This year’s Horse of the Year Show may have only finished on Sunday, but we’re already wondering when it’s OK to start getting excited about the 2017 equestrian extravaganza. It’s not hard to work out why we’re still on a HOYS high — and that’s before we’ve even started on the emotional roller coaster of the showjumping and showing classes…
Don’t miss the full report from HOYS in this week’s issue of Horse & Hound magazine (13 October 2016)
Mounted games envy
Could there be a better feeling for the East Kent Hunt branch of the Pony Club than to be in the spotlight following their win in the Prince Philip Cup final? If only we were all that agile...
Team work
Tips from the top
A private lesson with Carl Hester might be a lofty dream on our bucket list, but a masterclass with the Olympian and Charlotte Dujardin offers a pretty good substitute
Familiar faces
Showjumping stalwart Geoff Billington checks out the action with Britain's showjumping chef d'equipe Di Lampard
The adrenaline buzz East Kent Hunt Pony Club, winners of the Prince Philip Cup Final in the Pony Club Mounted Games during HOYS in the NEC in Warwickshire in the UK on 9th October 2016
Ribbons aplenty
Flashy footwear
Step aside wellies, wave goodbye to muddy gateways and say hello to the kind of footwear that only an indoor prize-giving could allow
A bout of nostalgia
The jingling of the harrow chains in the Musical Drive of the Heavy Horses takes spectators back to a bygone era
West End or NEC?
Forget theatre tickets. Spectators get their show-stopping fix with Gilles Fortier's 'Vulcanium Dreams of Fire' display, combining dance, theatre and circus performances with fire and pyrotechnics
Wow-factor horsemanship
Not your average horsemanship... The 'Vulcanium Dreams of Fire' display in action
