Features Archive | September 2025

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September 29th
- ‘The plan was to finish with Fame this year – but I haven’t made any decisions’: Carl Hester on medals, motivation and the future
September 28th
- ‘No fat ponies will be getting top marks from me’: meet HOYS mountain and moorland mini and working hunter judge Erik Mackechnie-Guire
September 27th
- ‘Such a cool horse’: why everyone is talking about far-from-average grand prix winner Ping Pong
September 26th
- 6 keys to breeding HOYS superstar ponies, according to history-making Heniarth Stud
- Why horse owners need to be on high alert thanks to a bumper crop of acorns in the UK
September 25th
- Horse Feed By Nature
- The Horse & Hound Podcast 169: Carl Hester reflects on his 13th Europeans, how judging is changing, and what might be next…
September 24th
- An eye-catching spotted foal sets a new auction record, plus 5 of the other most expensive horses ever sold
September 23rd
- Is £800k within your budget? If so this three-bedroom home with three stables, an arena and paddocks could be yours…
September 20th
- ‘He gives me Hugh Grant vibes’: groom Nellie Smith on the quiet charm of Caroline Harris’ European eventing contender D. Day
September 19th
- ‘He’s a unicorn, but he will use his muck as a pillow sometimes’ – meet Hannah Chowen, groom to Piggy March’s stallion at Blenheim
- An extraordinary record: we salute the rider contesting her 30th senior eventing championship this week at Blenheim
September 18th
- ‘I didn’t realise the cross-country jumps were so big!’ – meet Bubby Upton’s groom Kirsty Campbell, who’s switched sports from showjumping to eventing
- From trying cross-country on a whim to competing at Blenheim Europeans in five years: meet Turkey’s first senior championship rider
- Who will be delivering the commentary insights on the Eventing Europeans action?
- ‘I had the naivety of youth’ – Zara Tindall relives her week winning double gold at the 2005 European Championships at Blenheim
September 17th
- Brits, bows and bling browbands – check out our favourite trot-up photos from the Blenheim European Championships
- What will the British Europeans eventing squad jump this week at Blenheim? Check out every fence on the cross-country course
- ‘When I reflect on Blenheim now, it was a fairy tale’ – Zara Tindall looks back on her 2005 double European gold medals
September 16th
- Who are the favourites for individual eventing European Championship medals this week at Blenheim?
- Restore the natural balance on your land with trees – with up to 75% funding
- Can Britain win team gold at the Blenheim European Championships? We think so!
September 15th
- Pure perfection: a luxurious manor and home spa for you, plus stables, an arena and more for your horse
- Why is Blenheim Palace covered in white wrapping? Here’s everything you need to know
September 13th
- ‘I want everything to look easy and effortless’: meet 2025 HOYS judge David Bennett
- ‘I can’t take all the credit!’: Burghley groom’s prize winner on dashing to a wedding, and what it’s like to manage Austin O‘Connor’s Colorado Blue at a top event
September 12th
- Check out this beautiful home complete with 85 acres, stabling, indoor and outdoor arenas and more…
- ‘I fell for King William instantly’: how love at first sight for Mary King grew into one of the greatest eventing partnerships of all time
September 11th
- The highest-placed British horse, top grooms, and cake: check out who won the Burghley special prizes
- What to wear out hunting – for autumn hunting and season proper
September 10th
- ‘Sometimes we don’t like to be challenged’: debate surrounds courses set for world’s richest showjumping class
September 9th
- A beautiful family home with 18 acres, stables, an arena and a pool… plus your very own oast house
- Take a first look at Kitty King walking the Blenheim European Championships cross-country course
September 8th
- Meet the 65-year-old grandmother of four who’s just won her first gold medal
- Meet Jemima Green: Britain’s dark horse who delivered two medals on her championship debut with her seven-year-old star in the making
- Horse First. Every Time. Every Season – why your horse needs a tailored, test-based parasite control programme
September 7th
- Meet Ballyneety Silver Service, Holly Richardson’s grey eventer: this debutant is Burghley’s one to watch and a possible future star
- ‘Ros sprinted off and got me her watch’ – meet Burghley’s youngest rider, who’s based with Ros Canter
- ‘It was a challenging 12 minutes’: rider jumps around Burghley cross-country with broken stirrup
September 6th
- ‘He’s fallen in love with Walter!’: Caroline Casburn on family’s second-generation home-bred, Topspin
- ‘I love lists!’ How Ava Fisher, groom to Alex Bragg’s Ardeo Premier, keeps things running like clockwork at Burghley
September 5th
- ‘He still looks five, and so does his rider!’: Toledo De Kerser delights fans in special Burghley appearance
- ‘A strong, independent woman’: Laura Collett on the ‘dragon’ of a mare who’s brought her back to Burghley after 14 years
- ‘I was drawn 77 and ‘I thought I’m going to bloody win this’’: Pippa Funnell’s fondest – and least favourite – Burghley memories
September 4th
- Meet the ex-racehorse who cost less than £2,000 and is tackling his first Burghley
- ‘Burghley is always the monster in this sport’ – riders react to new-look cross-country course
- Who’s behind the mic in Ermelo? Meet the voices of the Para Dressage European Championships
- Rolling, grazing and midday naps: how the king of chill Valmy Biats spends his week at Burghley, according to his groom
September 3rd
- Colour and smart tailoring: check out our favourite outfits from the Burghley trot-up
- What do Ros Canter, Oliver Townend and Harry Meade have to jump this week? Full Burghley cross-country course photos
- ‘Birley at Burghley – I’ve not heard the end of it!’: meet the aptly named five-star amateur gearing up for her first top-level event on home soil
- New face joins Burghley TV team as commentators and presenters for 2025 revealed
September 2nd
- Horse & Hound’s ones to watch at the European Para Dressage Championships
- Eight pairs to watch at Burghley this week – will one of these favourites take the title?
- How many medals are given, how do the grades work, and other often-asked para dressage Europeans questions answered
September 1st
- Incredible views and fabulous facilities – this equestrian home with stables and an arena is truly breathtaking
- How to achieve the country chic look and be prepared for Burghley
- A pre-Burghley toast to the magical Murphy Himself – the daredevil grey that famously took out strides at the world’s biggest fences