News Archive | April 2008

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April 30th
- First-timer’s countdown to Badminton: one day to go
- England takes home the top prize at the European Farriers Championship
- King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery display in Regents Park
- Judge calls halt to Gatcombe health and safety prosecution
- Quiz night to raise money for money for ILPH’s Make a Noise Campaign
April 29th
- Local elections: Ask what candidates will do for equestrians
- Robert Alner trust fund launched to help injured racehorse trainer
- ILPH steps up fight against obesity among the UK’s leisure horses
- Bewleys Berry retires from racing following serious leg injury
April 28th
- Zara Phillips gets second ride into Badminton from waiting list
- Billy Twomey out of hospital after horrific fall leads to death of Pikap
- Philip Dutton wins Rolex Kentucky Horse Trials
- First-timer’s countdown to Badminton: three days to go
- Rottweilers kill pony and are shot dead by Lancashire police
- Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum is world cup champion
- BBC to cover Badminton Horse Trials live again this year
April 25th
- HH huntsman to cycle length of Britain for Air Ambulance
- Richard Dunwoody backs spinal injury social networking website
- Polly Stockton takes fourth at Rolex Kentucky Horse Trials
- Top point-to-point horse Sea Snipe retires
- Concerns over ‘slippery’ road surface after rider seriously hurt
- Rider takes vet to High Court claiming £65,000 damages
- Horse Sport Ireland puts spotlight on training
- National Pony Society restructures to retain charitable status
- Education is at the heart of eventing safety, says FEI
- Aspiring writer wins Martin Wills Memorial Trust award again
- Sussex horse sanctuary donkeys test positive for equine flu
- RSPCA records huge rise in number of horse and pony rescues
- Hickstead axes pony masters jumping to punish ‘abusive’ parents
- First-timer’s countdown to Badminton: five days to go
- Boy suffers facial scars after dogs attack pony while out riding
April 24th
- Olympic Games 2008: latest equestrian team news
- All interested owners invited to seminar about exotic diseases
- Discounted Chatsworth Horse Trials tickets available online
- Beef Or Salmon retires to raptuous applause at Punchestown
- Rider killed in horse fall suffered “accidental death”
- Solar powered vehicles help raise funds for disabled charities
April 23rd
- Lucky the foal makes his debut at the Blue Cross
- Design a t-shirt for Blaze in aid of the Animal Health Trust
- Section C stallion stands champion at Lampeter Welsh show
- Horse owners asked to aid study on equine grass sickness
April 22nd
- Entry date for Countryside Alliance photgraphy competition extended
- Fayr Jag suffers fatal injury in Pontefract starting stalls accident
- Australia has first low-maintenance synthetic racetrack
- First-timer’s countdown to Badminton: nine days to go
April 21st
- The Brooke launches campaign to help “Horses in Need”
- Karen Rodgers dies in cross-country fall at Ballindenisk Horse Trials
- Have your say about future of Irish sport horse sector
- Charlotte Dujardin wows at BD winter dressage championships
April 18th
- Mark Todd due to arrive back in Britain on Sunday
- The Blue Cross opens its first rest and retirement centre
- Great Leighs gets the green light for first race meeting
- First-timer’s countdown to Badminton: 12 days to go
April 17th
- Equestrian Support Services launches cut-price fuel cards
- Man banned from owning horses for leaving stallion in tiny stable
- Wheelchair-bound woman sues over fall from ‘green’ horse
- Strangles hits Bransby Home of Rest for Horses
- William Whitaker loses Arielle two weeks before World Cup final
- Groom wins £3,000 after employer failed to provide written contract
- Heritage Lottery Fund boost for hunting museum
- Austrian event rider dies in cross-country fall
- FEI tightens up anti-doping strategy prior to Olympic Games
- Loophole in farriery law could cause welfare problems
- Great Leighs given provisional go-ahead for Sunday 20 April
- Show jumping trials bet-friendly class format
- Arrival of African Horse Sickness ‘could lead to cull’
- Zara Phillips has late draw for Badminton Horse Trials
- Nicky Barrett resigns as young rider and junior dressage team trainer
April 16th
- Riders to set off on four year ride along the Silk Route
- Man accused of falsely registering as a vet faces disciplinary hearing
- Comply Or Die and Miinnehoma to parade at Wincanton
- Otis Ferry charged with robbery and common assault
- Second surgery success for injured jockey Mick Fitzgerald
April 15th
- Top racing names join the protest to ‘Save Historic Newmarket’
- Racing world says a fond farewell to Joes Edge
- Jane Holderness-Roddam is Side Saddle Association patron
- Extension of date to return Countryside Alliance ballot papers
- Great Leighs racecourse gets thumbs up from jockeys and trainers
April 14th
- RSPCA wins stay of judge’s ruling over Amersham ponies and donkeys
- First-timer’s countdown to Badminton: 16 days to go
- Calling all grooms: are you satisfied by your career?
