News Archive | May 2008 | Horse & Hound

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May 30th
- BHS lobbies Welsh Assembly for improved off-road access
- King’s Troop to mark The Queen’s Coronation tomorrow with 41 gun salute
- See exclusively equestrian art in London this summer
- Show championship first for British-bred Quarter Horse
- Household Cavalry trains young homeless in teamwork
May 29th
- Motorists given advice on horses and safe driving
- Hong Kong Olympic venue handed over to organising committee
- Text and internet warns of suspicious vehicles near horses
- BHS is on the lookout for talented young riding instructors
May 28th
- Eventing pony Theodore O’Connor put down following accident
- Show jumping celebrates five new major shows
- Vets campaign to improve horsebox floor safety
- Rare Breeds Survival Trust appeals for semen
- Top British riders unaware of current drug laws
- New governing body for sport of point-to-pointing
- Parents sue US federation following rotational fall death
- Test show most polo helmets offer little protection
- Heythrop huntsman accused of illegal hunting
- New York Skyline put down after field accident
- Nine-year-old girl dies after opening fizzy drink on her horse
- Fresh food is delivered to London on the hoof
- Ponies to star in Horses in Harmony musical theatre event
May 27th
- Horse & Hound Cup celebrates 50th anniversary at Stratford
- Jessica Kurten says she won’t be available to ride at the Olympics
- Accidental death verdict on indoor cross-country fall
- Kingsbarn EC fights back against strangles outbreak
- Samsung Super League nations cup victory for Britain in Rome
- Oliver Townend wins two-star at Houghton International Horse Trials
May 26th
- Racing pantomime at Bath raises funds for HorseWorld
- Two horses killed in road accident in Yorkshire
- Free seminars offer training boost for equine businesses in West Country
May 23rd
- British to host its first beach polo championship at Sandbanks
- Barbury Castle Horse Trials invites hunt relay entries
- Yorkshire air ambulance gets £6,000 point-to-point boost
- Top course designer slims for African adventure
- London low emission zone set to hit more lorries
- Top events form new HSBC FEI Classics series
- League Against Cruel Sports sells London headquarters
- Farewell to gold medal-winning endurance horse Hero
- Vet cleared by judge in dressage horse vetting wrangle
- Wellington Riding speaks out about reaction to strangles
- The Royal Show expands equine classes with extra ring
- New five-star category for international eventing proposed
- Fears for Hickstead’s nations cup as Samsung Super League axed
May 22nd
- FEI adjourns Hoy and Brugman’s alleged ‘spiked boots’ case
- Gina Ruck will lead British pony European eventing team
- Polo playing Hipwood brothers win lifetime achievement award
- British paralympic riders raise funds for trip to Beijing
May 21st
- Andrew Hoy to face FEI tribunal over ‘spiked’ boots allegation
- Nullabor did die of broken neck, post-mortem shows
- Quorn huntsman Michael Farrin dies aged 65
- Big Brown heading for Triple Crown after winning the Preakness Stakes
- Bonhams racing sale to include Dorothy Paget memorabilia
May 20th
- Gold Cup winner Sam Thomas picks up 17-day ban
- Thoroughbred Rehabilitation Centre opens its doors more often
- Kentish riders Think Pink in aid of Cancer Research
- Junior rider’s horse dies at Chepstow Horse Trials
- ‘Lady Godivas’ strip off and ride through Hyde Park for charity
May 19th
- Three-year-old picks up Cuddy ticket at Devon County
- Video: Mark Todd interview at Saumur Horse Trials
- Blue Hors Matine to miss the 2008 Olympic Games
- Clayton Fredericks is “devastated” by death of Nullabor
- Mark Todd qualifies for the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong
May 16th
- World Horse Welfare celebrates birth of first foal
- Experimental schedule is a hit for BSJA Area 40
- Naked ‘Lady Godiva’ ride through Hyde Park for charity
- Spotted Horse and Pony Society loses right to issue horse passports
- Chepstow pre-novice three-day event cancelled again
- Five-year ban for woman convicted to cruelty to pregnant mare
- Eccles sisters victorious at vaulting international in Holland
- Ponies (UK) says lessons to be learnt over accident
- Kings Troop horse dies during Royal Windsor rehearsal
- Help for Heroes fundraiser sets off on epic 1,255 mile walk
- Rising cost of fuel could hit shows around the country
- Channel 4 seeks young ladies for The Charlotte Church Show
May 15th
- Golden Horseshoe features on BBC’s Countryfile this weekend
