News Archive | January 2010

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January 29th
- World’s first feature length film about polo heads for the big screen
- Former director takes Horse & Country TV to tribunal
- Under 25s wooed to make racing more popular
- Lancashire man discharged from court after asking police horse for a kiss
- Anglo Saxon gold horse head to go on public display
- Banned vet certified Whitaker horse vaccinations
- GB driving team to miss World Equestrian Games
- Could you commentate at Horse of the Year Show?
January 28th
- Donkey sanctuary receives £100,000 windfall
- RSCPA appeals for information after emaciated pony found abandoned
- Welsh breeding celebrated at Welsh Pony and Cob Society awards
- Riderless ponies escape down main road in Paris
- New equine reproduction veterinary specialist joins Twemlows Hall
- Equestrian photography auction for Haiti earthquake victims goes live
January 27th
- Patrick Kittel escapes disciplinary action by FEI over ‘blue tongue’
- Kingshead horse rug business sold by Cumbrian owners
- Choc Thornton out for 10 days after crashing fall at Leicester
- Isabell Werth’s dressage mare Fabienne put to sleep
- Laura Bechtolsheimer breaks British grand prix dressage record
- William Whitaker’s former ride Arielle returns to the UK
January 26th
- Scottish horse transporter awarded the Royal Warrant
- Government publishes details of new animal health body
- The Horse Trust reopens its doors thanks to public donations
- X-Factor’s JLS to entertain Epsom racegoers
- Dodson & Horrell sponsor the Golden Horseshoe Ride
- Hickstead Polo Ball to support Mark Davies Injured Riders Fund
January 25th
- Blue Hors Matine put down after breaking leg
- RDA pony Strikey becomes a Breyer model
- Hartpury College rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted
- Nina Carberry off for four weeks with broken foot
January 22nd
- US jockey apologises after starting a fight mid-horserace
- New £1,000-to-winner showing championships
- ‘Lovers’ bench’ arrives at Newbury racecourse for Valentine’s
- Martin Collins International heads for High Court showdown
- Holker Hall horse driving trials returns after 13 years
- British show jumping team remains relegated in FEI Nation’s Cup
- FEI aims to reduce eventing falls by 10%
- Young Professionals Award dressage final to be held at Talland
- BSJA rebrands to ‘user-friendly’ British Showjumping (BS)
- Horse world counts the cost of the cold snap
- Movement of horses resumes between US and UK after EIA cases
January 21st
- Swamp fever is not spread by midges, confirms Defra
- Verderers offer £1,000 reward after emaciated horse is dumped
- World Horse Welfare needs your help today to help horses bound for slaughter
- Equestrian photographers auction images for Haiti Earthquake Appeal
January 20th
- Top riders strip off and raise £10,000 at charity fashion show
- Jenny Pitman is new president of Ponies Association (UK)
- Another 50 horses under swamp fever surveillance in Wiltshire
- Kitty Boggis warns other riders not to be taken in by “scam”
- Horse & Country TV hires Jonathan Rippon as head of programming
- Horse owners advised not to panic over threat of swamp fever outbreak
January 19th
- Horse industry on red alert after swamp fever is discovered in Britain
- Free day tickets to British Eventing training series for KBIS customers
- Retired drum horse Constantine dies at The Horse Trust
- Laura Collett will event Ginger May Killinghurst this season
- Horse sport anti-doping rules explained on new website
- Event riders beat the wintery blues and plan wedding in 12 days
- Chance for two riders to get eventing funding and training
January 18th
- No sign of missing racehorse after helicopter search
- Young London riders invited to apply for grant funding
- Host of top racing names to sing on charity “Cheltenham” single
- Stolen ponies found and returned to disabled owner
January 15th
- Horseball Europeans to be held at Bishop Burton
- Racehorse still missing a week after escaping onto MoD firing range
- Horses rescued thanks to H&H forum users find home for life
- Welsh pony farmers may put out hay in environmentally sensitive areas
- Appleby horse had maggots in wounds
- Equestrian artist’s work is larger than life
- British Eventing introduces new rules to improve safety
- New pro/am show jumping championship at Addington
- Foal killed in shooting at Exmoor rescue centre
- Irish politicians call for free vote on hunting ban
- Mixed views on horseracing’s revamp
- Crisis point for horse welfare in Northern Ireland
- Snow and ice stop horse sport
January 14th
- Protestors hope to derail Greenwich Olympic plan using Victorian law
- Priscilla Presley reveals Elvis’s obsession with horses
- Equines fall victim to problems as fresh snow hits the UK
- Rural insurers NFU Mutual celebrate 100 years of business
January 13th
- Derek Ricketts sacked as show jumping team manager
- Pony drowns after falling through frozen canal in Dublin
- Jumbo’s breeder honoured at British Breeders’ Awards
- Have your say on African Horse Sickness controls
- Arena Leisure racecourses signs contract with John Deere
- New BEVA president, Madeleine Campbell, takes office
- Charity appeals to locals to help Dartmoor ponies in the cold weather
January 12th
- Bogus horse vet who scammed £50k out of clients is jailed for two years
- Donkey attacked with a spade in India
- Mark Phillips will stop training US eventing team after 2012
- James Gray appeal against jail sentence starts
January 11th
- Gabby and Kenny Logan buy share in racehorse Super Kenny
- Help celebrate family riding school’s 55th anniversary this summer
- Starving horse hung from digger and left to die
- Nominations open for £120,000 Stud and Stable Staff awards
- Facebook group in support of Hunting Act repeal
January 8th
- Irish riders to jump at Abu Dhabi grand prix
- Budding racing writers on your marks
- Katie Price says goodbye to another Andre
- Musto receives the Royal Warrant
- Kitty Boggis could be victim of sponsorship scam
- Hunt monitors are breaking human rights legislation
- New handbook for equestrian employers
- New World Cup qualifiers for British eventers
- Huge support for Boxing Day hunt meets
January 7th
- Amateur riders to have the chance to ride at Blenheim Horse Trials
- Charity race at Cheltenham Festival open to any female rider
- Host of top riders signed up for charity fashion show
- H&H Shop January sale now on so grab a bargain
January 6th
- International eventing forum at Hartpury College
- New insurance scheme for high value sport and competition horses
- Woman pleads guilty to failing to look after ‘rescued’ horse
- Man avoids jail after threatening to kill racehorse
January 5th
- $6,000 reward for arrest of person who shot US horse with arrows
- Life-size bronze statue of a shire horse to be unveiled in Liverpool
- Discounted Blenheim Horse Trials tickets for early birds
- Barbury Castle point-to-point postponed due to cold weather
- Lady Lloyd Webber becomes new president of the Pony Club
- Masta to provide winner’s rugs at the British Open for the fourth year
- Fluorescent airbag vest proving popular with riders
- Welsh council takes horse owners to court for cruelty
- Equestrian employers invited to mould future of apprenticeships
- Madonna buys horse ranch in New York state
- X Factor’s Leona Lewis injured after falling off horse
January 4th
- British riders triumph at Student Riders’ Nations’ Cup World Finals 2010
- Equestrians recognised on New Year Honours List
- Champion Hurdle winner Hardy Eustace retired
- Green and gold armband for world’s leading show jumper
- Police appeal after stray pony found on M6 motorway
- Portable cross-country jumps ease Olympic impact on Greenwich Park
- Free transport to BETA International
- Appeal for return of stolen miniature ponies
- Mark Todd’s comeback horse NZB Gandalf put down