8-Dec-2022

Horse & Hound

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Inspirational
WHAT a year it has been for British horse sport. Attending the Horse & Hound Awards in partnership with NAF last week, you couldn’t help but be inspired, motivated and moved by the incredible individuals on the shortlists, and all that they stand for
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Farewell To One Of The True Greats Of Eventing
“THANK you for giving me everything.” Jeanette Brakewell has said goodbye to her partner of almost three decades, the legendary Over To You (Jack), who died on 30 November aged 34. The little thoroughbred retired as Britain’s most capped eventer, age
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Horses In The News
The horse who started the career of Olympic eventer Kitty King has been put down, aged 30. He was outstanding in age-restricted classes and came seventh at Badminton on horse and rider’s five-star debut. Steph Fitt’s six-year-old mare took the Colour
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The H&H Heroes Of 2022
Share your news story Call 01252 555021 Email eleanor.jones@futurenet.com @ jones_eleanor_ THOUSANDS of nominations were received, with tens of thousands of votes counted - and the winners of the 2022 Horse & Hound Awards, in partnership with NAF, ha
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Horses In The News
The Widdowsons’ and Oliver Robertson’s double Olympic gold medal winner, with Nick Skelton, will stand at Euro Horse in Belgium next season. This is to give European breeders access owing to Brexit hindrances. The 2003 Grand National winner, trained
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Obituaries
THE long-serving and dedicated British Eventing (BE) fence judge died suddenly in late October, aged 67. Born in Poole, Dorset, Mrs McKay was the youngest of five daughters. She developed an interest in horses as a teenager and would cycle five miles
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Steps To Bring The Benefit Of Horses To More People
STRONG steps are being made in helping bring equine-assisted therapy to more people outside the equestrian world. Developments include research, collaboration and addressing barriers to therapy being accessed or “prescribed”. The science is there and
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People In The News
Young British dressage rider Annabella Pidgley and Gio won the grand prix special at CDI Kronenberg, their first overseas international, on 3 December, scoring 75.09%. Dressage judge, coach and former British team rider David Hunt has been appointed
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Horse Safety Warning Over UAE Endurance Champs
“HORSES will die” is the warning from campaigners, in response to the World Endurance Championships’ move to the UAE. The event had been to run in Verona, Italy, in October but the FEI pulled the plug as horse and rider safety “could not be guarantee
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New Strategy For Good Equestrian Employment
WORK towards ensuring good employment in the industry becomes the norm continues, as a new four-year strategy is set out. The Equestrian Employers Association (EEA) joined forces with equestrian governing bodies to push for good employment practice i
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And Finally… Cast In Bronze
A BRONZE maquette of a famous statue of The late Queen with a mare and foal has gone to a new home, raising six figures for the National Horseracing Museum. The model, a small version of the life-sized Newmarket statue, was auctioned at the Tattersal
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Letters
Email to hhletters@futurenet.com Name and address must be included. Letters may be edited. FURTHER to your story about British Riding Clubs allowing dark breeches in competition (news, 1 December), I am absolutely in favour of this. I often have to r
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Horse & Hound
EDITORIAL Editor-in-Chief Sarah Jenkins Magazine Editor/ Eventing/Pony Club Pippa Roome (07815 442555) Website Editor Carol Phillips (0330 390 6598) News Editor Eleanor Jones (0330 390 6386) Features Editor/Polo/Riding Clubs Martha Terry (0330 390 63
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‘Every Rider’s ‘80%’ Is Different’
polly.bryan@futurenet.com @pollyrose21 EVENTS such as the World Dressage Championships open up our sport to the world. In my recent interview on The Horse & Hound Podcast, I touched on my experience in the commentary box in Herning. I want to reitera
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There’s Definitely Something Afoot
jennifer.donald@futurenet.com @jen_donald IT seems that injuries to horses are more common today than they were three or four decades ago - which is bizarre when I think about how many rounds we used to jump back then. As for the going… We were alway
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Lauren Brill
THE jump from competitive young show rider to fully fledged professional is a leap many try, and fail, to make, but Lauren Brill has always known that a career in showing was her intended path. The 28-yearold, who started her own production business
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Fixing A Foot
A CLUB foot is a relatively uncommon problem in young foals, which develops during the first few months of life. A club foot occurs because of a flexural deformity of the distal interphalangeal joint (also known as the coffin joint). In a normal foal
