News Archive | October 2011

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October 31st
- Equestrian retailer Edgemere moves property
- Cream of British showjumping crop honoured at awards ceremony
- Countrywide launches first TV advert campaign
- Man charged after police find 28 carcasses in “graveyard for horses”
- Successful weekend for Nick Skelton in Washington
October 28th
- Oliver Townend’s Ashdale Cruise Master is put down
- African farmers use donkeys to scare away big cats
- World Horse Welfare continues campaign for transport rule change
- Soldier killed by rearing horse had “ridden for one hour”
- Welfare help for donkey ‘taxis’ on Greek island
- Half the horseboxes on the road are over-laden
- Memorial service for Ginger McCain at Liverpool Cathedral
- Riding school uses 24in pony as marketing tool
- Ariat launches two new tall boots
October 27th
- Darley stallions to start their stud careers in China
- Further warnings about acorn poisoning
- Farewell to hunting and pointing stalwart Alan Armstrong
- Fuel costs spell end for Burgie three-day event
- Free Equi-Trek axle upgrade for owners of pre-2008 trailers
- Overseas riders face Olympic visa problems
- Blyth Tait re-evaluates his 2012 Olympic plans
- Walter Swinburn to retire from training racehorses
- Lameness is most common reason for euthanasia, research shows
- Last shows held at Manor Farm Equestrian Centre
- Tests reveal Tim Stockdale’s injuries greater than first thought
- The Jockey Club sponsors mares maiden pointing series
- National Equine Database speeds up service for users
- Bicton College to host careers day for students
- Harper Adams hosts equine law seminar
- Duchess of Cornwall opens London riding school
October 26th
- New equine intensive care unit opens in Liverpool
- Outcry as carriage horse drops dead in New York street
- Andrew Nicholson tops BE rankings for second year
- Hound killed when hit by lorry at children’s meet
October 25th
- Kitty King wins World Eventing Championships for Young Horses
- Joanne Eccles and Ross Foreman reign at British vaulting champs
- Edward Gal takes over ride on Blue Hors Romanov
- Tim Stockdale says thanks for the Get Well Soon messages
- Monet’s Garden returns to Aintree ‘full of beans’
- Amends to strict new whip rules in racing
October 24th
- Last chance to apply for equestrian training grants
October 21st
- Plan to reduce the number of native foals being born
- Greenwich riding school gets the go-ahead
- Give a subscription to H&H this Christmas
- Irish to review showjumpers’ Olympic failure
- Watch eventing action from 1976 Olympic Games
- Old HOYS rosettes will be back for 2012
- First buckskin coloured thoroughbreds registered with Weatherbys
- Airport-style security for Greenwich Park during London Olympics
- BETA survey suggests horse numbers may have dropped by 25%
- What next for the Countryside Alliance’s “Lady Godiva”?
- RDA launches appeal to help get more people riding
October 20th
- Call for mature carriage drivers to come forward
- Low-flying aircraft still causing problems to riders
- Opportunity for Pony Club members to help at London 2012
- Rampless horsebox launched to equestrian market
- Jane Holderness-Roddam out of the saddle for 10 months
- Firefighters rescue distressed horse from bog
October 19th
- Racehorses help to launch Poppy Appeal
- Fernie huntsman loses appeal against hunting conviction
- Crystal browband makes sparkling Christmas gift
- Polo shop opens in Surrey
- Tim Stockdale fractures neck in fall from young horse
- Swish launch new heavyweight full-neck rug
- Richard Hannon’s daughter sets up Lizzie Hughes Hat Hire
October 18th
- Warrior: The Amazing Story of a Real War Horse
- Pony racers to battle it out at Aintree finals
- Ellen Whitaker gets driving ban after being over the limit
- Opening meet will go ahead, say Coakham Bloodhounds
October 17th
- Australian teen caught dragging dead donkey behind vehicle
- Josh Gifford, father of eventer Tina Cook, still in intensive care
- Frankel is star of the show at inaugural British Champions Day
October 16th
- William Fox-Pitt wins Pau, but Mary King takes HSBC FEI Classics
October 15th
- Christopher Burton leads Pau despite Clayton Fredericks’ appeal
October 14th
- Terry Biddlecombe home from hospital after suffering stroke
- Ten-year ban for owner of lice-ridden and emaciated horse
- Clayton Fredericks and Christopher Burton lead after Pau dressage
- Richard Hughes hands in jockeys licence in protest of whip rule
- Unguarded talk from hunt supporters could help League
- Hoof research earns Essex farrier a PhD
- Horse dies suddenly due to serious worm damage
- Could racing return to Great Leighs by 2013?
