1 incredible playground and 7 other great bits of horsey social media this week
Enjoy some of our favourite updates from equestrian social media channels during the past week. From the crowning of some new champions to children with the ultimate playground, we saw it all on social media.
Equestrian social media posts of the week
All smiles
It was great to see Harry Meade back in action at the top level en-route to fifth at Kentucky last weekend after his horror fall last year
And his groom even won the groom’s prize too
What a place for kids to grow up
Congratulations to Jack Whitaker for his first five-star victory
And more congratulations, this time to Harry Skelton for becoming champion National Hunt jockey last weekend
Never miss out on the latest happenings in the equestrian world
Cute
But our favourite social media post this week is…
This is what it meant to Oliver Townend when he won Kentucky five-star aboard Ballaghmor Class
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Gemma is an experienced journalist, who was a member of H&H staff from 2014 to September 2025. She is passionate about all equestrian sports, including racing and point-to-pointing. She has enjoyed riding out for top trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took part in a charity Flat race at Epsom in August 2018. Gemma’s has reported from numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.