Horse & Hound

ROTATIONAL fall rates reached an all-time low in international eventing in 2022. FEI eventing committee chairman David O'Connor and FEI risk management steering group chairman Geoff Sinclair explained the data at the forum. The percentage of rotation

Judy Harvey's international grand prix dressage-winning ride, owned by Richard Heley, has died aged 25. The pair scored national titles and top results across Europe. He retired in 2014 to become an advanced schoolmaster. Nicole Musson's Welsh sectio

BURGHLEY HORSE TRIALS is in discussions with UK Sport about accessing funding to host the FEI Eventing World Championships in 2026. Event director Martyn Johnson said: “Burghley is synonymous with the pinnacle of the sport. Hosting the FEI World Cham

IT might seem whimsical, but who doesn't have a soft spot for our native breeds, whether having grown up with them or enjoyed their temperaments and performance in later years? We're certainly smitten with this week's cover star (Pumphill Buckthorn,

Reigning British Olympic showjumping champion Ben Maher is recovering from a “bad” fall at the Winter Equestrian Festival, Florida, USA. Ben said he hopes to be back soon. Event rider Yasmin Ingham and Banzai Du Loir are set to make their first compe

To Leeds, where people in the town centre complained about the (small) piles of police horse poo. Shoppers had to “navigate around the poo or step over it, noses pinched”. Maps and compasses needed, clearly. England cricket coach Brendon McCullum can

THIS tiny pony and rider showed their great partnership, in flight on top of a mountain. Nme-year-old Sienna Curphey and 12hh Conrhenny Alice Springz flew the bank on the Isle of Man on 4 February. Mum Cheryl Curphey told H&H her eldest daughter and

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“MY husband Andrew and I started breeding Dales ponies after foot and mouth and I purchased Major's sire, Wolsey Viking, in 2002. “I went to the Dales Pony Society's spring show and the stallion, Wolsey Ravenstar, Viking's sire, caught my eye. I spok

IN reality there is very little difference in the health tests required for a mare to go to a stallion for natural cover or to go to an insemination centre for insemination. It is usual that mares are tested for CEM, EVA and equine infectious anaemia

EVA has an almost worldwide distribution, although Iceland, Japan and New Zealand have declared themselves free from the virus. Seroprevalence (the level of a pathogen in a population, as measured in blood serum) varies between countries; results for

NATIVES Special MANY of us will recall starting our ridden careers on a trusty native. Known for their versatility and temperament, it would be safe to say Britain's native breeds are recognised and adored worldwide. It's for these reasons part-breds

METTE ULDAHL, veterinary consultant for the Danish Equestrian Federation and FEI National Head Vet for Denmark, says specific types of training are part and parcel of developing an athletic horse. “For some disciplines, specific types of training, li

THE Pytchley with Woodland ladies’ day, organised by joint-master Bo Wilson, proved very popular, with a field of more than 130 from packs all over the country enjoying the sunshine in the beautiful surroundings of the Cottesbrooke estate. After a ch

NOBODY could ever say that Alistair, who died in January aged 89, was not brave. He saw active service in Korea before returning to farm first at Little Holmside in Co Durham and then at Mickley Grange in Northumberland. He was leading point-to-point

Aintree International Area Festival, Merseyside FOCUSING on dressage over the winter is paying off for eventer Bethany Lee, who won novice bronze with 72.8%, riding Creevagh Hannah. Bethany events the nine-year-old Irish mare, by Creevagh Ferro, up t

ELLA GLENNON, 15, topped the medium silver at Prestige, riding seven-year-old Amden Supreme Golden Dancer, by Dating AT. Ella has owned the pony since a yearling and backed him and trained him herself. “We plan to maybe aim for the pony Europeans,” s

FUNAMBULE SIVOLA, who only found Energumene too good in last year's Champion Chase, won the Betfair Exchange Game Spirit Chase at Newbury for the second year running. The eight-yearold could be an each-way player at a good price at Cheltenham again,

WHEN you know, you know, and sometimes there's nothing more to it. This certainly rang true for Sue Hughes 20 years ago, when she first clapped eyes on a four-monthold black colt who would go on to be the most successful Dartmoor pony in history. The

WHILE Buck's career can be accredited to Sue Hughes’ vision and Sarah Parker's careful production, his breeding had arguably laid the foundation for success. By the popular Stonehealed Vulcan, Buck is out of the multi-garlanded mare Pumphill Belladon

BUCK'S progeny are following in their illustrious sire's hoofprints. When Sue retired him to stud aged 13, she made sure she would have a foal by him each year, and she has welcomed a select few visiting mares to him. “He's produced four part-bred Da

“I FIRST saw Buck at Warren Farm Equestrian Centre with Emma and remember thinking, ‘That's a nice pony.’ “I got chatting with Sue, and Buck came to me to learn to jump. He had so much scope, though he was spooky at first. We qualified for HOYS at ou

“I PUT him through to Olympia for the first time in his career at the Northern Horse Show in 2009. It's always nice as a judge to be one of the first people to reward a good pony which goes on to be so successful. “He went beautifully and even though