All content Archive | April 2017

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April 30th
- Michael Jung sets new Rolex Kentucky record; Zara Tindall third
- Jayne Ross: why showing is not the easy option of equestrian sports
- Meet Horse & Hound Grassroots Eventing Championship contender Rosemary Sharpe
- Rescued mare gives birth to twin foals
- Badminton first-timers: Dominic Furnell — ‘If someone offered me a fortune for her I wouldn’t take it’
- Watch Carl and Charlotte train and compete at Bolesworth
- William Funnell: The league is elitist and inaccessible *H&H VIP*
- Escape the rat race with these equestrian properties in remote locations
- The week that was: seven days in the horse world
April 29th
- Zara Tindall third after Rolex Kentucky cross-country: ‘He travelled really well’
- ‘Dreams do come true’: disabled rider qualifies for HOYS
- Badminton first-timers: Shane Rose — the failed Flat racehorse making waves in the eventing world
- Vets complete epic 10-marathon challenge in 10 days
- Annie Joppe’s endurance blog: ‘I take a stethoscope with me at all times’
- Pammy Hutton: Are the basics present at the top? *H&H VIP*
- Caught the eventing bug? 6 great grassroots horses to kick-start your competitive career
- US rider beats pressure to lead Kentucky dressage; Zara Tindall in the mix for Britain
April 28th
- A versatile pair of boots that are ultra comfortable
- 1 proper dunking and 8 other great bits of horsey social media this week
- Meet Horse & Hound Grassroots Eventing Championship contender Laura Szuca
- Newmarket races the Tate for prestigious prize
- Kirsty Short’s Badminton first-timer blog: we’re ready, but I need a miracle
- Event Rider Masters at Chatsworth: 13-14 May
- ‘He was the most exceptional jumper’: Grand National hero Amberleigh House dies of colic
- How much pressure is involved in designing Badminton’s famous cross-country course?
- Valegro learns his craft: new book released
- EquiRatings’ predictions: Germany and France will share the Badminton podium *H&H VIP*
- Hovis’ Friday diary: Mother’s back and I’m not in Kansas any more
- Nick Skelton releases autobiography
April 27th
- Rehomed rescue horses shine on the eventing circuit
- H&H question of the week: Help! My horse has a splint — what should I do?
- ‘Our routes are dangerous’: off-road vehicles cause issues for riders
- Travel in luxury, arrive on form with Equicruiser *Promotion*
- New horse trials to run in unusual British location
- Badminton first-timers: Katherine Coleman — ‘It is completely surreal’
- The diary of the home-made livery yard: ‘I realised the severity of the situation when I couldn’t move and had turned religious’
- Badminton preview evening: ‘I’m a natural with mares’ says Andrew Nicholson
- Exclusive Badminton coursewalk video with William Fox-Pitt: The Lake and Shogun Hollow
- Catherine Austen: Is a repeal on the cards? *H&H VIP*
- Popular veteran racehorse retires to join top team chasers
April 26th
- British Rio horse withdrawn from Badminton
- Meet Horse & Hound Grassroots Eventing Championship contender Maddie Wilson
- Are these Badminton’s hairiest fences ever?
- Attackers slash horses’ faces and set stable on fire *warning: graphic image*
- Motorist fined £260 for fatally injuring horse with her car
- Badminton first-timers: James Sommerville — ‘I don’t believe it yet’
- £1k prize money in new RoR showing series
- Dressage rider to jockey in 60 days: ‘this was IT — we were galloping around Cheltenham!’
