News Archive | August 2011

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August 31st
- All horses pass the first horse inspection at Burghley Horse Trials
- Long serving Metropolitan Police horse Vernon retires
- Pippa Funnell tells journalists: ‘Redesigned feels fantastic’
- Yorkshire riding school in exchange with Portuguese government
- Donkey with split and curled hooves rescued
- Mascot Grand National moves to Kempton Park
- Retired event horse Ringwood Cockatoo returns to the UK
- Riders do battle for HOYS tickets at Scope Festival
August 30th
- British showjumping team named for European Championships
- Is your cross-country schooling course open all winter?
- ‘The Rural Oscars’ has opened to nominations
- PE teacher triumphs at British Showjumping Scope Festival
August 29th
- Derby winner Pour Moi retired due to leg injury
- Utah II wins Timberwolf supreme at BSPS summer championships
August 28th
- Germany wins — everything! — at European Eventing Championships
- Relief at trot up of HSBC FEI European Eventing Championships
August 27th
- Britain’s rollercoaster day at European Eventing Championships
August 26th
- Britain must fight back at HSBC European Eventing Championships
- Showjumper Corrine Collins has five yearlings stolen
- Radio 4’s The Reunion discusses the 1990s movement for hunting
- Galway city council putting down stray horses
- Condor swoops on showjumping stallion rankings at futurity
- Express Eventing finalists confirmed for Horse of the Year Show
- European Eventing Championships: cross-country sneak preview
- European Eventing: Klimke rides a clincher, but King and Collett sparkle
- New hoof balm launched by HS-Silver
- Horse injured by paraglider on Darwen Moor
- Polly Stockton withdraws from European Eventing Championships
August 25th
- Carl Hester to perform on the Spanish Riding School tour
- Surplus Shetland broodmares to be sold, however not for breeding
- Germany leads, Britain second at European Eventing Championships
- Crawley and Horsham hunt trial opens today
- Robinsons warns customers of dangerous trailer floors
- Charity criticises Ireland’s plans to register horses
- Horse trailers top rural thieves’ ‘most wanted’ list
- New breaking-in ‘dummy’ launched to improve safety
- Join Mary King’s charity course walk at Burghley
- Island show bans mainland horses to halt strangles spread
- Renault car savings for British Showjumping members
- Discuss safe riding routes at BHS conference
- Farewell to South Wold hunt supporter Joli King
- Riding school branches out into weddings and theatre
- Accidental death of woman hunting with Essex pack
- Exciting new look for Horse magazine
- European Eventing Championships dressage: Sweden lead as Brit blips
- Quarry plans may force riding school to close after 45 years
- Keratex founder, Dr John Irving, dies aged 81
- Three Elite Premiums awarded at Scottish Futurity
August 24th
- Replay H&H Live from Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials 2011
- Louise Bell faces fight to be fit for HOYS following injury
- Follow the action from Luhmühlen with H&H and the BBC
- Miniature Shetland given permanent home by Redwings
August 23rd
- Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials 2011
- Surrey woman banned from keeping horses for five years
- Now is the time to buy a horse as prices drop
- Bramham Horse Trials raises £30,000 for charity
- Top riders pose naked for Claire Lomas fund-raising calendar
- New equestrian centre to form London’s 2012 Olympic legacy
- Grand National course to be changed to improve safety
- “New for Old” exchange scheme from Hoss Equine
- Search for Tom Halliday Memorial Scholar launched
- New feeding system launched by Eezhay
- Carrots launches tack room tidy and grooming bag
- Towerlands Equestrian Centre to be demolished next month
August 22nd
- Vaulter Joanne Eccles wins senior female title at Le Mans
- British young riders win team gold in European Championships at Blair
August 21st
- Second silver for Carl Hester at European dressage championship
August 20th
- Carl Hester wins first individual medal at dressage Europeans
August 19th
- Speed limit plan for Bodmin moor to cut pony deaths
August 18th
- Parents call for compulsory riding instructor qualifications
- Edible horse, 18-hands high, at Ebor festival
- Reining changes rules after welfare concerns
- Could you offer an Olympic ‘crash pad’?
