Features Archive | August 2021

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August 31st
- European Showjumping Championships: medal predictions and ones to watch
August 30th
- When should you use studs on your horse?
- H&H Tokyo rider of the day: meet the Paralympian who underwent chemotherapy and open heart surgery months before Tokyo
- Tokyo Paralympics: British groom Liz Walsh – ‘when you’re a groom, it’s in your blood’
August 29th
- H&H Tokyo rider of the day: history-making Paralympian bows out – ‘I decided before Tokyo that this would be my last Games’
- ‘We can learn from our mistakes together’: Working hunter specialist Katy Green on finding your next jumping partner
- Tales from Tokyo: side-saddle rider Barbara Minneci – ‘this would have been the most beautiful Games ever’
- Check out this smart detached equestrian home, with 15 acres, 7 stables, manège and annexe
August 28th
- Like mother, like son: tiny home-bred star to follow in his dam’s footsteps for Britain
- H&H’s Tokyo rider of the day: Kate Kerr-Horan – ‘The day we left for Tokyo, the road was lined with our neighbours’
- Good things come in small packages: 5 horses 15.2hh and under you’d love to own
August 27th
- Bicton CCI5* Horse Trials tickets – how to get your hands on them
- H&H’s Tokyo horse of the day: meet Dr Doolittle, the horse preparing for his Paralympic farewell
- The magic of the horse-human connection: Sophie Wells on why equestrian sport’s Paralympic place is so important
- An Olympic champion just loves the camera and 10 other great bits of horsey social media this week
August 26th
- H&H’s Tokyo horse of the day: Solitaer 40 – ‘Championships are absolutely his jam’
- Horse Dialog Equestrian Club of the Year 2021
- Watch Mary King walk the key combinations on the Bicton Horse Trials track: ‘Real five-star fences’
- The Horse & Hound Podcast 65: Working hunter producer Katy Green | Aerobic fitness | News round-up
- Tokyo Paralympics: British groom Jade Lockwood on her first senior championship experience – ‘I’m absorbing every bit of information I can’
August 25th
- Road to HOYS: Rider who broke both elbows in fall to still get her dream ride at the NEC
- Here come the Brits: Paralympic dressage riders take a spin in stunning main arena amid final preparations for thrilling Tokyo showdown
- The prettiest sandstone cottage with new outdoor arena, two stables and hacking in an idyllic rural location
August 24th
- ‘They were signing CDs and I went up and asked them’: how a live gig sparked freestyle partnership between pop stars and Tokyo Paralympic medal contender
- 18 of the spookiest showjumping fences — would your horse go near any of these?
August 23rd
- H&H’s expert guide to Paralympic dressage classification and grades
August 22nd
- Snacks, snoozes and an incredible home from home: Britain’s Paralympic dressage horses arrive in Tokyo
- ‘It’s the Olympics, I have to give this a go!’ – Laura Kraut relives that epic jump-off at the Tokyo Olympics
- A brand spanking new Grade II-listed 3-bed barn conversion with outbuildings and scope for grazing
August 21st
- 5 things to avoid saying to a show judge
- ‘One of the craziest jump-offs I’ve ever seen’: groom Cormac Kenny relives the day Ben Maher won Olympic gold
- Dreaming of a dressage partner to help you achieve that elusive 10?
August 20th
- A special moment between a Chelsea Pensioner and a top horse, plus 9 other great bits of horsey social media this week
August 19th
- Find the land your horse will love *Promotion*
- The Horse & Hound Podcast 64: Ben Maher | Laura Kraut | Riders returning from injury | News round-up
August 18th
- Showing podcasts to listen to on your next lunch break
August 17th
- ‘Very much five-star’: cross-country course for Burghley replacement event at Bicton revealed
- How would you make use of four stables, gallop track, arena, paddocks, main house and additional barn conversion?
August 16th
- Horse & Hound Awards 2021 Terms and Conditions
August 15th
- ‘I absolutely loved it’ – find out how British Olympic medallist Tom McEwen filled his downtime out in Tokyo
- Take a look around this 12-bedroom house with 18 stables, nine acres, a pool and a gym
August 14th
- Meet the hot-headed mare on the London GCT with a ‘strange’ warm-up regime – ‘She’s a special character!’
- Can horses eat watermelon? H&H investigates…
- Would you attempt these fences from the London Global Champions Tour grand prix?