- Horse & Hound; 27 April 2017
- The benefits of plasma *H&H VIP*
- ‘He didn’t make it’: colt one of three dumped within a fortnight
April 25th
- Badminton preview evening features top eventers from this year’s field
- See what it takes to win the Silver Spur hunt ride…
- Wobbleberries are go! Riders bag exciting results as charity challenge begins
- David Simpson: I’m an e-ticket convert *H&H VIP*
- The road to the Badminton Mitsubishi Cup: I hope I’m just being a hypochondriac
- Desperate fundraising attempt to halt closure of rare breed centre
- Badminton first-timers: Tom Jackson — the ‘inappropriate’ first horse taking his rider to his first four-star
- Leonora Smee’s blog: come and have a sneaky look inside my horsebox
- Terminally-ill patient reunited with beloved horse in emotional final farewell
- Dan Skelton: Seeking another Skelton century *H&H VIP*
April 24th
- Rolex Grand Slam winner to miss Badminton
- Outcry after horse suffers broken leg in Bahrain endurance ride: FEI investigation finds no cover-up
- 8 Bank Holiday competitions you can’t afford to miss
- ‘My temporary suffering does not compare to theirs’: London Marathon runners raise thousands
- Meet Horse & Hound Grassroots Eventing Championship contender Caroline Donaldson
- Badminton first-timers: Sarah Parkes — ‘you have to watch his front and back ends but he has the biggest heart’
- Retraining The Giant Bolster: ‘two strides of trot and I knew we had a problem’
- Simon Reynolds: Blame lack of knowledge, not bits *H&H VIP*
- Voice of equestrian sport to retire from BBC TV commentary
April 23rd
- ‘How is he going to understand me, I don’t speak Dutch?’ — and other bizarre questions asked when selling a horse
- 6 great reasons to visit the H&H stand at Badminton
- Meet Geoffry The Conqueror: the Shetland taking the internet by storm
- Willberry does Badminton: stars help raise thousands at preview event
- Kirsty Short’s Badminton first-timer blog: so near, yet so far away
- Graham Fletcher: No better man to have at your side *H&H VIP*
- Looking to start a business? Take a look at these properties with holiday let capacity
- The week that was: seven days in the horse world
April 22nd
- Three riders prepare for British eventing team debuts
- UK equestrian sponsorship round-up
- Badminton first-timers: Lydia Hannon — ‘I owe this horse everything’
- Danielle Dunn’s Badminton first-timer blog: it’s almost time!
- Grand National stalwart enjoying new career
- Phillip Miller: A nearly ‘unmissable’ show *H&H VIP*
- How young is too young? Age debate rages in showing circles
April 21st
- Soldier wins Willberry race for young daughter with leukaemia
- 1 very bumpy ride and 8 other bits of brilliant horsey social media this week
- Meet Horse & Hound Grassroots Eventing Championship contender Terri Bates
- 6 horseboxes that are more luxurious than a five-star hotel
- Fall crowned hunting’s top tumble of 2016/17 season
- Seriously injured British jockey learns to walk again
- Jason Webb’s blog: why there are less napping and rearing horses in Australia than the UK
- Harry Meade: A solution to two problems *H&H VIP*
April 20th
- H&H question of the week: how do I teach my horse to jump a bounce?
- Hats recalled over safety concerns
- ‘I tried to stop it’: British rider loses two top horses worth €3million
- Listen to a new dramatisation of Black Beauty (featuring a Harry Potter actor)
- ‘Find a way — not an excuse’: inspiring young rider presented with Hannah Francis Award
- The road to the Badminton Mitsubishi Cup: I have a confession to make
- ‘Will only date four-star eventers’ — and other online dating profile blunders
- Claire Moir: It’s an honour to ride with the Olympic champion *H&H VIP*
- Life after racing: new film showcases versatility of ex-racers
April 19th
- Boyd Exell: why carriage driving is like being part of a happy family
- ‘I love you, Megs’: Tributes paid to young rider killed in car accident
- Olympic heroes to take on Flat race — and football match
- Meet Horse & Hound Grassroots Eventing Championship contender Jade Payne
- Three horses die after low-flying jets pass over Cornish yards
- Horsily ever after: the romantic proposals with an equestrian spin
- Dressage rider to jockey in 60 days: I’ve got a new psychologist, now all I need to do is ride
- Wheelie bins eat horses — and other things you need to know before you go hacking
- Blood transfusions in horses *H&H VIP*
- Horse & Hound; 20 April 2017
- One hump or two: eventers get competitive in charity race with a difference
April 18th
- Equestrians protest against Facebook’s ban on horse adverts
- Badminton debutante to be first rider on course: live draw held on social media
- Farewell Pedro: Shetland friend to the stars retires to the country
- Four top-20 contenders withdrawn from Badminton Horse Trials
- Danielle Dunn’s Badminton first-timer blog: Good, old fashioned kicking on will be required
- Pauline Harkin: Horses that ‘run better fresh’ ring alarm bells *H&H VIP*
April 17th
- Happy retirement for Denman as Silviniaco Conti starts new career
- Looking for a cross-country fix? Take a look at these…
- Daughter of six-time winner Lucinda Green gets first chance for Badminton glory
- ‘The time has come to unite’: Countryside Alliance takes a stand over abuse
- Willberry on TV: did you spot the famous equine in this prime time drama?
- National Hunt trainer Paul Nicholls in pics (like you might not have seen him before…)
- Rebecca Penny: Is four too young for the show ring? *H&H VIP*
April 16th
- Winter Dressage Championships day five: a hat-trick for Charlotte Dujardin while Dannie Morgan continues blistering form
- Tales from Hartpury: the talented cob with a ‘Pokémon streak’
- Tales from Hartpury: Five horses and 13 tests — but did this rider remember where to go?
