance working a full-time job with enjoying her hobby and competing across the country and caring for all 6 horses every day without any outside help.
One thing that has always been key is that all her horses are not only happy on the outside but also happy on the inside. This has been made possible with the help of Omega Equines fantastic products and amazing support.
Bea Bailye-Hawkins
Bea joined Omega Equine as a Brand Ambassador in 2017 at just 7 years old after making her debut at Windsor Horse Show. Having spent the majority of her competitive career contending Working Hunter Pony Classes she has enjoyed considerable success winning the Royal International Horse Show no less than four times and representing England in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Bea was individually the 133cm WHP Champion at the International Working Hunter teams Championship in 2023 and helped the England team take the Supreme Champion Team title. In 2024 Bea switched teams and fulfilled her dream to represent her dad’s side of the family and ride for Wales.
Bea is now starting to move into eventing and was on the East Midlands U18 BE 80cm squad 2023 and 90cm squad in 2024. Bea really enjoys bringing on youngsters and has had Hollywood Commander in Chief since a lightly backed 4-year-old. More recently she has acquired his brother Hollywood Chief Melody which who she hopes will turn out equally as good. A keen Pony Club member and member of her school’s NSEA team.
Bea’s go to Omega Equine products are B12 Boost for that extra energy when needed, daily Flexology and Flaxseed Oil to keep the team in tip top condition and performing at their best.
Ben Maher
One of our long standing Brand Ambassadors is Olympic Gold Medalist Ben Maher, as most of you know Ben has been a Brand Ambassador for our sister company Falcon Equine Feeds for over 15 years and we are really pleased that he is also on board with our fantastic range of supplements.
Olympic Individual Gold Medalist at Tokyo 2020 with the fabulous Explosion W!As part of the victorious gold medal winning team at London 2012, Ben rode Tripple X II to win Britain's first Olympic show jumping gold medal for 60 years.
2013 has seen Ben win some of the worlds' most prestigious competitions around the globe, including the inaugural Longines Champions Tour Grand Prix in London and the Longines King George V at Hickstead. Success also came at the Ecco European Championships in Herning, Denmark where Team GB where Team Gold medalists and Ben won an individual silver medal.
He also represented Britain in at the 2008 Beijing, 2009 European Championships at Windsor and won team bronze medal at the 2011 European Championships in Madrid, Spain.Ben began riding at the age of eight and after finishing school, he trained with Liz Edgar before travelling to Switzerland to further his education with Beat Mandli.He started making his mark on the international circuit in his early twenties and began building up a string of world Class horses.
By the age of 26 he had overtaken regular British team members to become ranked number one in the country and number five in the world, with consistent wins around the globe in some of the sports' most prestigious competitions. He is also one of just two riders to have won both the Hickstead Derby and Speed Derby in the same year.With one of the strongest strings of horses he has ever had, Ben continues to produce the results that have made him a valuable part of the Team GBR both as an individual and a team participant.
To view his website click here and check out his Facebook page here.
David Doel - Reybridge Eventing
David’s eventing career started with the Avon Vale Pony Club, where he was a regular on all the teams at championship level. He moved up the ranks through Juniors and Young Riders, winning medals at both levels. He makes regular appearances on GBR Nation Cups teams, and you’ll often see his name featured on the leaderboard at all of the major eventing competitions across the globe.
He has placed 2nd at Burghley 5* and 4th at Pau 5*, 6th at Badminton 5* and 8th at Kentucky 5* with his top horse Galileo Nieuwmoed. With a string of younger horses through to Advanced horses coming up through the ranks we hope 2025 is going to be an exciting year!
David uses a wide range of Omega products tailored specifically to each horse’s individual needs. One of his favourite products is the Omega Rice, he finds that it really helps the horses to look in fantastic condition at all times, promoting healthy skin, coat and bone health, whilst offering a slow release of energy, which is less likely to make his horses over excitable and fizzy.
Another product that is a go to on the yard is Omega Flexology, he feeds this to any horse that needs a bit of extra support relating to joint health. Where it is a complete supplement, he knows that the horses are getting the best possible help to maintain their joints throughout the eventing season.
Jade, David’s Head Groom, loves using the Groom Perfect Spray, she says it makes the horses’ tails feel fantastic and helps give the quarter marks a perfect show ready shine.
Follow him on socials @reybridgeeventing to keep up to date with what the horses are doing and to gain an insight on what happens day to day at a busy eventing yard.
Photo credit Hannah Cole
Georgie Herrling
Georgie is a 4* rider who with her top horse, Cooley Now or Never (Hugo), competed for Team GB at the YR European Championships in 2023. Hugo loves his Banana Colada treats after a training session and is fed on Zencalm to help him relax at competitions, and Electrolytes after hard work.
Georgie also competes young horses through the season, producing them up the levels, they are fed on B12 Boost for competitions the help support them. The horses are all fed Ultra Oil to keep them feeling their best.
Hannah Sims - SillyPrune
Meet our Wiltshire based ambassador Hannah Sims, also known online as ‘SillyPrune’. Hannah is a video content creator who shares light-hearted and fun videos with her two horses—'Tallulah', a sassy little Shetland pony and the wonderful ‘Brax’, a big chunky Clydesdale x Hanoverian (Sometimes you might see her two sausage dogs feature in her content too!).