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Case Study: Surgery For A Foal
A THREE-month-old colt foal developed a club foot very quickly. Initially, toe extensions were fitted to the feet to try to correct the deformity by leveraging the foot flat. However, this was unsuccessful, so the foal was referred for surgery. The l
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“His Lifestyle Suits Him”
KAT PICKERING’S thoroughbred Morocho, whom she first met in Dubai as a three-and-a-half-year-old, was born with a mild club foot. Any treatment he may or may not have received at birth is unknown to Kat. Now nine, he works with selected riders in a s
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Eventing Estate Agent
I graduated from Cirencester in 2010, having done a degree in Rural Land Management, and started working at Butler Sherborn’s Cirencester office the same year. After two years, I took my exams to become a chartered surveyor and after a couple more ye
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Ease The Stress
VISIT HORSE & HOUND'S VIRTUAL SHOPPING VILLAGE horseandhound.co.uk/directory/shopping Suitable for nervous, excitable or highly strung horses. Soothes and helps promote focus for training and competing. With pre- and probiotics, and in a 100% compost
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Carbolic Soap And Blistering
NEW SERIES AS a horse-struck teenager, the time eventually came to inform my parents of my intention to become a vet. They were both doctors, with I feel sure aspirations for me to follow two of my older brothers into medicine. I expected a frosty re
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The Class Of '22
YOUNG showjumper Harry Charles’s spectacular winning streak at last year’s London International Horse Show served to highlight what a bright crop of under-25 riders we have emerging in the sport. The 23-year-old and his compatriots boast a wealth of
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Show Time For Young Stars
TWO 10-year-old jockeys who won at Horse of the Year Shows (HOYS) in October will be vying for the same best of breed title in the British Show Pony Society Heritage mountain and moorland (M&M) ridden supreme final, writes Alex Robinson. Lilly Richar
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Dressage In Numbers
World Cup winning riders LONDON INTERNATIONAL PRVIEW ONE rider features in the line-up for both the inaugural London CDI-W in 2004 and the 2022 show. Richard Davison finished fourth in 2004 riding the talented mare Ballaseyr Royale (right) and return
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Talking Point
THERE’S something in the air in London! Whether it’s Christmas cheer or combinations rising to the unique atmosphere, the LIHS has been home to the last three world record dressage scores. Edward Gal and the mighty Totilas broke their own world recor
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Hail The Champions!
Horse & Hound Awards 2022: celebrating the stars of equestrianism in partnership with SOME 200 of the equestrian world’s great and good gathered at a glittering party at Cheltenham Racecourse on 30 November for a celebration of this year’s sport. Thi
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Timetable Highlights
• The Voltaire Design under-25 British championship - young showjumpers go head to head in a two-round competition. • Extreme driving - the world’s leading international drivers take their teams of four horses around a course of obstacles at breaknec
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Your Need To Know Guide
LONDON INTERNATIONAL PREVIEW HORSE & HOUND will be creating online coverage of London International beyond what’s included in the magazine report, including: • Showjumping: reports on CSI5* and national classes, including the under-25 British champio
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Lifetime Achievement
Horse & Hound Awards 2022: celebrating the stars of equestrianism in partnership with THE legendary showjumper David Broome is celebrated as one of the world’s greatest sportsmen. During an outstanding career spanning more than 30 years, he represent
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Amateur Rider Of The Year
LIBBY SEED, 25, has proved it’s still possible to event at the highest level alongside a fulltime job. Already with Burghley, Pau and Luhmühlen five-stars under her belt, Libby made her Badminton debut this spring. Riding her mare, Heartbreaker Star
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Professional Rider Of The Year
Horse & Hound Awards 2022: celebrating the stars of equestrianism in partnership with LAURA COLLETT admitted she was “totally shocked” to win this title against strong opposition from Britain’s young pair of new world champions, Yasmin Ingham and Lot
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Moment Of The Year
Horse & Hound Awards 2022: celebrating the stars of equestrianism in partnership with PIGGY MARCH heralded her Burghley win on Vanir Kamira as not just the moment of the year, but “the moment of my life, my whole career”. This was the pair’s second f
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Pony Of The Year
