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April 2016
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- April 30th
- 6 potential Badminton grassroots horses for sale
- ‘Much beloved’ former eventer put down
- Do you count yourself as an Oliver Townend fan? Find out with our quiz
- Producers fall foul of Royal Windsor’s closing date *H&H VIP*
- UK equestrian sponsorship round-up
- Michael Jung leads Rolex Kentucky after dressage
- Young rider killed in eventing accident in Australia
- Peter Charles: an amazing case to remind you how clever horses can be *H&H VIP*
- Badminton first-timers: Jesse Campbell — ‘I’ve watched so many Badminton videos’
- April 29th
- A dream-making phone call and 8 other social media posts that made us smile this week
- Police powers to unmask hunt saboteurs used just once in past three years
- Chloe Vell’s dressage blog: Sometimes you just feel like giving up
- Horsebox technician finds ‘minefield of disasters’ in lorries
- 10 impressive hunters who won in the show ring this month
- Public pledges to help buy Uthopia for Carl Hester
- Anna Ross: competing at the appropriate level — ‘fortune will favour the bold, as top sport is not for the faint-hearted’ *H&H VIP*
- First Silver Spur Challenge hunt ride ‘a success’
- April 28th
- 7 things you always wanted to know about polo, but were too embarrassed to ask
- Carl Hester ‘appalled’ by sale of Uthopia by auction
- Alice Dunsdon’s Badminton blog: We’re in! Now how much cotton wool do we have?
- Emaciated filly found ‘in desperate need’
- 10 signs you’ve become a team chasing addict
- Uthopia to be sold at auction without reserve
- Rider injured after driver ‘deliberately sounded his horn’
- Title contender to miss Badminton after top horse injured
- Richard Johnson: ‘I practically ran out to collect my champion jockey trophy’ *H&H VIP*
- Badminton first-timers: Kathryn Robinson — ‘I am nervous and excited; I am just going to try and enjoy myself’
- Own a traditional gypsy cob, draught or native? New dressage championships for you
- April 27th
- Ian Stark walks the toughest fences at Badminton Horse Trials 2016
- ‘Bind your beaks in’: Katie Price responds to clipping criticism
- Thousands raised for equine charities thanks to London Marathon runners
- H&H eventing editor’s blog: Michael Jung for the Rolex Grand Slam
- Horse & Hound; 28 April 2016
- The Brooke honoured for saving hundreds of equines after Nepal earthquake
- WOW Supercool Saddlecloth Jump/GP: review
- Alice Dunsdon and Ben Hobday make the Badminton cut
- Equine flu: why you need to be vigilant *H&H VIP*
- Riders urged to be alert for hazardous caterpillar
- April 26th
- Coral Keen’s eventing blog: what a difference a year makes
- Top dressage horses out of Olympic contention
- 11-year-old tackles 50-mile ride for IJF
- The road to the Badminton Mitsubishi Cup: Preparing for take-off (and trying to not fall off in the water again)
- Lelegro: Valegro’s first full brother is born
- Brits dominate at Irish leg of eventing Nations Cup
- 6 great reasons to visit the H&H stand at Badminton
- Andrew Sallis: ‘handling a biddable pack of hounds would be an easier challenge than herding some disloyal, empire-building MPs’ *H&H VIP*
- 20-day suspension for Grand National runner-up
- April 25th
- Cheltenham Gold Cup winner’s career in doubt following tendon injury
- 9 competitions you need to head to with your horse this week
- Rio dressage watch: British riders on bullish form abroad
- Fizz Marshall’s therapy centre blog: It’s farewell from me
- Pony Mad Mum’s blog: Harbingers of spring
- Penelope Leprevost: FEI takes no further action after Gothenburg warm-up incident
- How many of these ‘first show of the season calamities’ do you recognise?
- ‘I’m still hungry to retain title’: Richard Johnson crowned champion jump jockey
- 7 conversations you only have if you’re horsey
- William Funnell: ‘the Olympics shouldn’t become about how much money you can spend’ *H&H VIP*
- 16 pieces of luxurious luggage for all your horsey goods
- First test for encysted redworm in development
- April 24th
- Strangles kills hunter who survived 10 days stuck in a thicket
- Phoebe Peters wins on junior international debut
- Looking to take your trailer test? Here’s what you need to know
- ‘You never think it will happen to you’: injured event rider urges others to get insured
- Developing a cure for sweet itch *H&H VIP*
- Live on the doorstep of royalty with these dream equestrian homes
- ‘It felt life-changing’: Tim Price’s Wesko out of Rio contention
- April 23rd
- The last hurrah! Celebrating another successful hunting season in pictures
- Kent horse crisis: dead mare found tied to tree *warning: graphic images*
- Alice Dunsdon’s Badminton blog: Trot-up outfit or beach holiday?
