NEWSLETTER Summer 2008

CONNOLLY’S RED MILLS

- A SNAPSHOT HISTORY

Joe and Bill Connolly

1908

100 Years Pure Nutrition

The team at Connolly’s RED MILLS celebrating 100 years in business
in Goresbridge. Connolly’s RED MILLS has grown from a small local
flour mill in 1908, to a market leader in animal nutrition worldwide.
This is a significant milestone in the history of Connolly’s RED MILLS
and we could not have reached it without you, the customer.
The current economic climate presents a serious challenge to us all. While your
input costs have risen substantially the nutrition requirements of your animals 1955
have not changed. We take this opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to the
highest specification ingredients and formulations available. We pride ourselves
on the quality and consistency of our feeds and the performance levels they
support. Connolly’s RED MILLS continues to invest in research and development
to maintain our position at the forefront of our industry, to improve the
effectiveness of our feeds and service, all combined to enhance your enterprise.
Connolly’s RED MILLS congratulates all our customers on their successes over
the years and wish you the best of luck for the coming season. The Connolly
family would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your loyal custom and
support, not just for this year but for the past 100 years. It is greatly appreciated.
1962

• 30% of winners at Cheltenham ‘08 are fed on

did you know...

Connolly’s RED MILLS racing feeds

• Connolly’s RED MILLS are jointly supplying
1996
the Swedish Olympic Equestrian Team

What’s inside?
HORSE Laminitis: don’t let your horse suffer | David Blake
PET » Julie Holmes: tips for training Your dog | Breeder Rose Kelly
GREYHOUND » Produce Stakes Winners
AGRI » Wexford Cheddar wins again | Prize Winners
INTERNATIONAL » Red Mills - Krafft partnership | Japan News May 2008
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NEWSLETTER
Equine Section

Laminitis:
Don’t let your horse suffer
Its that time of year again and it will do us it will also contain sugars; just 1 hour in
good to remember that laminitis is not just cold water will remove 30% of the sugars.
a fat pony problem! Laminitis can affect any
Avoid feeding grain based diets, e.g.
age, breed or gender of horse. Laminitis is
traditional cubes and mixes, as these are
the result of an imbalance in the body and
also high in sugars, but don’t forget to keep
can be caused by many factors including
up their intake of vitamins and minerals
the diet. Here’s a few tips on how to manage
up as they are needed to keep the horse
or prevent laminitis:

For horse and ponies prone to laminitis it

is best to control the amount of sugars in
their diet. Grass is the most natural form of
feed for horses but unfortunately contains
high amounts of sugars once the daylight
lengthens. As sugar content relates to the
amount of daylight hours, it is better to graze
the horse at night when sugar levels drop.
Grazing on a paddock that is low in grass or
has been grazed down already will also help.
When the pony is stabled soak the forage as
in good health. Lamicare provide all the
vitamins, minerals and protein a pony/horse Lamicare Balancer
needs and is totally grain free. Lamicare
also contains MOS and FOS to keep the • Low starch - low calorie
digestive system healthy and has added cereal free feed
biotin, zinc, magnesium and calcium for
hoof strength and growth. • Superior vitamins and
For further information on feeding horses minerals blend
and ponies please contact our equine
nutritionists at the Connolly’s RED MILLS
• Hoof Care Formula
office.

David steps up!

DAVID BLAKE: Aged 18 years,
David Blake’s achievements in
show jumping are too many to
list. Having enjoyed an extremely
successful junior career, he is
now on the move to Senior
level. David’s father, Michael, is
mainly responsible for David’s
training. Having competed in
previous World Cups and won the
bareback Puissance in 95 and 96,
he is well experienced in the field. Connolly’s RED MILLS British
Some of David’s recent achievements are:
RDS young rider(u21) qualifiers, Barnadown
Open Indoor Cross Country
17th May 1st place in 1.35m young rider qualifier on Newmarket Clare The Connolly’s RED MILLS Horse Feeds British Open Indoor
RDS senior qualifiers Claremorris Cross Country was a great success. With competitors from all
19th May 1st place in 1.45m national gp qualifier on Killard Horizon over the world it proved an exciting contest.
CSI** Mullingar International Summer Showjumping Festival On Friday 3rd April the International Indoor Cross Country
31st May 5th place in 1.35m medium tour on Newmarket Clare Competition Table C was won by SONG FOR GULL, a gelding
1st June 1st place in 1.35m medium tour on Newmarket Clare ridden and owned by Georgie Spence. Then on Saturday 5th
7th place in 1.45 big tour on Fabienne April victory in the Power & Speed - International Relay Indoor
2nd June 2nd place in 1.35m medium tour on Newmarket Clare Cross Country Competition went to DRUNKEN DISORDERLY
3rd place in 1.50m international grand prix on Fabienne ridden by Mark Kyle and William Whitaker in a time of 57.04.
Connolly’s RED MILLS would like to wish the Blake team the
best of luck. All David’s horses are fed on Connolly’s RED MILLS Connolly’s RED MILLS is delighted to be involved with the event
equine feed. and would like to congratulate all the competitors.
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NEWSLETTER
Equine Section

