News Archive | December 2011

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December 29th
- Applications now open for racing graduate scheme
- Former H&H pointing columnist Richard Burton retires
- Helmets to be mandatory in all Canadian dressage competitions
December 28th
- The Blue Cross opens archives to remember real war horses
- Concern over rising number of dog attacks
- Rider awarded £37,000 compensation from riding school
- Dartmoor ponies used as conservation grazing machines
- Neigh Station invented to prevent stable vices
- Countryside Alliance updates its Case for Repeal
- Complaint against advert for Equisafety Polite range
- Minister makes pledge to repeal the hunting ban
- Hay and straw prices still high, say horse owners
- Headley Britannia’s foals do brisk business
- What’s in today’s Horse & Hound?
- Master Minded suffers career-threatening injury
December 26th
- Kauto Star wins fifth King George
December 22nd
- Carl Hester wins equestrian “Olympic athlete of the year” award
- Film is a positive step forwards in promoting hunting
- Ascot racecourse to star in James Bond film
- Sell your unwanted London 2012 tickets online
- The Austin’s Touchwood Stud closes its doors
- “Encouraging” signs from injured eventer, Polly Williamson
- New horses for Irish showjumper Billy Twomey
- British Showjumping fines member for drugs allegation
December 21st
- Tom Symonds’ diary: no white Christmas for me, please
- War Horse film gallops into the Oscar race
- Horse & Hound’s Christmas message
- Bob Champion to be honoured at BBC Sports Personality awards
- Equestrianclearance.com celebrates its 20th birthday
- Olympia leading rider Ben Maher talks about London 2012
- Mike Etherington-Smith to design Sydney CCI3*
December 20th
- Isabell Werth goes for gold in new dressage helmet
- Sophie Wells ends young riders career on a high in Frankfurt
- What’s in today’s Horse & Hound?
- World Horse Welfare’s 2011 Christmas message
- The Brooke appeals for ’emergency help’ for Egyptian horses
- Your chance to ride at the Cheltenham Festival
- AbFab star Jennifer Saunders becomes showjumping ambassador
- England footballer Wayne Rooney buys a racehorse
- A glove for all the season – the Heritage range
- Rushfield Bailey crowned top M&M at Olympia
- Dermott Lennon wins Olympia horse show grand prix
December 19th
- The Pure Feed Company launches ‘Pure Treats’
- Redwings provides home to horses rescued from Co Antrim farm
- Sponsorship news in the UK horse industry
- Safe Haven for Donkeys in the Middle East this Christmas
- Funding opportunities for young riders ahead of 2012
- South African student bound for Newmarket
- First equine transport enforcement award winner is announced
- BETA International welcomes War Horse
- Verm-X wins silver in Green Apple environmental awards
- New showjumper for Olympic hopeful Scott Brash
- Polly Williamson’s family thank well-wishers
- Ben Maher wins World Cup qualifer at Olympia
December 18th
- Guy Williams in brilliant form at Olympia horse show
December 17th
- Teenage Spanish rider wins at Olympia horse show
December 16th
- Tom Symonds’ racing diary: hunting the Duc
- Horse hanging was not cruelty, rules judge
- Rescued pony Carrot put down due to heart problems
- John Whitaker’s Peppermill ruled out of London 2012 Olympics
- Ben Maher triumphs at London Olympia horse show
December 15th
- Riding stables drum up trade with special deals
- Carl Hester buys event horse for Piggy French to ride
- Mary King crowned eventing’s world number one
- More foxes being killed in Scotland than before the ban
- Judge injured at Dublin Horse Show settles out of court
- Thoroughbred breeding’s AI ban to be tested in Australian court
- Real war horses sought for new TV documentary
- Teenager invents system to show how high you are jumping
- H&H’s point-to-point columnist given 12-day ban
- Can riders help reduce Christmas tree theft?
- League Against Cruel Sports criticised over its tactics
- Stockland Lovell calls it a day after 21 years of horse trials
- Laura Bechtolsheimer heads British clean sweep at Olympia
December 14th
- Four jockeys found guilty of corruption in racing
- Burghley wins riders’ favourite event award for sixth time
- Shopping at Olympia to be “bigger and better”
- Storm Models to scout at Olympia Horse Show
- Stray horses killed on Cambridgeshire road
- Valegro joins the 80% elite with Olympia win
December 13th
- What’s in today’s Horse & Hound?
December 12th
- New gloves to be launched by Schwenkel
- Nominate Horse & Hound for the 2012 ESMAs today
- Ruth Edge sells Zero to Somerset rider Claire Poole
- New sponsorship deals in UK equestrianism
- H&H racing columnist Choc Thornton breaks arm in fall
- Anne Dunham named disabled sportswoman of the year
- H&H Challenge: Louise Bell tries dressage
- Eventer Polly Williamson in an induced coma
December 9th
- Alastair Stewart to host Q&A at BETA next February
- Emma Hindle gives birth to baby boy
- Correction: Black Horse Saddlery
- Riders to benefit from £2m bridleway fund
- Businesses invited to first Newmarket Equine Trade Fayre
- Showjumpers confirmed for this week’s Olympia
- Swish Equestrian launch new under rug for winter
- Money is tight for League Against Cruel Sports
- Horse of the Year Show reverts to five-day format
- Review of Ireland’s showjumping team now underway
- Equimins launch new online shop
- Could you be a candidate for a hunting fellowship?
- Great Leighs racecourse is sold and its future secured
- Irish equine welfare council is set up to promote horse welfare
- Dead and starving horses found on Northern Irish farm
- Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Denman retired
- Megan Lewis’s unexpected hold-up to Long Horse Ride
December 8th
- Tom Symonds’ blog: why racing’s like Masterchef
- H&H Live: Olympia M&M championship
- H&H Live: London Olympia grand prix dressage
- Pony Club’s Manual of Horsemanship is updated
- Mary King is officially eventing No.1 – and wins $50,000
- The Queen buys Elizabeth Hurley’s three-year-old horse
December 7th
- Competition: Help Charles Owen celebrate its 100th birthday
- Mark Todd nominated for New Zealand sportsman of year award
- What’s in today’s Horse & Hound?
- Denis Lynch visits Irish equine welfare charity
- Watch the latest War Horse movie trailer
December 6th
- H&H pointing columnist Richard Woollacott off until 2012
- Prize-winning pony savaged by dog in frenzied attack
- New magnetic stable boots launched to aid stiff joints
- Billy Twomey wins Rolex IRJC top 10 final at Gucci Masters
- Newbury named racecourse of the year at ROA awards
December 5th
- Online feed company is back in business
- Be Position Perfect with a new coat from Centaur
- Joanne Eccles wins her first vaulting World Cup qualifier
December 2nd
- Totilas recovering from minor training injury
- H&H investigates: low sales prices for our native breeds
- Three-fold rise in equine abandonments this year
- The “Golden Challenge” – attempting every Olympic and Paralympic sport
- Farewell to Coniston huntsman Owen Balding
December 1st
- The Jockey Club signs deal with Thompson Sport
- Connaught Square Squirrel Hunt back in action
- New research reveals scale of turnout injuries
- New system lets you enter point-to-point runners online
- Hard ground contributes to spate of hunting injuries
- High interest rate loans for buying horses split opinions
- Le Cadre Noir hosts first major UK performance
- Tom Symonds’ diary: the story behind Scholastica
- Horse & Hound makes Christmas gifting easier than ever
- Tim Stockdale hopes to ride again in January