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Rider who died following cross-country fall named

British Riding Clubs is carrying out an investigation and assisting the local authority with its usual inquiry

Investigation under way after controversial derby round

Ellen Whitaker joins Hickstead Nations Cup team for first time in over a decade

Ellen last jumped in the Hickstead Nations Cup in 2007 with her great stallion Locarno

App to help emergency services reach riders in hard-to-find spots

‘The app can be particularly effective for emergencies in rural locations like farms, fields or wooded areas’

Great Yorkshire Show sticks to its guns on rider weight despite ‘fat police’ comments

‘It’s nothing to do with being fat. We want everyone to ride, but on the right horse or pony’

Call for show organisers to make flu vaccinations ‘mandatory’ as outbreaks top 200

‘Alarmingly the number of outbreaks of equine influenza continues to rise and are likely to continue week-on-week for the foreseeable future’

‘It’s a dream come true’ — Mary-Kate Olsen wins international showjumping competition

The actress-turned-fashion designer is in her first year of international competition

Proud new mum Ros Canter ‘making plans’ for end of eventing season

‘I will be introducing her to riding in the future but there will be no pressure – she can follow whatever path she wants in life’

Motorcyclist ‘watched rider scream’ as spooked horse suffered horrific injuries in cattle grid *Warning: very graphic image*

‘The vet said B had a full de-gloving of her hind leg from her hock to fetlock’

Rider dies following fall at riding club one-day event

The rider sadly died at the scene on Saturday (13 July)

What’s in a name: mules could be out as FEI re-defines ‘horses’

“This situation seems to be incorrect for both, horses and mules... and may affect the historical perception of equestrian sport”

Mini ponies ‘go wild at the seaside’ in latest adventure

‘It’s a dream come true’ — British young riders win a medal of each colour at eventing Europeans

The young rider competition went down to the wire in The Netherlands this afternoon

‘I can’t quite believe it’ — medal haul for British junior eventers

British under-18 riders impressed on the final day of competition

‘I felt like I’d won’: owner’s dream comes true at Great Yorkshire Show

The horse bounced back from a split in his tendon, colic and a navicular diagnosis to collect a rosette in the novice ridden hunter line-up

Mounted police ‘delighted’ as critically rare horse joins the force

The force was ‘quite taken’ with the 16.3hh mare when she arrived at the unit’s headquarters

‘I thought I’d screwed it up’ — Irish rider credits horse for seemingly impossible grand prix victory

Brits impress on tough Young Rider European Eventing cross-country day

The leaderboard at the Young Rider European Eventing Championships has had a massive shake up after a highly influential cross-country phase

Still all to play for after cross-country at Junior European Eventing Championships

Find out how the British and Irish junior eventing teams fared on cross-country day in The Netherlands

Retrained racing star Saphir Du Rheu storms around Barbury

‘He has just been doing this for three months and is being ridden by an amateur who is not an event rider! What a horse’