Suffering from Olympia withdrawal symptoms? Check out these pictures to cheer you up

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It's a well known fact that the end of Olympia can prompt some harrowing withdrawal symptoms — no more fake snow, no more Shetlands pretending to be Cue Card, no more nail-biting jump offs... But this selection of pictures from the show should provide a sufficient pick-me-up. And for the ultimate post-Olympia fix, pick up this week's issue of Horse & Hound magazine (22 December) for our full report

Focus in the paddock
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Focus in the paddock

Young jockeys have their eyes on the prize in the paddock ahead of the Shetland Grand National

Fast and furious
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Fast and furious

What would Olympia be without Shetlands — who have the ego of Cue Card — going hell-for-leather around the arena?

In the spotlight
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In the spotlight

Equestrian artist Santi Serra wows the crowd with his Spanish flair

Valegro — but not as you know him…
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Valegro — but not as you know him…

Charlotte is presented with a Valegro rocking horse on the Stevenson Brothers' stand

A festive dress code
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A festive dress code

If there's any time to don a Father Christmas hat, it's at Olympia

Has there been a mix up in the stables?
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Has there been a mix up in the stables?

Bertram Allen may have clinched the Christmas Masters, but all eyes are on Marcus Ehning and his 'borrowed' ride

Celebrating in style
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Celebrating in style

Twelve-year-old Madison Heath wins the H&M Mistletoe Stakes

The view of dreams
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The view of dreams

A packed crowd soaks up the atmosphere in West London

Flying high
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Flying high

The joys of… Christmas?
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The joys of… Christmas?

Lorenzo de Luca and Halifax van het Kluizebos win the Christmas Pudding Stakes

Where’s the flying dismount?
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Where’s the flying dismount?

The “Flat Boys” team, captained by Frankie Dettori, triumph over Richard Johnson’s jump jockeys to win the Markel champions challenge — in aid of Horse & Hound’s charity of the year, the Injured Jockeys Fund

No time for butter fingers
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No time for butter fingers

Boyd Exell celebrates winning the FEI World Cup Driving leg throwing his rosette into the audience

Christmas-ready
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Christmas-ready

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.