All content Archive | February 2022

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February 28th
- Hollie Doyle defends title at prestigious racing awards
- Eventing prize money and abandonment insurance: what’s new for 2022
- Gearing up for Cheltenham Festival 2022: an unbeaten hurdler to take on the Irish
- Ellis team continue to dominate and some old campaigners back bounce to form thanks to a new career direction
- Riding schools in crisis and other things the horse world is talking about today
February 27th
- Riding schools in ‘national crisis’ over ‘unfit for purpose’ licensing system
- Bertram Allen’s mount Pacino Amiro finds top form at the Winter Equestrian Festival
- Young riders’ mental health comes into the spotlight
- Irish owners ‘chance’ is paying off at five-star level at the Winter Equestrian Festival
- 15 famous horses’ incredible stories you need to know
- ‘It seems like nobody wants to work’: Jay Halim on the equine industry staffing crisis
- New policy protects riders against positive dope tests caused by contamination
- Take a look around this farmhouse set in +14 acres with 7 stables and a manège…
February 26th
- Laura Kraut and Nick Skelton to be auctioned off as dinner companions for charity
- Queen’s lost racing trophy recovered after +150 years
- ‘I thought it was a scam!’ rider’s stolen trailer returned 19 years later
- Good news for horse owners as ‘unworkable’ clean-air zone scrapped
- Bluetooth OLD is ready for Europe after crowd-pleasing win at Winter Equestrian Festival
- ‘Immense benefit to horses, riders and the sport’: equine vision study leads to widespread fence colour changes
- Love Frozen? Here’s everything you need to know about the horses that star in the film…
- What’s the best type of oil to feed to horses?
February 25th
- Winter Equestrian Festival organisers take steps to keep out equine herpes virus
- No leeway from FEI Tribunal in case about naturally occurring substance in hay
- Wandres goes for a double victory as dressage returns to the limelight at the Winter Equestrian Festival
- ‘Absolute dream’: Paris 2024 Olympic cross-country course-designer revealed
- 1 jockey needs grass reins and 8 other great bits of horsey social media this week
- Communicate easily with our pick of some of the best wireless rider-to-coach instruction systems
- ‘The sort of piaffe you want to bottle’: former British champion and Carl Hester’s Rio reserve retires
- Find your next set of cross-country colours here
- Trailblazing Olympic veteran to join USA’s Showjumping Hall of Fame
- De-nerving, ‘flattening’ ponies, and other things the horse world is talking about…
- Hovis’ Friday diary: And people think I’m the high maintenance one…
February 24th
- ‘She begged me to carry on jumping’: nine-year-old qualifies for Hickstead (after overruling her mother!)
- Plan your best competition season yet with the Horse & Hound show guide
- Three venues shape up for ‘spectacular’ 2022 World Championships
- US and Germany take first five-star wins at Adequan Global Dressage Festival
- ‘It’s about equine welfare, not flattening ponies’: show speaks out on its rider-weight stance
- Stuart Hollings: New amateur rulings in showing are ‘bureaucratic buffoonery’
- Popular show known for its HOYS qualifiers cancelled for 2022
- Fitness, polework and details: six training tips from double Olympic medallist Tom McEwen
- World top 10 showjumper Conor Swail debuts new horse at Winter Equestrian Festival
- Team debut calls for Ben Maher’s ‘new’ ride, plus more things the horse world is talking about
- The Horse & Hound Podcast 91: Showjumper Jay Halim | Rider strength training | News round-up
February 23rd
- CDI5* FEI grand prix dressage prepares to take center stage at WEF
- British Dressage’s neurectomy rule clarification sparks de-nerving debate
- Horse welfare and rider size: HOYS issues statement on show’s lost qualifiers
- International rider ‘grateful to be alive’ on anniversary of horrific lorry accident
- Galloping through the suburbs: Lloyds black horses return in stirring new campaign
- Post-Brexit opportunity for British studbooks
- Graham Fletcher: ‘Is showjumping too exclusive?’