- Cotswold Cart Horse Spring show on Sunday
- Horse drowns at South Shropshire point-to-point
- Jamie Gray found guilty of assaulting a police officer
- South Shropshire joint-master Otis Ferry appears in court
- Golden Horseshoe Ride boasts record medal tally
- Freezemarks for HEROS retired racehorses to discourage theft
- BSJA area 12 kicks off its season at Todburn Equestrian Centre
May 14th
- Pippin the Connemara pony to be made into a Breyer model
- Man drove into horse and rider while speaking on a mobile phone
- Swansea man, who allowed nine horses to starve, banned from keeping animals
May 13th
- Jamie Gray to face 10-week court hearing in December
- Denman named Anglo-Irish Horse of the Year
- Golden Horseshoe on track for record gold medals
- Over To You memories wanted for a new book
May 12th
- Legendary sire Sadler’s Wells retires from stud
- Oliver Townend wins World Cup qualifier at Chatsworth Horse Trials
- Horse & Hound news quiz: The week that was
- Berkshire art gallery mounts first equestrian exhibition
May 11th
- Michael Whitaker triumphs in Royal Windsor Grand Prix
- Hunter ponies gallop for glory at Royal Windsor Horse Show
May 10th
- Royal Windsor Horse Show sees show ponies take centre stage
- Royal Windsor Horse Show proves lucky for Robert Whitaker
May 9th
- Showing stars pick up their first Royal Windsor titles
- Robert Whitaker on flying form at Royal Windsor Horse Show
- Connemaras to get own working hunter class at Dublin
- British Dressage board to choose BD chairman
- New alumni association to make polo more affordable
- Jeremy Clarkson of BBC’s Top Gear challenges the Ledbury Hunt
- Driving world in uproar over short format national driving trials
- American eventing safety proposals stir heated debate
- British eventing team announced for 2008 Olympic Games
- Record numbers to attend Golden Horseshoe Ride
- Royal Windsor welcomes back international jumping
- British Eventing “training” series extends to eight venues
May 8th
- The Queen’s riding horse stands champion at Royal Windsor
- Jessica Kurten to appeal ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport
- Karen Dixon’s disabled niece stars in Beyond Boundaries on BBC2
- Prince Philip receives Queen’s Award for Equestrianism
- Mark Todd’s placed on first run back in Britain
May 7th
- Show jumper Jessica Kurten banned from competing for two months
- Two Shetland ponies shot dead in a field in Shropshire
- Top equestrian names donate to a charity online auction site
- Guards Polo Club to recreate historic polo match
- “Bombproof” horse dealers loose court case over Samson
- Zara Phillips to saddle first runner as a trainer at Cheltenham
May 6th
- Royal Windsor Horse Show prepares for European Championships
- Racecourse worker dies after being crashed into by loose horse
- I’Anson Brothers win a Queen’s Award for Enterprise
May 5th
- Henrythenavigator and Natagora victorious at Newmarket
- Big Brown wins the Kentucky Derby
May 4th
- First-timer’s Badminton Horse Trials diary: day four
- Nicolas Touzaint and Hildago De L’Ile win Badminton Horse Trials
- Badminton Horse Trials blog: first-timers and France’s first winner?
- Four horses have been withdrawn from Badminton Horse Trials
May 3rd
- Badminton Horse Trials blog: this is Badminton at its best
- First-timer’s Badminton Horse Trials diary: day three
- Nicolas Touzaint leads Badminton Horse Trials cross-country
- Polly Stockton leads cross-country at Badminton Horse Trials
May 2nd
- End of the line for Baily’s Hunting Directory?
- Tom Bonner successfully appeals against fines
- Brewery brings back Shires to cut its carbon footprint
- AP McCoy crowned champion jump jockey for 13th time
- Spotlight falls on hats worn by hunt servants
- Grandstand Group sacks company after British Open surface ‘disaster’
- Andrew Hoy retains top spot at Badminton Horse Trials
- Hickstead’s Queen’s Cup gets £9,000 prize pot
- Andrew Hoy takes dressage lead at Badminton Horse Trials
- First-timer’s Badminton Horse Trials diary: day two
- Badminton Horse Trials: this year it’s a course with a kick
May 1st
- Badminton Horse Trials: dressage in all shapes and sizes
- First-timer’s Badminton Horse Trials diary: day one
- Emily Baldwin takes second in dressage at Badminton Horse Trials
- Owners, trainer and jockey face charges for laying horses to lose
- Clayton Fredericks leads dressage at Badminton Horse Trials
- ILPH announces a new name — World Horse Welfare
- Grandmother to trek 200 miles on horseback for charity
- Badminton 2008 video: Beanie Sturgis’s views on The Lake
- Badminton 2008 video: The first horse inspection