
Catherine Austen
A St Andrews’ graduate, Catherine joined Horse & Hound in 2002 and stayed for 11 years in a variety of roles until she went freelance in June 2013. She rejoined the team part-time in November 2016 as hunting editor. She pretty much lives on the hunting field or at the racecourse, but also loves eventing, as a journalist, press officer and competitor. She was H&H’s sole accredited journalist at the London Olympic Games and has reported from major race meetings and eventing, showjumping and dressage championships and shows round the world, and has hunted all over Britain and Ireland.
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7 reasons to go to the Festival of HuntingThe Lycetts Festival of Hunting, held on the East of England Showground at Peterborough on Wednesday, 17 July, is the hunting world’s summer jamboree. Here’s why we wouldn’t miss it for the world.
By Catherine Austen Published
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‘I’ve never ridden one like him’: farewell to one of the best cross-country horses in history‘I didn’t want him to suffer and it was the right time’
By Catherine Austen Published
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Badminton winner marries long-term fiancé in surprise weddingBy Catherine Austen Published
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‘This has no place in hunting’: two sentenced for animal cruelty *H&H VIP*By Catherine Austen Published
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British riders come out on top in Bramham CCI4*-LThe British strength in depth at the top levels of eventing is demonstrated at Bramham Horse Trials
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Irish WEG medallist wins Bramham under-25sThe under-25 CCI4*-L class at Bramham went to the only rider to complete on their dressage score
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British Olympic pair win Bramham CCI4*-SGemma Tattersall takes the top spot in the Land Rover CCI4*-S class on one of her favourite horses
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Kitty King is on top at Bramham Horse TrialsFind out how riders got on tackling Ian Stark’s challenging CCI4*-L cross-country course
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British riders in control at Bramham Horse TrialsPippa Funnell and Gemma Tattersall are in pole position in the CCI4*-L and CCI4*-S, while Richard Coney leads the under-25 class after day one
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How to create your dream stable yard: top rider’s guide to successBy Catherine Austen Published
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Foxhound and cat are ‘friends reunited’A foxhound and a cat have renewed the great friendship that started between them when the foxhound – Belvoir Polish 10 – was a puppy
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13 things you might not know about Piggy FrenchHere’s 13 things you might not know about one of British eventing’s most well-respected riders
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Buying an ex-racehorse? Here’s what you need to know firstHow, having decided that you want to take on an ex-racehorse, do you find one? And what do you need to know before you take the plunge?
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Olympic eventer aims for another training first — before BadmintonBy Catherine Austen Published
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Olympic legend to train racehorse alongside eventing career‘I had a think about it – and I can never resist a challenge!’
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‘A new challenge’: Irish Olympic rider is expecting her first babyThe rider hopes to be competing again in time for Bramham
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All welcome at series of testimonial meets for Quorn huntsman‘We would be very pleased to see friends old and new out hunting with the Quorn to celebrate Peter’s great hunting career’
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Hunting book collection on offer for six-figure sumThe collection comprises 534 titles, of which the great majority are first editions
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5 hunting chores that are more fun than you thinkTry some of these, you might enjoy them...
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Two in the top 10 withdrawn and a tense moment for top British rider in Burghley’s final horse inspectionSix horses that completed cross-country yesterday did not present at the final horse inspection, with just one sent to the holding box
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Catherine Austen: Following in ‘God’s’ footsteps *H&H VIP*Horse & Hound's hunting editor joins the army of people starting the season on Exmoor
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7 things we just couldn’t get enough of at the Festival of HuntingLast week’s Festival of Hunting at Peterborough was a banquet of hounds, horses and all things hunting. Here are seven things we loved about it...
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Jonelle Price wins Luhmühlen CCI4*: Brits take next four placesIt’s a second CCI4* triumph for Jonelle Price as the New Zealand rider follows up Badminton victory with success in Luhmühlen
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Laura Collett best of the Brits at LuhmühlenThe cross-country has been very influential in the CCI4* at Luhmühlen and, while the USA is in the lead, British riders are in third, fourth, fifth and sixth places
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