News Archive | March 2016

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March 31st
- Global Champions League teams announced
- Hot-headed chestnuts: is there a link between coat colour and behaviour?
- Oliver Townend heads British quartet at Kentucky
- Researchers determine sex of unborn foals with new test
- Mary King ‘very honoured’ by new role
March 30th
- Penelope Leprevost apologises for ‘over-reaction’ in Gothenburg
- League Against Cruel Sports’ spending in the spotlight
- Horse dragged for 50m by bus in ‘horrific’ road incident
- ‘Iconic’ horse-drawn tram service saved
- British Dressage gives ‘bling’ riding boots the thumbs up
- ‘Time to ditch the strangles stigma’: Redwings reveals survey
March 29th
- Gothenburg warm-up video causes heated debate online
- Dead Slow: BHS launches new road safety campaign
- Looking for a new riding challenge? Try camel racing…
- Polo world mourns loss of two prominent players
March 28th
- Horses seized after picture of foal wearing a bit goes viral on social media
- Steve Guerdat retains his crown as World Cup jumping champion
- Geoff Billington guest edits H&H showjumping special
- All scores to count: Olympic showjumping proposals debated *H&H VIP*
- Victoria Pendleton takes ownership of her first horse
- Horse & Hound’s Ask The Vet on sale now
March 27th
- Hans Peter Minderhoud wins dressage World Cup final
- Runaway zebra dies after falling into pond
- Bladder stones in horses: a remarkable recovery *H&H VIP*
- New £250,000 scholarship scheme for talented riding instructors
March 26th
- All change on the FEI World Cup jumping podium — in Ireland’s favour
- New hat app and safety tour to help riders
- Homebred four-star eventer to retire ‘like a king’
- New study to improve understanding of equine tapeworm
- Pony shot 130 times with a paint gun undergoes surgery
March 25th
- ‘Gutted doesn’t sum it up’: Laura Renwick out of World Cup final jumping
- New ‘smart ‘ jump to debut at World Cup jumping final
- Dutch on top in World Cup final dressage grand prix
- UK equestrian sponsorship round-up
- How the RSPCA saves horses in a crisis *H&H VIP*
- Thieves target RDA centre stealing £3,000 kit
March 24th
- Ben Hobday returns to competition after cancer battle
- Not an easy job — my day with the RSPCA
- Sam Waley-Cohen and Nina Carberry CAN ride in Grand National after all
- Endurance World Championships in question
- Olympic event rider on the mend after breaking leg
March 23rd
- Horse killed in ‘horrendous’ yard fire
- Painting ex-racehorse Metro Meteor signs his own book
- William Fox-Pitt and Andrew Nicholson entered for Badminton Horse Trials
- Shocking images of foal in a bit spark RSPCA investigation
March 22nd
- Meet Many Clouds and Long Run at Lambourn Open Day
- Unlicensed riding school operators fined £1k
- Laura Tomlinson guest edits Horse & Hound
- Andrew Nicholson makes winning return to competition
- RVC’s innovative new CT scanner to ‘improve diagnosis’
March 21st
- Juniors get new ‘Just for Schools’ jumping qualifiers
- Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Long Run retires
- William Fox-Pitt given all-clear for eventing comeback
- Rider stresses importance of replacing hat after serious fall
- Arthritis tops equine insurance payouts
March 20th
- Whorls predict which direction a horse will spook
- Once extinct wild horses flown to Russian steppes
- Clubs at the ready for horse-themed mini golf
March 19th
- Vets warn a major flu outbreak could bring equine sport to a halt
- Hat cams loaned to riders to help to slow down drivers
- Partially blind horse shot 130 times with paintballs
- New organisers reveal exciting Golden Horseshoe plans
- Runner completes four marathons in three days for donkeys
March 18th
- Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton fifth in Cheltenham Foxhunter
- Don Cossack wins the 2016 Cheltenham Gold Cup
- , presents , – on sale now
- New campaign to combat 50% increase in dog attacks
- Vets use bra to save miniature pony’s eye
- Horse dealer who ‘exploited’ buyers jailed for six months
March 17th
- ‘He’s gone from a very nice horse to a superstar’: Thistlecrack wins the World Hurdle
- Shows cancelled due to strangles case
- Severely injured course designer loses bid for compensation
- British Eventing takes steps towards live scoring
- Denman among equine stars on parade at Cheltenham
- What would you like to see in Horse & Hound?
