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WE tend to think of native breeds as reliable, steady and somehow an easy option. It's been enlightening to read in this week's issue that some of those natives competing at the top of their game are, in fact, not all sweetness and light (feature, p2

The Potters’ Welsh section A has been put down aged 12 owing to cancer. He twice won the homeproduced supreme at the North of England and was a HOYS lead-rein finalist. The Thames Valley Police horse who led The late Queen's funeral cortege up the Lo

THE start time for the 2024 Grand National (13 April) has been brought forward to 4pm after a review of last year's race. The Jockey Club, which owns and runs Aintree racecourse, revealed changes to the race in October. In recent years, the race has

Former world champion Zara Tindall starts her season at Tweseldown (9-10 March). She has Class Affair and Classicals Euro Star in the advanced intermediate. Showjumper Scott Brash won the fourstar grand prix at the Andalucia Sunshine Tour on 11 Febru

THE long-standing coach and friend to many died on 17 December, aged 66. Sue, also known as Nellie, was born in Morecambe on 5 February 1957 She had a brother, John, and went to Bentham Grammar School. Sue did not come from a horsey family but always

An honorary groom travelling by car to meet riders at a show asked the satnav for directions to Merrist Wood. “So you want to go pole dancing in High Wycombe?” the satnav replied. Well, pole jumping, perhaps… Well done to the rider who tells her husb

A “GRAND NATIONAL”, a chase-me-Charlie that went over lm and happy riders but not a real horse in sight. Zoe Brown and her daughter Elowen's first Hobby Horse Adventures show ran at Mill Lane Stables, Selby, on 3 February. “They didn't stop all day!

pippa.roome@futurenet.com @pipparoomeorkyle THE recent International Olympic Committee (IOC) request that the FEI propose an eventing format with cross-country last for the 2028 Games (news, 25 January) raises three broad questions. The first is prin

1) How many days did Frankie Dettori last in I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here? 2) How many mares has William Fox-Pitt ridden at CCI5* level? 3) Who was the first female jockey to win a Grade One race at Cheltenham Festival? 1) Padraig McCarthy 2)

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I STARTED teaching in the 1950s, first with the Royal Artillery branch of the Pony Club and since 1970 with the Cattistock Hunt branch. I'm now teaching my third generation of Dorset children. I taught racehorse trainer Harry Fry's mother, then Harry

PARACETAMOL is a very familiar human medicine. About 6,000 tonnes of paracetamol are consumed by the UK population every year. In people, it is an effective and safe painkiller, with few side effects at recommended doses. But it is not familiar as a

HORSES have physical, social, and emotional needs that should be met, and it is useful to consider these when assessing a horse's quality of life. • Management of pain • Management of disease • Maintenance of hygiene • Adequate nutrition • The abilit

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THE Exmoor pony has garnered a reputation for being one of the quirkiest natives to work with, but get them onside and you've got a partner for life, as relatively new breed enthusiast Debbie Barker-Runiewicz has discovered. Debbie forayed into the w

“NEW FORESTS can be tricky to judge due to the range of types and sizes within the breed, and as they're classified as a large breed despite having no lower height limit,” Malcolm says. “Bigger ponies tend to be more successful as they're more commer

VICKI KIRKCALDY and Frankie Webb's 15-year-old Hollybrooke Annie II (pictured) aids the breed's reputation as a versatile all-rounder. The Burley Branston daughter, bred by John and Wendy Adams, has found her niche in the dressage arena, but she's al

STEPNEY BANK STABLES is a riding centre and children's charity in central Newcastle. In operation for more than 20 years, it has supported thousands of underprivileged children to develop important life skills. Adam Short began riding there when he w

HORSE & HOUND website editor Carol Phillips has used both Herts Horses (kissing spines surgery) and New Hatches (tendon injury). “Darcy's back pain was making him hard to handle before his surgery in 2021. He was reactive and at 16.2hh and 600kg, he'

MEREDITH MINDERMAN and home-bred mare Renkum Rocky Road had a successful time at Hartpury, Gloucestershire, heading both days’ Foxhunters. The 10-year-old is always “very excited” to return to this venue, having been based there when she was owned by

RE-ESTABLISHING their affiliated dressage career after a few years of eventing, Alice James and Nagana Cool Calypso scored an overall double elementary win at Moreton EC, Dorset. “We're aiming for the Area Festival at Moreton, so it was confidence-bo

SARAH CLACK and Intrepid headed the medium 73 qualifier outright with 73.53%, at Beacons EC, Carmarthenshire, on their first attempt together at the level. The 11-year-old Wynton gelding, bred and owned by Wesley Shufflebottom, has bounced back from

COURSE and distance winner Emitom (pictured) contributed to trainer Alan King and jockey Tom Cannon's double on the day, when holding off the 3/1 favourite Kyntara to win the Betfair Serial Winners Fund Handicap Hurdle. The 10-year-old - owned by The

SHISHKIN justified his 8/11 favouritism to land a first success of the season in the Grade Two Betfair Denman Chase. Ridden by Nico de Boinville - who was also enjoying a first success since returning from a collarbone injury - and trained by Nicky H

FIVE-YEAR-OLD mare That'll Do Moss landed her first victory in her second start when claiming The Jockey Club Mares Maiden in style at Brocklesby under trainer John Dawson for his wife Alice. The mare, by Black Sam Bellamy, ran at Chaddesley Corbett

THE writer bought her Cheval Liberté trailer in 2023, having previously rented a trailer for a year and a half from a trailer loaning service. “I wasn't completely sure I wanted to commit to the expense of buying one. Loaning was a brilliant way to s