Lucy Elder
Senior news writer
Lucy joined the H&H newsdesk in 2015, taking on the senior news writer position in 2018.
Since joining the Horse & Hound team, Lucy has interviewed many top riders and has reported on the ground from major global sporting events including the Tokyo Paralympic Games and multiple European Championships. She has also reported at countless other national and international fixtures, in the UK and abroad, including Burghley, Badminton and London, and has been part of the remote coverage team for Olympics and world championships.
Her news writing experience includes covering current affairs and sports news across the spectrum of equestrian disciplines and racing, as well as human and equine welfare, industry news and court cases.
Lucy grew up as a member of the Belvoir Hunt branch of the Pony Club and competed up to intermediate level eventing. She spent a year working in eventing yards before university, where she became a member of the Great Britain Student Riders squad and competed in Ireland, Spain and Germany.
After graduating from Oxford Brookes in 2012, Lucy trained as a journalist at News Associates in London where she received her NCTJ (National Council for the Training of Journalists) qualification. She spent two years as a news reporter and entertainment editor on the Windsor Express, Slough Express and Maidenhead Advertiser titles at Baylis Media, passing her senior NQJ (National Qualification in Journalism) exams in 2015 and joining H&H the same year.
In 2018, Lucy received the British Equestrian Federation’s journalist of the year award, which recognises “great journalism in equestrian sport, celebrating the work of a written journalist, broadcaster or photographer who has gone above and beyond to promote equestrian sport during the past year”. She has twice reached the shortlist for the Martin Wills Writing Awards (2013 and 2014), for writing on a racing theme, and is also vice-chairman of the British Equestrian Media Association.
Follow Lucy
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Watch iconic golden horses ‘fly’ over water at Olympic venue
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‘The ponies make my life better’: young rider with bone cancer calls for everyone to ‘Canter for a Cure’
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Pioneering rubber horseshoe designed to improve equine welfare
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Rider fall rules tightened following review
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Badminton entries change, a ‘perfect proposal’, and more things the horse world is talking about
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Joy as superstar grey mare who ‘can do no wrong’ delivers first foal
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Rolex sponsors €500,000 Dublin grand prix, plus more partnership news
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‘I can’t compete in able-bodied or para classes’: disabled rider calls for change
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New help for struggling horse owners and more things the horse world is talking about
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New tech part of efforts to ‘modernise this phenomenal horse sport’
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Researchers find a reason why some horses have a higher risk of fractures
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Rising costs and late entries among complex factors that make greenfield events harder than ever to run
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26 abandoned horses, showing debate, and more things the horse world is talking about
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26 ‘frightened and vulnerable’ horses intercepted during attempt to ‘smuggle’ some out of the UK
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New start time for Grand National confirmed among safety improvements
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‘He always had a smile and a kind word’: fundraiser for rider’s funeral and memorial reaches more than £40,000
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‘Incredibly soft and gentle’ Gold Cup winner who became therapy horse dies age 24
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Iconic Clydesdales prove mightier than a blizzard in new Super Bowl commercial
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Meet the former racehorse with a penchant for Classic FM who is helping prisoners and young people