Horse & Hound

WHAT a win for Oliver Townend in Kentucky last week (report, p52) - a 100th five-star for the rider, and a win that sets him up for a tilt at the Rolex Grand Slam. It was great to see a British 1-2-3 on the podium when Kentucky is arguably more compa

The Donnellys’ star, who won the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, Arkle and Clarence House Chase for Nicky Henderson, has died aged 10 after breaking a leg while cast in his stable. Lacy Stud’s late Welsh stallion, whose progeny include a two-time HOYS Cuddy

The 2019 and 2020 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner is thriving as a riding horse. The Willie Mullins-trained 12-year-old is being aimed at eventing by Louise Duffy. Lisa Rowlands' jumping pony has died, aged 29. “Tintin” won and was placed in the HOYS and

THE jockey, trainer, owner and point-to-point steward died on 4 April, aged 85. John will be remembered for his passion for racing, funded by his expertise in commercial poultry. The latter earned him his cherished MBE, and the former gave him the be

Dressage superstar Charlotte Dujardin and her potential Olympic ride Imhotep won the CDI4* grand prix and grand prix special in Hagen. US eventer Boyd Martin is bidding to become the second rider, after Tim Price, to complete all the world’s CCI5*s,

Someone commenting on a rather high-level dressage test described one moment as a “horrible canter”. She was put swiftly back in her box. “Won at five-star yourself?” asked another. No answer, surprisingly… The Welsh housing secretary tells of a time

TWO military horses have undergone surgery after they got loose on the streets of London last week. Six soldiers and seven horses from the Life Guards were on exercise on 24 April when they were spooked in Wilton Crescent, a street in the Belgravia a

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pippa.roome@futurenet.com @pipparoomeorkyle OPINION OH to have been a British team selector in the days when everyone went to Badminton and then perhaps a mandatory final trial. These days, with riders allowed to campaign as they feel best, it is ver

alexandra.robinson@futurenet.com @alexrob_journo_ OPINION HOW fantastic that my first column of the year will run just as the 2024 Royal Windsor (1-5 May) begins. It’s an exciting show, being the first time we see the season’s novices together in the

CARRIAGE DRIVING is a small sport, and we don’t have the breadth of competition that allows for many unaffiliated events. It is very inclusive, open to all types of horses and ponies, from the very smallest equines to extremely well-bred warmblood co

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BRITISH rider Lucienne Bellissimo shared the dressage lead in the Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S riding Dyri (pictured). Unfortunately they had 20 penalties at an influential angled hedge, but they are ones to watch. Lucienne (née Elms) has been based in

KELSALL HILL(1) 18-21 April Kelsall Hill (1), Cheshire SAMMI BIRCH and Jutopia swept to victory in the CCI3*-S, adding just a smattering of time-penalties to their leading first-phase score of 23.4. “She’s been on the cusp of a big win,” said Sammi o

TOM ROWLAND credits advice from fellow rider Emilie Chandler for his intermediate win aboard Jo Handman’s talented but hard-pulling nine-year-old, LB Mettaphor. “He’s probably the best jumper in the yard, but it has taken a while to get the brakes so

A NOVICE win with her mare Rubiks Cube (Ruby, pictured) at Aike Grange Stud, East Riding of Yorkshire, lifted Victoria Turner’s spirits after a devastating week. “Our mare Rosy, who’d recently had a filly foal, Raven, started to colic on Tuesday and

FREELANCE trainer Emma Kinsley achieved an advanced medium double win at Saddlesdane EC, Kent, with Zelandes. The compact chocolate palomino gelding, who has both Spanish and Portuguese blood in his breeding, is described by Emma as her “one in a mil

“IT feels as if we’ve turned a corner,” said Holly Lucas, after heading both of the advanced mediums at Cockshot, Cheshire, with Diablo Rosso II. “I did a test-riding clinic with Janet Critchley on another horse and had a light-bulb moment, realising

SUCCESSFUL partnership Anthony Condon and Zira Van Het Kapelhof Z (pictured) made a winning return to the ring in Friday’s medium tour 1.35m. The memorably fast 15-year-old grey has had the best part of a year off while embryos were taken - with the

PROVING you should always go back for the championship on a second were the eventual winners of the winter pure novice ridden M&M title, nineyear-old Heidi Cooper and Lisa Barsoum Allen’s Shetland Musselbrough Expo (Po, pictured), who returned to the

NPS Scotland, Scottish National EC, W Lothian A YOUNG rider who hails from elite equestrian stock kept up the family form book as he jumped to an RIHS M&M working hunter ticket and the section championship. Guy Hamilton, 10, was in the saddle of Wels

ALEXIA LILLEY may just be six years old but she’s more than holding her own in open classes against adults with her delightful Shetland pony Briar Puzzle (pictured). Despite still being eligible for lead-rein classes, Alexia has booked RIHS tickets i

A YOUNG gelding captured attention as he strode to the BSPS intermediate championship after winning both novice mixed and open show hunter classes at BSPS Area 2A. Vic Whalley’s five-year-old show hunter type Creavens Lad (pictured), who is based wit

BSPS Area 5 Three Shires, Vale View EC, Leics HARRISON TAYLOR lifted two RIHS championships, first with an exciting prospect, then with a seasoned star. Harrison and Karen Wood’s six-year-old hack campaigner Cranbournes Sirius secured both novice hac

AFTER some sometimes haphazard jumping, El Fabiolo proved no match for the popular Jonbon (pictured) in the Grade One bet365 Celebration Chase, a highly anticipated clash of the two-mile titans. Nicky Henderson looked relieved, jubilant and a touch e

Age: 25 Height: 5ft 11in Hometown: North Barrow, Somerset Wins: 164 Rides: 736 Strike rate: 22% Total prize money: £3,097,986 Winningmost horse: Ginny’s Destiny (3 wins, 6 runs) Top performing racecourse: Wincanton Most successful trainer partnership

MOON LADY won The Jockey Club mares’ maiden by 15 lengths under Will Biddick for trainer Stuart Payne and owners the Tigers Racing Club at the Axe Vale meeting. It was the six-year-old’s third pointing start, having previously been in training with N

LESS than an hour after Rebecca Baker crossed the Silver Spur finish line in fifth place, her teenage sons enjoyed super rides and results on their first starts in the Tom Nichols Cup. “I’m not sure if I was more nervous riding myself, or watching th