Gutted about the GBBO news? Cheer yourself up with some equestrian-themed bakes

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If you were as shocked as we were about the BBC's Great British Bake Off moving to Channel 4, and Mel and Sue 'not going with the dough', then cheer yourself up with these showstopper equestrian-themed bakes. Put yourselves in Mary Berry's shoes: who would you crown as the star baker?

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Madeleine Silver
Madeleine Silver
Former features editor

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.