- Charity race organisers reject Claire Lomas’ 10km entry
- Lucky escape for horse wrapped in metal stuck in hole
- Katie Jerram: ‘We need to use or lose young horse classes’ *H&H VIP*
- Looking for your next star? 6 horses for sale showing exciting potential
- April 22nd
- Antibiotic resistance: 6 ways to lower the risk to your horse
- Event’s new photography policy ‘to work for everyone’
- Heartbreak for Olympic rider: ‘It doesn’t seem real she’s gone’
- Cheltenham racecourse fined £5,000
- Snow eventing and 9 other bits of social media that made us chuckle this week
- Pammy Hutton: ‘Get real and get used to it, grown-ups!’ *H&H VIP*
- New device to monitor horse’s drinking habits
- Hovis’ Friday diary: bidding you farewell
- April 21st
- Speed, accuracy and bravery: are you up to the challenge of an inter-hunt relay?
- William Fox-Pitt withdraws from Badminton
- Dead foal prompts thousands to sign petition to government
- Swapping ponies for pointers: teen makes history
- New Zealand to consider ban on hot branding
- Simon Grieve’s eventing blog: on the verge of a dream coming true
- Mark Phillips: ‘this is a ray of sunshine after our winter of discontent with the FEI’ *H&H VIP*
- 9 horsey gifts sure to improve your week
- Celebrating The Queen’s love of horses on her 90th birthday
- April 20th
- ‘Air jackets are life-savers: get them serviced’
- Are you ready for the Mitsubishi Motors Cup cross-country course at Badminton?
- Dressage: London Olympians line up to compete at Royal Windsor
- Oliver Townend to be Badminton 2016 pathfinder
- Horse & Hound; 21 April 2016
- Sophie Wells’ dressage blog: Kick the rider, pat the horse moment
- 70 horses rescued from severe floods in Texas
- ‘The best I’ve ever had’ — Katie Jerram reveals her plans for The Queen’s horses
- How many times has William Fox-Pitt won Rolex Kentucky? Test your knowledge
- Julie Templeton: Teaching children in-hand skills is as important as teaching them how to ride *H&H VIP*
- Judi Dench to help ex-racehorses find new careers
- April 19th
- Wash for white horse ahead of Queen’s 90th
- British Eventing updates hat rules following outcry
- The road to the Badminton Mitsubishi Cup: ‘I read as far as “regrettably” and I rolled over and went back to sleep’
- Emily King’s 14 top tips for cross-country course walking
- Stand aside Boaty – it’s Horsey McHorseface
- Graham Fletcher: ‘Nick Skelton and Big Star make an Olympic medal more likely’ *H&H VIP*
- Emaciated pony ‘covered in wounds and sores’ dumped dead on roadside *warning: graphic image*
- April 18th
- 10 competition and training opportunities you need to grab this week
- Emily Ham’s driving blog: Averting disaster
- Outcry over British Eventing’s cross-country helmet decision
- Sporting legends swap cricket balls for microphones at Epsom
- Alan Hill: Training the owner-rider and how to make it work *H&H VIP*
- Don’t get caught out: H&H’s ultimate eventing checklist for competition success
- Rio bids to boost ticket sales *H&H VIP*
- April 17th
- World bronze medallist put down at Belton: ‘He was a gentleman; everybody loved him’
- Walk the Badminton 2016 cross-country course
- ‘Intelligent’ headcollar allows owners to monitor horses from afar *H&H VIP*
- Clifton Promise to be retired at Badminton
- Innovative robotic sling designed to help injured horses
- Equine placenta: vital information every breeder needs to know
- Heavenly Herefordshire: we’d move to one of these equestrian properties in a flash
- April 16th
- UK equestrian sponsorship round-up
- Jason Webb’s blog: how to manage a horse’s flight instinct
- Owners ‘put lives at risk’ to rescue trapped horses *H&H VIP*
- How the IJF helped a former jockey and trainer who needed 14 operations to rebuild his skull
- Tokyo 2020 Olympic eventing course designer revealed
- Champion racehorse loses three-day-old foal
- Pippa Roome: Will eventing turn into a sport where we have to reward a lack of achievement? *H&H VIP*
- Looking for your dream riding club horse? One of these might be just the ticket
- April 15th
- Five years in prison for teenage driver who killed British Racing School graduate
- Jeremiah McGrath: “I’ll be reliving my first Grand National ride for a while’ *H&H VIP*
- Three top riders down to one horse at Badminton 2016
- Showjumper does gymnastics and 9 other bits of social media that caught our eye this week
- Eventing superstar Avebury retires from the sport
- Foal surprises crowds by making very public arrival
- Do you know your red from your white ribbon in a horse’s tail? Find out with our colour quiz
- Richard Johnson: ‘It’s nice to know that whatever happens now it can’t change — I will be champion jockey’ *H&H VIP*
- Toggi Winnipeg brown yard boots: review
- Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘please send blankets, food and mares with loose morals and great imaginations’
- FEI to help develop protocol for dealing with sporting concussion
