
Hovis
Hovis shared his weekly diary each Friday on the Horse & Hound website between 2008 and February 2025. Initially located on the popular H&H forum, he moved to the main website in February 2013. He published nine books, each to raise funds for his local equine welfare charity Bransby Horses. You can read all his diary entries below. H&H also published a final tribute to our much-loved equine contributor.
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Hovis’ Friday diary: Peoples, I haz exciting newsHovis has a big announcement to make
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Hovis’ Friday diary: yes, I am a tease and no, I’m not sorryHovis offers some advice and has something exciting in the pipeline
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Hovis’ Friday diary: there’s no problem in life that can’t be fixed with gaffer tape — apart from stupidHovis discusses his posterior and the pandemic...
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Hovis’ Friday diary: I’ve got some hatersHovis explains why his daily routine is ruffling some feathers
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Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘never has the term liar, liar pants on fire seemed so real…’‘In terms of small not-quite-so-hoppy steps, we’re taking it one at a time’
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Hovis’ Friday diary: I’m working on an alternative ending…‘I am now officially on a deadline to show some sign of improvement, otherwise this is my final chapter’
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Hovis’ Friday diary: what goes 99, bonk, 99, bonk?By Hovis Published
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Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘if I have any more snot wiped on my mane, I’m going to change my name to Kleenex’‘Well despite all fears to the contrary, like Elton John, I’m still standing…’
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Hovis’ Friday diary: things are a bit not goodHovis needs some positive vibes
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Hovis’ Friday diary: she was either smiling or she had wind — sometimes it is hard to tell.The week started well for Hovis, but has since taken a bit of a nose dive...
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Hovis’ Friday diary: I am a long way from the scrapheap — this week proved it…I do feel like last week’s diary caused a fair few of you to worry — now there’s a couple of things you need to remember here...
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Hovis’ Friday diary: I have been betrayedHovis is not at all happy with some of the events that have unfolded over the past week...
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Hovis’ Friday diary: the next thing we knew we were riding into the biggest wall of water since Moses parted the oceans‘I don’t know if this will be my final diary entry, whether I can find it in me to carry on, but know this — I will never be the same again’
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Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘he was a bit like a pair of children’s scissors — bright and colourful, but not too sharp…’Hovis explains why maybe he isn’t suited to taking one particular Pony Club badge
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Hovis’ Friday diary: a boy just can’t winHovis is miffed about a couple of things this week...
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Hovis’ Friday diary: being a hacking hero and enjoying it while it lasts…By Hovis Published
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Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘we made like sheep and got the flock out of there’‘It was undoubtedly one of the most meaningful acts of sacrifice I have seen since mother let me lick her Magnum in the summer of 2009’
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Hovis’ Friday diary: the woman is utterly delusionalHovis has some wishes he would like to come true
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Hovis’ Friday diary: you don’t stick us between your legs and tootle off sporting your overtight manpants and a jaunty grinHovis has some words of advice for us
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Hovis’ Friday diary: spook, spin and scarperHovis has been on an eventful outing
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Hovis’ Friday diary: I’ve decided I would like to return my humanBy Hovis Published
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Hovis’ Friday diary: things went south faster than a penguin on the pullHovis’ mother has suffered a very close encounter...
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Hovis’ Friday diary: It was like watching Mr Blobby base jump…‘This really calls for a dun, dun, dun moment, and not a yellow pony type’
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Hovis’ Friday diary: hope is fading faster than a fake tan in lockdownHovis has been on an outing
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