August 13th
- Pelvic fractures in horses: all you need to know
- Welcome home to our Olympic champion and 8 other great bits of social media this week
August 12th
- 15 of the rarest horse breeds in the world
- The Horse & Hound Podcast 63: Tom McEwen | Back pain in riders | News round-up
August 11th
- Having Olympic withdrawal symptoms? Here’s how to rewatch the equestrian action…
- European Dressage Championships roll of honour 2015-2019
- A country estate with 18 stables, two arenas, horse walker and stunning main house located in sunny Menorca…
August 10th
- 7 ways to stop your horse napping
- 9 things ex-racehorse owners get sick of hearing
- ‘He’s definitely high-needs!’: Meet new British Showjumping national champion Millfield Baloney
- The Champion Safety Series: episode three | A Horse & Hound Podcast Advertising Series
August 9th
- ‘We trust Explosion with our lives’: groom Cormac Kenny on the showjumping gold medallist at home and the Tokyo ‘whirlwind’
- Stoneleigh stories: ‘The hardest part was admitting I had lost my confidence’
- 5 wonderful Welsh cobs and ponies on the market right now
August 8th
- ‘I have to keep looking at the medal to realise it happened’: Lottie Fry reflects on her Tokyo Olympic experience
- Check out this charming nine-acre property with three stables and an arena…
- Tales from Tokyo: ‘I wanted to give my horse away when he was four’
August 7th
- The Horse & Hound Podcast: Daily Tokyo Special – episode 12
- H&H’s Tokyo horse of the day: Jerome Guery’s Quel Homme De Hus – ‘The one horse I would take to war’
- H&H’s Tokyo rider of the day: the showjumper with taped-up broken ribs on his superb second-choice ride
- ‘Rare and unbelievable’: meet the horse who jumped clear in every Olympic showjumping round
- The Olympic showjumping team final course – see the fences that will determine who takes the last Tokyo equestrian medals
- Tales from Tokyo: ‘I’ve had life-changing offers for my horse – but I’m too much in love to sell her’
August 6th
- The Horse & Hound Podcast: Daily Tokyo Special – episode 11
- ‘This is your gold medal’ and 11 other great bits of horsey social media this week
- H&H’s rider of the day: the super Swede who’s learned to trust her tricky mare
- H&H’s Tokyo horse of the day: the ‘super-bright’ 10-year-old at his first Games
- Sushi, calligraphy and Shibuya Crossing: walk the course for today’s Olympic team showjumping qualifier
- Daily weigh-ins and blood tests, 50 vets and a state-of-the-art facility: inside the Tokyo Olympics vet clinic
August 5th
- First look at Aztec Diamond’s ‘new era’ collection that drops tonight
- Tales from Tokyo: meet the showjumper who is also an oil trader – ‘I love my job and my sport’
- A cosy farm with traditional house, two-bed annexe, 14 stables and beautiful hacking for £650,000
- Tales from Tokyo: ‘I missed my graduation to jump the grand prix in Madrid’
August 4th
- The Horse & Hound Podcast: Daily Tokyo Special – episode 10
- H&H’s horse of the day: meet awesome Alan, the barefoot double Olympic silver medallist
- ‘Absolutely massive and no room for error’: riders views on Tokyo Olympic showjumping individual final course
- ‘I don’t know what’s more pressure – winning Olympic gold or getting married in two weeks’: Ben Maher to tie the knot following Tokyo Games
- Tales from Tokyo: the rider receiving Instagram good luck wishes from Bill Gates
- H&H’s Tokyo rider of the day: the Japanese rider who became a new showjumping star
- Crunch time: take a peek at the Tokyo Olympic showjumping individual jump-off course
- The return of the sumo wrestler – plus 13 other Olympic showjumping fences you won’t want to miss
- Who’s responsible for keeping our four-legged athletes in medal-winning shoes? We meet Tokyo 2020’s forge manager…
- Tales from Tokyo: ‘Israel saved my grandmother – to ride for a country she loved so much means everything’
August 3rd
- The Horse & Hound Podcast: Daily Tokyo Special – episode nine
- The Tokyo Olympic equestrian arena surface: learn more about the fascinating science of the 2020 Games footing
- H&H’s Tokyo rider of the day: Marc Houtzager recovers from dramatic start to secure place in Olympic final
- H&H’s horse of the day: Daniel Deusser’s Killer Queen – ‘She knew the competition started today’
- Meet Ben Maher’s Tokyo Olympic ride Explosion W
- A sumo wrestler, 57 years of Olympics and more: walk the course for the Tokyo individual showjumping qualifier
- ‘My nod to the medals’: showjumper sports hundreds of golden feathers for Tokyo Olympics
- Tales from Tokyo: ‘He deserved another chance to perform at the Olympics before he retires’
- Tales from Tokyo: ‘My horse bit off my nose’
August 2nd
- The Horse & Hound Podcast: Daily Tokyo Special – episode eight
- H&H’s rider of the day: Kazuma Tomoto – ‘My horse was just amazing; I’m so proud’
- H&H’s horse of the day: Amande De B’Neville – the mare who helped make history
- Take a walk around the Olympic eventing showjumping individual final track
- First glimpse of beautiful Tokyo Olympics showjumps as eventing team course revealed
- Tales from Tokyo: ‘I feel a responsibility to say, “Screw that – you can do it any way you want to”’
August 1st
- ‘We’re excited to finally be at the Olympics!’ See the showjumpers settle in to Tokyo life
- ‘There’s no textbook way’: Katie Jerram-Hunnable on channelling the talented but tricky horse
- Tales from Tokyo: the amateur eventer who’s ridden for three nations – and speaks five languages
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- The Horse & Hound Podcast: Daily Tokyo Special – episode seven
- H&H’s Tokyo horse of the day: Don Quidam – ‘We all know our own horses’
- H&H’s Tokyo rider of the day: Austin O’Connor – ‘I was here to do a job and that was that’