- April 14th
- Use of spurs, nosebands, bits and draw reins in competition called into question
- 12 things you (almost certainly) won’t miss about the hunting season
- Advanced event mare put down: ‘They tried to save her foal, but he didn’t make it’
- Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin head British riders at Keysoe CDI
- Racehorse put down after jumping rails into spectators *warning, graphic video*
- 12 things we learnt about the 2016 Badminton Horse Trials cross-country course
- Badminton bullish about going ahead despite wet weather
- Looking to update your wardrobe? 9 must-have new products
- Alice Oppenheimer: A championship with real buzz *H&H VIP*
- Road safety campaign could reach millions of drivers
- April 13th
- One very small grey, an immaculate tack room — and more behind the scenes snippets of Trevor Breen’s yard
- British Eventing introduces new BE105 class
- Alice Dunsdon’s Badminton blog: ‘I could have died with embarrassment’
- Horse & Hound; 14 April 2016
- ‘He is a phenomenal horse’: new venture for Hallmark IX
- Bodmin Moor update: one pony put down and 21 rehomed
- Funky pink pyjamas — and other golden moments from the Winter Dressage Champs
- Blenheim reveals new course-designer for 2016
- April 12th
- New proposal to make horse trailers safer *H&H VIP*
- How well do you know Badminton’s history?
- Countryside Alliance chairman condemns trolls for online abuse after child’s death
- Evidence heard as Animal Welfare Act review begins
- The road to the Badminton Mitsubishi Cup: the arrival of the dreaded text message
- Racing heavyweights reign supreme
- Eventer recovers from coma: ‘I certainly don’t remember being on a horse that day’
- Rescued horses will be honoured in Badminton trail
- April 11th
- 11 competitions and training sessions you need to check out this week
- H&H dressage editor’s Area Festival video diary: Disbelieving the results of my small and fairly average horse
- Oliver Townend withdraws from Kentucky
- William Fox-Pitt ‘absolutely fine’ following fall at Weston Park
- 12 elegant (and very daring) ladies hunting side-saddle
- Simon Reynolds: Don’t lose your sparkle *H&H VIP*
- First anti-doping online learning course launched
- April 10th
- Sweet success for Dolle Jung and Tinie Tempah proves a hit for Hannah Biggs
- An insider’s guide to mounted games success
- Rosie Fry’s eventing blog: A bittersweet time
- ‘Squashed’ donkey court case thrown out by judge
- Are you an equestrian terminology expert? Try our quiz to find out
- Horse dies 10 days after hit and run incident
- Experts to address challenges facing Scottish equines
- Carl Hester: ‘Even the normally unflappable Valegro was trying to make a quick exit’ *H&H VIP*
- 4 horsey homes for sale just a stone’s throw from Aintree
- April 9th
- Charlie Hutton thrills in gala night freestyle at British Dressage Winter Championships
- H&H dressage editor’s Area Festival video diary: Playing with the ‘proper’ horses
- Rule The World wins the 2016 Grand National
- Winter Dressage Championships day four: hot competition, first timers and amazing comebacks
- Mounted games proves more popular than ever
- 7 top tips for desk-bound riders *Promotion*
- Alice Dunsdon’s Badminton blog: ‘Live your dreams today as no one is promised tomorrow’
- Why all aspiring dressage riders should train abroad
- Most common hoof problems – and relationships with the farrier
- Authorities crack down on illegal soring
- Oliver Townend rides over the Grand National fences (alongside AP McCoy)
- Rider to run 156-mile ultra-marathon for charity
- What to do if your horse impales himself *H&H VIP*
- April 8th
- Teenager tops prix st georges on gala night
- Winter Dressage Championships day three: double success for Lucy Pye
- H&H dressage editor’s Area Festival video diary: Interrupted by the Olympic champion
- 1 naked showjumper and 8 other tweets that made us laugh this week
- Grand National runner-up Balthazar King retires
- The Grand National: the race no-one wants to miss *Promotion*
- Waley-Cohen buys son £90k Grand National ride
- Dubai stripped of World Endurance Championships
- Winter Dressage Championships day two: first national title for Tahley Reeve Smith
- Jay Halim: A brilliant championship *H&H VIP*
- AP McCoy to help ex-racehorses find new careers
- Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘Like asking Usain Bolt to run the three-legged race at the local school fête’
- April 7th
- H&H dressage editor’s Area Festival video diary: A weighbridge, ice cream and escaping
- Horse airlifted from ravine dies despite rescuers’ best efforts
- Meet an amateur dressage rider with a different outlook on life
- 15 funky riding boots to satisfy your inner dressage diva
- Suzanna Hext’s road to recovery blog: ‘I saw my score and couldn’t believe it’
- ‘It’s been a harsh winter’: welfare charity responds to Bodmin pony crisis
- Which foal comes out on top for cuteness?
