News Archive | August 2012

Filter (191 articles)

Year:

Month:

August 31st
- Emily Parker’s Burghley blog: course-walking and radio interviews
- Britain leads Paralympic dressage team standings overnight
- H&H Burghley blog: I wouldn’t want to be a selector
- Sinead Halpin leads USA one-two after dressage at Burghley Horse Trials
- Quantity over quality for hay this season?
- New surgery trialled to help broken ribs heal
- New para-endurance competition to be held
- Farewell to… rider, owner and instructor Jean Rodgerson
- Emily King celebrates her GCSE results
- Farewell to… pony showjumping trainer Harvey Kaye
- Masta adds new rugs to its collection for this winter
- Dengie launches new fibre feed
- Tottie launches new turnout rug for this winter
- Some coverage of paradressage on Channel 4 confirmed
- Kerry Grimster takes the National 1.15m championship at Scope Festival
- H&H Editor’s blog: Thank God it’s Burghley
August 30th
- Emily Parker’s Burghley blog: I’m fourth overnight – this is nuts
- Ruth Edge leads after first day of dressage at Burghley Horse Trials
- H&H blog: it’s great to be back at Burghley
- Sponsorship news in the UK and Irish horse industries
- British riders on top after first Paralympic day at Greenwich Park
- Anger over empty seats at Greenwich Park for Paralympics
- Inquest held into whipper-in’s hunting death
- Britain’s secret weapon: the girth that helped win Olympic gold
- Top scores at Futurity evaluations at Keysoe and SNEC
- Rescue ponies win prizes at Equifest
- Marriage proposal in Horse & Hound
- Olympic cross-country fences to reappear this autumn
- Meet Scope Festival five-year-old title winner Bryony Ward
- Changes to British Showjumping needed to secure funding
- Channel 4 Paradressage coverage dependent on performances
- Lucy Wiegersma’s Burghley Horse Trials video diary
August 29th
- Three riders out of Burghley after first horse inspection
- Cleveland Bay owners urged to raise awareness of the breed
- First-timer Emily Parker arrives at Burghley Horse Trials
- Firefighters rescue a Shire horse from drowning
- ‘Walk’ the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials 2012 cross-country course
- Meet Scope Festival Foxhunter Masters winner Nicole Pavitt
- New category of Country Fashion added to BETA Innovation Awards
August 28th
- Meet Burghley Horse Trials first-timer Emily Parker
- Help us catch the scammers! Victims urged to come forward
- Dressage Deluxe launches new quarter mark stencils
- Burger van explodes at NPS show, injuring eight people
- Claire Lomas lights Paralympic celebration cauldron
- Meet Scope Festival pony discovery champion Demi Watson
August 27th
- Laura Bechtolsheimer to marry Mark Tomlinson
- World Endurance Championships dominated by the UAE
- Meet Scope Festival champion Kerry Brennan
August 24th
- New Lipizzaner book launched at Edinbugh Book Festival
- Keyflow launches new advanced anti-inflammatory supplement
- Racecourse company merger forms Arena Racing Company
- Expectations are high for Britain’s paralympic riders
- Lee Pearson to star in Come Dine With Me on Channel 4
- Riding schools see post-Olympic boom in trade
- Mystery surrounds ownership of Uthopia
- Dangers of self-closing gates to horses and riders highlighted
- Farewell to… Captain Michael Naylor-Leyland
August 23rd
- Finances force closure of Tweseldown racecourse
- Victory for Irish jump jockeys in the Mongol Derby
- Totilas yearling scores highest Futurity mark of 2012
- Claire Lomas to light Paralympic celebration cauldron
- Is the standard of pentathlon jumping up to scratch?
- Top showjumper Wonderboy III sold to Denis Lynch
- ‘Vets with Horsepower’ set off on 3,000-mile trip for charity
- Brian May puts countryside on the agenda at Olympics closing ceremony
August 22nd
- What’s in today’s Horse & Hound?
- Thirteenth win for unbeaten wonder horse Frankel
- Five harness racing horses killed in Australian stable fire
- Racing Welfare pilots initiative to give stable staff more support
- Three of Mark Todd’s horses are on the market
- Superstar Frankel bids for his 13th consecutive win
August 21st
- Joanne Eccles retains world vaulting champion title
- British paralympian Natasha Baker on London 2012
- Part two of Jennifer Saunders’ Back in the Saddle on tonight
- New HorseSense Cotswolds shop to open in Gloucestershire
- New two-tone snaffle leather bracelet
- Dutch company Equirex to launch to UK market
- Horse-themed wellies and raincoats for children
- New boots can be customised to fit your calf
- Saddlecraft launches new “magic gloves”
- Zebra advertised for sale as circus sells animals
August 20th
- Conservative politician wins charity race at Newmarket
- Farewell to Chinese eventer Alex Hua Tian’s four-star ride Magenta
- H&H Live: Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials 2012
- Teenage girl dies in riding accident at show centre
- Three members of same family banned from keeping horses
August 17th
- Ireland wins Dublin’s Nations Cup with Britain taking third
- New website launched to help ex-jockeys find employment
- National Equine Database to close next month
- The future’s bright for British dressage
- Two colts awarded elite premiums at Southview Futurity
- Top horses retire after London 2012 Olympic Games
- Gold medalists Valegro and Uthopia up for sale
