Horse & Hound

Share your news story Call 0330 390 6386 Email eleanor.jones@futurenet.com @ jones_eleanor_ THE story of a horse who would not be caught for weeks - and later bolted into a fence who is now competing, shines a spotlight on both equine and human behav

BRITISH EVENTING (BE) has terminated the affiliation agreement for Barbury Castle International Horse Trials 2023 owing to new restrictions on international events. The Wiltshire fixture, known for its feature CCI4*-S, was to run from 6-9 July at CCI

THE talented horseman died on 1 February, aged 44. Ben grew up in Devon and his passion for horses took him into racing as a conditional jockey with Martin Pipe. In 1999, he joined the Army and became a mounted gunner in the King's Troop Royal Horse

THE first unified concussion guidelines designed for riders across all disciplines are unveiled by British Equestrian (BEF) today (2 March). The guidelines feature easyto-follow information about concussion, and a “return to riding” pathway. The idea

A YARD manager whose love of horses sparked her career was honoured with a prestigious award in recognition of helping others fulfil their potential. Sarah Guest won the leadership and employee of the year titles at the Thoroughbred Industry Employee

DURING the misery and destruction caused by Cyclone Gabrielle in New Zealand, one three-month-old foal who was washed away came home - but thousands of equestrians are still affected. A state of emergency was declared after the “once in a century” di

I WAS interested to read your “Hidden differences” feature (9 February) about neurodiversity in equestrian sport. I have been involved in developing the Pony Club's reasonable adjustment plan and equality policy. Together with parents, Pony Club memb

polly.bryan@futurenet.com @pollyrose21 ONCE upon a time, I was 17, preoccupied with improving my riding style, knowledge and results, and impressing the great and good. Now at 71, I still worry about the same things. My shoulders are rounder but my a

jennifer.donald@futurenet.com @jen_donald AS top competition horses continue to be delayed on lorries at Calais for postBrexit paperwork checks, the powers that be keep talking. The welfare implications are obvious. So what's being done? British Eque

Age: 13 Breeding: Vivaldi x Cabochon Studbook: KWPN Owner: Laura Tomlinson and her mother Ursula Rider: Laura Tomlinson Breeder: J G Damen (NED) Greatest achievements: grand prix second and grand prix special first Hagen CDI3* 2022; grand prix specia

As a child, I was obsessed with horses. I started volunteering at a local yard near Glasgow when I was 11; if I helped out all weekend, then I got a free lesson. I saw the blacksmith come to shoe the horses and was desperate to do it. It looked like

WILL MORTON is on a high. Not only did the show horse producer mark the end of his 2022 season with a second in the lightweight show hunter of the year final at Horse of the Year Show (HOYS), riding Sarah-Ann Gunn's Kilcarna Brilliant, but he's set f

PRE-PURCHASE EXAMINATIONS (PPEs) or, as they are generally known, vettings, are a notoriously stressful time for everyone, but do they have to be? Could we understand their role better? We probably need to stop treating them as a test for the horse a

WITNESSING and experiencing these problems and fallout after vettings “go wrong” as a vet led me to adopt the following spiel during my introductory conversations with prospective buyers: “There are no guarantees with a vetting. I will always do my b

SPORT HORSE BREEDING SPECIAL PART 1 ONCE upon a time, there was a beautiful grey stallion. For three summers, he was the hottest young thing in eventing, blazing a trail of rosettes across Europe. He seemed set for a stellar sporting and breeding car

“LIKE flying on a magic carpet” is how Danish Olympian Andreas I Helgstrand describes I riding the 17.2hh nineyear-old stallion Jovian, one of dozens of stallions on the roster at the prolific Helgstrand breeding facility. The leggy bay (by Apache x

SPORT HORSE BREEDING SPECIAL PART 1 WHEN John Whitaker crossed top international showjumping stallion Ublesco with a jumping-bred mare named Viva, he wouldn't have been wrong for assuming the offspring's forte would likely be over coloured fences. Ho

LAOIS 15 February catherine.austen@futurenet.com @cfaustenl23 Laois (Queen's County) Donaghmore, Co Laois “DONAGHMORE never disappoints,” David Lalor MFH assured me, with the confident air of a man who's hunted the same country for 65 seasons. The 40

