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Anna Ross: ‘It was great to see Valegro — let’s hope the Germans and Dutch...
Olympic fever is about to hit. It was great to see Valegro looking so fresh and full of fun at Hartpury. Let’s hope the Germans and the Dutch were watching the live stream. The Americans have also...
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National Hunt trainer goes a purler and 8 other hilarious bits of social...
Enjoy some of our favourite updates from Twitter and Instagram during the past week. From a dressage rider swearing mid-test to a pony in the kitchen, it all happened on social media this week. Don’t...
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New venue for BRC quadrille final
Picture by Kit HoughtonThe British Riding Club quadrille final is being held at Bury Farm Equestrian Village on 22 October, after Olympia announced it could no longer host the competition. The...
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*Breaking* 2018 World Equestrian Games seeks new venue
The 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) will not take place at Bromont in Canada due to “ongoing financial issues”. Questions over whether the country would be able to host the championships had been...
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Team trainer says Michael Jung’s final horse choice for Rio Olympics is not...
Michael Jung riding La Biosthetique - Sam FBW GERL during the Show Jumping Phase of The Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials at Badminton in Gloucestershire, UK on 7th May 2016German eventing team...
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Snippets of wisdom from Michael Jung — and other things you might not know...
The Olympic eventing champion reveals his tips for turnout, philosophy about giving his horses a break and a few other surprising preferences... Michael Jung and La Biosthetique-Sam FBW at Badminton...
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Claire Lomas to take on the Great North Run
Claire Lomas has revealed she will be taking on the Great North Run in September – and she hopes well-wishers will join her en route. Former eventer Claire, who was paralysed from the chest down in a...
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7 things you might not know about the Household Cavalry’s annual trip to Norfolk
In The Queen's 90th birthday year, the Household Cavalry's diary has been fuller than usual — and so its annual trip to Norfolk comes as a welcome break. But it's not all frolicking in the sea... The...
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Graham Fletcher: ‘No other team can boast the sheer talent of that quartet’...
I said last month that the way John and Michael Whitaker and Nick Skelton are riding, I wouldn’t be surprised to see these three musketeers go into battle together once more in Rio. Now, with a...
View ArticleOlympic stars to go head-to-head in Hickstead eventers’ challenge
Some of the world’s top event riders will line up for the Amlin Plus eventers’ challenge at the Royal International Horse Show next week (28 July), days before heading to Rio to compete in the...
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How does our resident point-to-point jockey fare playing polo?
H&H's racing editor Hannah Lemieux, who has finished her first season pointing, heads to Cowdray Park to try her hand at polo. Find out how she gets on... There is little crossover between riding a...
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FEI introduces new ‘blood rules’ protocol
One of the proposals calls for spurs to be optional in dressage classes.A new FEI protocol is aimed at clarifying the “blood rule” in relation to marks on showjumpers’ flanks. The FEI stewards’ manual...
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Days-old foal saved by transfusion from fellow equine patient
A days-old foal has made a full recovery after she was given a life-saving blood transfusion by a horse already at a vet surgery for a bone scan. Legend (pictured, below), a 16.3hh Danish warmblood...
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5 brilliant BFGs for sale this week
With the recent release of the film interpretation of Roald Dahl’s famous book The BFG, we thought it was about time the horsey equivalent was celebrated. Take a look at our selection of big friendly...
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Big names to teach at classical riding anniversary event
The Classical Riding Club is celebrating its 21st anniversary with a demonstration by international trainers. There are five trainers giving lecture demonstrations, at Keysoe Equestrian Centre,...
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Soft spot for Shropshire? Check out these properties for sale
Settle in the west of England, in the beautiful county of Shropshire, with one of these equestrian properties1. Farden, Shropshire For you: a three-bedroom house, with a detached two-bedroom lodge with...
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Katie Jerram: ‘The risk of being a ride judge’ *H&H VIP*
Being a ride judge is risky as well as rewarding. Everyone sends sympathy to Xanthe Barker Wild, who was badly injured in a fall at Aintree. At Royal Norfolk, Kevin Lee and Richard Mills also suffered...
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Disabled rider accuses BD of ‘discrimination’
A disabled rider is accusing British Dressage (BD) of discrimination after she was asked to pay extra to use specialist equipment. Louise Spindler-Evans, from Suffolk, took up dressage four years ago...
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Getting caught up in low branches — and other things tall riders have to put...
OK, so we’ve only limited sympathy for the more Amazonian amongst us, who can hop onto a 16hh horse as easily as climbing a ladder, and look excellent in long riding boots and not at all as if they’re...
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Presentation in honour of 70 years at hound show
A presentation was made to equestrian photographer Jim Meads at the Festival of Hunting to mark his 70th year of photographing the Peterborough Royal Foxhound Show. Sir Philip Naylor-Leyland MFH,...
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