GRAND BALOU 4 ridden by Victoria Gulliksen, Joint winner of Class 19, The Puissance during Horse Of The Year Show at the NEC Birmingham, West Midlands, UK between 07-11th October 2015
Five days of top-class showjumping and showing at last week’s Horse of the Year Show (7-11 October 2015) calls for two things — some serious thrills… and some equally serious spills. Our photographers were on hand to catch those hairy moments when our fists are clenched and it was hard to fully open our eyes to watch the drama unfold in Birmingham’s NEC.
GRAND BALOU 4 ridden by Victoria Gulliksen, Joint winner of Class 19, The Puissance during Horse Of The Year Show at the NEC Birmingham, West Midlands, UK between 07-11th October 2015
(Image credit: Peter Nixon)
A day of ups and downs: Victoria Gulliksen and Grand Balou 4 are the joint winners of the Puissance — but take an unexpected tumble after the finish line.
3. ‘Is this bunting about to flap around my legs?’
Emma Augier De Moussac and Wembley in the Speed Class
(Image credit: Peter Nixon)
Emma Augier De Moussac’s grey stallion Wembley doesn’t like the look of this fence in Sunday’s Speed Horse of the Year class.
Don’t miss our exclusive 32-page report from this year’s Horse of the Year Show, out this Thursday (15 October 2015)
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A graduate from Durham University, Madeleine joined H&H in 2011 and became Features Editor — producing content across the magazine and website, including the popular inside back cover article ‘The horse that made me’ and the weekly ‘The best of my fun…’ interview. She has written on topics as diverse as hay making and headcams, to hot totty in the horse world and circus horses. Madeleine now works as a freelance feature writer for Country Life, The Telegraph, Horse & Hound, cntraveller.com, The Spectator and The Field, as well as writing obituaries for The Times.