Completely unfazed by the antics of her videos, Brax and Tallulah enjoy living out 24/7 rain or shine and have been lovingly cared for and maintained by Omega Equine supplements for the past year. With a knack for embracing the weird and wonderful, Hannah has amassed over 330k TikTok followers and 49k Instagram followers.
Hector Payne Eventing
Hector Payne is a 5* event rider based in Hampshire. He spent 3 years working for William Fox-Pitt before setting up his own yard in 2017. He has an exciting string of horses ranging from 5-year olds up to 5*.
His career highlights to date include 3rd at Pau 5*, 3rd in the 4* U25 championships at Bramham and representing GB at Aachen. Hector has used the Omega products since 2016 and his team’s favourite products are currently the Ulsoothe Gel and the Omega Muscle supplements.
Laura Renwick
Laura is one of Britain's Leading Lady Riders who has graced international show jumping for over a decade. Laura has been involved with horses all her life, but it was on her return to show jumping following the birth of her son that Laura took the show jumping world by storm. She is renowned for her training skills and her ability to pass on her invaluable knowledge to others.
Her expertise in producing young horses, gradually over a period of time to compete at international level is well known - Laura comments "The process is very much perceived as a marathon and not a sprint!". Renowned for her competent yet fearless riding, Laura recently enjoyed immense success at Olympia - partnering the 8 year old Top Dollar VI, they were the sole combination to clear the 7ft wall to head a particularly strong field in the Cayenne Puissance. Laura has been an integral part of Britain's show jumping team over many years, is 100% committed to the sport she loves and sets her future goals high.
Marina Fogle
"There’s no such thing as too many horses”, says Marina Fogle cheerfully. Having grown up with ponies, an active member of the Pony Club, she had twenty years with no horses in her life. But after a neighbour asked her to help exercise her horses, a passion that had lain dormant for two decades, re-emerged, as strong as ever.
She now has five horses at her home in Oxfordshire, all of whom are in varying degrees of work. They all live out, all year, in large fields with both natural protection and field shelters. She’s passionate about giving them as good a life as she can, in return for the brilliant job they do, taking her children to Pony Club, on fun rides and even riding holidays.
She’s noticed a huge difference since starting the Glucosamine Extra. “I like a mature horse, with a sensible head on its shoulders, but that means I have to be a bit more careful about looking after their joints as they get older.” Her horse Jack has, in the words of her farrier, “terrible hooves for a common horse” and is on Hoof Form, the improvement of which the farrier noticed about about 6 months of use.
The family are busy, out riding, competing and having fun on their horses as much as they can. They love that Omega allow them to give their horses the best chance to enjoy their active lives for as long as possible.
Nici Wilson
Nici Wilson joined Team Omega in 2020 with her showjumper Naomi 55. They were successful on both the national and international circuits picking up many wins across Europe including Paris, Rome and Monaco. Fed on Flexology, Respirair Boost, Ultra Oil, Garlic Granules and Electrolytes, Nomie kept winning into her late teens! Being supported by Omega helped Nomie stay in top form and arrive after long journeys ready to jump. Happily retired, Nomie still enjoys her Omega treats in the field!
It’s onto a new chapter for Nici with young horse Heidi Klum, hoping to start competing late 2024. She is fed Omega Rice, Digest Gut Balancer, Agnus Castus and Ultra Oil to help build condition as she starts her ridden work. You also might recognise Nici’s dog Kygo from our OMK9 socials who is fed OMK9 Ultra Oil!
Nicky Hill
Nicky Hill is a professional event rider with a wide range of horses under her care, from youngsters to 5* event horses with just about everything in between. She has been using Omega Equine supplements for a number of years now and her horses are looking and feeling better than ever! Their range cover just about everything you could want, from condition to calming and the results are second to none. The results really do speak for themselves.
Nicola McGivern – Active Equestrian
Nicola is a European Bronze Medalist and Olympic Dressage Rider who is now helping others to follow their dreams. Nicola now specialises in sourcing her clients the best horses for them and has numerous success stories with clients coming to her over and over again to help find the right horse for them. Nicola has also become a very well respected instructor and is known for her sympathetic and structured coaching for any level of rider. Internationally and Nationally her enthusiasm is always seen.
Along with her teaching and sourcing of horses Nicola is well known for her breeding programme that has helped to produce some stunning youngsters, she managed to successfully produce full sisters and a brother to her Olympic horse Active Walero. In 2011 all five of her foals were given Premium Status, with one colt being awarded Premium Stallion Status.
Nicola is a great Ambassador for Omega Equine as she has used our products to help produce some of the best horses today.
You can look at her website here.
Pippa El-Derby (Hutton)
Pippa is the youngest member of the Hutton Family; she has ridden since 'before she was born’. She started off showing both astride and side saddle with a variety of ponies who had all been trained from scratch at Talland. Pippa teaches both at Talland and is regularly seen freelancing around the UK and overseas including Dubai, Trinidad & Croatia.
She has a particular affinity with younger riders, looking to improve their dressage. Pippa is also a great confidence giver to any rider at any level. Pippa currently has a string of young horses and is enjoying the training process; she is looking forward to getting back out between the white boards with her home trained horses and some homebreds.
Sara-Jane Lanning
Sara-Jane Lanning is an international dressage rider, coach and British Dressage List 1 judge. She has notable success with Hawtins Lirica (pictured) last year with a 2nd in Jardy, Paris and 4th in Le Mans.