One underwear thief and 8 other bits of social media that made us laugh this week

Enjoy some of our favourite updates from twitter and instagram during the past seven days. From a dog riding an alligator to a mini dressage marvel, it all happened on social media this week.

Don’t miss the exciting competition on 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

Richard Davison’s dressage horses settle back into their natural habitats

The universal look of a Pony Club mother who has had enough of reversing the horse trailer

Mick Fitzgerald catches up with this 1996 Grand National-winning mount Rough Quest

Because what dog wouldn’t want to ride an alligator?

That went well!

Hardy work riders earning their keep

The wonderful British weather doing its best to keep us all happy…

Where can you buy one of these?

And congratulations to this week’s Tweet of the Week winner

OK so it doesn’t include a horse, but Irish Olympic eventer Camilla Speirs has one very cute (and very naughty) puppy

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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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Gemma Redrup

H&H features, racing and point-to-point editor

Gemma is an experienced journalist, having been part of the H&H team since 2014, who is passionate about all equestrian sports, including racing and point-to-pointing. She has enjoyed riding out for top trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took part in a charity Flat race at in August 2018. Gemma’s reporting talents have taken her to numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.