Eleanor Jones
News editor
Eleanor joined Horse & Hound as news editor in March 2016, having spent eight and a half years working for local and national newspapers. During her time with H&H, Eleanor has attended numerous industry conferences and events, including the FEI sport forum, the British Equine Veterinary Association annual congress and the National Equine Forum, and has spoken at the NEF and the Saddle Research Trust conference. She has reported on all disciplines and aspects of the industry, from Brexit to anti-bullying campaigns and from dressage rules to dressage mules. She spent time travelling across Europe with World Horse Welfare to see first-hand the experience of horses being transported thousands of miles to slaughter, producing reports for print, online and in video format, and has also reported on showjumping events from national qualifiers to international grands prix, as well as the 2021 and 2023 Europeans and 2022 World Championships.
Eleanor has been riding since she was seven, and was given her first pony, a £300 Welsh section B mare, at the age of 12. She worked for dressage and showjumping riders, and now has two warmblood mares who she competes at British Showjumping events, although one mare is out of work having given birth to a beautiful filly in summer 2023. She has competed in dressage but since her mark sheets have contained phrases such as “unexpected manoeuvre between C and M” and “well sat”, tends to stick to the jumping.
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‘She couldn’t be more British’: filly born to two champion parents
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Army horses loose in central London and other things the horse world is talking about
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Police ‘risked their own safety’ to help injured Army horses loose on the streets of London
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Happy, healthy horses the aim of ‘eye-opening’ training to help combat equine obesity
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‘This is happening’: UK hobby horse movement grows as +100 enter championship
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‘Go and live’: rider who survived terminal cancer, 10kg tumour removal and eight-organ transplant determined to compete in Flat race
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‘Not a dry eye’ as 12 ‘extraordinary’ horses retire together for rest, carrots and plenty of scratches
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‘Slowly starving in agony’: rescued horses and ponies need your help
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Championship title changes hands as rider with duplicate memberships ineligible to compete
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‘Keeping the bond alive’: riding schools celebrated at national championships
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Investigation after more than 500 horses found dead ‘some no more than skeletal remains’
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‘Discarded’ and in danger: four stallions found running loose by main road
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Last chance for Olympics tickets and other things the horse world is talking about
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Growing equine guts in a lab and tracking weather to help beat fatal disease
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Owner who ‘forfeited right to have horses’ after two died admits breaching ban
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Britain’s first international Black para rider hopes to break down barriers
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‘A wonderful man’: farewell to former eventer and leading course-designer
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Delight – and jobs saved – as major equestrian brand saved from administration
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The loss of an equine king, copying Charlotte Dujardin and other things the horse world is talking about