- Horse & Hound; 24 February 2022
- 12 reasons why Peaky Blinders should be on every rider’s watchlist
- Olympic horses moving yards, cross-country schooling and other things the horse world is talking about
February 22nd
- ‘I can’t undo the past’: champion jockey Oisin Murphy banned from race riding until 2023
- Ben Maher’s new ride set to make British team debut
- Gio moves to new rider Annabella Pidgley’s yard
- ‘A moment of frustration’: man banned for rapping says it was ‘one-off’ mistake
- Gearing up for Grand National 2022: one to watch from Ascot
- Anna Ross: ‘The costs – and benefits – of a good education add up fast’
- Small-scale horse owner? Then this five-bed home with three stables, paddocks and idyllic hacking could be for you
- An incredible mare in a very tight spot, and other things the horse world is talking about
February 21st
- Mare escapes ‘without a scratch’ after trees felled by Storm Eunice miss ‘by inches’
- Rider claims WEF grand prix for second year in a row — on horse he shares with his younger brother
- Gearing up for Cheltenham Festival 2022: a 18hh-plus gelding with a ‘terrific chance’
- Rider who shared Mark Todd viral video was given final warning at previous job for ‘hitting and kicking’ horses and ‘bullying’
- Mr Love returns to winning ways following injury, while a youngster belies his young age to impress
- LeMieux DryTex Breeches review *H&H Approved*
- Context of viral video, a horsebox ban and a wedding – what the horse world is talking about
- #equestriangoals vs reality: when they just don’t match up
February 20th
- ‘Hours from death’: remarkable recovery of pony found collapsed in filthy shed
- ‘We don’t want the world’: council’s horsebox ban means lack of safe places to ride
- Meet H&H cover star – Danwood Llewellyn: the Welsh section C gelding who put his breeders in the spotlight
- Want to learn more about rare native breeds? Free roadshow of native ponies comes to UK
- Check out this 9-bed Georgian mansion in 40 acres with stables and an arena
February 19th
- ‘The best decision I’ve ever made’: dressage riders celebrate their engagement
- A million tears: first global remembrance day for animals who served in war
- Trailer theft increase thought linked to towing law change
- ‘For a small-scale breeder, every foal has to count’: Meet the breeder of one of Britain’s most exciting young horses
- Not feeding horses covered in updated Countryside Code
February 18th
- Spectator at Mark Todd clinic speaks out to give fuller picture of viral footage
- William Fox-Pitt to compete borrowed horse at US $50,000 showcase: ‘I enjoy the challenge’
- Horse & Hound teams up with SEIB to recognise the best yards, riding schools and competition centres
- Competition hat rules: find out what’s changing in 2022 and 2023
- 1 incredibly cute foal and 8 other great bits of horsey social media this week
- Storm Eunice, more tack thefts, and other things the horse world is talking about…
- Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘plant then prance’, ‘jump and jiggle’ or ‘spin and sod off’?
February 17th
- Storm Eunice: UK shows cancel after rare red weather warning
- ‘Fantastic news’: hopes to save more off-road riding as 2026 deadline scrapped
- Battening down the hatches: caring for your horse in extremely windy weather
- ‘How can we stop these people?’ Rider targeted for a second time in latest show tack theft
- ‘A tsunami of emotions’: legendary showjumping stallion dies aged 31
- ‘A wonderful life’: farewell to much-loved judge Ursula Roberts
- Joanna Thurman-Baker’s dressage blog: ‘I have a newfound cowgirl state of mind’
- ‘When he first saw a pole, he melted’: How a New Forest went from terrified jumper to Badminton and HOYS winner
- Mark Todd, dividing the dressage world and other things the horseworld is talking about
- The Horse & Hound Podcast 90: Top dressage rider, judge & trainer Isobel Wessels | Boost your confidence | News round-up
February 16th
- Top horse becomes new figurehead for eventing foundation
- Couple who flouted horse ban failed to seek care for pony in ‘uncontrollable pain’
- Interim racing suspension for Mark Todd as viral footage is investigated
- Olympic medallist starts working with his Badminton mare’s first offspring: ‘We’ll take it step by step’
- Pammy Hutton: ‘Is dividing the sport of dressage the answer?’
- Horse & Hound; 17 February 2022
- ‘Mismatched’ 15hh gelding proves unlikely showjumping success story
- Hedge-hopping showjumpers, following in Red Rum’s footsteps and other things the horse world is talking about
February 15th
- Meet the cover stars – Harry Charles and Romeo 88: ‘He really fights for you in the ring’
- Hunt race legend retires after claiming ‘triple crown’ by winning eventful Golden Button
- ‘A real buzz’: Olympic showjumper takes two Golden Buttons in first hunt race
- ‘We are certainly not finished yet’: Tiger Roll could bid to make history as Grand National weights are revealed
- Voluntary Government training scheme to promote safer towing
- What would you do with 65 acres? Why not add a cross country-course to the stabling, arena and five-bedroom farmhouse?
