News Archive | October 2009

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October 30th
- ‘Blue tongue’ rollkur dressage video row escalates
- Sea The Stars ineligible for Sports Personality Award, says BBC
- Latest advice on equine diseases published for breeding industry
- Caldene signs to sponsor showing arena at HOYS for three more years
- Iris scanning unveiled as new horse identification method
- H&H reader steps in to help Wrexham RDA centre keep lorry
- BHS move out of Stoneleigh headquarters
- Foal reported stolen from sale in ‘missing identity’ case
- Horse & Hound website users vote to boycott Lush
- Future of hunting in Ireland under threat
- Have your say on barefoot trimming
- Huge worldwide row splits the sport of polo in half
- Horse tax may be as much as £100 per horse
- Sign up now for Horses for Heroes £1m charity ride
October 29th
- Oliver Townend heads British Eventing’s top 100 rider list
- Two police horses injured in dog attack in Essex
- Katie Price’s KP Equestrian to be sold globally from spring 2010
- Katie Price tells H&H: “Jodie can say what she likes”
- Kenneth Clawson raises £9,000 for Leicestershire hospitals
- Three schoolboys skip careers information day to go to horse sale
- TopSpec launches two new horse feeds
- Country store J&W Attlee announces expansion plans in Dorking
- John Whitaker confirms withdrawal from Global Champions Tour final
October 28th
- Pony put down after getting stuck between a horsebox and a bank
- Man arrested in connection to death threats against racehorse Conduit
- Blair Horse Trials to run Scottish open again in 2010
- Glamour girls at war: Jodie Marsh claims “Katie Price can’t ride”
- British Eventing tightens CCI* qualifications from July 2010
- Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen gives box at Cheltenham a makeover
- REACT training clinics launched for novice event riders
- Pint drinkers can register for a share in a racehorse
- Global Dressage Forum blog: Stickland’s statistics set to rewrite judging
October 27th
- Pony in US put down after vicious dog attack
- Jockey injured after being mowed down by horse
- Equine vet of the year shortlist unveiled
- Sea The Stars to stand at Aga Khan’s Gilltown Stud in Ireland
- Lambourn yard given the all-clear from strangles
October 26th
- Global Dressage Forum blog: rollkur takes centre stage again
- Event rider launches White Horse Bedding company
- Irish welfare organisations meet to discuss horse welfare issues
- John Whitaker breaks ankle in bad fall from Peppermill
October 25th
- Germany’s Dirk Schrade is surprise winner of Pau Horse Trials CCI****
October 24th
- Oliver Townend claims HSBC FEI Classics series
October 23rd
- British Eventing releases training video on its website
- Declining Dartmoor sales blamed on transport rules
- MP joins call for more bridleways in Northern Ireland
- Breed row may see British Haflingers renamed ‘blondes’
- Oliver Townend leads Pau four-star after dressage
- British Dressage allows ear covers and fly fringes
- Ryan Prater banned from BSJA competition for three months
- Gemma Plumley gets £50,000 bill after losing BSJA appeal
- Microchips will test whip’s shelf life
- Sea The Stars for BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards
- Pre-season soar in hunting popularity as sport thrives
- Coloured thoroughbred horse sold at Tattersalls for the first time
October 22nd
- Code to make horse feeds safer for competition horses
- Ben Fogle becomes racehorse owner for first time
- Andrew Gould attends Katie Price book signing dressed in drag
- Illustrations of Olympic equestrian sports finalised
October 21st
- Pippa Funnell to open new £4.75m equestrian centre
- Strangles tests at Lambourn yard come back negative
- Soldier airlifted after fall in Windsor Great Park
- Funeral for top showing steward Dennis Fisher set for 28 October
- Replay our live web chat with European eventing champion Tina Cook
- Two jockeys die after falls at racecourses in France and USA
- Hickstead to host M&M showing championship for young riders
- Snuggy Hoods pass on savings by slashing prices by up to 25%
October 20th
- Filly foal rescued from muddy ditch by fire crew from Hampshire
- Saracen to launch new feed to keep horses fit and healthy
- Rider commutes by horseback, cycle, canoe and in the pool
- BHS staff make way for the bulldozers
- Are you insured for your winter equestrian activities?
