
Becky Murray
Senior news writer
Becky Murray started freelance writing for Horse & Hound in 2016 alongside other equestrian titles, before joining the H&H news team in July 2018. She was made senior news writer in January 2022. During her time at H&H she has reported on a broad range of topics across the equestrian industry including welfare issues, veterinary studies, FEI Tribunal hearings, rider safety, and road safety campaigns. In 2019 she attended the national Strangles Symposium and the Scottish welfare conference.
Becky was part of the home remote reporting team for the Tokyo Olympic Games and the European Showjumping Championships and has reported from Morris Equestrian, the Royal Highland Show and Blair Castle International Horse Trials. She also regularly contributes to the weekly H&H podcast.
Based in north Scotland, Becky learnt to ride at the age of five. She got the showjumping bug with her 13.2hh older pony Phoenix, who used to particularly enjoy a chase-me-Charlie. She went on to compete in British Showjumping and riding club activities as a teenager with her pony Sparkle. After losing two horses in 2015 to illness and injury, Becky is now producing two Irish mares, Ruby and Chloe, and hopes to get back in the showjumping ring in the future. She also has two miniature Shetland sisters, Mootie and Poppet, who keep her on her toes.
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‘A ticking time bomb’: report highlights donkey skins being sold illegally on social media
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‘Not just a bang on the head’: mental health campaign encourages riders to ‘re-think concussion’
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Charlotte Dujardin’s exciting World Championship prospect and other things the horse world is talking about
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Jack Whitaker to miss Royal Windsor as he recovers from ‘freak accident’
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‘No horse is ever bombproof’: concerns raised after six-week low-flying helicopter survey planned
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Brexit ‘disaster’ and Covid make vet-shortage situation worse
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Warning to unlicensed coaches over offering ‘schoolmaster’ lessons on their own horses
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Man jailed after collapsed horse with ruptured eyeball put down in ‘harrowing case’
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Badminton dressage, cross-country course reactions, and other things the horse world is talking about
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Compete or train? How the cost of living is having an impact on the horse world
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Rescue mare gives birth to healthy foal, as charity awaits more new arrivals
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Racehorse owner knighted for his charity work dies aged 86
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Cost of living concerns as welfare charity reports ‘steep’ rise in calls from worried owners
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Equestrian author and former point-to-point rider dies aged 83
