Team Fenix are based at Fenix Carriages and Driving Centre in Somerset. Run by Mark and Joanna Broadbent, the Centre has some of the finest facilities in Britain and is open all year round with over 45 acres of off road driving and quiet country lanes. Joanna competes in driving trials and has been National Champion in Novice and Open Single Horse classes as well as competing in the Advanced Single Horse class. Joanna has competed nationally with a horse pair and has produced and competed with a team of Welsh and Welsh x ponies at national and international level. Joanna was part of the bronze medal winning British team at the Combined Pony World Championships at Breda, 2015. She also successfully showed her pony team to an original Roof Seat Break.
"I am especially pleased with the pony team, who have gleaming coats and a more relaxed attitude (on the whole) I like that I can give them more feed after a harder workout and not worry about them hotting up. I have always been proud of the way our horses and ponies look, but this year they look better than ever." - Joanna Broadbent
For the second consecutive Sunday, presenter Adam Henson has discussed the use of sainfoin during Countryfile.
''Feed the mare to feed the foal'' - wise words from many an experienced breeder. With little grass due to the dry weather, grazing can be topped up in the feed bowl.
Learn more about sand colic in horses, ponies and donkeys, and importantly, how feeding can help prevent it.