Horse & Hound

THE British Horseracing Authority (BHA) is to investigate four equine deaths at Newton Abbot racecourse on 25 June. Happy Helen, Hallowed Rose, Bala Brook and Cuzzicombe all suffered fatal injuries. The BHA said “losing four horses at a single fixtur

The star jumping stallion, ridden by Ireland’s Billy Twomey, has been put down, aged 24. He won seven international grands prix and has sired many top-class offspring. Laura Tomlinson’s dressage grand prix mare has retired at 14 to be a broodmare. Th

A rider who had driven to the feed shop and back was delighted to find a cup of tea she’d left on the bumper still there, full. Credit to the driving, or has the council filled in some potholes? (The former. Ed). A rider heading for a stayaway show w

1) The horse industry is worth £9bn a year to the UK but faces ever-growing challenges that require an effective horse identification system. What will you do to implement digital horse ID? 2) More women, over-45s and disabled people ride than take p

Share your news story Call 0330 390 6386 Email eleanor.jones@futurenet.com @ jones_eleanor_ OWNERS: rider, Fiona Bigwood and Mette Dahl BREEDER: VOFG and M Gerritsen BREEDING: by Bordeaux 28, out of a Rhodium mare GROOM: Lucy Scudamore OWNERS: Carl H

Email to hhletters@futurenet.com Name and address must be included. Letters may be edited. @ horseandhound instagram.com/horseandhound facebook.com/horseandhound WE loved the front cover of the H&H anniversary issue (6 June) and we had a family compe

Dressage star Charlotte Dujardin will be Britain’s most decorated female Olympian if she wins a seventh medal in Paris. She is equal with cyclist Laura Kenny. Showjumper Matt Sampson and 16-year-old stallion Daniel won the CSI5* 1.60 Pan American Cup

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oscar.williams@futurenet.com @oscarw_dr THE Olympic team has been announced and what a team we have. The selectors have had it easy as the highestscoring combinations have clearly been Carl Hester, Charlotte Dujardin, Lottie Fry and Becky Moody. Cong

jennifer.donald@futurenet.com @jen_donald I AM absolutely thrilled to have won my fifth Hickstead Derby and the whole day served as a reminder that there really is no other occasion in the sport quite like it. My father was a showjumping farmer from

6 BURGHLEYS 3 Kentuckys 8 Bramhams 2 BADMINTONS 1 LUHMÜHLEN 4 BLENHEIMS 2 Paus 20 senior championship medals 71 international wins 5-TIME OLYMPIAN 9-time European Champs rider 44-time World Championships rider ■

I first came into contact with horses at about seven years old. I was young and my autism resulted in a constant need to be occupied, so we would go for days out at a farm park near my home in Suffolk, and every visit would include a short pony ride.

BEEZIE MADDEN is widely regarded as one of the sport’s greats and she was the first female rider to win more than $1m in prize money. She has four Olympic medals, six Pan American Games medals, and four World Equestrian Games medals to her name. ■

AUTHENTIC was an incredibly smart horse – he was just a winner. He loved the big venues, and when it came to leaving the ring he wanted to stay. He wanted to show everyone what he could do and he was a real championship horse because he never ran out

LESLEY BARWISE-MUNRO BSc, BVM&S, Advanced Practitioner CertEP, MRCVS, is based at Alnorthumbria Veterinary Group, Northumberland. Her special interests are in casualty management and causes of poor performance, in particular lameness diagnostics trea

THERE is always the potential for kick injuries in groups of horses, but some measures can mitigate the risk, including: ● grazing with the same group – changes should be avoided as far as possible, allowing the pecking order to be maintained and any

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THE ridden small breed title fell to working Dartmoor stallion, Meering Rocket, partnered by Natalie Mulrooney (née Middlemas), contesting her first HOYS class for seven years. “Nat is a close friend, so we persuaded her to ride him here,” said produ

A WELSH section A mare and her 12-year-old jockey jointly booked their RIHS debuts at the head of Hickstead’s M&M first ridden qualifier. Annabelle Parker was in the saddle of her mother Janina’s eight-year-old Floreat Crocus (pictured). The Heniarth

BIOLOGY teacher Marie Webber finally popped the cork on the bottle of Moët that had been housed in her lorry for the past 10 years – “waiting for a win” – after she jumped to BE90 victory at Launceston aboard Benny’s Double Diamond (pictured). “That

ISLE OF MAN-BASED rider Rebecca Le Blond scored her first win in six years at the Dubarry-sponsored Eland Lodge (2) aboard her own 16-year-old gelding, Minstrels Quest. Rebecca’s four-day long trip to the mainland had to be planned with military prec

FIVE-YEAR-OLD mare Oceanney HL is already making waves. The For Romance daughter took both novices outright at Arena UK, Lincolnshire. “She’s a sweet and very intelligent mare,” said Ryan Trafford, who is riding her for her owners Charlotte Hogg and

AFTER retirement from competition at the end of last year, Danilo II is back in the arena, claiming a plus-70% advanced medium win at Felbridge Showground, West Sussex. According to Hayley Pile, the 17-year-old Don Frederico gelding is feeling better

Chard Equestrian, Somerset ROSEWATER DANNY BOY, a horse who could be described as a comeback king, scored a prix st georges (PSG) silver section win and also claimed an outright victory at the level. “It’s been an emotional rollercoaster,” said Hanna

Morris EC, E Ayrshire “WE call him Mr Consistent,” said Emma Preston of her 24-year-old gelding Without A Licence, who notched up a novice silver section win. “He can do the novice tests with his eyes shut, so he went in and did what he does.” The sp

MOST teams have been chosen for the Paris Olympics, and boy what teams, what excitement and what a competition this is going to be. As Mark Phillips referenced (opinion, 27 June), the teams of three pose a challenge, as the pressure of all scores to