News Archive | October 2015

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October 31st
- Dressage pony team and Martin Clunes among equestrian award winners
- Be a ‘Bright Rider’ and stay safe on the roads this autumn
- Event horse who contested 2008 Olympics put down
- Two showjumpers penalised after positive tests for banned substances
October 30th
- Swiss Federation bans draw reins *H&H VIP*
- William Fox-Pitt out of intensive care
- AP McCoy to join Channel 4 Racing team
- Don’t miss your chance to star in Horse & Hound
- Exciting new BD competition series for grassroots riders
October 29th
- Top showjumping stallion ridden by Michael Whitaker dies
- ‘No truth’ in Addington closure rumours
- ‘Ferocious determination to succeed’ earns Sophie Christiansen coverted award
- Vets issue fresh warning over often-fatal equine condition
October 28th
- Rescued cob transforms life of disabled owner
- $30,000 reward offered after showjumper slaughtered in ‘grisly’ attack
- Man filmed repeatedly whipping horse cleared of cruelty
- Olympic eventer Matt Ryan begins new chapter following sale of yard
October 27th
- Safety worries force cancellation of historic London riding event
- Popular venue selling extensive set of cross-country fences following closure
- 16 horses neglected, 2 died, 2 put down: man jailed and banned for life
October 26th
- UPDATE: William Fox-Pitt conscious but still very ill in hospital
- Pippa Funnell’s eventing star put down
- Mare spooked by dogs becomes trapped in gate in ‘horrible ordeal’
- International showjumper slaughtered in ‘grisly’ attack
- Man jailed for sexually assaulting horse
- Former star racehorse excels in new hunting career
October 25th
- French rider pips Michael Jung at Pau; Emily King best Brit
- Equine apprenticeships radically redesigned
- Are you worming your horse correctly? 29% of owners are not
October 24th
- Michael Jung still first and second after Pau cross-country; Emily King impresses in third
- New organisers step in to save ‘much loved’ horse trials
- New showjumping league to go ahead, but FEI isn’t giving up appeal
October 23rd
- LATEST: William Fox-Pitt ‘remains stable’ in hospital after serious fall
- Horse with ‘injuries consistent with an attack’ died of natural causes
- ‘Can’t walk, can ride’: Michael Jung leads after dressage in Pau; Emily King third
- AP McCoy to try his hand at dressage
- No more ‘boil in the bag’ after British Dressage relaxes jacket rules
October 22nd
- ‘Brave’ four-star eventer put down following field accident
- Robert Whitaker back in the saddle after missing HOYS due to ill health
- Trevor Breen’s ride put down after tendon injury
- Man reunited with police horse he saved from savage dog attack
- ‘Devastated’ Tina Cook warns of shipping fever threat after De Novo News’ death
October 21st
- British team showjumper sold to Ukraine
- ‘Fantastic’ police horse Fimber dies due to field accident
- Woman banned for two years after 32 horses put down
- Two horses put down after being dumped dying in a lane
- ‘Phantom rides’ scandal: second senior figure suspended *H&H VIP*
- Michael Jung aims for further four-star glory at Pau
- Horse legs found dumped in bags at playing fields
October 20th
- Rescue pony found dumped in a field wins first rosette
- Claire Lomas raises more than £500,000 in mission to cure paralysis
- Wild horse cull to go ahead in Australia after road deaths
- Chance to ‘own’ a leg of an elite eventer up for grabs
October 19th
- UPDATE: William Fox-Pitt ‘stable’ in hospital after serious fall
- Escapee Elvis and his companion Alfie end up in deep water *PICTURES*
- Showjumping legend from Britain’s golden era dies
- Pioneering technology aims to draw in showjumping fans
October 18th
- Eventer Ben Hobday plans return to riding following cancer treatment
- New centre provides welcome boost for riders in the east of England
- Exciting reporting opportunity with H&H for point-to-point enthusiasts
- Tributes paid to team chase and hunting star
- Scientists find link between Alzheimer’s and equine grass sickness
October 17th
- William Fox-Pitt taken to hospital after cross-country fall
