News Archive | October 2008

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October 31st
- Work horses are vital in alleviating poverty
- Arlene Phillips and Andrew Lloyd Webber to judge Express Eventing
- Grafton hunt to meet despite death of 16-year-old apprentice
- New equine-only crematorium in Holland
- Risk of serious or fatal injury while eventing in Britain is decreasing
- Pony Club releases statement over death of Jade South
- British Eventing entry fees rise 10% for 2009 eventing season
- Racehorse dies of heart attack on gallops and crushes rider
- Lucky escape for Four Shires rider after fall from bridge
- British Dressage selectors change
- New driving events launched to encourage entries
- New Shetland mascot needed for the Parachute Regiment
- Jade South killed in riding accident at Pony Club rally
October 30th
- Warning after promising young event horse killed in road accident
- Elite event riders may be licensed to improve safety
- Germany wants an example made of Christian Ahlmann
- BE members vote against changing Articles of Association
October 29th
- Henrythenavigator retires to stand at stud in America
- Tina Cook’s Express Eventing diary week one: horse choices
- Thwaites brewery shire horse retires after 15 years of deliveries
- Eventing’s Grassroots Festival goes to Badminton from 2010
- Stolen Shetland pony returned to owner
October 28th
- Sussex man dies after his car crashes into a horse
- Global Dressage Forum blog: judging ideas from other sports
- Police horse survives being hit by firework during violent football clash
- Twelve horses killed in trailer accident in Canada
- Global Dressage Forum blog: going Dutch and olympic judging
October 27th
- World Horse Welfare project highlighted on ITV
- Wannabe jockeys can sign up for 2009 John Smith’s People’s Race
- Budding young jockeys compete at pony racings finals at Aintree
- Bettina Hoy and Ringwood Cockatoo win at Pau four-star
October 26th
- Raven’s Pass is Europe’s first Breeders’ Cup Classic champion
October 25th
- Zara Phillips injured and Tsunami II killed in fall at Pau Horse Trials
- Zenyatta zooms to superstardom at Breeders’ Cup
October 24th
- Breeders’ Cup blog: fillies and mares take centre stage
- Four-year ban for veteran jockey signals end to career
- Height certificate reissued to HOYS-winning show hack
- Bettina Hoy leads after dressage at Pau Horse Trials
- Pierre Michelet is course-designer for Express Eventing
- Breeder Suzanne Jenkins banned from owning horses in the UK
October 23rd
- Breeders’ Cup blog: Santa Anita gears up for the big one
- Racehorse trainer and jockey found guilty of corruption
- Horse gets staring role in Rosie and the Goldbug pop video
- Richard Davison to unveil new dressage to music freestyle at Olympia
- Ireland to host first senior international dressage show
- Future of Boomerang cross-country hangs in the balance
- BHS hosts first national coaching conference
- Mixed reaction to plan for Irish sport horse breeding
- Iraq war veteran trampled by police horse in New York
- Geograph photography website has horse owners worried
- Farewell to point-to-point supporter Sue Woodhouse
- Hunt staff can continue to choose headgear, rules MFHA
October 22nd
- Mr Springfield to be retired this weekend
- Crawley & Horsham High Court case is adjourned until March
- Christian Ahlmann banned from competition for four months and fined
- Winning HOYS large hack stripped of height certificate
- Horse dies and two people injured in road accident
- The Queen receives Lipizzaner as a gift from Slovenia
- H&H exclusive: Rolette will leave for Florida this week
October 21st
- Countryside Alliance remains confident in Crawley & Horsham harassment case
- Konik foal Button fostered by Buttons the Shetland
- Blow as judge in Crawley & Horsham case throws out allegations of nuisance and trespass
- Sad farewell to John Whitaker’s great partner Welham
- Top equine vet expected to make full recovery after kick by horse
- Crawley & Horsham hunt starts legal action in High Court
October 20th
- Hickstead investment group seeks support for Nations Cup
- HOYS Cuddy judge asked to stand down hours before show
- Teenagers admit to killing Shetland ponies in Shropshire
- Corinne Bracken on Women of the Future award shortlist
- Isabell Werth wins first leg of FEI World Cup dressage
October 17th
- Ben Maher and Kathleen Baker both cleared of charges
- Pay increase for stable staff at racing yards
- Record number of passes in Pony Club A test
- BEF offers to meet critics of make-up of equine database board
- New equine cancer unit opens at Cambridge University
