Enjoy some of our favourite updates from equestrian social media channels during the past week, including an amazing moment during a showjumping round to a truly incredible video of someone tackling this year’s Burghley cross-country course.
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Equestrian social media posts of the week
What an amazing photo of Harvey Smith and his son Robert on Warpaint back in the day
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Can anybody relate?
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And now for something a little different – watch this amazing video of Duncan Shaw, who is a mountain bike and trials rider, negotiate this years Burghley cross-country track, even including him jumping off the Leaf Pit…!
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Former web features editor, point-to-point editor and digital racing editor
Gemma is an experienced journalist, who was a member of H&H staff from 2014 to September 2025. She 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 Epsom in August 2018. Gemma’s has reported from numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.