- New Forest ponies make their mark on Israel
- Tales from Hartpury: the ‘definition’ of a family pony
- 7 riding schools where children under-five can learn to ride
- Kirsty Short’s Badminton first-timer blog: Badminton’s cross-country course looks right up our street, but will we or won’t we?
- Could you ride 100 miles in 100 days?
- Carl Hester: I’m in no doubt the stars line up *H&H VIP*
- Hey, big spender: 4 dream equestrian properties for sale with hefty price tags
- New Zealand eventing manager resigns just four months into the role
April 15th
- Super Sophie bags gala double
- Winter Dressage Championships day four: one-two for Dujardin
- Tales from Hartpury: the nine-year-old rising star with an Olympic dream
- Tales from Hartpury: meet the competitor who overcame horrific injuries to ride again
- Rider’s head-cam plea after horse breaks leg in road accident
- ‘Age is just a number’: how to keep riding into your 90s
- Horse injured in dramatic fall after cross-country fence tipped over on impact
- Trevor Breen: It was tough enough without going too far *H&H VIP*
- 6 wonderful roans we would love to get our hands on this week
- Confessions of a horsey couple blog: my first love took one look at me and ran off in the opposite direction
- Have you seen Jeremy? £500 reward offered for missing pony
April 14th
- Sophie Wells’ rising star impresses on prix st georges gala night
- Tales from Hartpury: the horse with a rare skin condition that travelled in first gear for six miles
- Winter Dressage Championships day three: former runaway horse shows what she’s made of for championship first-timer
- 1 runaway dressage horse and 7 other great pieces of horsey social media this week
- Hovis’ Friday Diary: ‘I has news… BIG news’
- Play on! More music championships for dressage riders
- Tales from Hartpury: the event horse making waves in her new career
- Olympic medallist says final farewell to top hat
- William Fox-Pitt, Laura Tomlinson and Harry Meade: riders’ tiny tots in the saddle
- Mark Todd: FEI’s secrecy causes tension *H&H VIP*
- Showjumper retires top horse due to Lyme disease
April 13th
- Winter Dressage Championships day two: Dujardin wants her rising star’s foal for Easter
- Tales from Hartpury: meet the family pony rubbing shoulders with dressage’s big guns
- The ‘ideal’ tack trolley you can really rely on
- Which feed balancer is most suitable for my horse or pony? *Promotion*
- ‘It has been a dream of mine’: Charlotte Dujardin pens autobiography
- Dodgy dealer who faked cancer jailed for £280k tax scam
- Tales from Hartpury: the £350 Welsh cob who cheated death and is breaking the mould
- Meet Horse & Hound Grassroots Eventing Championship contender Cassey Watson
- Nine things you need to know about this year’s Badminton cross-country course
- The road to the Badminton Mitsubishi Cup: I’m panicking
- Mickey Bowen: My first Aintree win — I thought I was dreaming *H&H VIP*
- Help! What should I feed my fussy, underweight thoroughbred? Spillers explains… *Promotion*
- Farrier wins unique Badminton and Grand National double
April 12th
- Winter Dressage Championships day one: a shock victory and a horse defies the odds to do a double
- Michael Jung withdraws top horse from Rolex Kentucky
- Suzanna Hext’s road to recovery blog: sat nav issues and a big bang
- Two young riders offered fast-track to HOYS
- Disorders of the endocrine system *H&H VIP*
- Horse & Hound; 13 April 2017
- ‘I went faster than I have ever been’: Brixton teens make racing debut at Ascot
April 11th
- Six horses withdrawn from Badminton Horse Trials so far
- Iconic black horses star in latest Lloyds bank advert: watch how it was made
- Zara Tindall heads to Rolex Kentucky: find out when she will ride
- Annie Joppe’s endurance blog: cowpats, fitness and forgotten milk
- Katie Jerram-Hunnable: Fat equines shouldn’t be in the ring *H&H VIP*
- Four-star rider breaks same leg twice in six months: ‘It’s so frustrating’
April 10th
- Horse-ify your Easter weekend with these competitions you need to enter now
- Grand National winner makes great start to eventing career
- ‘I have big shoes to fill’: young rider takes on Olympic horse
- 5 of the best British-bred horses of all time
- Mark Phillips: This is a poorly considered rule *H&H VIP*
- Always dreamed of swimming on horseback? Look no further
- Why horse poo could be the answer for engineers
April 9th
- The week that was: seven days in the horse world
- Theft of images a ‘huge problem’ equestrian photographers agree
- Emaciated cob with painful abscess rescued in ‘nick of time’
- Kirsty Short’s Badminton first-timer blog: ‘I’m sitting on one of the most amazing cross-country horses in the country’
- George Morris: Make Omaha a bigger deal *H&H VIP*
- Cheshire equestrian properties for sale — within striking distance of Aintree
- Self-driving cars could be key to preventing New Forest pony deaths
April 8th
- ‘One For Arthur’s done Scotland proud’: Lucinda Russell becomes fourth female trainer to win the Grand National
- Call for prize money to fund ‘pensions’ for top horses
- ‘A genius in the saddle’: 11 moving tributes to Nick Skelton and Big Star
- Danielle Dunn’s Badminton first-timer blog: ‘she banged at her door and dragged me to the field’
- Driving instructor’s ‘disgusting’ rant at young riders caught on camera
- Anna Ross: The value of winter-dodging in Spain *H&H VIP*
- 9 things to keep in mind when picking a Grand National winner
- Bid for breakfast with Nick Skelton, plus other fantastic lots up for grabs
April 7th
- Horse and carriage found running loose: police search for owner
- 1 bumpy landing and 8 other great bits of horsey social media this week
- Outcry over three-legged pony fitted with prosthetic limb
- Car versus horse: which of the Skelton brothers will win?
