All content Archive | May 2015

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May 31st
- Britain takes second in eventing Nations Cup at Houghton
- Scott Brash one step closer to €1million Rolex Grand Slam [VIDEO]
- 13 reasons we’d like our ponies back
- President of Indoor Brabant dies riding on the Belgian coast
- Missing horse found safe and well
- Simon Reynolds: the judge is not a crash test dummy [H&H VIP]
- Ben Hobday: 7 ways to give a green horse confidence going cross-country
- Rider nearly loses £2,400 in online trailer scam
- Forget about kerb appeal, these splendid equestrian homes have dream drives
- Lanfranco leaves Andrew Hoy’s yard for new owners
May 30th
- Event rider selling top horse following serious fall
- Liberty trainer to back ponies during remote island challenge
- What’s new in the vet world? Weaning foals: signs of equine depression [H&H VIP]
- 6 dream riding club horses for sale this week [PICTURES]
- Suzanna Hext’s road to recovery: back where I belong
- Research projects help improve equine welfare in India and Pakistan
May 29th
- Walk the CICO3* cross-country course at Houghton [PICS]
- Horse that helped Britain win Aga Khan trophy retires
- Alice Collins’ dressage blog: Take a ‘walk’ round the jaw-dropping Glock’s CDI [pictures]
- Premier Equine Storm Buster 450: review
- Woof Wear waterproof riding gloves: review
- Eventing magazine: June 2015
- The week on Twitter: One half of French and Saunders, William Fox-Pitt’s gravity defying trot-up and a near miss
- Get the latest look for spring showjumping [Promotion]
- Does dressage need a makeover to attract a mass audience?
- Harry Meade: It’s about time riders got involved [H&H VIP]
- Had a fall? 6 things you need to know
- Miniature donkey makes friends with gentle giant
- Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘a turbo-charged trot up’
May 28th
- Where to watch Britain’s future dressage stars this season
- Would you wed your horse? This man did just that
- Single fundraiser raises £100,000 by Walking the Courses
- Two Arab colts killed in farm fire: police treating as suspicious
- H&H reveals UK’s top county for showjumpers
- Do electric fences make horses stressed?
- ‘Eccentricity and horsemanship can be happy companions’
- Riders propose committee to fight welfare issues [H&H VIP]
May 27th
- Is this the best hacking in Britain? [PICTURES]
- Dressage fan who revolutionised commentary dies aged 62
- Gelding cut free from horsebox after jumping partition [PICS]
- Horse & Hound: 28 May 2015
- Coral Keen’s eventing blog: Scary portaloos
- ‘Bag of bones’ mare making steady progress since rescue
- Share your #greatride to mark BHS access week
- Badminton success for Equestrian Direct riders [Promotion]
- Equestrian theft on the up: horse owners urged to complete survey
May 26th
- If polo ponies are ‘80-90 per cent of the game’, how do you pick the right one?
- Jason Webb’s blog: helping a tense customer
- Pony found dead and skinned in pond
- Harry Hall Edlington riding boot: review
- Ariat Challenge Contour square toe zip boot: review
- Mark Todd ladies’ winter jacket: review
- Ben Maher’s former five-star ride retires to stud
- Eventing in numbers: 1 speed-meister, 1 winning male and 1 great-granddaughter of an incredible foundation mare
- The Derby at Epsom: fascinating racing facts
- Maternal mare Nanny McPhee saves lives of two foals
- Anna Ross: ‘Is there a way to re-vamp the championship format?’ [H&H VIP]
- Vital bridleway link restored following ’80-year-long saga’
May 25th
- First full sibling to talented eventer Parkfield Quintessential is born [VIDEO]
- Scott Brash to target second leg of Rolex Grand Slam in Aachen
- 10 top tips to help tackle nerves in the warm-up
- Owner banned from keeping equines after pony left trapped in ditch
- Mark Todd: Is it time for a judges’ supervisory panel in eventing? [H&H VIP]
- Gladiators combat top riders at Bolesworth
May 24th
- Three Brits in top 10 at Saumur CCI3*: Mathieu Lemoine wins