- Network Rail rejects blame for horse electrocution
- US Polo Association sets hat standards for riders
- Irish show jumper Denis Lynch banned from competition for three months
- Horse & Hound hunt directory is back
- Yogi Breisner wins The Queen’s Award for Equestrianism
October 16th
- Ben Maher cleared of assault in Brighton Crown Court
- Contractors not prosecuted after horse was electrocuted
- Memorabilia of famous racehorse Desert Orchid goes on sale
- Olympic riders join the heroes parade through London this morning
October 15th
- FEI slams Rodrigo Pessoa for side-stepping suspension
- Drunk horse baffles police by crashing cart in Romania
- Horse rug sale at Horse Trust’s Home of Rest in Bucks
October 14th
- Valuable Western tack stolen from Nottinghamshire yard
- Horses for Causes racing club celebrates start of jumps season
- US Racehorse Big Brown is retired after career-ending injury
- Olympic show jumper Ben Maher denies assault
- Ben Maher’s Olympic horse Rolette sold to America
October 13th
- Winner of the 2008 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Zarkava is retired to stud
- British Horse Society celebrates 70,000th member
- Nominate your unsung equestrian hero for a BBC award
- Lead rein show pony crowned supreme pony at HOYS
- Finn McCool takes the HOYS supreme horse accolade
- Billy Twomey wins HOYS grand prix
October 12th
- Robert Whitaker delights the HOYS crowds with puissance win
October 11th
- Paschal High Flyer crowned top intermediate show riding type
- Cassanova crowned HOYS champion cob in Birmingham
- Four-year-old show pony takes HOYS title in Birmingham
- Robert Whitaker is the man to beat at HOYS
October 10th
- Dual coloured delight for Jayne Webber at HOYS
- Olympic show jumper Bernardo Alves banned for 105 days
- Bedgebury Park Equestrian Centre closes its doors
- Rory Bremner judges fancy-dress class
- Humberts sponsor team chasing
- Yorkshire riders call for curb on speeding drivers
- Cambridgeshire hunt stars in film
- HOYS-bound horses lose height certificates
- Irish eventing open day postponed
- Horses with cancer will receive improved treatment from new unit
- Section A stallion takes the Cuddy title at HOYS
- Robert Walker collects Hack of the Year title at HOYS
- Scott Brash wins Horse & Hound Foxhunter title at HOYS
October 9th
- Mountain and Moorlands go head-to-head at HOYS
- Rolette is not sold says Olympic show jumper Ben Maher
- Finn McCool crowned hunter champion at HOYS
- HOYS gets underway with top class national show jumping
October 8th
- Arko III retires to stud, H&H can exclusively reveal
- Dragon’s Den star Deborah Meaden supports horse riding campaign
- HOYS blog: Penbrynddu Trixie Dixie makes his HOYS debut
- Free Express Eventing tickets for all 2008 pre-novice and intro winners
- Men jailed for fraudulently claiming VAT on horse feed business
- Official schedule for 2010 World Equestrian Games confirmed
October 7th
- Zarkava is first filly since 1993 to win Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe
- Youths travel 1,600 miles on Camargue horses from France to London
- Injured foals dumped near golf course in Harrow
- See Britain’s equestrian medallists at Olympia this Christmas
October 6th
- British Dressage members will still vote for chairman
- Carl Hester wins at Saumur CDI with Liebling II
- One-eyed Laddy poses to raise horse welfare awareness
- Thousands rally to oppose plans for New Forest
- Horsewatch launches petition for a change to horse passport law
- Five Whitakers to jump at the Horse of the Year Show
- Nicolas Touzaint signs up for Express Eventing competition
October 3rd
- Rodrigo Pessoa suspended until next year for Olympic doping offence
- Riding for the Disabled launches volunteer recruitment plan
- Patchetts Green EC in row over strangles outbreak
- Thousands opposed to New Forest plan
- Does hunting poll show MORI bias against hunting?
- Shows and open days raise £5,000 for Blue Cross welfare centre
- Alice Plunkett wins Spinal Research charity race at Goodwood
- Memorial for Bryan Morrison to be held next Tuesday
October 2nd
- Grooms compete to be named the best in their trade
- Former point-to-point rider takes on the Great North Run for Spinal Research
October 1st
- H&H news editor prepares to race for charity at Goodwood
- FEI decisions expected soon in cases of doping in Olympic show jumping competitions
- Having your trailer well-lit might help you to load your horse
- Hunt raffles promising young event horse worth €30,000
- Wormer donated to Exmoor pony conservation trust
- Wear your wellies for World Horse Welfare
- Horse dies after being shot in the neck in Surrey