News Archive | June 2016

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June 30th
- Appeal for help in tracing sanctuary’s stolen horse
- Confusion surrounds conflicting statements over British Olympic showjumping selection
- Caught on camera: horse sabotages news report
- ‘It absorbed a tremendous blow’: findings on hat involved in serious fall
June 29th
- Pony found ‘being eaten alive’ making good progress after rescue
- Is this the most chaotic foaling? Filly enters the world during farm inferno
- ‘I can’t believe how lucky we were’: Family survives horsebox fire
- Orphaned foal saved by his great grandmother thanks to human sickness drug
June 28th
- British hopeful Hello Sanctos to miss Rio Olympics
- ‘Justice served’ to owner of emaciated horses found with ragwort poisoning and worm damage
- Uthopia auction update: Carl Hester confirms positive outcome
- BE riders lose another event
- ‘They absolutely nailed it’: British eventers win Polish Nations Cup leg
June 27th
- British stunt horses star in biggest Game of Thrones battle
- Mark Todd set for eighth Olympics as New Zealand team announced
- Hickstead: Guy Williams disqualified from this year’s Speed Derby
- BE puts forward Olympic format plans *H&H VIP*
June 26th
- William Whitaker triumphs in the 2016 Hickstead Derby *VIDEO*
- No such thing as a free lunch – or is there?
- Mark Todd challenges jockeys to a Barbury battle
June 25th
- Harriet Nuttall reverses 2015 result with Speed Derby victory
- AP McCoy ‘very honoured’ to receive knighthood
- Rio Olympics dressage: top combination out of contention through injury
- Brexit ‘could be an opportunity for the equine industry’
- British Rio hopefuls show disappointing form in Rotterdam
- Ireland responds to questions over Going Global’s ownership
June 24th
- World and European champion showjumper to be sold after Rio Olympics
- Victoria Pendleton returns with winning ways
- ‘Miraculous’ progress of horse shot with longbow
June 23rd
- Uthopia sale is complete, says auction house
- Brexit out for a win – at Newbury
- Lice-ridden pony found ‘eaten alive’ by maggots *warning: graphic images*
- MFHA to host independent investigation into South Herefordshire Hunt’s activities
- Promising event horse swaps international competition for Pony Club camp
June 22nd
- Firefighters called after pony falls into canal
- Stockdale, Sanctos and Big Star make Rio showjumping long-list
- Long list of British riders in contention for Rio Paralympics unveiled
- And the fourth British dressage team member for the Rio Olympics is…
- Guest of honour: Shetland walks up the aisle
June 21st
- Zara Phillips misses out on Rio Olympic place
- Vandals trash eventer’s yard in stolen tractor
- Colt shot in the head in ‘senseless and cruel’ attack *warning: graphic images*
- Rio 2016 Olympics: H&H launches countdown this week
- Mare found with ‘horrific’ lesions to her face *warning: graphic images*
June 20th
- Bolesworth issues ‘heartfelt apology’ after rain causes cancellations
- Eventing star Coral Cove put down age 29
- Germany names likely eventing team for Rio Olympics: Ostholt to make Olympic debut
June 19th
- ‘She took a hell of a bang’: event horse hit by car *warning: graphic image*
- Andreas Dibowski wins Luhmühlen CCI4*; Louise Harwood best Brit in eighth
- Luhmühlen CCI4* trot-up drama: two top-10 contenders including best Brit withdrawn
- ‘It felt like a lifetime’: Teenage riders attacked by dog
June 18th
- Oliver Townend fourth after cross-country at Luhmühlen CCI4*; Andreas Dibowski leads
- ‘My hat saved my life’ says rider who broke neck in fall
- Game of Thrones equine stars head to Gatcombe
June 17th
- Young German impresses to lead at Luhmühlen; Sarah Bullimore best Brit in 10th
- Royal Ascot: first wins for National Hunt trainer and former jump jockey
- Rare Boulonnais foal is first born in the UK
- ‘I want to win the Champion Hurdle with a Dartmoor cross’
June 16th
- Belgian repeats 2015 lead in Luhmühlen dressage; four-star debutante best Brit
- Bolesworth forced to cancel classes after freak rainstorm
- Students given helping hoof for end of term move
- Proposal for new eventing safety fund financed by levy on entry fees
- Mark Todd: ‘Why aren’t there more British riders showing form and influencing the top levels of the sport?’ *H&H VIP*
- New venue for World Endurance Championships revealed
June 15th
- One horse held at first trot-up at Luhmühlen
- Mount up to help fight rural crime
- Valegro’s full brother to be auctioned: ‘There is no guide price’
