‘He’d bolt as a five-year-old’: meet Burghley runner Jeweetwel – and find out what his unusual name means

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Emma Hyslop-Webb at Burghley Horse Trials, on Jeweetwel
Emma Hyslop-Webb and Jeweetwel at Burghley.
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At 10, Emma Hyslop-Webb ride’s Jeweetwel is one of the youngest horses in this year’s Defender Burghley Horse Trials field, but he wasn’t the easiest character in his early days.

“I’ve had him since the back end of his five-year-old year and he was a very sharp five-year-old. He’d bolt – and still can occasionally,” said Emma after her dressage this morning. “To begin with, he was very shy and didn’t trust humans. It has very much been about building up trust and a relationship with the horse. He has a huge heart, and that’s what will stand him in great stead for the cross-country.”

Pippa Roome
Pippa Roome
Magazine editor and eventing editor

Pippa is a true eventing geek and has been H&H’s eventing editor since 2005. She has first-hand experience of competing up to British Eventing intermediate and international CCI2*-L level, and has worked in the industry on a top event yard. Pippa enjoys nothing more than immersing herself in the sport at the highest level, reporting from the five-stars and international championships, including the Olympics.