- Charlotte Dujardin and Carl Hester join impressive Festival of Dressage lineup
- How much of an equestrian geek are you? [QUIZ]
- Former show rider wows Britain’s Got Talent judges
- Robert Whitaker: ‘Spectators want a good jump-off’ [H&H VIP]
- Horse & Hound helps good causes
May 23rd
- Oliver Townend tops British riders at Saumur CCI3*: Mathieu Lemoine leads
- Jessica Springsteen takes up new base with Edwina Tops-Alexander
- Search goes on for missing 28-year-old horse
- Brighter future for Golden Horseshoe: H&H team survive the challenge
- British showjumpers on a roll in Nations Cup series [VIDEO]
- Fancy galloping across the wilds of Exmoor? Check out these properties
- Cross-country boost for riders in Hertfordshire
- The ‘one-eyed wonder horse’ like you’ve never seen him before [PICS]
- Diarrhoea: a delicate problem
- Keep on top of FEI rules and regulations with new app
May 22nd
- The week on Twitter: dressage rodeo, the Queen’s ‘new conservatory’ and an upside down bridle
- 13 facts you didn’t know about Royal Windsor’s amateur champion
- Rider in critical condition after suspected heart attack on cross-country course
- Calls for international standardisation of body protectors after rider killed
- The changing face of riding schools [H&H VIP]
- AP McCoy: all his greatest hits in one place
- Richard Gurney: ‘We may have won, but we still need to sink the putt’ [H&H VIP]
- Hovis’ Friday diary: fun with Dolly
May 21st
- Go behind the scenes at a former Olympic champion’s yard [PICS]
- Stafford Horse Trials (2): what riders need to know [H&H VIP]
- Champion Connemara Castle Comet dies aged 21
- Talolo Boots Original Cowboy Welly: review
- Global Champions Tour to return to London beside the River Thames
- ‘The election won, let the battle on behalf of hunting commence’
- Horse hoisted from swimming pool by firefighters
- Four-star event horse dies after sustaining injury at competition
- How to judge your horse’s speed: top tips
- Star-studded lineup for Bolesworth International
- Dutch endurance coach departs in midst of fake permit allegations
- Pony Mad Mum’s blog: Man’s best friend at Badminton
- Add grace and power to your dressage test with Caldene [Promotion]
- Allister Hood: ‘A logistical nightmare’ [H&H VIP]
- What’s in the new issue of H&H Ask The Trainer?
May 20th
- BD to review balloting rules after Somerford Premier League turns away competitors
- Great Witchingham International Horse Trials (2): what riders need to know [H&H VIP]
- Record-breaking racehorse Quevega has first foal [VIDEO]
- Horse & Hound: 21 May 2015
- Horse sired by Totilas wins at Windsor
- Have we woken you up? [PICTURES]
- New dressage championship for Spanish horses
- Help Horse & Hound support good causes
May 19th
- How can Pilates help you with everyday chores around the yard?
- Upton House Horse Trials: what riders need to know [H&H VIP]
- Event riders ‘recovering well’ from serious car accident
- 40-year-old donkey missing from Surrey found in Cornwall
- Watch bride doing first dance at her wedding on her horse
- Sophie Wells’ dressage blog: scoring big
- Eventing in numbers: a 13.3 dressage, a record is toppled and 300 horses are Norfolk-bound
- Zara Phillips on the injured High Kingdom: ‘Hopefully he’ll be back for the autumn’ [VIDEO]
- Stuart Hollings: ‘like a scene from the Muppet Show’ [H&H VIP]
- More riders as judges and digital linear scoring added to Futurity
May 18th
- 18 weird and wonderful sights you only see at Royal Windsor [PICTURES]
- Tweseldown (3) Horse Trials: what riders need to know [H&H VIP]
- Carl Hester receives prestigious award from The Queen
- Pippa Funnell sets new record at Chatsworth
- Boost in facilities for riders in the south of England
- Fizz Marshall’s therapy centre blog: Participating in some fascinating research
- British team glory after nailbiting Nations Cup
- Are these the most incredible horsey fancy dress costumes you’ve ever seen? [PICTURES]
- William Funnell: ‘Livestreaming fits the bill perfectly’ [H&H VIP]
May 17th