2 Winners’ Circle
1. ‘Peptalk’ was the highest priced yearling filly at
the Minnesota Thoroughbred Sale.
2. Rider Rosemarie Ahern on Aquila at the 2007
RDS horse show. They won Reserve Champion
Hunter Mare of the Show and also Reserve
Champion Ladies Hunter of the show. On the
Sunday she coped with a big and spooky
1 Working Hunter course to come third.
3. Rosemary Connors with Valarie. Together
they won the Future Event Horse League
(FEHL) Qualifier at Forth Mountain summer
2007. They also won 2006 RDS Filly
Champion, 2006 RDS 3 year old Champion,
4 2006 RDS Supreme Young horse Champion,
2006 Pembroke Cup Champion (exhibitor-
bred horse) and 2007 RDS Champion Mare
as a 4 year old.
4. Liz Bloomer won the final of the Connolly’s
RED MILLS Master Series (AIRC) in Mullingar
Equestrian Centre 2007. Gareth Connolly and
Padge Gill presenting the prizes.

ALL FED ON...

CONNOLLY’S RED MILLS FEED!
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Up and Coming Events for the

Connolly’s RED MILLS Equine Calendar
Pony Camps – the RED MILLS team will be going out to as many Pony Camps as
possible this year and we are delighted to have so many requests in again.

RDS Horse Show – 6th – 10th August - we hope to see you all at our stand this
year and wish all competitors the best of luck over the 5 days.

Pony Club Championships – after being rained off last year we look forward to a Massimo and Jockey Michael Miller, Winners of
successful Event on the 12th and 13th of August at.......TBC. the Connolly’s RED MILLS Point-to-point Hunters
Chase ‘08
Connolly’s RED MILLS National Speed Championship 2008 (SJAI)
We are pleased to announce our sponsorship of the National Speed Championships
as part of the SJAI national championships in Barnadown. The competition will take
place over the 5th, 6th and 7th September and promises to be an exciting event.

Connolly’s RED MILLS Master Series (AIRC) - We would once again like to
congratulate Liz Bloomer on her win at the 2007 Master Series. The exciting final
was held in Mullingar Equestrian Centre where it came down to the last round to
finally separate the leaders. We expect an even bigger turnout this year due to
the success and enjoyment of last years series.
The final of the Connolly’s RED MILLS Masters Series will take place
in Mullingar Equestrian Centre on the 13th and 14th of September 2008.

Joe and Niamh Connolly with; John Boulter

(owner) Angela Davis (trainer) Michael Miller
(jockey). Winners of the Connolly’s Red Mills
Point-to-point Final Hunters’ Chase. 3
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NEWSLETTER
Pet Section

Top Training Tips Breeder’s Choice:

from Dog Behaviorist, Julie Holmes Breeder Rose Kelly
Before you start to train your dog the following explains why she uses
should be taken into account:
RED MILLS LEADER
 e does not speak English and therefore cannot understand you until
H
he has learnt properly what you want. Here at Connolly’s RED MILLS we like to do
our best for our customers. This issue we
 e thinks differently to you - if you tell him to ‘get down’ when he
H are featuring a Labrador breeder, Rose Kelly,
jumps up on you he may well learn that ‘get down’ means to jump up based in Co Meath. Rose has been breeding
as a dog learns by association.
Labradors for a long time and has had
 e values ‘reward’ differently to you. Some dogs may take punishment as
H many successes in the show ring, the most
a reward as any attention is better than no attention at all. prestigious of which was coming fourth in the
If your dog’s behaviour suddenly changes firstly consult your vet
and have a full health check. If the dog is healthy then the behaviour
change could be down to a change in home life or food.
Some complete foods have a quantity of colourants and sugar, which
can have a detrimental effect on your dog; RED MILLS pride themselves
on providing a complete dog food that is completely natural.
The first lesson your dog needs to learn is his/her name
and to associate it with something nice.
Every mealtime call his/her name in a pleasant manner
and when they respond give them their bowl of food.
One method of training is to use the dogs name, a tasty treat in your massive Labrador class at Crufts. Rose moved
hand and you lure the dog into the required position, label what they to Ireland and bumped into us at PetExpo in
are doing – praise and then give the reward – ACTIVE TRAINING the RDS last year; she has been feeding our
Another method is to label everything your dog is doing, if it is a LEADER dog food range ever since. She has
behaviour you want him to repeat at a later date – PASSIVE TRAINING now switched all of her dogs to LEADER dog
food, from her pups right through to her old
Whichever method you use make a habit of – Action or Behaviour
faithfuls. Here is what Rose had to say:
first, then label and praise what they are doing until the command
results in the Action or Behaviour. ‘I was looking for a true Super Premium Dog
Keep all training sessions short, successful and happy. food (very high meat content, Omega 3/6 fatty
acids to promote a shiny coat, as well as all
Dogs will often repeat an action that gets a reaction e.g. if you tell
natural ingredients to
him/her off for jumping up at the worktop, he/she may do this again if
aid digestion and boost
you are not giving them any attention.
my dogs’ immune
systems), and I was
“All my dogs are pets first and delighted to find RED
foremost but I also compete in MILLS LEADER which
Obedience, Trials and Breed with had the high quality
the Border Collies. Along with my nutrition I needed at
terrier crossbreed they also do film excellent value for
and television work. I want them to money’. I have been
be fit and healthy whatever they are using RED MILLS
doing and RED MILLS is the dog LEADER dog food
food that I feed as it keeps them for over a year now
healthy, fit and alert.” Julie Ann and all my dogs are
Holmes thriving on it.”

