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Carr & Day & Martin

Horse care brand dating its history to 1765, part of Connolly's RED MILLS Group, with a UK base near Loughborough, making the Cornucrescine hoof care range.

Category
Farriery and hoof care
Country
United Kingdom
Founded
1765

What it supplies

Carr & Day & Martin makes horse care and grooming products. Its website dates the business to 1765, states that it was granted a Royal Warrant in 1820 and has retained it through the reigns of eight monarchs, and says it is part of Connolly’s RED MILLS Group. It lists a UK address at Woodland Granaries, Wymeswold, near Loughborough, and an Irish address at Goresbridge, Co. Kilkenny.

Its four ranges are leather care, coat care, hoof care and health care, under brands including Belvoir, Cornucrescine, Vanner & Prest, Berknell, Gallop, Canter and FlyGard. The hoof care range lists Cornucrescine Hoof Balm in black and clear, Original Hoof Ointment, Daily Hoof Dressing, Tea Tree Hoof Oil, Daily Hoof Moisturiser and Daily Hoof Barrier, plus Vanner & Prest Hoof Oil and Stockholm Tar. Foran Equine Supplements is named as a sister brand.

Products and services

  • Cornucrescine hoof balms and hoof ointment
  • Cornucrescine daily hoof dressing, oil, moisturiser and barrier
  • Vanner & Prest Hoof Oil and Stockholm Tar
  • Belvoir leather care
  • Gallop and Canter coat, mane and tail care
  • FlyGard and health care products

Sources

Details are taken from the pages on its own website listed below. Regulatory status is shown only where the supplier or the regulator states it. Listing last checked 17 October 2026.

  1. Carr & Day & Martin, home page
  2. Carr & Day & Martin, About us overview
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