- Owner ‘in shock’ after horse killed by taxi
March 16th
- Sprinter Sacre regains Champion Chase crown in emotional Cheltenham win
- Andrew Nicholson sets his sights on Badminton
- Rider reunited with stolen trailer thanks to social media
- ‘We were flung into the air’: horse injured in hit and run
March 15th
- Charlotte Dujardin will not defend World Cup title
- Mare Annie Power triumphs in the Cheltenham Champion Hurdle
- Changes to equine laws discussed *H&H VIP*
- Hunt allowed back on to National Trust land
- Eventers to wear ribbons in memory of Izzy Squire
- Riders flock to take part in online showing show
March 14th
- Ever seen a horse in a tweed three-piece suit? You have now…
- Showing star Robert Walker takes over H&H this week
- Is dressage training racing’s latest secret weapon? *H&H VIP*
- Game Fair final supports showjumping at county shows
March 13th
- Davina McCall challenges novice to take on pros in Shire horse race
- App aims to aid confidence in the saddle
- Badminton-bound ‘pink’ event horse turns heads in Portugal
March 12th
- Copper-coated nails designed to improve hoof health
- ‘One of the worst cases’: Redwings rescues pony from desperate circumstances
- Charitable horse lovers take on London Marathon
- Oasby becomes ‘Red Noasby’ for Sport Relief
March 11th
- Top names suspended following ‘bogus’ endurance ride scandal *H&H VIP*
- #FridayFunny: Newmarket Monopoly
- Dressage star Edward Gal injured in fall
- Showjumping boom in Qatar
- Nine horses killed in stable fire
March 10th
- Final qualifications for Rio 2016 Olympics confirmed *H&H VIP*
- New regional league for grassroots eventers
- Gelding has lucky escape from muddy ditch
- FEI backs judge at centre of Russian dressage controversy
March 9th
- Dressage rider Judy Reynolds smashes record score for Ireland
- Riders pay tribute to young eventer in viral #rideforolivia campaign
- Joseph O’Brien quits race-riding to focus on training
- Final War Horse play will help preserve real WW1 stables
- Fatal eventing accident confirmed as rotational fall
March 8th
- Owner of horse killed in funeral procession supports road safety petition
- Brightwells resurrects end of season hunter sales
- Former Festival winners to go on parade at Cheltenham
March 7th
- Victoria Pendleton to line-up at Cheltenham Festival
- Hunting’s ‘big night out’: Horn & Hound entrants revealed
- Plans for equine-therapy centre refused by council
- Innovative training system for British racehorses
March 6th
- Teenager killed in eventing accident in Australia
- 15,000 unrecorded foals born each year, warns charity
- Riding school owner receives unsung hero award
- Charity celebrates ‘Miracle’ Mother’s Day foal
March 5th
- Man charged after he fired bowling balls into stables using cannon
- Horse discovered ‘dumped like rubbish in a ditch’ *warning: graphic image’
- Hunting cap maker merges with helmet company
March 4th
- Rio Olympics to be Hello Sanctos’ final championship
- ‘We would be better off leaving’: Defra minister calls for Britain to leave EU
- Outrage among Arab fans following dismissal of influential figures *H&H VIP*
- Horse owner wins dog attack case
March 3rd
- Former Grand National runner to go eventing
- Partially-sighted pony seriously injured in knife attack
- FEI enforces charge for commercial horse names
- Return of 100 malnourished horses denied
- Plans for national rider road safety campaign gather momentum
- Horses left terrified after firework shot into field
March 2nd
- Scott Brash knocked-off World number one spot
- Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton wins her first race as a jockey
- Sam Griffiths takes the reins of , this week
- Zara Phillips to aim High Kingdom for Badminton this year
- New look for the Pony Club
- What will the new Olympic eventing format be? Plans to be finalised
- Rider hospitalised after horse dies on beach
March 1st
- Olympic ‘horse of a lifetime’ dies aged 25
- Owners warned to be ‘extra vigilant’ after tack thefts
- Farewell to the horse world’s great and good: Hendrik Wiegersma
- Autistic boy achieves dream of riding thanks to specially designed hat
- ‘Traffic light’ system to improve eventing safety