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Share your news story Call 01252 555021 Email eleanor.jones@futurenet.com @jones_eleanor_ RISING bills and winter fast approaching spell concern for many in the UK – and the horse world is no exception. Blue Cross is among the charities to flag worri

OLYMPIC champion Jessica von Bredow-Werndl was denied her planned comeback after having her second child owing to the FEI’s “perception of the regulations on maternity leave”. The world number one is calling for a change to the rules, as is campaign

THE Pass Wide and Slow safety campaign has held its biggest event to date, as more than 200 awareness rides took place. On 18 September, riders and carriage drivers were joined by walkers, cyclists, police forces and councillors, as part of the annua

HER first point-to-point may not have gone to plan – but Rachel Collins suffered just a fat lip in this fall. Luckily, amateur photographers were on hand at the Ashford Valley Tickham Hunt meeting in 2013. “It was really lucky,” Rachel said. “If you’

EX-RACEHORSES: HOW THE BEST RETRAIN, PLUS IS A FLAT OR JUMPS HORSE RIGHT FOR YOU? STARS GO HEAD TO HEAD AT NATIONS CUP FINAL IN BARCELONA THE FAMILY BEHIND THE WELSH PONY AND COB STUD PLUS Meet Viscount Astor, chairman of hunting’s new governing body

FURTHER to your online article on Welsh section As (10 September), I’d like to tell you about my Welsh pony, Pontgam Sweet Pea – aka Tangle. Standing 11.2hh and now 15 years old, Tangle was gifted to me as a yearling, when I needed a companion for my

polly.bryan@futurenet.com @pollyrose21 AFTER a bit of a competition break during my children’s school summer holidays, it was exciting to get back on the road and head to Somerford Park for the National Dressage Championships – even if we were a litt

IN the centre of a beautiful, quiet estate in Surrey, surrounded by gentle hills and fields populated by a few resting deer, a handsome, grey, exemplary model of an event horse relaxes in his enormous stable in an airy indoor barn, taking it easy aft

I came to mounted archery from a performance background. Having been involved from childhood in acting, ballet and riding, after a stint working in a circus I landed a job at Lulworth and then Warwick castles performing as a jousting knight in outdoo

“GEORGE’S dam, Looking Glass Image, was a hack mare who had been tricky. She had been sold a couple of times but as no one could get on with her she came back to me. At that point I decided to put her in foal. I had always loved Tiger Attack so he wa

PROBLEMS in the neck are more common in horses than many realise. Any disease that affects the neck can have a significant impact on equine health. Following on from that, rider safety may be jeopardised. When you consider it, a horse’s neck is an im

TROTTING up horses inhand is a fundamental part of lameness assessment. Whether it is part of vet checks for horse trials and endurance events, or of a pre-purchase exam, or the trot-up of a horse presented for lameness examination, looking at horses

FORMER eventer Lucinda Burnett (née Henson) sold HOYS-qualified working hunter Gortroe three weeks before the HOYS final in 1998. He’d been bought originally to bring on at home, but after Lucinda saw his potential as a show horse, she competed him a

THERE are many possible causes of neck disease. A review of cases referred over 10 years (2011-21), reported in the University of Kentucky Equine Disease Quarterly, described more than 400 horses with major neck pain.* • More than half were wobblers

HORSE & HOUND will be creating extensive online coverage of the 2022 Horse of the Year Show, including breaking news, reports on all the class and championship action as it unfolds, interviews and expert insight. Visit horseandhound.co.uk, and don’t

Holywell, Glos SIX-BED farmhouse and equestrian centre comprising 20 stables, horse-walker, manège, extensive barns and outbuildings with two apartments. Set in 17.5 acres. £2.5m Murrays, 01452 814655, murraysestateagents.co.uk Finstock, Chipping Nor

pippa.roome@futurenet.com @pipparoomeorkyle South of England (2), West Sussex THE victorious CCI3*-S duo of Noémi Doerfer and her ride Serengethi both started eventing only in 2020 and have swiftly risen up the levels since their first BE90 together.

ROHERYN RUBY, a 14-year-old mare (pictured) ridden by Imogen Murray, returned to competition in the spring after 18 months on the sidelines with a suspensory injury, and has picked up some fruitful results since, including an open intermediate win at

Allerton Park, North Yorkshire SIX months ago, advanced winner Grace Cooper wasn’t sure she would event again. Having sustained a head injury – her second in four years – she has had to adapt to having limited control of her hands and legs, and at on

DANIELLE MCCORMACK was on sparkling form at Monmouth, bagging a one-two in the BE100plus with two exciting five-year-olds, Regarde Moi Van T Laar (pictured) and MGH Hildare Harlequin. Both horses are owned by Anna Sims-Hilditch of the Hildare Stud an

HONOR DABBS, 14, has gone from jumping 60cm unaffiliated to winning the newcomers title on Con Diasmina in 18 months. The Con Spirito R x Casall six-year-old was purchased unseen in February from Sean Aston in Belgium, via trainer Russ Underwood. “I’

jennifer.donald@futurenet.com @jen_donald The ALX Horseboxes Major Showjumping Championships, Arena UK, Lincs ADRIAN SPEIGHT has enjoyed a bumper year with Judith Whitham’s Millfield Baloney and they added another tick to their bucket list with the A

EMMA STOKER posted an impressive round on Amanda Derbyshire’s Cape Coral RBF Z x Cream On Top HDH mare, La’ Tommie HDH, to take the six-year-old title by five seconds. “Amanda spotted her in Oliva Nova, Spain, and bought her [after seeing a] video. S

Edited by Polly Bryan polly.bryan@futurenet.com @pollyrose21 Silver Leys Equestrian, Herts SALLY HARDWICK’S Dance On Top claimed both the prix st georges (PSG) and inter I, in customary style. “I know him inside and out; he’s such a good guy,” said S

Tillyoch EC, Aberdeenshire SHOW centre owner Carol Wivell took a rare day off to compete, claiming both the 1.10m amateur second round and 1.15m members cup with her 16-year-old mare, Black Betty. Carol runs Inchcoonans Equestrian near Perth and made

JESSICA THOMPSON enjoyed success at back-to-back shows, first winning both novices at Codham Park Equestrian, Essex, with Kaye de Graaff’s six-year-old Scarlett Dawn (pictured). “Scarlett is highly intelligent and naturally forward thinking,” said Je

MRS APPLE is making easy work of novice, notching up her third outright win this month at Myerscough College, Lancashire. Hayley Colwell, who rides the five-year-old mare for Nanette Spence, is enjoying a return to competition. “I broke my leg in 201

alexandra.robinson@futurenet.com @alexrob_journo_ Horse and Country, Netherton Equestrian, Perthshire KATIE-JO NIXON lifted the supreme of show title, and £250 prize pot, with Diana Taylor’s exracer Festive Fare (Fletcher) after securing the Horse an

“WE didn’t think lightning would strike twice,” were the words of Beth Hutchinson, as she led her 22-year-old Tamiros (Tam) to his second London International SSADL ticket of his career. Tam, who Beth has owned since he was a five-year-old, finished

BRIAN GIBSON of Cumbria-based Solway Sport Horses led Margaret Wilson’s uber-promising three-year-old Lookatyou Ellabea (pictured) to the overall reserve supreme of show accolade at Netherton Equestrian, on what was her final in-hand appearance as a

WATERPROOF rider onesies, roll-on fly spray and an Advent calendar for horses were among the innovations recognised at the British Equestrian Trade Association’s BETA International. The winners of the new product awards were chosen by retailers and r