Julie Holmes is one of Ireland’s The LEADER range

Julie Holmes with her terrier Prudence
and RED MILLS rep Ronan Cullen on
our stand at Pet Expo 2007 in the RDS.
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leading dog behaviourists. Check
out www.tagnrye.com for more
training tips, information on
Julie’s dog training classes and
contact details.
contains PUPPY, JUNIOR, ADULT,
SUPREME and LITE with an ENERGY Line
specifically for very active dogs. For any
further information on these products, or if
you want to find your closest stockist, please
contact Ronan Cullen on 086 3886823.
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NEWSLETTER
Agri/Greyhound

PRODUCE STAKES 2008 The face

of Wexford!

Here at Connolly’s RED MILLS we are

The final of the Connolly’s RED MILLS Produce Stakes took place Sunday May
delighted to be associated with one of the
4th in Clonmel Racing track. The crowd was blessed with beautiful weather and a
faces of Wexford Creamery’s products
great nights racing. The final proved to be a very exciting race with Knowsley Jake
Ken Chapman, a farmer from Bunclody, is
defeating Lemon Zamora by three and a half lengths.
featured on the packaging of these products
Knowsley Jake has won 5 races from 11 starts and was only out of the first three on and also on the television adverts.
one occasion. He was bred by John O’Connor, trained by Bernadette Connolly and
As a customer of ours we want to
owned by Raymond A. Lawson. The dog is fed on Connolly’s RED MILLS RACER
congratulate Ken on his new found fame
greyhound food! - Pictured above: Michael Phelan(RED MILLS), Raymond Lawson
and are delighted that his cows, who are
(Owner), Bernadette Connolly (trainer) and Adrian Neilan (CEO, I.G.B)
fed on Connolly’s RED MILLS feed, are
contributing to these exceptional products.

Agri Prize Winners Podium

Charolais Champions
This month we are featuring a Charolais breeder from Macroom
Co Cork. Conchur O Luasa contacted us when his bull took
first prize in Bantry Show last year. He feeds all his cattle, both
pedigree and commercial, on Connolly’s RED MILLS feed and
Ewe are the winner!
insists that is the best feed around. He changed to RED MILLS From left two right John Doyle, John Kelly, Bellmullett with the
feed a couple of years ago and says “I have not looked back since, Champion Ewe at the Premier Sale, and Gorden Grey judge,
I have prize winning cattle and I would have to contribute part of Scotland.
my success to the excellent feed Connolly’s RED MILLS provide.”
Connolly’s RED MILLS wish Conchur the best of luck in the future.
Pictured above Conchur with Scrahan Samantha, Overall Female
Champion in local show 5
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NEWSLETTER
International
Red RED MILLS/KRAFFT
TopMills - Now
Training
available in China
Tips
RED MILLS is pleased to announce our
first order for the People’s Republic of
China. We will be the very first horse feed
registered for sale on main land China.
Right: Ms. Ada Rond and Dr. Bing at the
National Equestrian Centre in Shanghai

New Logistics For France

We would like to congratulate our partners
We are delighted to announce that Red Mills
Nouriel for their continued investment
with us in France. The new 600 tonne have successfully launched its first “Co-
warehouse is a great vote of confidence in Branded” range of Horse foods with the
company Lantmaennen KRAFFT AB in Sweden.
our growing export business to France.
The deal with one of Europe’s largest horse feed
Right: David Bouvier (International brands for performance horses in Trotting now
Accounts Manager, RED MILLS) Louis and places RED MILLS – KRAFFT as market leader
James Du Bosc (Sales Manager Nouriel), for Muesli feeds in Sweden. The move provides
Thierry Nourisson (Managing Director,
RED MILLS with strong export markets into
Nouriel), Marie Grand (Sales Nouriel),
Natalie Du Bosc (Nouriel)
other Scandavian markets such as Denmark
and Finland.

