Enjoy some of our favourite tweets from the last seven days. From re-charging batteries on the back of a Connemara pony to toddlers helping with the mucking out. It all happened on Twitter this week.
There is an exciting new addition to this weekly page. Our favourite tweet each week will win either an Apatchy mini tablet case or an Apatchy cosmetic bag, personalised with your own initials. For more information about the competition and to find out who this week’s winner is, go to the bottom of this page.
Tweets of the week
Sir Mark Todd practices galloping in his racing saddle for his charity race at Newbury on his four-star horse Leonidas. He went on to complete the challenge although he didn’t trouble the leaders
Leonidas posing as a racehorse practising for Key4Life race on Thursday. Pls support on just http://t.co/K5dRF8Bdre pic.twitter.com/kHieHxhaYS
— Mark Todd (@MTEventing) July 1, 2015
The finest jockey in the Qatar Racing stable, the one and only Sir Mark Todd @MTEventing in action at Newbury. pic.twitter.com/37g5wTGTiQ
— Emma Berry (@collingsberry) July 2, 2015
Emma Massingale uses one of her Connemara ponies to help her charge her electrical equipment while completing her island challene
Who said charging your tech was tricky while training wild ponies on an island!? @powermonkeys #theislandproject pic.twitter.com/jl7iBWOFYj
— Emma Massingale (@EmmaMassingale) June 29, 2015
We don’t envy this lot
PhD students looking for a small black sensor worth £1000 in my arena of small bits of rubber! #NeedleHaystack pic.twitter.com/NJ4h6FZlkE
— Warren Lamperd (@warrenlamperd) July 2, 2015
Rufus lookes pretty chuffed about his appearance in Horse & Hound with his rider and Laura Tomlinson’s protégé, Lara Griffith
Rufus checking himself out in this weeks @horseandhound! @AlbionSaddles @uk_sport @TNLUK pic.twitter.com/ibEvndfCfb
— Lara Griffith (@LaraGriffith) July 2, 2015
Lauren Shannon’s Border Terrier, Baxter has got the right idea in the current heatwave!
It got too hot for Baxter @ShannonEventing pic.twitter.com/7OBAtBflJ2
— Bex Graham (@bexgraham77) July 2, 2015
This looks like a man on a mission! Event rider Nick Gauntlett’s son, Henry gets stuck in around the yard
Not content with his work yesterday in the arena, today Henry is working on the yard! #helpful pic.twitter.com/BaYyjGhXvn
— Nick Gauntlett (@nick_gauntlett) July 2, 2015
And congratulations to this week’s Tweet of the Week winner
2014 and 2015 Hickstead Derby winner, Trevor Breen’s young daughter, Mia shared her opinion on the fences while walking the Derby course last weekend
Mia goes "daddy has to jump this its so HUGE" thanks for reminding me Mia!!! @HicksteadEvents pic.twitter.com/Y1iFYmvGyT
— Trevor Breen (@TrevorBreen1) June 28, 2015
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Tweet of the week competition
The winner of the Horse & Hound tweet of the week competition can also be found by searching Twitter for #HHTweetOfTheWeek. The winner will receive an Apatchy mini tablet case (pictured left) or an Apatchy cosmetic bag (pictured below right), personalised with their initials.
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