Horse & Hound

ANYONE heading to Burghley next week, or planning to watch the live-stream, will want to take a look at Olympic gold medallist Laura Collett’s insight into this year’s course, designed for the first time by Derek di Grazia. Derek is testing riders’ r

BRITISH DRESSAGE (BD) is launching a nationally recognised apprenticeship. BD said it is “delighted” to announce the scheme, for all ages, which will cover practical skills and “a range of qualification pathways delivered in an equestrian setting”. R

Showjumper Robert Bevis’ retired star has died aged 21. The pair represented Britain on Nations Cup teams, including helping win the Aga Khan trophy at Dublin in 2016, and jumped at HOYS, Olympia and many more. The dressage small tour stalwart has re

Dressage star Charlotte Dujardin is expecting her first child, a girl, with partner Dean Golding. Charlotte said their “hearts are already full of more love than they thought possible”. Irish showjumper Mikey Pender, 23, won the puissance at the Dubl

To the internet, where a man was caught on video repeatedly kicking and hitting a donkey. When he then tried to mount it, the donkey grabbed his foot in its teeth, pulled him off and dragged him all over the ground. Good. A rider discussing her Muggl

A RIDER who is living with terminal cancer, and who has qualified for the Summer Area Festival Championships, said the condition “will not stop me doing what I want to do, while I still can”. Louise Lea, 56, and Fanucci came second in the advanced me

1) Which former British team horse is the sire of Charlotte Dujardin’s World Champs ride Imhotep? 2) What was Old Shales famous for? 3) Only two US riders have won Burghley. One was Bruce Davidson, who was the other? 4) What is the genetic defect oft

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WOUNDS are common in the horse, and the majority are superficial and relatively minor. But appearances can be deceptive and understanding what should cause concern is important for horse owners. It is easy to think that the bigger the wound the more

THIS course is all about riders’ reactions. It’s very fair and beautifully built, and Derek di Grazia has been very clever with where he has positioned fences. If this course was built on a flat track, it wouldn’t be anywhere near as complicated. But

• HORSE & HOUND will have four journalists and a photographer at Burghley. • WE will be creating extensive online coverage of Burghley in addition to what will be included in the magazine report. Our coverage will include: • Course photos of the five

EMOTIONS soared off the scale as the iconic East of England showground hosted this, the last-ever equestrian event to be held here. Memories flooded back for all, taking in the glory days of the ground-breaking Ponies of Britain, Ponies (UK) and Brit

THE popularity of the Irish Draught, in both pure and part-bred form, is unwavered, and some enthusiasts wonder if it’s time the influential breed had its own showcase at one of the season’s major championships. “Without the breed there wouldn’t be h

THE British quartet of Wills Oakden (A Class Cooley), Kirsty Chabert (Opposition Heraldik Girl), Mollie Summerland (Charly Van Ter Heiden) and David Doel (Galileo Nieuwmoed) finished third in a tightly contested FEI Nations Cup at Haras du Pin. Third

HANNAH DIXON, a freelance dressage groom for Laura Frost, landed both the prelim 19 straight and the prelim freestyle at Kings Equestrian, Glos, riding her eight-year-old mare Briarwood Rock All Night. “She’s only been broken in about two years so is

catherine.austen@futurenet.com @cfausten123 Rydal, Cumbria “THIS is the first time I have ever won the championship at Rydal and it’s something that I have always wanted,” said Ullswater huntsman John Weller, who was thrilled after his outstanding yo

SUZANNE VAN HEYNINGEN, who owned the yard at which Blyth was based in the Cotswolds, held a huge celebration party after Atlanta for him. She says: “A New Zealand flag flew from my roof and we invited everyone. The owners, friends, vets, blacksmiths,

PUPPY shows come and go with alarming regularity, but to my mind 2022 will go down as a vintage year. At the kennels, kennel huntsman Jake had fulfilled his bit and then some – hounds healthy and happy, every surface swept, hanging baskets erupting w