- Dermott Lennon triumphs in Royal Windsor grand prix
- Bicton Arena Horse Trials: what riders need to know [H&H VIP]
- You won’t believe what this filly got stuck around her leg…
- Old Hickstead grandstand gets Olympic overhaul
- 5 equestrian properties in Berkshire that we’re dreaming about [PICTURES]
- Pammy Hutton: ‘Does our society not fear accusations of discrimination?’ [H&H VIP]
- First auction of ex-racehorses looking for new careers
May 16th
- Warwick Hall Horse Trials (2): what riders need to know [H&H VIP]
- Your memories of the Golden Horseshoe [PICTURES]
- Air ambulance crews report spike in equestrian accidents
- Yearling suffered serious injuries after being tethered with twine
- Carl Hester: Some marks in eventing need correcting [H&H VIP]
- 5 ways eventing makes you better at reaching your goals
- 550 horses to help celebrate The Queen’s 90th birthday
May 15th
- Windsor dressage: Carl Hester wins freestyle, but Fiona Bigwood’s horse is talk of the town
- Badminton special week on Twitter: the save of the century, William Fox-Pitt and selfie king Ben Hobday
- Buckminster Horse Trials: what riders need to know [H&H VIP]
- Clydesdale mare recovering from ‘sickening’ attack with long sharp stake
- Royal Windsor dressage: Carl Hester explains why Nip Tuck jumped out of piaffe [VIDEOS]
- Top judge suffers broken leg when kicked at show
- The Bicester Hunt with Whaddon Chase victorious in Windsor inter-hunt relay
- Darren Edwards: Hear, hear to our sponsors [H&H VIP]
- George Whitaker selected for new showjumping academy
- 9 ways to give your baby the horsey bug before they can walk (or talk)
- Top point-to-point mare retired to stud
- Are you aware of a recently discovered dental disease? [H&H VIP]
- Newborn foal dumped dead on roadside
- Watch penny farthing polo in action (and other strange variations of the game)
- Where are all the course-designers? [H&H VIP]
- Hovis’ Friday diary: an eventful hack
May 14th
- Carl Hester and Nip Tuck win Windsor grand prix in the rain
- Barbury International Horse Trials: what riders need to know [H&H VIP]
- Alice Oppenheimer sits tight on winning lap of honour at Windsor [PICS]
- 9 things you might not know about the Golden Horseshoe Ride
- Mary King reveals why she withdrew Kings Temptress from Badminton
- Polo: 2015 Queen’s Cup draw announced
- Shaun Mandy’s dressage blog: double win, Diva Camp and a missing Pringle
- Oliver Townend takes over ride on Fenyas Elegance
- Top British jewellery designer creates racing trophy
- Mark Phillips: ‘diehards want the cross-country to have more influence’ [H&H VIP]
- Sarah Jenkins: masterclass after masterclass
- Royal Windsor Horse Show: live showing news
- Owners warned as grass sickness cases rise
May 13th
- Eland Lodge Horse Trials (2): what riders need to know [H&H VIP]
- Three ways to avoid cross-country time-faults
- Somerley Horse Trials (2) cancelled: organisers apologise to riders
- Horse & Hound: 14 May 2015
- Which fences caught riders out at Badminton’s Grassroots Championships? [PICTURES]
- Rosie Fry’s eventing blog: exciting times ahead
- Popular showing show targeted by thieves
- Hello Sanctos: 5 things you might not know about the world’s best showjumper [PICS]
- Event rider was wearing substandard body protector when he died, reveals inquest
- Walk the BE90 Badminton Grassroots Championships [PICTURES]
- New livery yard approval scheme launched
- H&H Golden Horseshoe team blog: stunning views and aching legs
May 12th
- Country sports trade union to be dissolved
- Event rider appeals against six-month competition ban
- Brightling Park International Horse Trials: what riders need to know [H&H VIP]
- Look behind the scenes at Katie Jerram’s yard [PICTURES]
- Will You Walk a Puppy? by Will H Ogilvie
- Eventing in numbers: 16 cancelled sections, $6017 raised and 2 riders share dressage honours
- Simon Grieve’s eventing blog: a few days with Team Grieve [VIDEO]
- Foal rescued from death to meet supporters at charity open day
