Horse & Hound

WHAT’S particularly apparent from this week’s news story looking at complaints around the inaugural British Show Horse Association Rising Star championships at London ExCel (news, p4) is how much it means to competitors to compete and to win at such

YOUNG rider Keagan Kirkby, 25 – described as “one of our best” – has died as a result of a point-to-point fall at Charing, Kent, on Sunday, 4 February. The Injured Jockeys Fund said the horse Keagan was riding ran out through the wing of a fence. The

An old FEI statement said: “The cloning of [horse or rider] with a view to competing at international level would be unacceptable.” The FEI now allows cloned horses. Pretty sure cloned riders still aren’t on though… Overheard from a trainer as a ride

Showjumper Harry Charles has secured his World Cup Final place. He and Sherlock came third in Bordeaux, and sit second in the western European league. Trainer Willie Mullins won all eight Grade Ones at the Dublin Racing Festival, with a second Irish

FORMER top sprinter Goldream was voted winner of a new Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) award. The Group One winner and racehorse retraining and rehoming organisation New Beginnings won the Sir Peter O’Sullevan Charitable Trust RoR Community Impact Awa

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My parents met when they had horses stabled next to each other, and there have always been horses at home. Eventing is my passion; I’ve been lucky enough to produce horses to Badminton grassroots level and I’m now competing my horse Freddie at one-st

I HAVE always encouraged members into the Prince Philip games training. Learning how to get over the line first is at the heart of it, and I thought this was a great way to get into the team spirit and learn how to come first or last. My youngest son

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ONE of my favourite things to do is to take my hounds visiting. Every hunt country is unique and provides its own set of challenges; this may be the rocks and bogs of Dartmoor, the imposing hedges of the Blackmore Vale or the deep ditches of the Fens

FANTABULOUS lived up to his name at Hartpury University, Gloucestershire, scoring elementary gold section and overall wins with Anna Miller before making his para debut with his owner Jemima Green (pictured) to win at grade two. “He’s fantastic, with

RUBIN REGAL scored a plus-70% elementary double win at The Grange EC, Devon. Anouszka Dabrowa’s seven-year-old gelding has been produced and competed by Tom Carter who rides for Elite Dressage. “He was the first horse I rode when I started here, so i

Bury Farm, Bucks CVS JAGERMEISTER – a horse who was so tricky as a four-year-old that he was nearly put to sleep – continued a consistent run of qualification for the Blue Chip Championships for his owner Clare Wilson Stanbridge. Clare bought the 15-

TRAINER Ben Pauling describes eight-year-old Harper’s Brook as an “enigma”, having pulled himself up in his previous three races – usually with victory in his sights. In fact, he hadn’t won since November 2022 and they have tried every tactic in the

SHANNON HOLMES secured her first pointing win on Diligent in the ladies’ conditions (level two) at Larkhill for trainer Mary Sanderson and owners, The Devon Diamond Friends. “I thought he’d run well as he did plenty of hunter chasing last season,” sa

South East Hunts Club, Charing, Kent ON a day that ended in tragedy with the death of Keagan Kirkby in the final race (see news, p6), Charlie Marshall and his sister Izzie won five of the six races on the card. A Quick Risk won the 2m4f maiden on deb