Horse & Hound

Edited by Eleanor Jones Share your news story Call 0330 390 6386 Email eleanor.jones@futurenet.com @ jones_eleanor_ ALL of us can play a part in ensuring equestrianism benefits rather than harms the environment – which will help secure a future for o

THE measures horse owners, sport leaders and vets can take to maximise our industry's environmental sustainability have come into the spotlight. FEI president Ingmar de Vos joined equine internal medicine specialist David Rendle at the 2023 World Hor

THE FEI is set to reverse a controversial dressage rule change that increased the qualifying score needed to progress at CDI4* and CDI5*. Since the start of this year, riders have had to score at least 65% in the grand prix to participate in the gran

WE are all responsible when it comes to recognising and managing concussion. This was the message from the Injured Jockeys Fund (IJF) and British Equestrian (BEF) jointly hosted inaugural cross-industry concussion symposium at Cheltenham racecourse (

WELFARE charities have welcomed the Government's commitment to ban live export for slaughter, as a “historic day for animal welfare”. The King's speech on 7 November introduced the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill, stating: “Now we have left t

WE must work together to tackle bullying, as it has no place in equestrianism. This is the message in response to research that found 76% of people in the industry have been bullied – and 85% have witnessed it. Mental health charity Riders Minds has

Email to hhletters@futurenet.com Name and address must be included. Letters may be edited. horseandhound instagram.com/horseandhound facebook.com/horseandhound HOW I enjoyed the insights into the life of Siegfried Sassoon (2 November). I was reminded

“I REMEMBER on the last day of the World Championships, on my last horse who was probably the best water jumper in the world. He went about six feet in the air over the water, and I thought to myself, ‘That'll do.’” It would most definitely do – that

When I am asked what my occupation is, I say I am a farmer who transports horses. My family have always farmed close to the Badminton estate and still do to this day. My father rode point-topointers, has been clerk of the course at the Beaufort since

THE thoroughbred racehorse has been a symbol of speed, grace and stamina for centuries. Racehorses make up a large percentage of the horse population – in the UK alone, there are more than 14,000 registered in training at any one time. The majority o

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HORSES and hounds go hand in hand, we hardly need to tell readers of this magazine. There are very few yards without a resident dog. Think William Fox-Pitt and his lurchers, Carl Hester and his boxers, Scott Brash and his sidekick terrier. Evidently,

THE Pendle Forest and Craven Harriers met at Coniston Hall to celebrate the 90th birthday of their senior joint-master, Michael Bannister, whose tenure is quite possibly the longest current mastership of a mounted pack in the UK – 46 seasons. Michael

HOW many of us dreamed of being a character in a PulleinThompson book, riding miles to the meet and curling up with your pony in a field? For Amy McLauchlan, the dream was slow in coming, but when it did, she found the horse of a lifetime. “I never h

SARACEN HORSE FEEDS QUEST CHAMPIONSHIPS 3–5 November Saracen Horse Feeds Quest Championships, Arena UK, Lincs JOY RIDERS won the under-21 Team Quest final with a massive overall score of 428.31%. The team, which is made up of the Harrison sisters Bet

THIS year, the My Quest under-21 intro champions, 11-year-old Theo Charnley and six-year-old RSPCA George, have become accustomed to prize-givings with success at Trailblazers and the NSEA Championships. At Quest, they were also third in the prelim a

HIGHLIGHTS 30 October–5 November Hartpury College & Hartpury University, Glos SOPHIE BENNETT'S De Niro gelding Sheepcote Deluxe notched up two advanced medium wins, during a year that has seen him step up confidently to prix st georges (PSG) and clai

HIGHLIGHTS 30 October–5 November College of West Anglia, Cambs JO BLOOD and Felicia IV scored an advanced medium win on their second outing at the level. Now 11, the Hanoverian mare was bred by Katy Holder-Vale and was spotted by Jo as a two-year-old

“HE'S the smallest I've owned but an absolute superstar,” said Seonaid Culliford, a double winner at prelim at Bridgend College, Glamorgan, with Churchtown Hugo, the 15hh piebald cob she bought in June. “When I saw the fun my 10-year-old daughter was

Vale View EC, Leics JENNIFER MARTELL headed both prelim golds with DBM Secre-C, the Secret son she bought with Amy Woodhead four years ago at a Stoneleigh foal auction. “My mum brought him up, so it's wonderful for us to watch him develop,” she said.

SEIB SEARCH FOR A STAR CHAMPIONSHIPS 10–11 November Edited bv Alex Robinson alexandra.robinson@futurenet.com @alexrob_journo_ SEIB Search For A Star Championships, Stoneleigh Park, Warks A SUFFOLK mare dazzled the judges en route to lifting the 2023

NORTHCOTE STUD WINTER CLASSIC 2-5 November Northcote Stud Winter Classic, Lancs SANDY MCLEAN added not only another grand prix win to his tally with his brilliant partner Gino F but made it a one-two when he piloted Zoey 12 to the runner-up spot. San

HIGHLIGHTS 6-12 November Edited by Jennifer Donald jennifer.donald@futurenet.com @jen_donald BoyleSports Afternoon Racing, Aintree Racecourse, Merseyside THERE was a certain poignancy about the field of 10 horses heading out over the Grand National f

THE DITCHEAT juggernaut has hit top gear with Paul Nicholls sending out four of the seven winners at Wincanton's Badger Beers Chase Day. This included a ninth success in the Elite hurdle with Rubaud, ridden by Harry Cobden, who rode a treble on the d

RETURNING to the winner's enclosure for the first time in 18 months after undergoing treatment for kissing spines was the Stuart Edmunds-trained, six-year-old Gentleman At Arms. He and Ciaran Gethings took the Pertemps Network qualifier at Aintree by

A CHANGE in tactics helped Jay Bee Whiskey to score his first win and former two-time men's champion James King to open his account this season. “He was very consistent last year. He was mixing with nice horses and finishing second and third, while l

PORTMAN 12 November Portman, Badbury Rings, Dorset NEW trainer Hannah Roach has set her career off to a flying start with wins at the first two fixtures of the 2023/24 season. Hannah, 21, who has taken over operations from recently retired Joe O'Shea