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WHAT a week it was for jockey Paul Townend, trainer Willie Mullins, owner JP McManus, groom Steven Cahill and all of I Am Maximus's connections, with the horse romping home to take this year's new-look Randox Grand National. As Davy Rusell says in hi

Dressage rider Adrienne Lyle's championship medal winner has been retired, aged 17. The pair helped the US to world team silver in 2018 and Olympic silver in Tokyo. Sarah Clark's five-star ride, with whom she completed Burghley twice and Adelaide, ha

THE celebrated international course-designer and former event rider and hunt master has died at the age of 81. Ronald lived in Ayrshire all his life, near Kilmarnock for the last 51 years with his wife Lorna, whom he married in 1972, having met her w

Jockey Paul Townend's remarkable season continued when he added the Grand National to his Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle victories. Report p36. European eventing champion Ros Canter has become a Burghley Horse Trials ambassador, to help convey “what th

To Australia, where a horse wandered into a station and stood as a train pulled in. “A whole new meaning to an off-the-track thoroughbred,” quipped a wag. Or maybe ready for his retraining…? A survey found many Brits believe they could win the Grand

A ROCKING horse version of 2023 Badminton and European champion Lordships Graffalo is the top prize in a draw that will boost British hopes in Paris. British Equestrian (BEF) and the British Equestrian Federation Fund (BEFF) have launched the draw to

1) Name the rider who has completed Badminton the most times. 2) Which breed is Britain's oldest native pony? 3) Who is the only rider to have won individual gold at three consecutive Olympics? 1) Cremello: cream coloured including mane and tail, pin

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alexandra.robinson@futurenet.com @alexrob_ journo_ THE recent announcement on Facebook from the long-established Welsh Pony and Cob performance event regarding the Welsh Pony and Cob Society's (WPCS) decision to reduce the funding to just 17% of what

FRUSTRATINGLY, there are no specific rules to prevent synovial sepsis, and certain breeds or types of horses are not more prone than others, making it hard to take tailored action to reduce the risk. There are, however, some general management tips f

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“THAT was as much fun as you can have with your trousers on!” said British amateur owner/rider David Maxwell (pictured, third left, red and brown silks), 45, who finished sixth on his first spin in the National. Maxwell bought the Henry de Bromhead-t

A THRILLING finish – and a visit to the stewards’ room for the jockeys – decided the Grade One William Hill Aintree Hurdle, with Impaire Et Passe (Paul Townend, pictured right) just edging ahead of Bob Olinger (Rachael Blackmore, left) with the terri

LAURA COLLETT heads to Badminton on Lucy Nelson's Hester (by Heinrich Heine) and Yvonne Ferguson's Bling (by Kannan), who were seventh and 12th in the CCI4*-S. Both make their five-star debuts and are home-bred by their owners. Laura tried out a Barr

FLORENCE LEGG, 14, headed Larkhill's Project Pony observation trial on Leagaun Wild Boy. The duo dislodged one rail in the showjumping to add four penalties to their dressage score of 32. “The cross-country was a real challenge and a step up from my

THE dream team of Craig Elenor and Sara Parrott enjoyed a bumper run at BSPS Area 4A, landing four RIHS passes and two section championships. The rider to beat was Macie Donaldson, 14, who achieved the top spots in both show pony and show hunter pony

AT the BSPS Wales Spring Show held at Pencoed College, Bridgend, 11-year-old home-producer Maci Robinson secured her second RIHS qualification, this time in Pretty Polly ranks, in two weeks. Her ride was her mother Lucy Robinson's Cusop Jeeves 10-yea

LILLY RODGERS and her 153cm contender Benedict Fields are a combination to look out for in working hunter pony ranks this season. They headed the RIHS championship at BSPS Area 4A ahead of Milly Simpson and intermediate winner Check Mate, before land

Wales and West, Monmouthshire MARK EDWARDS returned to Welsh soil following a successful tour in Italy, winning a 1.40m grand prix qualifier with Flying Tinker II and claiming a one-two in the 1.40m grand prix, which he headed with Royale Tale. Nine-

WHILE some were warming up for the Welsh Masters at Wales and West's mixed show, others headed to Chard, Somerset, in preparation for their CSI2* two weeks later. Competition was incredibly close in the £800 1.40m grand prix, where Liz Hudson's 14-ye

ALTHOUGH loathe to contradict a timeless idiom, uttered by mothers and fathers throughout the ages, I feel that I must. The saying that “only boring people get bored” is utter twaddle. Friends who are interesting, amusing and far from dreary, up and