If you're feeling a little down after all of the excitement of Christmas, take a look at H&H's most popular heart-warming stories of 2015 — they are sure to put a smile on your face...
The story of a 28-year-old horse that had been missing for more than 10 days and who caused a real stir on social media was finally found safe and well.
This feature does as it says on the tin. We celebrated those often at least a third of our age, who make us feel embarrassingly feeble on the hunting field.
A reflective moment for the queen, riding Birmese, when she left Buckingham Palace for the Trooping the Colour Ceremony at Horse Guards June 11th 1983
(Image credit: Press Association Ltd (in HH arc)
Among the many horses of the Queen there are some that have brought particular pleasure — be it through their extraordinary success, loyal service, or simply by providing rare moments of private relaxation for their owner in regular morning rides away from the public eye. Here we tried to highlight some of them.
We took a tongue-in-cheek look at signs that might suggest your horse is no longer your equine partner-in-crime, but has actually become a rather large and extremely expensive pet instead.
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A foal who was riddled with lice, hypothermic, dehydrated and suffering from pneumonia was taken into the care of Catley Cross Veterinary Clinic and made a miraculous recovery.
Sometimes size isn’t everything, as proved by these miniature eventing power houses who don’t seem to realise that they are a little smaller than the usual stamp of event horse.
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Former web features editor, point-to-point editor and digital racing editor
Gemma is an experienced journalist, who was a member of H&H staff from 2014 to September 2025. She 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 Epsom in August 2018. Gemma’s has reported from numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.
