Wind-powered racehorses and 8 other bits of social media that made us smile this week

Enjoy some of our favourite updates from Twitter and Instagram during the past seven days. From a National Hunt trainer pulling an all-nighter to farting racehorses, it all happened on social media 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

This is us

10/10 on the cute scale

https://twitter.com/chrisnorms84/status/711526696596406272

It’s a strong look…

Well I guess at least you know this horse is careful

Wind-powered!

It’s fantastic to see paralysed jockey Robbie McNamara back in the saddle

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Grand National winner Many Clouds

We hear you, Harry

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

Cheltenham Festival winning trainer Martin and his wife pull an all nighter in celebration

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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.