- Ffos Las racecourse to raise money for families of mining victims
- Outcry over advertisement of horse involved in fatal accident
- Racewood launches new jumping simulator
- Explore Yorkshire from the back of your horse
- New website aims to help rehome horses
October 13th
- Coakham bloodhounds laid low with kennel cough
- Riding school in Brixton is taking shape
- Christian Ahlmann is back in the running to ride at London 2012
- HOYS six-day format – did it work?
- Tina Fletcher out of action for three weeks
- Eventers and dressage riders wanted for supplement survey
- Man ordered to pay £4,000 after two donkeys found emaciated
- Rescued foal Ben is now a strapping young colt
October 12th
- Nine jump jockeys get 10-day ban for failing to stop
- Three jockeys handed bans in first few days of new whip rules
- Tom Symonds’ blog: H&H’s new racing diarist has his first runners as a trainer
- Mary King and William Fox-Pitt prepare for Pau showdown
October 11th
- Injured Jockeys Fund sells novelty Christmas gifts
- Oakley Hunt West Pony Club branch wins mounted games final
- Retired racehorse Monet’s Garden to parade at Aintree
- New battery powered heated jacket launched
- British Dressage to survey members on shows entry
- First British international show of pure bred Spanish horses a success
- New international equestrian TV network announced
- New sponsorship deals in the UK horse world
October 10th
- Georgie Spence’s Express Eventing blog: the competition
- Mexico’s Jaime Guerra is HOYS leading showjumper of the year
October 9th
- Crystal Vision is HOYS supreme pony of the year
- Comberton Clancy is HOYS supreme horse of the year
- HOYS crowds raise the roof during puissance thriller
October 8th
- Diminutive HOYS first-timers claim SHP championship
- Third HOYS success for Robert Walker in Birmingham
- HOYS crowns Pumphill Buckthorn supreme native pony
- Loraine Homer wins HOYS ladies’ hunter championship
October 7th
- Does your Exmoor pony have the “EX Factor”?
- Tickets on sale for South West Christmas Equine Fair
- Huntsman helps police to hunt suspected thieves
- Up to 15 dead horses found on Scottish farm
- More and more riders are turning to horse sharing
- Riders fight for right to ride on Padworth Common
- Champion pony breeder receives three-year ban
- More para tickets to go on sale after session sells out
- Eventing calendar loses Longleat for 2012
- Controversy surrounds hack championship at HOYS
- HOYS Cuddy in-hand supreme goes to 15-year-old Welsh section C
- Guy Williams wins Horse & Hound Foxhunter title at HOYS
October 6th
- Major refurbishment for Royal Gold State Coach
- William Fox-Pitt and Ian Stark donate recipes for charity calendar
- New T-Sport Wrap bandages now available in UK
- Olympia tickets are selling fast
- Farewell to the linchpin of Fry’s Dressage
- New CleanBucket aims to prevent dehydration in horses
- New website for equestrian recruitment launched
- TopSpec launches Cool Balancer for “condition but no fizz”
- Horse put down at Patchetts showjumping show
- ‘Brutal’ buyers banned from Brightwells sales
- Hickstead CDI clashes with Olympic Games in 2012
- HOYS crowds delighted as Pippa Funnell wins newcomers title
- Four members of Crawley and Horsham hunt plea not guilty
- HOYS middleweight claims prestigious hunter championship
- HOYS crowns home-produced Welsh Cob top ridden native
October 5th
- Ariat launches new insulated gloves
- Equine vet from Essex receives BEVA award
- Sport horse sire Carnaval Drum put to sleep
- Advance tickets now on sale for Barbury 2012
- HOYS gets off to a great start for the Walker family
October 4th
- Matthew Wright wins Express Eventing final at HOYS
- Alastair Stewart becomes British Showjumping ambassador
- Teenage girl died after being trampled by her horse
October 3rd
- Last minute hotel deals for Horse of the Year Show
- Pony shot with crossbow bolt saved by rug
- Austrian eventer dies in rotational fall
- Jockey banned for six months after positive cocaine test
- Two-year-old girl dies in fire at stables in West Yorkshire
- Maria Eilberg loses Two Sox just weeks into his retirement