
Eleanor Jones
News editor
Eleanor joined Horse & Hound as news editor in March 2016, having spent eight and a half years working for local and national newspapers. During her time with H&H, Eleanor has attended numerous industry conferences and events, including the FEI sport forum, the British Equine Veterinary Association annual congress and the National Equine Forum, and has reported on all disciplines and aspects of the industry, from Brexit to anti-bullying campaigns and from dressage rules to dressage mules. She spent time travelling across Europe with World Horse Welfare to see first-hand the experience of horses being transported thousands of miles to slaughter, producing reports for print, online and in video format, and has also reported on showjumping events from national qualifiers to international grands prix.
Eleanor has been riding since she was seven, having spent years dreaming of anything horse-related, and was given her first pony, a £300 Welsh section B mare, at the age of 12. She has since never been horseless but, having meant only ever to have one, now has two warmblood mares who she competes at British Showjumping events. She has made some exploratory forays into dressage but since her mark sheets have contained phrases such as “unexpected manoeuvre between C and M” and “well sat”, tends to stick to the jumping.
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Salivary test could help confirm or rule out equine gastric ulcers
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Drivers urged to ‘Look out for Laura’ in campaign aiming to reduce equine road fatalities
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Euthanasia: easing the burden of the final and most important decision
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The future of horse sport and other things the horse world is talking about
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*Opinion* Scaremongering clickbait, or a very real threat to the sport we all love?
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‘A wake-up call’: 20% of public do not support horses in sport, survey finds
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Large numbers of horses will die if we do not change the way we worm
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‘He was loved all his years’: farewell to 31-year-old pony who won ‘everything there was to win’
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‘Nothing will top this’: horse serves as best man, gives reception speech and goes on couple’s honeymoon
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‘He’ll always be with me’: farewell to lion-hearted top-level event horse aged 35
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Singing waiters, carousel horses and flowers in cross-country colours: top eventer and farrier tie the knot
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Two young showjumpers aspire to be first mixed-heritage British Olympic riders
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Equine obesity, Love Island and other things the horse world is talking about
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‘This issue is not going away’: new measures in the fight against equine obesity
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Bits and nosebands, eventing grandmothers and other things the horse world is talking about
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Generation game: grandmother, mother and son all qualify for national championships on the same day
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‘I wouldn’t sell him for a million pounds’: rescue cob qualifies for prestigious final
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‘He knew he was special’: former five-star eventer who was part of the family put down aged 31
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Fat horses’ weight loss could raise thousands of pounds for charity