- Woman charged with drink-driving after car hits trailer carrying two horses
- Music is key on first day of Winter Dressage Championships
- Harry Meade: ‘Algeria, Andora and Azerbaijan will vote on a sport in which they have no interest’ *H&H VIP*
- William Fox-Pitt reveals his season plans for his four-star horses
- April 6th
- H&H dressage editor’s Area Festival video diary: Dead sheep and lazy swans
- Ben Maher enjoys first big win on Sarena
- Perils and pitfalls of horse ownership: you may recognise these situations…
- Cocaine worth £3m found in horsebox
- Quirky Mad Moose makes his dressage debut
- Simon Grieve’s eventing blog: So near, yet so far
- Horse & Hound; 7 April 2016
- Trainer and jockey guilty of breaking rules of racing
- You think mounted games is just for Pony Club tiny tots? Think again…
- Smugglers hide cocaine worth £3m in horsebox
- Are you William Fox-Pitt’s number one fan?
- Stuart Hollings: Judges need to be reminded of their responsibilities *H&H VIP*
- April 5th
- Show centres and yards close due to strangles outbreak
- FEI and riders in deadlock over three-rider Olympic team plans
- Para dressage rider Edward Chanin: ‘Getting back on a horse was the best therapy ever’
- Riders pay tribute to young girl with #BlueForBonnie campaign
- The road to the Badminton Mitsubishi Cup: maybe I should consider my underwear selection more carefully?
- Yogi Breisner to step down as BEF’s eventing manager
- ‘Bonnie was a wonderful person who touched hearts’
- Anna Ross: ‘The rider should be to the horse an Armani suit not a My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding dress’ *H&H VIP*
- 6 excellent new horsey gifts for any equestrian
- Spanish Boot Company Polo boots: review
- Horse shot in the head in ‘cowardly and targeted’ attack
- April 4th
- 9 events and training sessions you need to head to this week
- Nine-year-old girl dies in hunting accident
- Olympic champion speaks out over Agenda 2020 jumping proposals
- Shaun Mandy’s dressage blog: A horrible scare and reasons to celebrate
- ‘It was great to be out again’: William Fox-Pitt returns to competition
- 9 shocking, hilarious and utterly brilliant things you might have missed from the Blue Chip Winter Championships
- Stellar line-up of racing heroes in Aintree parade
- Been there, done that, got the t-shirt: 5 reasons you can always rely on a family horse
- Focus on rotten floors and ramps in Horsebox Safety Week
- April 3rd
- April 2nd
- BEF addresses concerns over Rio Olympics logistics *H&H VIP*
- More than 100,000 sign fireworks petition
- EDZ Merino 200g long sleeve V-neck top: review
- Think twice before feeding — and three other ways you can help horses in need
- Darren Edwards: Locking horns with the Irish *H&H VIP*
- 6 stunning ponies for sale that are ready for the show ring
- Anger after more dead and sick ponies found on Bodmin Moor
- April 1st
- Happy April Fools’ Day: how many of these caught you out this morning?
- Stables smash into house in 90mph winds
- ‘Every child has dreams — thanks to It’s Otto all of mine have come true’
- Beginners’ guide to Olympic showjumping at Rio 2016
- AP McCoy pulled over by police and 11 other bits of social media that caught our eye this week
- Mounted police return to ‘help serve the public’
- Lucinda Green: how to string cross-country fences together with a young horse
- New living wage to impact equestrian businesses *H&H VIP*
- A new challenge? Horse and rider zumba proves popular *April fool*
- Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘The woman upstairs had some sort of brain fart’
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