Flora Watkins

Competitors at this year’s Pony Club Championships will be helped to perform at their best by a crack team of world-class mentors

By Flora Watkins Published 14 July 13

The two puppies from the Ashford Valley Tickham Hunt were stolen on Sunday. They were being walked by a local farming family

By Flora Watkins Published 12 July 13

Rules only allow FEI presidents to be in the role for two four-year terms, but plans are afoot to change this

By Flora Watkins Published 12 July 13

H&H's news editor reflects on an extraordinary glut of strong stories — and explains how we opted to cover them in this week's magazine

By Flora Watkins Published 11 July 13

Fans and fellow riders have been inspired to guess what the top rider would tweet if he had an account

By Flora Watkins Published 11 July 13

Find out which new face will be joining the British Olympic team gold medalists as Britain tries to retain European title

By Flora Watkins Published 11 July 13

Find out about the changes being made to the course at Burghley ahead of this year's competition

By Flora Watkins Published 10 July 13

Doctors put the 23-year-old rider into an induced coma after she arrived at hospital. Her condition is described as "stable"

By Flora Watkins Published 9 July 13

Laura is intensive care after falling from her horse in an intermediate section at Tweseldown on Monday. Connections say she is in a stable condition

By Flora Watkins Published 9 July 13

Is Britain producing too many equine vets? It would appear so, after it emerged that there may be up to five times as many graduates as there are jobs available

By Flora Watkins Published 8 July 13

A Welsh horse dealer has been jailed for eight months and banned from keeping horses for five years after being found guilty of 57 welfare and cruelty charges

By Flora Watkins Published 5 July 13

Seventeen-year-old Ella Pallister died in January, three days after a fall while warming up for a showjumping class

By Flora Watkins Published 5 July 13

Pointing supporter and Pendle Forest and Craven joint-master Tom Bannister died in a road accident

By Flora Watkins Published 3 July 13

The champion and reserve champion at this year's National Show at Aintree will be invited to lead in the winner of next year's Topham Chase

By Flora Watkins Published 3 July 13

Scottish event riders have welcomed the news that a new CCI* and CCI2* have been tendered for — but expressed dismay that the long-running Auchinleck may be lost from the calendar

By Flora Watkins Published 30 June 13

Showjumpers have welcomed the news that Chinese quarantine restrictions have been eased, allowing the Global Champions Tour to take place in Shanghai from 4-6 October

By Flora Watkins Published 28 June 13

A South Wales horse dealer has been convicted of 57 animal cruelty and welfare charges, in a case that highlights the problem of fly-grazing in the region

By Flora Watkins Published 27 June 13

A charge of unlawful hunting against Quantock Staghounds joint-master Brian Palmer was dropped due to a lack of evidence

By Flora Watkins Published 26 June 13

Many a hunting enthusiast has a photo by H&H contributor Charles Sainsbury-Plaice on their mantelpiece. But now the countryside photographer’s images don’t just look pretty — they speak as well

By Flora Watkins Published 21 June 13

One of Britain’s oldest and best-loved ponies, the New Forest, is on the verge of becoming a rare breed

By Flora Watkins Published 17 June 13

A horse who was sold on while out on loan six years ago has finally been reunited with his owner

By Flora Watkins Published 14 June 13