Horse & Hound

A GREAT deal has changed and a great deal has happened in the 140 years since Horse & Hound first published. Some events put the rest into perspective. In this week's anniversary issue, we celebrate significant moments in equestrian sport, talking to

The jumping mare, ridden by Sameh El Dahan and her owner Joanne Sloan-Allen, has retired, aged 20. Her career was headed by victory in the 2018 Spruce Meadows $1m grand prix. The 2018 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner has qualified for Horse of the Year Sho

Scottish jumper Sandy McLean won 19 classes during the Jumping Bonheiden CSI2* May tour (16–26 May) in Belgium, then the next week won eight at Lier. Australia's Chris Burton won the Millstreet CCI4*-S on Shadow Man. Chris has the ride on the 14-year

Scientists believe rain makes us happy and improves mental health. We'd like to invite said scientists to the yard next time we have a winter and spring like the most recent ones. Contact details on p13. A rider was canvassing opinions on the stronge

A non-horsey type concerned about the cost of living was eyeing up a bag of horse oats and asking why he shouldn't save cash that way. So many reasons, but might he have a shot at Ascot? (No. Ed.) Overheard from another non-horsey type: “If you can d

H&H, 30 August 1884 This is how Horse & Hound looked 140 years ago, the year of its inception and 20 years before photography was used to illustrate newspapers. This “journal of sport and agriculture” featured racing, athletics, farming and adverts.

EDITORIAL Editor-in-Chief Sarah Jenkins Magazine Editor/Eventing Pippa Roome(07815 442555) Website Editor Carol Phillips (0330 390 6598) News Editor Eleanor Jones (0330 390 6386) Features Editor/Polo/Riding Clubs Martha Terry (0330 390 6327) Showjump

Edited by Oscar Williams oscar.williams@futurenet.com @oscarw_dr OPINION WE know many, if not most, competitors have regular training, but for those trying to compete at the top level, the devil is increasingly in the details. Lessons from a trainer

WITHOUT a doubt, watching Pippa Funnell MBE win Burghley and the Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing in September 2003. I watched it at home and can honestly say I've never been so nervous watching someone else ride in my life. You could have heard a pin dr

JACKIE POTTS: “To do an Olympics on home ground, you can never compare it. It is different, and it is special. I always say it was a ‘yes’ event. You go to a lot of events and it's ‘No, you can't do this and that’. Bryan Elliot, the stable manager, w

Parwood EC, Surrey PATRICK TRODDYN headed the prelim (72.08%) and novice golds (73.33%) on his home-bred five-year-old, T&P Freddie M (Fürst Romancier x Millenium). “He has very low mileage but he's the size of a small dinosaur, so he's taking his ti

Hertfordshire County, The Showground A STALLION booked his debut in the HOYS in-hand supreme championship at the first time of asking. Joanna Adams’ riding pony breeding champion Tandridge Stormbird was shown throughout by Alan Charlesworth. By Tandr

Edited by Catherine Austen catherine.austen@futurenet.com @cfausten123 FRANK HOUGHTON BROWN, who has died recently aged 59 following a long illness, enjoyed an idyllic and semiferal childhood growing up on the family farm in rural Northamptonshire su

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