A13.2hh Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) pony beat off a European champion and a showing star to stand pony of the year. The chestnut, who died earlier this year at the age of 29, was a stalwart of the South Bucks RDA and helped launch the c
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Horse Of The Year
VANIR KAMIRA has captured hearts with her tenacity across country. Her owner Trevor Dickens (pictured with rider Piggy March and Bloomfields’ Helen Moody) said: “You won't see another horse like her. “I bought her as an unbacked three-year-old and ch
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Young Rider Of The Year
“When I go onto the yard and it’s freezing cold and tipping it down with rain, I do wonder if cricket might have been a better option, but I think I made the right decision to stick with showjumping,” grinned Joe Stockdale, on collecting his prize. J
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Farrier Of The Year
THE late Brendan Murray received a standing ovation for this award, proving the breadth and depth of the lives he touched. A veteran of 26 years as the British eventing team’s championship farrier as well as 22 years with the King’s Troop, Brendan pa
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Groom Of The Year
Horse & Hound Awards 2022: celebrating the stars of equestrianism in partnership with THE year 2022 started out as normal for Ruth Asquith, who has been head groom to Nicola Wilson since March 2016. But everything changed when Nicola suffered serious
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Vet Of The Year
NOMINATED by her clients for her “outstanding care and attention to detail” in addition to her “uplifting and inspiring personality”, Cumbrian-based vet Emily Willoughby of EW Equine Vets picked up the Baileys Horse Feeds Vet of the Year award. “The
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Volunteers Of The Year
ACCESS champions Sarah Bucks and Phil Wadey’s tireless work in preserving offroad riding routes was recognised. It is the second year running that British Horse Society (BHS) access champions have won the award, with Adrian Bigg taking last year's ac
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Horse Of A Lifetime
Horse & Hound Awards 2022: celebrating the stars of equestrianism in partnership with EVEN for those who had remained dryeyed throughout the coverage of The Queen’s funeral in September, the floodgates opened on seeing The Queens hack, Carltonlima Em
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Inspiration Of The Year
THE audience rose to their feet to cheer Nicola Wilson, who took the HorseDialog Inspiration of the Year title. The reigning eventing European champion walked onto the stage, with her husband Alastair (pictured), nearly seven months after she was ser
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The Whole Picture
Pictures by Peter Nixon, FEI/Richard Juillart, Alan Crowhurst/Getty, FEI/Martin Dokoupil and sarahfarnsworth.co.uk. Pictures by kevinsparrow.co.uk, Alamy, Emily Arundale, Peter Nixon, Nico Morgan, Alamy and trevor-meeks-photography.co.uk ■
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In Memoriam
THE QUEEN, 96 LESTER PIGGOTT, 86 11-time champion jockey ANNELI DRUMMOND-HAY (below), 84 Winner of the inaugural Burghley, Badminton and a top-class showjumper MARTIN LETTS, 88 Master of the College Valley and North Northumberland LINDA WHETSTONE, 79
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News Reviewed
PUBLIC approval and acceptance of the involvement of horses in sport is vital for riding and equestrianism to continue in future, and more and more equestrian bodies are taking action to ensure this. In March, The Showing Council hosted a webinar tit
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Farewell To…
“Spike” was a former racehorse who switched to eventing and became a superstar, finishing third at both Badminton and Burghley, and winning a world team gold medal for Gemma Stevens (née Tattersall). The Luso-sired thoroughbred was one of the most ex
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A Sporting Family
IT was very much a family day with Rosie’s daughter Tamara Fox and her husband George both riding in the field to celebrate the special birthday. They were joined by their children Jack, 10, and eight-year-old Melba, whose cheeky but talented 20-year
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'I Take My Hat Off To Them'
A COUPLE of weeks ago, local chairmen, masters and huntsmen attended a regional meeting set up by the newly formed British Hound Sports Association (BHSA). I unfortunately had to confine myself to barracks, as I hadn’t been able to hold anything down
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Birthday Fun In The Sun
COTSWOLD 19 November catherine.austen@futurenet.com @cfausten123 Cotswold, Andoversford, Glos “THIS is the best possible start to a birthday that anyone could have,” exclaimed our host, Rosie Vestey, as we met at her home to celebrate a special birth
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Louis
WHEN Louis starts swishing his tail, watch out. “You can tell when he’s about to try it on,” laughs Angela Nation, West Somerset joint-master. “His tail goes round like a windmill!” Louis certainly has a naughty streak. He put his previous owner in h
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'They're Not Soft'
BALLYLUSKEY WHITE HEATHER HARRIERS 14 November Ballyluskey White Heather Harriers, Cloneen, Co Tipperary TO have a day with the Ballyluskey White Heather Harriers is to experience foxhunting in its purest form, stripped of pageantry or ostentation. T