- Behind the scenes with the BBC at Badminton Horse Trials
- Racehorse trainer suspended for dumping 13 dead horses
- Could Chilli Morning sire a future Badminton winner? [PICS]
- Equestrian sport must react to secure its Olympic future [H&H VIP]
- Chloe Vell’s dressage blog: terrific tests in torrential rain
- Andrew Sallis: handle hounds with care [H&H VIP]
- Owners urged to take part in equine health survey
May 11th
- Badminton 2015: celebrating the trophy winners [PICS]
- Royal Windsor dressage update: Bubblingh out
- Groom killed in car crash: event riders suffer serious injuries
- Loraine Homer’s showing blog: a different perspective from inside the ring
- Badminton winner William Fox-Pitt: 15 of his top horses [PICTURES]
- Lottery jackpot winner buys equestrian centre
- Pregnant mare found dead on roadside
- Simon Reynolds: ‘we must not lose sight of tradition’ [H&H VIP]
- Report finds athletes are afraid of admitting mental health problems
May 10th
- Badminton first-timer’s blog: dreams really do come true [VIDEO]
- Get a glimpse behind the scenes at the Royal Windsor Horse Show
- William Fox-Pitt wins Badminton Horse Trials [VIDEO]
- British team revealed for showjumping Nations Cup
- Tim Stockdale’s tips for a faster jump-off
- Charity releases film to highlight plight of dumped horses
- Walk the Badminton Horse Trials showjumping course [PICS]
- H&H Live: Badminton Horse Trials 2015 showjumping
- Top 10 horse out of Badminton Horse Trials: 57 horses passed fit to continue
- 5 equestrian properties in Gloucestershire that we’re lusting after [PICTURES]
- UK equestrian sponsorship round-up
- How serious are cataracts in horses? [H&H VIP]
- Bute and Cowal Vets wins practice of the year
May 9th
- Badminton first-timer’s blog: I’m overwhelmed by how awesome Miley is [VIDEO]
- Andrew Nicholson on song for first Badminton win [VIDEO]
- Go behind the scenes at Giffords Circus [PICTURES]
- Two men banned from ownership after causing unnecessary suffering to a pony
- How does diet affect your riding ability?
- Valegro biography to be published this autumn
- H&H Live: Badminton Horse Trials 2015 cross-country
- Emile Faurie: what makes a great trainer? [H&H VIP]
- 6 cracking coloured horses for sale this week [PICTURES]
- Chloe Chubb’s showing blog: a winning streak
- Side-saddle extravaganza to celebrate association’s 40th birthday
May 8th
- Alice Collins’ Badminton blog: There’s no such thing as ‘eventing dressage’
- Spring/summer edit: The dressage editor’s pick [Promotion]
- Andrew Nicholson retains first place at Badminton: William Fox-Pitt second [VIDEO]
- 6 of the best bibs, shoulder savers and under rugs
- The hunting community welcomes the Conservative government
- Mike Tucker launches the ‘Badminton burger’
- Katie Jerram’s top turnout tips [VIDEO]
- Badminton first-timer’s blog: dressage done and I’m over the moon [VIDEO]
- The ultimate Badminton shopping wish list
- Maxime Livio banned for six months after his horse failed drugs test
- Willis Brothers win contract to build Rio cross-country course
- Mark Todd: ‘let’s hope for good ground’ [H&H VIP]
- H&H Live: Badminton Horse Trials 2015
- Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘a harem of low-moral mares’
May 7th
- Riders’ first reactions to Badminton Horse Trials cross-country course [VIDEO]
- Andrew Nicholson leads Badminton Horse Trials [VIDEO]
- Badminton first-timer’s blog: sleepless sons, dress codes and 10-inch ears
- Thieves target Mark Todd’s event yard
- Scott Brash crowned world number one
- Zara Phillips’ High Kingdom expected to return to competition later this year
- Richard Gurney: ‘the most important general election of my lifetime’
- England to host international working hunter pony team competition
- Christian Landolt: judging at Badminton [H&H VIP]
- UK equestrian sponsorship round-up
- Head cams: banned in eventing, approved in racing [VIDEO]
May 6th
- Walk the 2015 Badminton Horse Trials cross-country course [PICS]
- Badminton first-timer’s blog: trot-up over, bring it on!
