News Archive | March 2008

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March 29th
- Anky van Grunsven wins ninth World Cup dressage final
March 28th
- Moreton Morell college “open as normal” after fire
- Isabell Werth leads Anky van Grunsven in World Cup final
March 27th
- Racehorse trainers and farmers row comes to a head
- Albion wins contract with Spanish Riding School
- Vet Act changes put on hold until 2011
- Charles Gordon-Watson accused of owing £2.7 million
- Jamie Gray’s court case adjourned until Friday 4 April
- British Open Championships attracts top show jumpers
- Barefoot trimmers to get code of practice
- International strangles conference to take place in Scotland
- New endurance rulebook prepared for “modern” sport
- Campaigners vow to push ahead on Animal Act insurance issue
- Shire horse experts quash rumours of breed extinction
- MFHA and Countryside Alliance slam BBC hunting investigation
- Carl Llewellyn unlikely to ride in the Grand National
- Horseboxes receive cut in Severn Bridge toll price
March 26th
- Skeleton of 1900 Grand National winner Ambush II goes on display
- Zara Phillips gets a place at Badminton Horse Trials
- Douglas Dorsey retires from international dressage competition
- Oliver Greenall heads men’s point-to-point leaderboard
- AP McCoy picks up 11th ‘oscar’ at annual Lesters Awards
March 25th
- Holcombe Point-to-Point is reinstated after a tide of support
- Snow causes chaos at BSPS Winter Championships
- American eventer Darren Chiacchia making good progress
- American eventing team horse Task Force put down
- Longwood EC say “We do not have strangles”
- Stolen brewery Shire horse returns home safe and sound
March 24th
- Moreton Hall gutted by fire but stable yard is unaffected
- Bob Champion supports Dartmoor Horse Ride for Autism
March 20th
- Great Leighs racecourse opening postponed again
- New warden to curb loose horses roaming Cardiff’s streets
- Bramham winner Foreign Exchange retires from eventing
- Nicola Tustain has new horse for Hong Kong Paralympics
- Myerscough Premier League: Big tour whitewash for Kate Attlee
- Andrew Davies hits form at Unex Towerlands Premier Show
- Lincolnshire Horse Trials attracts top names despite heavy weather
- Charlotte’s Wish to raise funds for 11-year-old with cystic fibrosis
- Ponies on ice comes to Britain for the first time
- National Riding Festival introduces 16,000 new faces to riding
- Sad farewell to HOYS M&M WHP Blainslie Christmas Cracker
- Young dressage riders benefit from reduced entry fees
- Hickstead invests another £30,000 on drainage improvements
- Olympia Horse Show class changes hit amateur young riders
- North Shropshire hunt faces opposition to moving kennels
- Equine osteopath used forged degree to register as a vet
- ‘Disappointing’ end to Animals Act Private Members Bill
March 19th
- ILPH takes its right weight road show out and about the country
- Paul Tapner takes the top prize at Aldon Horse Trials
- Burnham Market and Houghton International to be televised
March 18th
- Amersham horses out of quarantine at the Horse Trust
- Zara Phillips withdraws Toytown from Fontainebleau
- Training courses on offer to equestrian business owners
- Shire horses Rosie and Duchess retire to the Horse Trust
- Mark Todd on track to qualify for 2008 Olympic Games
March 17th
- Oliver Townend fined by BE for threatening another rider
- Anna Ross-Davies wins World Cup dressage qualifier in Poland
- Top American event rider critically injured in rotational fall
- Jamie Gray to face court for Amersham horse cruelty at Spindles Farm
March 14th
- Reflections on the Gold Cup from a Kauto Star supporter
- Denman takes Cheltenham Gold Cup glory from Kauto Star
- International rugby player retrains as equine vet
- The Quorn hunt returns to Stanford Hall for first time in 50 years
- Nottinghamshire mounted police unit given year’s reprieve
- Show judges angry over exclusion from recommended judges list
- All foals born after July 2009 to be microchipped
- Isle of Wight hunt agrees to stay off Foresty Commission land
- Man jailed for drowning horse at Appleby Fair
- Who will use pre-Olympic training camps around Britain in 2012?