‘The First Human Level Dog Foods’ “Overnight successes such as the Krafft deal
are always the result of years of hard work,”
Safe food in today’s world is becoming more and more of an issue and RED says Michael Connolly, “but I would pay tribute
MILLS are the company to successfully achieve a unique standard of pet food to our partners in Krafft for having the vision to
which meets the same standard of production as that for humans, and indeed is see how co-branding could really work, and
made from meat derived from it is, as we are jointly supplying the Swedish
animals suitable for human Olympic Equestrian Team.
consumption.
This business is the result of 4
years hard work and partnership
with the company S.C. Johnson
based in Yokohama.
Freshness is the new
See our website for more details:
www.redmills.info
quality standard
With our unequalled
‘milk round’ delivery
system in Ireland – our
Irish customers have
always had the benefit
of fresh products.
Left: Morikane-san and Padge doing us proud However the process
in the St. Patrick’s day parade in Tokyo of transporting goods
around the planet has
always posed challenges
to our products’
National Horse Feed freshness especially
in hot and humid
Distribution In Japan climates. As a result of over 12 years of research and
development RED MILLS is delighted to reveal our new
RED MILLS presence in the Japanese Nutritious Freshness System NFS which combines
market is going from strength to strength vacuum technology, inert gases, and three different
with the opening of our third major horse types of natural nutrient preservation.
feeds distributor near Rhitto in the South “Red Mills horse feeds are now available in 27 countries
West. This means RED MILLS is now all over the world.” “This new patent pending technology
available to horse trainers all over Japan ensures that our products will be as fresh as the day
with wholesale warehousing in Hokkaido, they were made for over one year after they have been
Miho with Japan Horse Feeds. Yuri Morikane (RED MILLS Japanese manufactured”, says Michael Connolly. “The good news
Market Co-Ordinator), Mr. & Mrs. Yokoi is that the process is completely natural and we have
(Yokoi Industries), Padge Gill (RED MILLS) proven it on over 1,000 tonnes of product in very hot
– celebrating the opening of the new
6 and humid climatic conditions. We can now send our
warehouse on Hokkaido.
unique quality products to the ends of the earth.”
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NEWSLETTER
Round-up
Latest Staff members... Centenary
Race Day
The Connolly’s RED MILLS Centenary
Race Day was a huge success and a
great day was had by all. We would like
to thank Gowran Park and congratulate
all the winners on the day. The Red Mills
Centenary Steeplechase was won by
Ballistraw, trained by Denis Hickey and
ridden by Andrew J. McNamara.

The Red Mills Centenary Trial Hurdle went

to Catch Me, trained by E.J. O’Grady
and ridden by Andrew J. McNamara.
We would also like to express our thanks
and congratulations to Mr Paddy Mullins
and his family. Paddy received an award
to commemerate his unrivalled success
in the Red Mills Trial Hurdle since its
beginning in 1983.
We welcome our latest arrivals to Connolly RED MILLS. From left to right are Caroline
(see back page)
Gohery - PA to Joe Connolly, Cathal Ryan - Sales, Yvonne McCabe - Customer Service

Morrins KIDS CORNER - CROSSWORD

Organic Feeds 1 2 3
The coming together of Connolly’s RED
4
MILLS and Morrin’s Pedigree feeds is
a clear demonstration of Irish agri-food
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businesses consolidating their strength,
knowledge of customer needs and
established brands to deliver a complete
range of products to ensure your animals 6 7
get the best value feeds required.

Reform of agricultural policies at

European and Global level will impact
heavily on Irish agriculture during the 8
forth-coming years. One aspect that will
receive much appreciated support from
our current government is organic farming.
In anticipation of this development
Morrin’s established a supply of certified
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organic feeds several years ago. Allied
to Connolly’s RED MILLS distribution
network we are pleased to service this
growing industry with organic cereals ACROSS DOWN
and organic feeds for equine, dairy, 1. This collie saved a lot of lives on TV 2. Another name for a German Shepard
beef, sheep, pig and poultry enterprises, 5. Bird that quacks! 3. Animals we get wool from
nationwide and weekly. For queries on 6. Baby dogs 4. ‘SHOW _ _ _ _ _ _ _’ on horses
pricing and availability please contact 8. The flakes we have in the morning! 7. ‘THREE-DAY- _ _ _ _ _’ on horses
Morrin’s Pedigree Feeds on 059 6481122 9. ‘ROYAL _ _ _ _ _’ Race Meeting 8. Feline creatures
or Connolly’s RED MILLS on 059 9775800. 7
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