The week on Twitter: bending race face plant and Black Beauty turns 26

Enjoy some of our favourite tweets from the past seven days. From the dilemma of a dog and a portaloo to a high speed bending race fall, it all happened on Twitter this week.

Don’t miss the exciting competition on this weekly page. Our favourite tweet each week will win either an Apatchy mini tablet case or an Apatchy cosmetic bag, personalised with your own initials. For more information about the competition and to find out who this week’s winner is, go to the bottom of this page.

Tweets of the week

Ahh, Nip Tuck and Valegro congratulate each other prior to collecting their team European silver medal

Happy 26th birthday to the last remaining Black Beauty from the 1994 film

We’re all guilty of this…

Spotted: National Hunt jockey, Barry Geraghty, who temporarily swapped his skull car for a bowler hat

Fair play to this young jockey. 2f must have felt like an awfully long way

Sadly when AP said that he would be racing at Ascot, he didn’t mean on four legs, rather sat between a set of wings

That awkward moment when… (Anky won three Olympic gold medals, won the World Cup final nine times and was world champion in dressage prior to taking up reining)

And congratulations to this week’s Tweet of the Week winner

The bending race claims a couple of victims at a fundraising show at Todburn Equestrian in aid of cancer patients, including their local friend, Ben Hobday

Face plant!! @TodburnE #brightred4ben @BrightRedOrg @BenHobday pony games, Peppa is too fast for me pic.twitter.com/vJ6FgWlIQO

— Vanessa Wark (@Vanessa_wark) August 13, 2015

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Tweet of the week competition

The winner of the Horse & Hound tweet of the week competition can also be found by searching Twitter for #HHTweetOfTheWeek. The winner will receive an Apatchy mini tablet case (pictured left) or an Apatchy cosmetic bag (pictured below right), personalised with their initials.

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Gemma Redrup

H&H features, racing and point-to-point editor

Gemma is an experienced journalist, having been part of the H&H team since 2014, who is passionate about all equestrian sports, including racing and point-to-pointing. She has enjoyed riding out for top trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took part in a charity Flat race at in August 2018. Gemma’s reporting talents have taken her to numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.