- Emma Hindle wins grand prix special in Germany
- Unfair compensation claims under spotlight in House of Commons
March 13th
- New £5,000 prize for eventing’s Stately Home Challenge
- H&H racing editor meets Jilly Cooper at Cheltenham Festival
- Inglis Drever and Master Minded victorious at Cheltenham Festival
- Cheltenham Festival resumes today with 10-race card
March 12th
- Centres named as pre-Olympic training camp venues
- British endurance squad horse injured in road accident
- Spotlight on young jumping talent at BSJA’s Equine Pathway event
- Jessica Kurten’s “medication” case to be referred to FEI Tribunal
- American summer camps seek enthusastic riding instructors
- Badminton and racing trophies stolen from Diana Henderson
- Equine Thesis of the Year award invitation for top equine students
- New mobile ringtones feature famous racing commentary
- Cheltenham Festival day two abandoned due to high winds
March 11th
- A fantastic opening day at the Cheltenham Festival
- Robert Thornton does the double at the Cheltenham Festival
- Weather doesn’t stop Eland Lodge dressage
- Horse dies after collision with train in Surrey
- SWPA supporters brave the gales at qualifying show
- FEI investigates claims that eventer used spiked boots at Barroca d’Alva
- Piggy French wins AI at Poplar Park Horse Trials
- Newborn coloured filly foal stolen from her mother’s side
- Cheltenham runners face soft ground as Festival gets underway
March 10th
- New secretary general for International Equestrian Federation
- Julie Tew victorious at Tweseldown Horse Trials
- Horse narrowly escapes death in stable as gales hit Britain
March 7th
- RSPCA appeal for information after an emaciated foal is found
- Mother and daughter found guilty of cruelty to their ponies
- Witnesses sought to attack on elderly pony in Warwickshire
- Cheltenham celebrates ladies’ contribution to jump racing
- Event rider Ben Hobday shaves his head for Cancer Research UK
- The Cheltenham Festival: ,‘s ones to watch
March 6th
- Police appeal after pony dies in hit and run incident
- Rescue crews stumped by short-legged Shetland pony
- Updated hound welfare handbook published
- ILPH offers expert “fat scoring” advice via podcast
- Michele Alcroft banned by BSJA following cruelty charge
- New showjumping syndicate approved by BSJA
- British Equestrian Federation seeks new chairman
- Discovering Lost Ways project is under threat
- Ernest Dillion to take action against Kingsbarn Equestrian Centre
- Betting and racing worlds clash over levy
- New strangles blood test is now available
- Australian event rider questions Olympic security in Hong Kong
- New global transport for slaughter campaign launched
- Westbury White Horse under threat from new road scheme
- Thousands of horse owners are not paying enough tax
- Cuddy supreme in-hand champion Mountain Firefly dies from colic
- , hunting correspondent JNP Watson dies
- Petition for better off-road riding presented to government
- Mother and daughter face neglect charges following pony deaths
March 5th
- John Hughes named Approved Training Farrier of the Year
- James Tudor heads point-to-point championship leaderboard
- Lifetime ban for man convicted of “extreme neglect’ of his horses
- Kieren Fallon loses final appeal against ban
- Greyhound racing cancelled at Cheltenham over horse bacteria
- Scottish horse refuge appeals for help with winter feed bill
March 4th
- Stolen miniature pony returned home thanks to freezemark
- Ladies in racing recognised by Cheltenham Racecourse
- BSJA chief executive Jacky Wood to retire
- Oliver Townend picks up early win at Isleham Horse Trials
- Fundraisers to cycle from John O’Groats to Lands End
March 3rd
- Thoroughbred Rehabilitation Centre to run clinics for owners
- Tesco Clubcard points earn riding lessons in Cumbria
- Fjord Scottish studbook loses right to issue horse passports
- Pony racing on Ireland’s Ballyloughane beach under threat