- Want to try hunting? Get started during newcomers’ week
October 16th
- ‘Irreplaceable’ trainer and event rider dies aged 56
- British team horse to be sold
- £1m racing bonus offered in Kauto Star’s memory
- Calls for riding schools to cater for more experienced riders *H&H VIP*
- British Eventing loses another long-running fixture
October 15th
- Joseph O’Brien to focus on training point-to-pointers
- Family celebrates HOYS win and new arrival
- Discover what your equestrian discipline says about you *H&H VIP*
- Horse abandoned and left to die after being ‘dragged’
October 14th
- Denman ‘absolutely loving’ team chasing
- Horsebox engulfed in 20ft high flames on major road *PICTURES*
- H&H Ask The Vet: banish winter blues, get weight-wise and cope with serious accidents
- Foal living on a rubbish tip rescued thanks to fly-grazing law
- Stranded riders rescued at 2am from Norfolk beach
October 13th
- Hack on the moor turns into terrifying ordeal for horse and rider *PICTURES*
- One of the world’s oldest horses dies
- Dirt bike accident leaves junior dressage star in hospital
- De Novo News put down after complications from shipping fever
- Jessica Mendoza shows off exciting new rides at HOYS
- Spooky or tense horse? TRT method designed to help horses cope
October 12th
- Daughter pays tribute to mother killed in freak riding accident
- Champion show horse The Humdinger retires at HOYS
- Brits beat Germany to eventing Nations Cup title
- Breast pain puts some women off riding
- Test-tube foal marks successful return of technology
October 11th
- Wild ponies cause £1,200 worth of damage by licking car
- UK equestrian sponsorship round-up
- Racing recruitment scheme designed to inspire school leavers
October 10th
- £120,000 up for grabs for star stable staff
- Olympic showjumper swaps nationalities
- Woman trampled to death by donkey
- Re-trained racing stars to parade at Newmarket
October 9th
- Starry Night retires after HOYS maxi-cob triumph
- FEI ‘confident’ equestrian events will go ahead in Rio
- Ex-racehorse that fell off bridge makes successful return to the show ring
- British driving star has horsebox stolen while at funeral
- Olympic champion calls for doping rule changes
- Henrietta Knight pens new book: ‘a story of triumph and tragedy’
October 8th
- Last minute changes to British team at Boekelo Nations Cup
- Riders ignoring hat safety warnings left at risk *H&H VIP*
- Iconic event to run as a three-day for final time
- Eventers debate controversial proposal to change flag rules
- Could Frankie Dettori be named Sports Personality of the Year?
- Joe Clee tops brilliant year at British Showjumping awards
October 7th
- Racecourse to feature in critically acclaimed British film
- Rider taken to hospital after collision with car
- HOYS 2015 results: find out who’s won
- 60 riders chosen for BEF talent programme
October 6th
- Your horse can shine like Valegro with new ‘Blueberry’ grooming range
- Well-known racing names among the line-up for Shetland pony gold cup
- Cheltenham grandstand opens as final part of £45m redevelopment
- British event riders selected for final leg of Nations Cup
- Reflective paint set to help save ponies’ lives
October 5th
- Charlotte Dujardin nominated for sportswoman of the year
- Grass sickness survivor crowned supreme champion
- Golden Horn wins the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe
- Scott Brash misses out on LA Masters title by tight margin
October 4th
- Oxford and Cambridge go head-to-head at the races
- Zulu the zorse is looking for a new home
- Horse trailer used to smuggle £50,000 of cigarettes
October 3rd
- Top international showjumper retired
- Campaign for 20mph speed limits underway
- Martingales can improve ridden welfare, suggests study
October 2nd
- Showjumper to be inducted into ‘walk of fame’
- Securing Olympic equine talent: what Britain could learn from the Dutch *H&H VIP*
- Equestrian homes and businesses under threat of tax hikes
October 1st
- £240,000 boost for inner city stables
- Abused horse with broken back on road to recovery
- Could trailer MOTs become law?