- 38 riders and 222 horses killed on Britain’s roads: BBC Breakfast highlights shocking statistics
- Could we see one of racing’s greatest comebacks in Saturday’s Grand National?
- Dan Skelton: You need to have a bit of luck in the Grand National *H&H VIP*
- Equine visitors bring joy to elderly horse lovers
- Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘mother is a bovine of epic proportions’
April 6th
- Red Rum commemorated in stamp form on 40th anniversary of Grand National hat-trick
- Sport horse foal named after legendary Grand National winner
- Carole Mortimer: Lazy advertisers and false siblings *H&H VIP*
- The fun quiz that could bag YOU a Grand National winner *Promotion*
- Help! My ex-racehorse needs more topline — what should I do? *Promotion*
- Five-year-old boy with rare cancer lines up for Grand National
- Darren Edwards: All eyes on Aintree *H&H VIP*
- ‘Don’t let it be your horse’: atypical myopathy warning after racehorse dies
April 5th
- Terrible thirst of 14,000 donkeys in dire need quenched by drought aid
- 9 things you need to know about Olympic champion Nick Skelton
- Direct qualifiers added to winter showjumping finals due to low entries
- Horse & Hound; 6 April 2017
- Could this ‘massive softie’ be a Grand National winner?
- The road to the Badminton Mitsubishi Cup: less than ideal preparation
- Thank you Nick Skelton! Moments we won’t forget in pictures
- Nick Skelton and Big Star retire from showjumping
- Filly makes ‘miraculous’ recovery from atypical myopathy
April 4th
- Mare ‘a millimetre from death’ after dog attack
- 8 reasons why showjumping trumps dressage
- Eventing safety system goes global, with endurance also set to benefit
- Over £15,000-worth of prizes — and other reasons to enter the Horse & Hound Grassroots Eventing Championships
- Mary King donates saddle to help fund girl’s lifesaving treatment
- Dressage rider to jockey in 60 days: can you be disqualified in a horse race for going too slowly?
- No more hiding: Police to unmask violent hunt saboteurs
April 3rd
- Up your game with these 7 great training opportunities
- How gullible are you? 14 April Fools that may have caught you out…
- Woah, Shamrock! Wocket Woy and the Producer to the rescue
- Kirsty Short’s Badminton first-timer blog: I have become an eventing stalker
- ‘He died competing in a sport he loved’: point-to-point jockey dies after fall
- 7 training tips that top showjumpers swear by
- Testing allergies in horses *H&H VIP*
- McLain Ward clinches World Cup Jumping victory on home soil
- Rio medallist out of contention for 2017 Europeans
April 2nd
- ‘Sleep soundly dear Lilly’: charity pays tribute to cherished nanny mare
- Who will be the next Charlotte Dujardin? 25 young British dressage riders to watch
- Coral Keen’s eventing blog: try this at home
- Valegro, Big Star, Sprinter Sacre and Chilli Morning: unique chance to see all four equine superstars
- Carl Hester third at World Cup final: ‘The horse doing his best for you is what counts’
- Stuart Hollings: Learning lessons in South Africa *H&H VIP*
- What can you get for your money in Shropshire? Check out these properties
- The week that was: seven days in the horse world
April 1st
- Endurance trainer suspended for two years for injecting horses with banned substance
- 6 horsey April Fools’ we wish we true
- Woolly jumpers: watch Ascot’s racesheep train for glory
- Lucy Eddis’ horsey teen blog: R.I.P stress ball
- Pammy Hutton: BD should have done more, faster *H&H VIP*
- ‘We can’t wait’: Valegro aimed at new career [April Fool]