- One horse spun at the first Badminton Horse Trials trot up
- William and Pippa Funnell’s top tips for producing young showjumpers
- Three British horses withdrawn at last minute from Badminton Horse Trials
- Tim Lips survives nightmare journey to Badminton: ‘I nearly gave up three times’
- Ben Maher’s top horse to stage comeback at Royal Windsor
- Horse & Hound: 7 May 2015
- , to launch event entry system
- Paralysed former eventer Claire Lomas takes on motorbike challenge [VIDEO]
- Badminton Horse Trials prizes: all about the Butler Challenge Bowl
- Badminton first-timer’s blog: here we are!
- Standing equine MRI developers receive Queen’s Award
- Jacqueline Coward: pony racing should be encouraged [H&H VIP]
- Eventing in numbers: £400-worth of prizes, a 16.5 dressage score and 4 Brits in the top 20
- Law firm sets up amateur eventing team
May 5th
- Horse husband’s blog: riding holidays can be the most wonderful fun…
- LGCT in Madrid: Big winners, sensational stallions and a quick round of golf [PICS]
- UK equestrian sponsorship round-up
- Queen’s horses among record showing entries for Royal Windsor
- Green lipped mussel: unique, natural equine joint care [Promotion]
- Horse & Hound team to take part in Golden Horseshoe
- Coral Keen’s eventing blog: is less more?
- Countrywide opens 54th store as part of expansion
- Happy 50th birthday Leslie Law! All you need to know about the eventer
- How to prepare for your first riding lesson
- Richard Johnson: the end of an era [H&H VIP]
May 4th
- Richard Davison to debut new home-bred grand prix horse at Windsor CDI
- Horse rescued from slurry pit [PICTURES]
- British Breeders’ Network seek £150,000 from start-up fund
- Woman killed after falling from horse on beach: death ruled accidental
- Visit Horse & Hound stand at Badminton
- Pony Mad Mum’s blog: why politicians are like show ponies
- John Holliday: finishing the season on a high [H&H VIP]
- Election 2015: future leader ‘implored’ to tackle equestrian issues
May 3rd
- Aske Horse Trials (1): what riders need to know [H&H VIP]
- AP McCoy stands as a favourite for BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award
- Owner charged for failing to protect his horse from suffering and injury
- 7 reasons to put watching polo top of your list of things to do this summer
- Carl Hester: ‘was Valegro made on another planet?’ [H&H VIP]
May 2nd
- Scott Brash heads Global Champions Tour leader board
- Is the British dressage world starting to take notice of Iberian horses?
- Purston Manor Horse Trials (1): what riders need to know [H&H VIP]
- Equine charity confirms strangles outbreak
- Abandoned pony infested with maggots put to sleep
- Badminton Horse Trials prizes: all about the Mark Holliday Memorial Trophy
- Graham Fletcher: ‘we barely have a handful of horses capable of jumping courses like that’ [H&H VIP]
- Check out Geoff Billington’s ‘Superman’ lorry
- Fizz Marshall’s therapy blog: a Trojan horse and being moved to tears
- 5 horsey toys fit for a royal baby [PICS]
- The risk of equine herpes [H&H VIP]
- Help Horse & Hound support good causes
May 1st
- The week on Twitter: One final farewell to AP McCoy, Laura Collett’s lucky shoes and Badminton Horse Trials bubble wrap
- Chepstow Horse Trials: what riders need to know [H&H VIP]
- Publication of Eventing magazine ceases
- Horse who was ‘a disaster to teach piaffe’ is grand prix dressage record-breaker
- Michael Jung is new world number one eventer
- Suzanna Hext’s road to recovery: driven for perfection
- Badminton Horse Trials prizes: all about the Silver Jubilee Plate
- Successful jockey retires from racing to take up hunting career
- FEI president one step closer to securing paid position
- Carole Mortimer: to event or not to event? [H&H VIP]
- Register now for Rio 2016 tickets
- Hovis’ Friday diary: It’s official… I’m up for adoption