Dressage star goes bananas and 9 other bits of social media that made us look twice

Enjoy some of our favourite updates from twitter and instagram during the past seven days. From miniature huntsmen to a jockey on the run, 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

AP McCoy gets his adrenaline fix on the hunting field out with the Ledbury (and boy, does it look fun)

We’re sure you’ll get it winning in no time, William Whitaker

The 2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Coneygree is a real sports fan

The Nicky Henderson trained Ascot Sodexo Reynoldstown Novices’ Chase winner Vyta Du Roc knew he had this one in the bag before he he even started

Oh the glamorous life of a dressage rider

This is a motivational video from a dog — never give up

This picture made us look twice, and then we realised what was going on

When you’re Sam Twiston-Davies, racing down the road is abandoned and suddenly you have to make a mad dash up North to catch some rides at Doncaster instead — RUN!

We’re not jealous AT ALL…

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

Lara Griffiths’ dressage superstar has a fruity obsession…

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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.