D ELTA defines “happy accident”. “He was a classic ‘buy one, get one free“', says Victoria Ruffy, former director of the Staff College Drag Hunt and VWH subscriber. “He came over unexpectedly with a group of sales liveries.” “I rode him first with no

SONS are fickle creatures, only tolerating the mothers they once adored for their laundry services when they become teenagers. So, when my son Alex showed an interest in riding, I nurtured it with the coolest boy-centric riding adventures I could fin

AFTER recovering from a bad fall from a young horse in which she nearly lost her foot, paramedic Nicky Heale was on the hunt for a safe, quiet and significantly smaller ride to get her back in the saddle. Little did she know that her purchase, Welsh

MYERSCOUGH COLLEGE PARA WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS 24-26 February Myerscough College Para Winter Championships, Lancs HANDLING his dual role with aplomb, seven-year-old gelding OFS Dragons Fire scored a decisive win in the grade III gold individual champio

HIGHLIGHTS 13-19 February Kingston Maurward College Area Festival, Dorset RUTH BISHOP headed the prelim bronze with Highland pony Holmedown Red Sox. Previously shown in-hand by his owner Graham Bunney, the 13-year-old began his dressage career in ear

COMMERCIAL BANK CHI AL SHAQAB 23-25 February Commercial Bank CHI Al Shaqab, Doha, Qatar GERMANY'S Marcus Ehning and Stargold produced a scintillating triple clear on a warm night in the Qatar desert to become the first back-to-back winners of the CSI

CHRISTIAN KUKUK'S delightful stallion Mumbai (pictured, right) has undergone a transformation since Christmas - and it's already reaping rewards. From the lucky last draw, Christian shaved 0.06sec from Ireland's Mark McAuley's time to win the 1.55m j

Bishop Burton College winter regionals, Yorks HOME-BRED half sisters Delta Force TH and Suhara Jubilee each claimed a win with Paul Hayler. Six-year-old Delta, who is by Diagio, headed the novice gold. “This was her first proper ‘flowerpot' show and

HIGHLIGHTS 18-19 February Bury Farm large pony premier, Bucks SOME newer combinations at this level made their mark in Sunday's JA classic, with Maisie Allsop and Attytory Rebel and Emily Fisher with Kryptonite Van Orchid sharing the spoils after jum

Email jennifer.donald@futurenet.com within 24 hours of your event and please include a contact telephone number Onley Grounds, Warks WORKMATES Catherine Housman and Daniel May landed both the Blue Chip qualifiers, with Catherine heading the FMBs Ther

HIGHLIGHTS 25 February jennifer.donald@futurenet.com @jen_donald Kempton Park Racecourse, Surrey IT might have been a long, stuttering winter for jockeystumed-trainers Sam Thomas and Christian Williams, but it proved a cracking return to form for the

Sykehouse Arena, S Yorks JUST 0.55sec separated the top three combinations in the Blue Chip Joint RLF power qualifier, which was headed by Danielle Kenington and her eight-yearly old mare, S-Jadore. “I actually didn't realise that I'd won, I was too

Newcastle Racecourse CHRISTIAN WILLIAMS has not had a terrific season - he, too, is on 10 winners - but there were signs of green shoots when Cap Du Nord won at Ascot the weekend before last and, for the second year running, the trainer landed the Ve

HIGHLIGHTS 25-26 February College Valley & North Northumberland, Alnwick, Northumberland PADDY BARLOW enjoyed riding the first treble of his career, with the first of his victories coming aboard Cullin Hills, who is trained by William Milburn and own

gemma.redrup@futurenet.com @gemmaredrup Cottesmore, Garthorpe, Leics ELLIE HOLDER enjoyed an easy victory in the conditions (level two) for novice riders aboard her own Champagne Noir, who is trained by her boss, Tom Ellis. “I bought him from Doncast

IT'S the end of the season and the wheels are falling off the pram. Three of the four horses here have problems. Mine is on box rest pending a scan to a tendon. On a national level, storm clouds are gathering over the future of hunting in an evermore