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Stay up to date with the latest equestrian news as it happens with H&H’s dedicated news service. The H&H news desk brings you breaking news from across the UK and around the world. Whether you are an elite rider or trainer competing at the highest level, an equestrian business owner, a dedicated breeder or a busy amateur who enjoys their horse, our equestrian news service brings you the news you need to know.
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Tokyo Olympic place lost after rider unknowingly used teabag containing cocaine
The rider took what she thought was green tea from the breakfast area of the hotel
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Top British horse from 2019 Europeans withdrawn from Tokyo contention
“With that sort of injury they do need a few months off and the timing couldn’t have been worse; she will be back in work just as they trot down the centre line in Tokyo”
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‘Immense sadness’ as Burghley Horse Trials 2021 cancelled
“Next year marks our 60th anniversary and, despite the challenges ahead, we will be focusing all our efforts on delivering a spectacular event in 2022”
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Delight as 2021 Horse of the Year Show gets the green light
The event, which was cancelled last year owing to Covid, will take place at its usual home, the NEC Birmingham
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Top rider explains turnout opinion after social media ‘wolf pack’ storm
“They probably get out more than an average horse who spends a couple of hours in a paddock”
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Fresh calls to end ‘deliberate torment’ of Tennessee walking horses: US senators unite across parties
“It’s like forcing an Olympian to train with broken glass in her shoes so the pain will make her leap higher over the hurdles”
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Munnings painting celebrating lifelong hunting friendship sells for £105,000
The painting by the great Sir Alfred Munnings was given as a gift to a lifelong friend, who he met through their mutual love of hunting
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Dublin Horse Show cancelled owing to Covid uncertainty
The 2021 Dublin Horse Show will not be going ahead; instead, organisers are planning to hold a RDS National Championships in August
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Warning to drivers after horse dies and others injured when truck crashes into stationary horsebox
“If by sharing this I can make some people think about their road manners, it will be worth it.”
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Top rider’s frustration as border paperwork error means horses turned back at Calais
I don’t see the reasoning behind it; it’s politics playing games with people’s lives and not caring about the welfare of horses”
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Royal Windsor Horse Show tickets to go on sale: plans for 4,000 spectators and shopping village
Royal Windsor Horse Show 2021 tickets will go on sale on 6 May. This year’s show has moved from its usual slot in May to new dates, owing to Covid-19
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‘She enriched our lives’ — Farewell to HOYS and RIHS winning show pony with a prolific legacy
Rotherwood Flight Of Fancy won the RIHS in 2003 and HOYS in 2009 as a 148cm show pony
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Countryside and firefighters unite in call for Government to ban sky lanterns
A new coalition, comprising 18 bodies including the Countryside Alliance and the British Horse Society, has written to environment minister
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New rider age rule sparks debate in showing circles *H&H Plus*
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Farmer and Shires take on 600-mile trip to help those who helped his family
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Business as usual for now despite new EU animal health law *H&H Plus*
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‘They both needed a best friend’: lonely donkeys find joy with each other
A giant donkey, who lost his best friend to cancer, has found happiness with a new companion
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Horses dig wells in deserts with environmental benefits, study finds
Wild equids in the North American desert have been found to dig wells up to six feet deep to access fresh water
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Sadness at loss of champion mare tempered by her foal’s remarkable survival
The premature foal has been adopted by her “aunt”