- New rider for Carl Hester’s talented mare, plus more things the horse world is talking about
February 14th
- Mark Todd steps down as World Horse Welfare patron after viral video
- ‘Showing teaches so much’: SEIB Search For A Star series introduces showing championship for Pony Club members
- ‘The penny has just dropped’: horse who has recovered from ‘very strange’ throat abscess enjoys success
- Gearing up for Cheltenham Festival 2022: ones to watch from Newbury and Warwick
- ‘On TV you see the glamorous side of things, but it’s a gruelling sport’: watch top jockey explain her career in racing
- Carl Hester passes exciting mare to top Hong Kong rider with eye on Asian Games
- A viral video, HOYS qualifiers, and other things the horse world is talking about
February 13th
- 20-month-old rider becomes third generation of supporters at family meet
- ‘I’m proud of overcoming the darkest days’: rider whose life changed in an instant hopes to help and inspire others
- ‘A hole in our hearts’: final farewell to Household Cavalry veteran
- Why the horse from Tangled is one of our favourite movie horses
- What Charly did next… Mollie Summerland on her five-star winner’s return from injury
- Whiskers, frangibles and safer fences: horse world urged to shout about its positives
- Check out this property with 3 stables, over 33 acres, party room, gym and more…
February 12th
- Air jackets, concussion and blood tests: future of rider safety at events under the spotlight
- Mark Todd apologises for hitting horse with a branch in viral video: ‘I am very disappointed in myself’
- Tiny rider and ‘cantankerous’ 12.2hh’s river-crossing skills caught on camera
- Two foals ‘will never know the cruelty and neglect that their mothers suffered’ thanks to rescuers
- ‘We have plenty of irons in the fire’: Carl Hester on bringing En Vogue back into work, plus other exciting horses to watch
- How does body shape affect your riding?
- ‘Forthright, eloquent, passionate’: tributes paid to breeder Janet George
February 11th
- HOYS removes qualifiers after show stands firm on its rider-size rule
- A royal arrival! Superstar Enable welcomes her first foal
- Bans for rider and ‘trainer’ who tried to cover up use of hind boots with nails inside
- ‘She made so many dreams come true’: ‘heartbreak’ as British medal-winning mare retires
- Kitty King sprouts wings and 7 other great bits of horsey social media this week
- ‘I’m overwhelmed’: Spencer Wilton’s missing birthday filly found after social media appeal
- Former advanced rider and owner takes the reins as head of British Eventing board
- Two new classes added as HOYS qualifiers announced
- Golden oldies, producing young horses, and other things the horse world is talking about
- Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘I chewed my lips and thought of England’
February 10th
- Heading to the British Showjumping Spring Championships? Find a place to stay nearby
- Builder, plasterer and PA set to go head to head on racecourse in The Queen’s honour
- Permits are valuable but debate continues over paying for forest riding
- Which girth is best for your horse – and your saddle?
- ‘We hope it will level the playing field’: Popular show welcomes international judges who won’t be listed in the schedule
- ‘Britain is the best place to produce young horses, not Europe’s factory shows’, says Harry Charles
- Aintree’s 1.40m battle of the two golden oldies: ‘He’s 19 but he comes out like a nine-year-old’
- Why do some horses wear rugs in summer? H&H explains
- Rebecca Penny: ‘Conflicting rules cause confusion’
- From a muddy field to the show ring: a complete guide on how to groom a horse
- London’s festive show, overweight horses, and more things the horse world is talking about
- The Horse & Hound Podcast 89: Five-star winner Mollie Summerland | Improving a rider’s seat | News round-up
February 9th
- London International Horse Show venue confirmed for 2022
- Badminton winner steps back from competing to coach New Zealand eventing team
- Petite partnership take top spot at Solihull EC Area Festival
- Overweight horses should be placed lower, judges agree
- Laura Tomlinson: ‘More can be done for female riders’
- Horse & Hound; 10 February 2022
- The Ugly Duckling meets Scooby Doo: British Olympians dress up for charity
- Horse sport’s future at the Olympics, and other things the horse world is talking about
February 8th
- ‘I’ve achieved things I never imagined’: British showjumper to step back from riding
- Young horse world champion sold to up-and-coming eventer with Paris 2024 ambitions
- Live the idyllic village life in this 6-bed home with 65 acres, 4 cottages and equestrian facilities
- Horse sport must act to stay in Olympics: ‘We are guests at these Games’
- ‘25/50 is an average show’: showing judges reminded to use a full range of marks when judging qualifiers
- ‘It breaks my heart’: man sentenced for punching police horse with beer can
- Fears minimum weight change could harm jockeys’ health
- Do you know a cavesson from a Kineton? The complete guide to nosebands
- Horsebox goals, rules U-turns and other things the horse world is talking about
- William Funnell: ‘I’ve come away really impressed’
- Gearing up for Cheltenham Festival 2022: the pick of Scottish and Irish hopes
February 7th
- BSPS revokes M&M working hunter ruling following competitor reaction
- Eric Lamaze in major new role: ‘I will not stop until we reach perfection’
- ‘Unbelievable’ victory for horse reunited with trainer years after they first won together: ‘I never thought he would do what he did today’
- Taking the pressure off pays dividends for seasoned campaigner – and provides 16-year-old with his first winner
- How steaming hay became best practice in mainstream horse management *Promotion*
- ‘We want to be a society that listens to the members’: new chairman sets out plans
- The five-star horse changing hands, and other things the horse world is talking about
- Take a tour round Martin Fuchs’ luxury horsebox with supergroom Sean Vard (Can we move in please?)