- Amersham horses case back before Oxfordshire judge this afternoon
April 11th
- United States struggles to cope with unwanted horses
- Hampshire Hunt supporters cleared of stealing monitors cameras
- New welfare rules for Blackpool beach donkeys
- Five-month custodial sentence for teenage horse ‘slasher’
- Frustration grows as horse trials ballot 900 riders
- Eleven horses roaming loose seized by local police
- Mick Fitzgerald transfered to hospital closer to home
- Hedgehunter retires after his fifth Grand National run
- Future of Amersham ponies handed back to Judge Sandeep Kainth
- First-timer’s countdown to Badminton: 20 days to go
- Jamie Gray at High Court to force return of ponies and donkeys
April 10th
- Memorial race to celebrate the life of Sian O’Gorman
- Ginny Elliot to run London Marathon for Billy’s Appeal
- Hampshire couple banned from keeping horses for 10 years
- Badminton Horse Trials’ work on cross-country ground pays off
- Grand National winning jockey Tony Dobbin retires
April 9th
- Horseracing attracts biggest TV audiences in years
- Heather Fell takes gold for Britain in Modern Pentathlon World Cup
- Avondhu hunt to appeal Irish Masters of Foxhounds Association decision
April 8th
- First-timer’s countdown to Badminton: 23 days to go
- Leeds University equestrian team are BUSA National Champions
- Riding injuries first aid course to raise funds for Air Ambulance
- Persian, Chinese and Indian saddles to be sold at Bonhams
- Trailer and jumps stolen from a Devon Pony Club
April 7th
- Mick Fitzgerald “comfortable” after Grand National fall
- Amersham donkeys and ponies to be returned to Jamie Gray
- Robert Whitaker regains British Open Champion crown
April 6th
- Robert Smith back to his best at the British Open
April 5th
- Comply Or Die wins 2008 Grand National at Aintree
- British Open riders speak out over arena surface
- Jessica Kurten wins second leg of British Open
April 4th
- National Equine Database opens to public this autumn
- Date set for Dutch event rider Madeleine Brugman’s FEI hearing
- Riders recreate historic Henry Tudor ride for Army Benevolent Fund
- No British bid for 2014 World Equestrian Games
- First-timer’s countdown to Badminton: Four weeks to go
- Robert Whitaker in flying form at the British Open
April 3rd
- Countdown to Badminton: Meet first-timer Olivia Haddow
- The Grand National: Horse & Hound’s ones to watch
- New eventing safety rules to be introduced in America
- Volunteers needed to help control the deadly yellow weed ragwort
- Novice riders line up for the John Smith’s People’s Race
April 2nd
- Tim Stockdale teaches television presenter to show jump
- 10-year ban from keeping horses for Surrey man
- Giant Shire ‘Noddy’ could be world’s biggest horse
- Record number of horses remain in 2008 Grand National
April 1st
- Irish Masters of Foxhounds Association suspends two hunts
- US Horse of the Year Curlin wins $6million Dubai World Cup
- Francis Whittington wins World Cup qualifier at Burnham Market
- Investigation into horse deaths at Sedgefield Racecourse