- Showjumping pony at centre of identity investigation
- Former Meynell master found guilty of unlawful hunting
- New mask could revolutionise thoroughbred breeding
- New showjumping championships at Blair Castle
- Case against Heythrop huntsman dropped
August 16th
- Poor weather causes horses to moult early
- Riding school death ruled accidental
- British Olympians celebrate their Greenwich medals
- Rob Hoekstra’s future as British performance manager uncertain
- Rescue dogs named after Olympic showjumping gold medalists
- Olympian Mary King’s daughter Emily named for junior squad
- Canadians “unhappy” with Tiffany Foster disqualification
- Olympic silver medal for Britain in modern pentathlon
- Rewards4Racing expands its loyalty programme
- New outdoor hood launched by Supreme Products
- Dressage foal tops Futurity day at Plumpton
- New JumpCross course launched in North Cornwall
August 15th
- Jennifer Saunders is ‘Back in the Saddle’ on TV tonight
- Donkey foal shot dead in its field
- Britain wins gold at junior European valuting championships
- Nick Skelton heads British Nations Cup team in Dublin
- New showing championship for rescue horses
- Eye experts save the sight of a miniature therapy pony
August 14th
- Kauto Star fan commissions tattoo of his favourite racehorse
- Spillers donate £12,000 to the Laminitis Trust
- MagicBrush now for sale in the UK
- Ariat launches new chap for young riders
August 13th
- One horse dead and two others injured in M6 crash
- Silver medal horse London removed from Gerco Schroder
- Olympics brings the sport of ‘horse dancing’ to a wider audience
- Clare Balding to be lead presenter for Channel 4 Racing
- Nick Skelton second in world showjumping rankings
August 10th
- Olympic arena surface used at Greenwich for sale
- Another mounted unit faces closure due to cuts
- UK’s largest gathering of model horses to take place
- Praise for London-themed showjumps at Greenwich
- New National Equine Welfare Council website
- Side saddle high jump record broken
- Farewell to… former H&H cover girl Claire Haddock
- League Against Cruel Sports man pleads guilty to fraud
- Safe, reliable horses found for pentathlon
- Lord Harris looks forward to the 2016 Olympic Games
- Olympic blog: we’re looking at a new world order in dressage
- Donkey towers above her field mates at Lincolnshire sanctuary
August 9th
- Pull-on half chaps designed for children
- Olympic blog: Team GB we salute you
- Charlotte Dujardin wins second Olympic gold medal
- New “stickability” jodhpurs to be available at Countrywide
- Abandoned pony with severely infected legs found in Surrey
- World Horse Welfare centre targeted by thieves
August 8th
- BETA International has highest bookings since 2008
- New worm control badge for Pony Club members
- What’s in today’s Olympic souvenir Horse & Hound?
- Steve Guerdat is Olympic showjumping gold medalist
- Postboxes go gold in honour of riders
- Three Brits through to final Olympic individual jumping round
- Dressage team bloopers in Daily Mirror and Daily Express
August 7th
- Olympic blog: format dilemmas
- Olympic blog: British brilliance
- Britain wins first Olympic dressage medal – it’s gold
- Jockey Club Racecourses appoints four regional directors
August 6th
- Olympic blog: Congratulations to our golden boys
- Great Britain wins team showjumping Olympic gold medal
- New Zealand’s Andrew Nicholson heads HSBC rider rankings
- Woodlander Farouche crowned world champion with record-breaking score
August 5th
- Olympic blog: I can’t wait to go back
- Canada’s Tiffany Foster disqualified from Olympic showjumping
- Britain equal second in Olympic showjumping team competition
August 4th
- Olympic blog: who wrote the jumping rulebook?
- Olympic blog: what will we do after the Games?
- British showjumpers get underway at Greenwich
- Olympic blog: horses are still horses and media judgement calls
August 3rd
- Olympic blog: Charlotte, we salute you
- Britain leads team and individual dressage after grand prix
- H&H Live: Olympic dressage freestyle to music
- Germany takes the lead in Olympic dressage at Greenwich
- FEI reassures after concerns surround Patrik Kittel photo
August 2nd
- London racecourses swap furlongs for metres in metric makeover
- Olympic blog: number crunching and Greenwich gripes
- Olympic blog: be proud to be British
- Meet the British groom to Michael Jung’s Olympic champion Sam
- Number of cancelled HOYS qualifiers rescheduled
- West Street Tickham hunt to disband
- Showing producer recovering from horrific head injuries
- Ebony will be the official charity of this year’s Olympia
- Britain takes early dressage lead at Greenwich Park
- Jilly Cooper researching new novel about Flat racing
- Grants of £1.3m awarded to riding centres and clubs
- Bitless bridles are allowed says British Eventing
- Ride judge breaks both wrists at Royal Welsh
- Pharmaceutical company launches new leaflets on equine back pain
- Kentucky Horsewear launches new tendon bandages
- Carl Hester gets Britain off to a good start in Olympic dressage
- Keep searching for Olympic dressage and showjumping tickets
August 1st
- Horse & Hound is coming out on Friday this week
- Frankel extends his unbeaten run to 12 races
- What’s in today’s Horse & Hound?
- New saddle launched to fit wide horses