February 6th
- Finding a Paris 2024 horse, spiralling costs and implications for future of the sport
- Thanking and educating drivers and high-vis key to equestrian road safety, rider believes
- Disabled riders’ charity has eight weeks to raise £425,000 to secure its home
- ‘I’ve always been a bit of a wheeler-dealer’: Top show rider on how she created opportunities as a young jockey
- Title sponsor secured for BE80 championship at major venue, plus more sponsorship news
- Move into horsey heaven: a 7-bedroom house with an arena, stables, horsewalker and plenty more, set in 28 acres
February 5th
- No suspensions for Blenheim officials: rule breach ‘not due to bad faith’
- Heartbreak as the ‘ultimate Household Cavalry horse’ dies in retirement aged 33
- Rugby legend Mike Tindall backs Riding for the Disabled Association in new event
- Showjumping world bids sad farewell to long-standing supporter
- ‘I was questioning my sanity before the test’: Quantock Pony Sales purchase reaches grand prix
February 4th
- ‘Something bad happened today’: tiny rider calls for drivers to slow down to keep people and horses safe
- 1 foal has the Friday feeling and 9 other great bits of horsey social media this week
- British Eventing 2022 calendar: New fixtures, a returning favourite, and a cancellation
- ‘Milestone’ moment as fireworks petition reaches one million signatures
- Five-star horse steps down to give young rider experience: ‘I’ll miss him, but it’s the right thing for him’
- Equetech Storm waterproof riding gloves *H&H Approved*
- Rider weight, an emotional win, and other things the horse world is talking about
- Hovis’ Friday diary: the electric fence was waving about like an octopus at a rave
February 3rd
- ‘A great legacy’: farewell to former British Dressage chairman Penny Pollard
- Meet Laura Collett’s H&H cover star Moonlight Charmer: ‘He’s flourished from going hunting’
- 16-year-old jockey pays tribute to mum after emotional first win
- ‘It’s great for riders and organisers’: major equestrian centre set to reopen
- ‘The water turned red’: rider’s beach warning after horse suffers horrific injury
- Minella Indo: 9 things you need to know about the reigning Cheltenham Gold Cup winner
- Choosing the right bit for your horse
- Understanding horses’ happiness, and other things the horse world is talking about
- The Horse & Hound Podcast 88: Top showing rider Rebecca Penny | Improving your core strength | News round-up
February 2nd
- ‘Why would someone do this?’: thieves target RDA charity shop
- Australian equestrian federation brings in guidance on maximum rider weight
- Could you be a rider or handler of the year? New championships to encourage people into sport
- Why hunting and fun rides are proving the perfect (if unusual) prep for this Cheltenham Gold Cup contender
- Woof Wear Precision thermal gloves: first look
- Carl Hester asks: ‘How is FEI voting democratic?’
- Horse & Hound; 3 February 2022
- ‘They’re caked in mud on a daily basis’ — Owner shares secrets to keeping coloured ponies’ manes so long and luscious
- Errors in eventing results affect safety and much more, warns FEI
- Hierarchy of road users, eventing safety tool and more things the horse world is talking about
February 1st
- Understanding horses’ happiness is key to their quality of life
- DefenceX System 200 turnout with detachable neck review
- 8 top tips to help you look like a pro over a jump
- Farewell to polo legend and trailblazer Claire Tomlinson
- Equestrians and cyclists ARE equal in Highway Code hierarchy, Government confirms
- Kim Bailey: ‘The stuff of legends’ – Paisley Park lit up Cheltenham on Festival Trials Day
- Derby House Pro Medium Lite PFC Free Standard turnout
- Guess the price tag on this estate complete with 26 loose boxes, 100 acres, eight bedroom mansion and additional homes
- Making eventing safer: new tool to help riders assess their form accurately
- Highway Code changes, a new ride for Piggy March, and other things the horse world is talking about