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.

Don’t miss the exciting competition on this weekly page. Our favourite tweet each week will win either an Apatchy mini tablet case or an Apatchy cosmetic bag, personalised with your own initials. For more information about the competition and to find out who this week’s winner is, go to the bottom of this page.

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!

Oops!

Ab Fab’s Jennifer Saunders is super-proud of her event horse winning the CCI* at Houghton under Piggy French

Braving it in all weather

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!

Look! No hands!

How sweet…

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…

…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!)

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Tweet of the week competition

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Gemma Redrup

H&H features, racing and point-to-point editor

Gemma is an experienced journalist, having been part of the H&H team since 2014, who 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 in August 2018. Gemma’s reporting talents have taken her to numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.