- An equestrian property tops the world’s house price rankings
- Marking goes electronic after showing ‘mix-up’ at RIHS
- Horse and carriage accident claim lost at court
- Youths accused of slashing horses leg with knife
- Racing fixtures list shrinks by 80 for 2012
- Beware, don’t get caught out by online scams
- Hampshire man killed in horse and trap accident
- “Vets with horsepower” raises £4,458 for charity
- Britain makes history with European dressage team gold
- Pure fantasy in Rotterdam
August 17th
- Spring Galaxis tops three elite eventers at Catherston futurity
- Injured jockey Peter Toole returns home from hospital
- Britain in the lead at European dressage championships
- Tweet Lady wins for virtual owners at Kempton
- French showjumper killed in quad bike accident
- £5,000 damage done by fire at Roleystone Sanctuary
- Volunteer at the Donkey Sanctuary
- Polly Stockton’s Westwood Poser off European eventing squad
August 16th
- Help for Heroes to benefit from dressage competition
- £20,000 of tack is stolen in raid on Hampshire yard
- Slow take up for Olympic training camps
- Friends fundraise for injured course designer Brian Lear
- Dead horse found with 20in laceration to neck
- Hamptons International launches equestrian division
- New “eco-friendly” horse bedding Equibright launched
- Equestrian sponsorship news roundup
August 15th
- Seven Futurity Elite scores in a day at Solihull 2
- Former Olympic rider convicted of drink-driving offence
- Hunting death was accidental, coroner rules
- Watch Burghley Horse Trials 2011 cross-country course preview
August 12th
- Trio of Elite premiums awarded at Richmond Futurity
- Block of 20 stables destroyed in Orpington blaze
- Trainer Howard Johnson retires after receiving four-year ban
- World champion Woodlander Farouche’s colt foal breaks records
- Unique chair inspired by the English saddle
- Warwickshire hunt unveils new team chase course
- Local rugby club to race The Farmers’ Bloodhounds
- Fund aims to make para sport more competitive
August 11th
- British Eventing offers members money-saving discounts
- Warnings of ramp dangers after accident
- Hunts donate £8,300 to Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance
- Farewell to former joint-master John Blakeway
- Bridleless not Brainless to raise money for Breast Cancer
- German horse gets stuck headfirst in a tyre
- Farewell to Derby-winning trainer Arthur Budgett
- British Dressage and Equine Affairs in copyright row
- Jennie Loriston-Clarke breaks foot at World Breeding Championships
- Richard Davison appeals European dressage team selection
- Dodson & Horrell young rider bursary finalists named next week
- Woodlander Farouche has not been sold, say connections
August 10th
- Lifeboat scrambled as horse swims out to sea
- Defending schools champions secure top spot at Hickstead again
- Runaway horse jumps two cars, bicycle and tent at Aston-le-Walls
August 9th
- Celebrate racing at Epsom over the August bank holiday
- Clothing range based on The Saddle Club launched by Carrots
- Blair Castle applies to host 2015 eventing Europeans
- Gemma Tattersall to swim the length of the English Channel
- First annual charity day to be hosted by trainer Derek Shaw
- New “demi waistcoat” launched by Dressage Deluxe
- Expert speakers to line-up at 2011 BETA conference
- Unweaned foals thrown over a hedge and abandoned
- East meets Western on Horse & Country TV in “Tales of a Yorkshire Cowgirl”
- Ariat launches new Volant boots
- Intelligent worming service gets £610k of investment
August 8th
- Saddle Up For Spinal Research fundraising raffle launched
- Two eventing Elite premiums for Bury St Edmunds eventing yard
- Lucy Wiegersma’s father injured in ride-on mower accident
- Horse falls through ‘flimsy’ floor of Robinsons trailer
- Racehorse trainer Barry Hills announces retirement
- British European showjumping team announced
- Riders will be under surveillance at 2012 Olympics
- Condition of beach donkeys leads to welfare row
- One-two for Andrew Nicholson in Gatcombe’s British Open
August 6th
- Oliver Townend wins novice championship at Gatcombe
August 5th
- Great Britain wins FEI Nations Cup at Dublin Horse Show
- Woodlander Farouche scores another top mark at Verden
- ‘Maniac driver’ who killed two horses avoids custody
- Mum faces BE90 challenge to raise funds for hospital
- Farewell to New Forest enthusiast Pam Harvey Richards
- Concern over ethics of £10-a-ticket pony raffle
- Dressage radio show: H&H’s British dressage review
- Eye operation for World Horse Welfare pony Toby
- Record-breaking rehoming month for World Horse Welfare
- British vaulters aim for medals at European championships
- Horses of a different colour parade through Cheltenham
- Exciting lots in silent auction at Bicester and Finmere Show
August 4th
- Emma Hindle retires her Olympic partner Lancet
- Teenager in hospital after being crushed by horse
- 28 hours in the saddle record breaking attempt
- Showjumping colts impress at Southview futurity evaluation
- Newlywed Zara Phillips launches kids clothing range with Musto
- New foal for Peter Charles’ Hickstead Derby winner Corrada
August 3rd
- Walk the Gatcombe British Open course with Daisy Berkeley
- Public go behind the scenes at mounted police training
- H&H chats to Emile Faurie following British team selection
- Ten dressage judges vying for London 2012 places
August 2nd
- Charity targets owners of inner-city horses
- Future of eventing will be discussed at forums
- British teams win medals at Pony Europeans
- Dressage on top at Arena UK Futurity and a new roadshow
- New equestrian sponsorship deals announced this week
August 1st
- Jayne Webber and Poppy Carter take supreme Royal International honours
- Jockey Ryan Moore could be out until next year after injury at Goodwood
- Emile Faurie fourth member of Team GB for Europeans
- Course designer Brian Lear breaks back in lorry accident at Hickstead