2 runaway Shetlands and 8 other great bits of horsey social media this week

Enjoy some of our favourite updates from equestrian social media channels during the past week. From Shetlands on the loose to Olympians getting rained on, 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.

Equestrian social media posts of the week

What a setting for the London leg of the Global Champions Tour

Even Valegro and Nip Tuck go hacking in the rain

Freddie, the son of Mary King, gets some love from one of their homebreds

Will Laura Tomlinson’s daughter follow in her mother’s footsteps as an Olympic dressage rider?

Shane and Chloe Breen’s daughter, Lorna, wins on home turf at the Hickstead schools’ championship

The face you make when you’ve just been woken up…

We bet Davy Russell made this little boy’s day at the Galway Festival

There hasn’t been just one Shetland on the run this week…

And congratulations to this week’s Social Media Post of the Week winner

…there were two

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Tweet of the week competition

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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.