A 91-year-old’s joyful reunion, and other things the horse world is talking about

Joy and carrots

A 91-year-old was delighted to be reunited with an event horse she owns and bred – and told his five-star rider off for not cutting the horse’s carrots properly. Louise Harwood took Blues Cloud to visit Lady Jennifer Evans-Bevan at Kington Court Nursing Home, Herefordshire. Louise told H&H Lady Jennifer had not seen “Cloudy” since he competed at Chatsworth last year, after which she had suffered a stroke. “She was very pleased to see him,” she said. “It was my mother who had the bright idea, saying ‘Wouldn’t it be lovely to take him to see her’.”

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Bramham entries

Former world champions Zara Tindall and Ros Canter head up the Bramham Horse Trials entries for next week’s event (7-11 June). Zara has two horses in the Defender CCI4*-S. Gleadhill House Stud Ltd’s Class Affair will have his first run since finishing 15th at the Kentucky Three-Day Event and the 2006 world champion also pilots her own and Judith Luff’s Classicals Euro Star as he makes his four-star debut in the same class.

Find out who else is in, and which entries are down

Artificial aids

Equestrian commentator, broadcaster and British Showjumping/FEI judge, Adam Cromarty, shares why he believes social licence is the biggest challenge faced by equestrian sport, in his latest H&H column. “Although I can’t be sure of the timeline, I believe within 10 years, whips and spurs will no longer exist in competition,” he says. “There’s no point in giving an opinion on whether I believe this to be a positive thing. In fact, I believe the views of those within our sport will be inconsequential.”

Read Adam’s full column

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