Horse & Hound

AS inspirational riders go, they don't come much better than the Irish amateur, one-horse owner and Badminton runner-up Lucy Latta – cover star with the beautiful powerhouse RCA Patron Saint. Lucy stole the show at Badminton, coming in as an outsider

The Onslows' five-star eventer, who enjoyed a long career with a number of riders, has retired at 18. He had placings at four-star and competed at youth Europeans. Lindy Winship's Shire is the first animal in history to qualify for all three HOYS hea

THERE was no issue with the surface or facilities at Newton Abbot racecourse when four horses suffered fatal injuries, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has concluded. H&H reported the deaths of Happy Helen, Hallowed Rose, Bala Brook and Cuzzic

Eventer Tom McEwen and his wife Harriet are expecting their first child, who is due to arrive in early to mid-November. Tom said it was “very exciting news”. Dressage ace Carl Hester is to star in a film about his life. The biopic, Stride, will cover

To Aachen, where Bertram Allen had in his pocket a shamrock picture, which Denis Lynch gave him when the Irish won European gold in 2017. It worked as they won the Nations' Cup. Has he got a few spare for Paris…? We hear an eagle who was to soar maje

MARWELL ZOO is celebrating a “baby boom” of four Przewalski's foals. The fillies, Zaela, Shara, Bilüü and Ereen, were born in May and June. Przewalski's horses were declared extinct in the wild from 1969 to 2008, but breeding and conservation program

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“BRAVE but measured,” are the words Ireland's Lucy Latta uses to describe her Badminton runner-up RCA Patron Saint – and I think these words apply to her too. Lucy and “Paddy” started the Gloucestershire classic in May as rank outsiders. Interviewing

I've been drawing horses since I was a kid. No one in my family is horsey, but I've always loved them; always been drawing them, always wanted to learn to ride. I had a whole farm of Playmobil and Schleich horses. Probably because I didn't have my ow

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THREE Games-bound German pairs chose to drop out when in competitive positions, to save their best for Paris. “It was always the plan not to run him across country,” said Michael of 16-year-old FischerChipmunk FRH. “He is in great shape at the moment

EVER SINFIELD DAY and her nine-year-old Connemara gelding Benmore's Pot Luck (pictured) also scored a double at the Youth Inter Regionals, winning both D tests with over 95. “I was so proud of ‘Teddy’ who was absolutely fantastic in both of my tests,

EMILY YOUNG-JAMIESON and OBOS Nidge made their CCI4*-L debut a winning one at Kilguilkey House, Ireland. The pair led from start to finish, adding just one rail down in the showjumping and a smattering of time-penalties to their dressage score of 26.

“HE'S full of surprises,” was Georgina Ewell's assessment of her “talented but cheeky” Howick (2) intermediate novice winner, Currabawn Elite (pictured). “He had to have a bit of time off in February after picking up a blackthorn out hunting and he w

SUPERSTAR Shire Westfield Calendar Girl upheld her status as a history-maker, becoming the first horse to have qualified for three heavy horse classes at HOYS; in-hand Shire, and ridden and driven heavy horse. Lindy Winship's nine-year-old netted her

AT 13 years old, Sophia Chambers' big-moving Welsh section D mare Haighmoor Prydferth has booked her first HOYS place. She did it in fine style, winning her class at Royal Norfolk and standing section champion and ridden supreme. “This was a day I'll