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 spoken at the NEF and the Saddle Research Trust conference. She 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, as well as the 2021 and 2023 Europeans and 2022 World Championships.
Eleanor has been riding since she was seven, and was given her first pony, a £300 Welsh section B mare, at the age of 12. She worked for dressage and showjumping riders, and now has two warmblood mares who she competes at British Showjumping events, although one mare is out of work having given birth to a beautiful filly in summer 2023. She has competed in 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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‘Giving seniors their best lives’: UK owners’ ‘loyalty and passion’ for veteran horses
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The loss of a star and other things the horse world is talking about
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More tea? Showjumpers take on scones and sandwiches in Royal Windsor bake-off
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Former four-star event rider Caroline March dies aged 31
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*Opinion* Not my sport: if horse abuse is happening, it is not ok
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‘She put her heart and soul into helping others’: farewell to passionate rider and trainer
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Trapped and calling for help: dead conservation grazing ponies were ‘failed three times over’
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Shock as termination by FEI means top sporting officials lose their voice
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The end of an eventing era and other things the horse world is talking about
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Concern as study found dressage horses behind the vertical earned higher scores
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British equestrian world proudly unites behind new horse welfare charter
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‘She was so loved’: rainbow shines out as ‘golden’ mare dies aged 46
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‘These training methods have no place in our sport’: British rider suspended over horse welfare concerns
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‘The Gates of Hell’: the tourist horses left to die in streets near a wonder of the world
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Donkey who was ‘grief-stricken’ after best friend’s death finds happiness again
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‘He was such a fighter; he’d never give up’: farewell tributes paid to five-star winner
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‘Not just for girls’: young equestrian hopes to inspire more boys into the sport
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‘I fell in love within five minutes’: new owner – but same rider – for puissance superstar
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‘Everyone has the right to shine’ – and how this could benefit the horse world