1 rider jumps with no reins and 8 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 some super competitive fancy dress to some impressive singing, it all happened on social media this week.
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Equestrian social media posts of the week
The arena dreams are made of! Ben Hobday’s self-built masterpiece looks like the bee’s knees
Oh the shame!
When your working pupil forgets her dressage hat #walkofshame pic.twitter.com/9URDTmxXfLWhen your working pupil forgets her dressage hat #walkofshame pic.twitter.com/9URDTmxXfL— Bruce Haskell (@kiwieventer) May 28, 2017— Bruce Haskell (@kiwieventer) May 28, 2017
Oops!
@horseandhound @Horseware how not to ride the water at the #HHChamps pic.twitter.com/EZVLRXyJAW@horseandhound @Horseware how not to ride the water at the #HHChamps pic.twitter.com/EZVLRXyJAW— ProudEventing (@ProudEventing) May 27, 2017— ProudEventing (@ProudEventing) May 27, 2017
Ab Fab’s Jennifer Saunders is super-proud of her event horse winning the CCI* at Houghton under Piggy French
This pic makes me v happy . @Piggy_French on Cooley Monsoon #HoughtonIntHT pic.twitter.com/Eks1ueTE19This pic makes me v happy . @Piggy_French on Cooley Monsoon #HoughtonIntHT pic.twitter.com/Eks1ueTE19— jennifer saunders (@ferrifrump) May 28, 2017— jennifer saunders (@ferrifrump) May 28, 2017
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Wow, this must have been a super-competitive fancy dress class as Laura Tomlinson’s little girl’s fancy dress looks like a winner to us!
1st show.. 2nd place in the fancy dress??? pic.twitter.com/TnbdV62iTd1st show.. 2nd place in the fancy dress??? pic.twitter.com/TnbdV62iTd— Laura Tomlinson (@LauraB_dressage) May 29, 2017— Laura Tomlinson (@LauraB_dressage) May 29, 2017
Look! No hands!
How sweet…
Little Boy And His Little HorseLittle boy and his little horse… ??Posted by LADbible on Friday, May 26, 2017
And congratulations to this week’s Social Media post of the Week winner
Showjumper Matthew Sampson hadn’t managed to secure a place to compete at Bolesworth International, so he sang a song to organiser, Nina Barbour…
Ladies and Gentleman The real slim Sampson #GetMattIntoBolesworthMatthew SampsonNina Barbour#bolesworthinternational Everyone share this!!Posted by Reece Oliver on Friday, May 26, 2017
…Nina heard his song and Matthew’s plea worked! So he sang a song to show his gratitude (and we think he’s got a pretty good voice!)
And the answer is…..#MattGotIntoBolesworthMatthew SampsonNina BarbourIf your not already coming to bolesworth please come and watch Matt do a live version of his Bolesworth Song.Bolesworthinternational.comPosted by Reece Oliver on Saturday, May 27, 2017
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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.