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Great-grandmother wins first rosette aged 81
A great-grandmother who got back into the saddle at the age of 81 has won her first rosette at her first horse show. Annie Rea entered herself as “Granny Annie” for the show, at the Mare and Foal...
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Confessions of a horsey couple blog: The birthday present
You know the age-old story: girl meets boy. Boy likes girl, girl likes boy. Girl happens to be secret pony girl, and boy turns out to own multiple horses. Match made in heaven and they both literally...
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The truth about energy & calories *Promotion*
Advertisement FeatureFor generations, we’ve agonised over how best to meet horses’ energy requirements. But what is energy, how does it provide fuel and is it the same as calories? Although the term...
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8 of the best continental reins
A selection of reins that are a great alternative to your standard rubber reins, with added flexibility and grip when you need it most.Felix Bühler Web Italy Reins Web reins with leather hand and...
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‘Fireballs were whizzing past us’: police horses win bravery award
Three police horses have been honoured for their bravery at a special awards ceremony. Greater Manchester Police’s (GMP) Hexam, Captain and Tangle (pictured below) were named public service animals of...
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7 training tips that top showjumpers swear by
Want to find the secret behind top showjumpers' successes? We ask seven riders for their training tips1. Laura Renwick (pictured, above) “When schooling the younger horses, I always ride a figure of...
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Britain in gold medal position at halfway stage of the Paralympic dressage in...
Natasha Baker riding Cabral at the Rio ParalympicsBritain hold the gold medal position after the first round of the team competition at the Paralympic dressage in Rio. With all four riders — Sophie...
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Tales from Rio: ‘I tried to save his life, but got the worse end of the deal’
Luigi Ferdinando Acerbi riding Quasimodo Di San Patrignano at the Rio ParalympicsWhen Luigi Ferdinando Acerbi missed out on a chance to represent Italy at an Olympic Games for the third time in his...
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Scandinavian sweep in the first individual championship in Rio
Norway's Ann Cathrin Lubbe riding Donatello at the Rio ParalympicsIt was a Scandinavian one-two-three in the grade III individual championship in Rio this afternoon, with the medals going to Norway,...
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Gutted about the GBBO news? Cheer yourself up with some equestrian-themed bakes
If you were as shocked as we were about the BBC's Great British Bake Off moving to Channel 4, and Mel and Sue 'not going with the dough', then cheer yourself up with these showstopper equestrian-themed...
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‘He was amazing’: British dressage rider pays tribute to horse who took her...
Grand prix dressage rider Sarah Millis has paid tribute to the horse who took her to the top of the sport. Korenbloem O’Neill was put down aged 20 due to a severe bout of colic on Saturday (10...
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Tales from Bury Farm: ‘She bucked me off and now we’ve scored 88% at PSG’
Appropriately, given that the Paralympics is in full swing, music crafted for a horse ridden by Paralympic medalist Sophie Wells bagged the highest prix st georges (PSG) freestyle mark of the year at...
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Eventer completes Blenheim ERM with broken neck
Aoife Clark riding Fernhill Adventure during the Cross Country phase of the CIC*** ERM at Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials in the grounds of Blenheim Palace near Oxford in Oxfordshire UK on...
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The diary of the homemade livery yard: ‘A low point was using a washing up...
Hello and welcome to my first Horse & Hound blog entry. Alongside the big names of H&H magazine columnists Carl Hester, Pammy Hutton, Sir Mark Todd, Olympians and honoured men, may I now...
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Popular BE venue goes on the market
Ruth Starey rides Bee My King (Buzz) with trainer Francis Whittington at Littleton ManorA popular show centre and BE venue in the south of England has been put up for sale. Kate and Matt Tarrant,...
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Sophie Wells wins individual gold in Rio
Sophie Wells wins individual gold at the Rio ParalympicsBritain’s Sophie Wells went one better than her London silver today, claiming gold in the grade IV individual championship with her own Valerius....
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Paralympic horses soak up some Rio rays as seen on social media
In the early hours of 4 September Britain’s Paralympic horses arrived at Rio’s Galeao airport. This followed a lengthy overnight flight from Belgium’s Liege airport on a specially adapted cargo plane....
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‘I’m taking the best horse home’: Lee Pearson claims individual silver
Lee Pearson claims individual silver at the Rio ParalympicsLee Pearson added another medal to Britain’s tally today, taking the silver in the grade Ib individual championship. He and Zion earned 74.1%...
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Tales from Rio: ‘Paralympic Games are like potato chips’
This may be Philippa Johnson-Dwyer’s fourth Paralympics, but she is as excited about being in Rio as though it was the first. “It still gives me such a buzz. I’ve come to the conclusion that Paralympic...
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Beauty treatment made from horses’ tendons
A new anti-ageing treatment made from horses’ tendons does not have any negative impact on equine welfare, its manufacturers insist. Launched this month in Britain, Nithya is powdered equine collagen,...
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