- Ireland names dressage rider for Rio
June 14th
- Hickstead Derby returns to TV after one year break
- #hathairdontcare at Royal Ascot: BHS puts safety first
- ‘It was devastating’: death of foal ‘rescued’ by well-meaning walkers
- Jockey and equestrian charity founder named in Queen’s Birthday Honours
June 13th
- Horse killed and rider seriously injured in road accident
- Scott Brash wins €99,000 grand prix at Cannes Global Champions Tour
- Mounted officer’s accident inspires road safety campaign
June 12th
- Andrew Nicholson takes Bramham CCI3* in dramatic leaderboard shake-up
- Tom McEwen wins under-25 CCI3* at Bramham: ‘He’s such a class jumper’
- ‘I thought he’d stop’: rider breaks neck in collision with tractor
- Gemma Tattersall wins Rio 2016 Olympic selection trial at Bramham CIC3*
- Fine and community order handed to owner of tethered horse
- Teenager to tackle 240-mile ride in memory of best friend
June 11th
- Alex Hua Tian wins Event Rider Masters at Bramham: ‘I’m on top of the world’
- Oliver Townend holds Bramham Horse Trials CCI3* lead after cross-country
- Holly Woodhead leads Rio 2016 Olympic selection trial at Bramham CIC3*
- Tom McEwen tops Bramham under-25 after cross-country; Emily King drops out of running
- MPs: ‘No change to firework law’
- ‘Miracle’ comeback jockey to retire from racing
- UK equestrian sponsorship round-up
June 10th
- Emily King’s Brookleigh out for two years due to injury: ‘It’s a real shame’
- Oliver Townend tops Bramham CCI3* leaderboard after dressage
- Clark Montgomery leads Bramham Event Rider Masters despite error of course
- College fund for Philippa Humphreys’ baby daughter tops £66,000
- Hunt’s four-hour journey to hound show was ‘well worth it’
- Fraudster Poppy Eastwood pleads guilty but avoids jail
- Eventing medal-winner retired: ‘He took me places I never thought I would go’
June 9th
- German eventing team contender injured ahead of Rio Olympics
- Irish eventing team named for Rio 2016 Olympics
- British riders line up for major pre-Rio showdown
- Radical new dressage scoring system proposed
- Concerns over new Central Equine Database *H&H VIP*
June 8th
- Watch John Whitaker and Argento’s winning round in St Tropez *VIDEO*
- Top dressage horse retires ‘as the champion he truly is’
- Ireland chooses showjumper ranked 252nd in the world over top 10 rider for Rio
- ‘I thought I’d seen it all’: mine donkeys found in desperate state
- Jockeys and trainers raise cash on the course
June 7th
- Horse found ‘almost too weak to stand’ named supreme champion
- In memory of those who made the ‘ultimate sacrifice’
- Rider calls for hats to be worn at trot-ups: ‘I had 20 stitches but still jumped a double clear’
- ‘Overworked’ horses given fluids at Appleby Horse Fair
June 6th
- Four-star rider out of action after fall: ‘My arm was coming out of the front of my chest’
- First foal for British dressage medal-winning mare
- William Fox-Pitt scores first wins since accident with Tattersalls double
- Stuart Hollings: The most bizarre requests made by competitors *H&H VIP*
- Rider crushed in road accident walks again *warning: graphic image*
June 5th
- Heavy horses take centre stage at HOYS with return of musical drive
- Zara Tindall and AP McCoy go head-to-head on polo field
- ‘Exhausted, stressed and frightened’: horses travel 60hrs to slaughter with one rest stop
- ‘I’m terrified of heights’: jockeys to jump from plane
June 4th
- ‘He was a doubtful runner until an hour ago’: Harzand overcomes foot problem to win Investec Derby at Epsom
- Disabled man attempts all Olympic sports: ‘Riding is the biggest challenge so far’
- Point-to-point jockey joins elite group with 300th winner
- Two UAE endurance riders provisionally suspended by FEI
June 3rd
- Future of popular BE event hangs in balance
- Facebook plea after mystery lumps appear on top showjumper
- #thisfillycan racing campaign launches on Oaks day
- Jim Best case to be reheard after ‘appearance of bias’
- A horse walks into a bar…
June 2nd
- Tributes paid to Australian equestrians after tragic weekend
- #inspiredbyhannah: Riders tell teenage cancer sufferer ‘you’ll never be forgotten’
- Para dressage star retires from riding to become car salesman
- Supplement firm told to change ‘misleading’ advertisement
June 1st
- Point-to-pointers no longer have to hunt to qualify for racing
- ‘It’s devastating’: Beagle puppies stolen from hunt kennels
- BEF responds to Zika situation in Rio
- Cabinet minister swaps government for galloping