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McLean Motors On
BRITISH SHOWJUMPING WINTER CLASSIC 1-4 December British Showjumping Winter Classic, Arena UK, Lincolnshire SANDY MCLEAN’S flying form continued as, just two weeks after winning the winter grand prix at Morris Equestrian Centre, he repeated the feat o
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Jimmy Choo Steps Out In Style
Forest Edge, Norfolk COLIN and Georgia Keeling aimed three of their horses at Blue Chip qualification and neatly ticked off the boxes as they claimed first and third in the Blue Chip Karma, and second and fifth in the Blue Chip Dynamic B&C. Colin and
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Dead-heat Between Future stars
HIGHLIGHTS 20-27 November Kelsall Hill, Cheshire QUALITY combinations were out in force, producing some closely contested classes, including a Blue Chip Karma performance qualifier, where 0.09sec separated the top three competitors and two tied for f
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New Ride Innovate Leads The Way
SNEC, Midlothian NEW partnerships topped the bill in the senior Blue Chip qualifiers, with combinations at only their second show together winning both the Blue Chip Joint RLF Power qualifier and the Bliss of London Winter novice. Tori Lillington was
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Vienna Sparkles To The Top
ROYAL WELSH WINTER FAIR 28-29 November alexandra.robinson@futurenet.com @alexrob_journo_ Royal Welsh Winter Fair, Builth Wells, Powys WITH her head high and an extensive trot, palomino yearling Welsh section B filly Eyarth Vienna had a look-at-me fac
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'I Thought I Would Give Dressage A Go'
Amersham, Bucks NOW her children have grown up, Andrea Sparkes is turning her hand to dressage with her 16-yearold KWPN gelding Kazan, and exceeding her own expectations. “We got him 10 years ago as a safe horse to take my children hacking on their p
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'He Feels Like A Proper Dressage Horse'
Northallerton EC, North Yorks SARAH FARRAND'S eight-yearold KWPN gelding Jevgeni Van De Falieberg has put his rocky start behind him, and is repaying his owner for her patience by claiming numerous victories. Sarah, who took on the gelding 18 months
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Bates Squeezes In Winning Weekend
Hascombe, West Sussex DESPITE working full-time as a chiropodist and project managing the build of his house, Michael Bates managed to sneak in a quick trip to Hascombe, where he landed the advanced medium with 74.47% riding 10-year-old gelding Huphi
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A winning Attitude
HIGHLIGHTS 21-27 November polly.bryan@futurenet.com @pollyrose21 Burrows Court, Glos A HORSE bred by Charlotte Dujardin is finally showing his talent in the dressage arena. Under owner Andrew Bradley, 12-year-old DJ Attitude headed the inter I with a
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"She's Covered In Scars"
AFTER eight months spent recovering from a de-gloved leg, Jodie Pharaon’s seven-year-old mare Coco Dancer made a winning comeback by landing her first novice freestyle and second-ever elementary, both with plus-73%, at Solihull RC. “We’ve had her fiv
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Edwardstone Proves His Worth
HIGHLIGHTS 3-4 December jennifer.donald@futurenet.com @ jen_donald Sandown Park Racecourse, Surrey THE Arkle winner would normally go to the Betfair Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown, the first Grade One two-mile chase of the season, hailed as a possible
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Teahupoo Gets The Better Of Honeysuckle
Fairyhouse, Co Meath HONEYSUCKLE, the two-time Champion Hurdler, suffered her first defeat in 17 starts under Rules when she finished only third in the Bar One Racing Hattons Grace Hurdle, the traditional starting point to her season and a race she h
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'He Looks The Real Deal'
Aintree Racecourse, Merseyside HORSES that have won the Gold Cup and Grand National are few and far between, and I cannot remember one that won a Grand National first. Golden Miller had won the Gold Cup three times before he won at Aintree in 1934 an
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Lift Me Up Hits Number One Spot
WHEATLAND 4 December Wheatland, Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire JAMES KING provided celebrity connections with a winner in the form of Lift Me Up, who is trained by Maxine Filby, in the restricted. The six-year-old, by Mahler, is owned by Formula
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"He Made My Life Easy"
LEXIE NEW couldn’t have wished for a better start to her pointing career when winning the conditions (level three) for novice riders, which was her first-ever race. The 19-year-old was riding Jaisalmer (pictured), who is trained by Sara Bradstock. “I
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Dead easy Doktor
IT is no coincidence that more people are hunting ex-racehorses this season, or certainly around here they are. Horse prices have stayed close to post-Covid levels and people are looking out for economical options. "If 12 grand is what you have to pa

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