October 19th
- Young jockeys crowned pony racing champions at Cheltenham
- Levy board funds research to help the thoroughbred horse
- Keep Lush protests within the law, urges Countryside Alliance
- Hit-and-run drivers kill two New Forest ponies in a day
October 16th
- Former racehorse trainer Paul Johnson faces cruelty charge
- Defra denies police full access to NED
- MoD calls for calm over low-flying helicopters
- Fall off frequently? Try padded pants
- “Non-existent” Elite Equestrian magazine sells advertising space
- Welsh Riding for the Disabled centre forced to give up horsebox
- Oliver Townend and Lee Pearson on Ready Steady Cook
- Racehorse Inglis Drever put down after colic surgery
- Online database of farriers launched
- Robinson Animal Healthcare donates Equiwrap to Bransby Home of Rest
- Horse of the Year Show competitors hire security guards
- Lush cosmetics company gives money to hunt saboteurs
- Wetherby racecourse under investigation after four horse deaths
- Riders narrowly avoid shots fired near gallops in Lincolnshire
- Tories reiterate: “We will offer free vote to repeal the Hunting Act”
October 15th
- Trailblazers launch working hunter series for versatile horses
- Bettina Hoy retires Ringwood Cockatoo from competition
- Flog It presenter leads Redwings Horse Sanctuary auction
- Melton horseball team claim victory at national open championships
October 14th
- Strangles confirmed on Lambourn racing yard
- Baileys Horse Feeds introduces cash-back scheme
- Winergy Equilibrium introduces new loyalty card
- Aaron Millar joins Shires Performance Rider Programme
- Kieren Fallon chooses Fizz Equine Marketing
- FEI awards: vote now for your equestrian heroes
- Struck off Banbury vet wants to return to work
- First cruelty case linked to obese horse goes to court
- Oakley horseboxes takes steps to reduce vehicle weight
October 13th
- William and Pippa Funnell give demo at BRC forum
- WEG trip for British Riding Club winners
- Sea The Stars retired to stud
- National Association of Veterinary Physiotherapists appoints new president
- Horse and carriage gets Hackney cab licence
- Olympic eventer Jane Holderness-Roddam raises £10k for RDA
October 12th
- Shires coverstar is 21-year-old Mary Liversidge
- RDA horse in Australia attacked with blunt instrument
- Show hunter pony is supreme pony at HOYS
- The Philanderer crowned supreme horse at HOYS
October 11th
- Ellen Whitaker is leading show jumper at HOYS
- The Keystone Cob crowned cob of the year at HOYS
October 10th
- Ladina B lands dramatic puissance at HOYS
- Matthew Sampson takes young rider championship at HOYS
- Team Thomas dominate show pony classes at HOYS
- The Humdinger heads the coloureds at HOYS
October 9th
- Paralympic dressage gets stamp to celebrate London Olympics
- Donkeys dyed to look like zebras at Gaza City zoo
- Chatsworth Horse Trials gets new director
- New “Strictly Showing” competition has £3,000 prize fund
- Research questions the accuracy of fat scoring
- Hunts warned to avoid conflict with monitors
- Horse owners urged to oppose horse tax by signing petition
- Horsebox legislation requiring reflective ‘outlines’ delayed
- Rose’s Search for a Star experience at HOYS
- Vets concerned about illegal semen imports
- Sheik Mohammed returns to endurance riding
- Impeccably behaved four-year-old lifts hack title at HOYS
- Pinewell Bucks Fizz lifts HOYS Cuddy title for second year in a row
- Sultan V claims H&H Foxhunter title at HOYS
October 8th
- Man charged with cruelty for allegedly shooting horse
- Mountain and Moorlands in great form at HOYS
- Finn McCool bows out at the top after winning at HOYS
- Super Trooper dazzles on opening day at HOYS
October 7th
- Remounting during horseraces banned from November
- Young jockeys head to Cheltenham for pony racing finals
- Nicky Henderson heads back to racecourse after ban
- Gloucestershire landlady dies after falling from her horse
- Grand Prix Leather Gloss sponsors Mary King
- Pippa Funnell to open £4.75m equestrian centre at Easton College
October 6th
- Horse seriously injured when ‘deliberately’ hit by vehicle
- Twelve Pony Club members attain A Test in 2009
- Wear your wellies for World Horse Welfare
- Trevor Morse death: accused denies manslaughter
- Man arrested after attempting to knock down police with horse
October 5th
- Winner of Bramham Horse Trials photo competition announced
- Horse survives 5.3km journey through irrigation system
- Fans can enjoy free racing at Salisbury racecourse
- Sea The Stars wins Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe
- Slaughter horse petition handed to European Commission
October 2nd
- Firefighters battle for five hours to rescue stuck horse
- Madonna banned from horse riding while on tour
- Equestrian sponsorship round-up
- League Against Cruel Sports wants hunt details from National Trust
- Equestrian website development round-up
- Annual equine disease survey planned to aid horse welfare
- Horse of the Year Show beckons for Harry Potter stuntwoman
- Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum expecting her first baby
- Animals Act changes delayed by mixed response
- Kings Troop go hunting in the West Country
- Fat Face clothing company pulls horse adverts after complaints
- Showing producer Robert Walker joins H&H transport campaign
- Team Bowman completes Irish stagecoach trek
- Michael Whitaker banned from riding in Olympics
- Rose’s road to HOYS: Search for a Star countdown
October 1st
- Charity walk to fund paralympic dream
- Remember warhorses and work horses on World Animal Day
- Nine of the stolen donkeys now recovered