News Archive | August 2016

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August 31st
- Great British Mare & Foal show forced into last minute venue change
- Three horses held and one rider sustains head injury at first Burghley trot-up
- Burghley dressage times released: Tom Crisp gets the action started at 9.30am
- Coach to take on gruelling Ironman Wales in aid of paralysed jockey
- Love Island stars banned from all UK racecourses
- #TwoHearts boosts equestrian sport’s hopes of staying in the Olympics
August 30th
- Major #FillTheSeats campaign for Rio Paralympics
- Teenager completes 240-mile ride in 23 days
- Loose horses on motorways: traffic officers to be given training
- Seaside donkeys driven from their home by vandals
August 29th
- Your chance to star in ‘dressage for all’ BD convention
- , backs Nick Skelton for BBC #SPOTY
- Zero positive dope tests for equestrian sport at Rio Olympics
- Public rates riding third most dangerous sport
August 28th
- Oliver Townend wins ERM at Blair: ‘Hopefully we’ve turned a corner and figured him out’
- Nicola Wilson takes Blair CCI3*: ‘I’m thrilled Annie Clover got the win she deserves’
- Equifest victory for rider who ‘lost everything’ in lorry fire
- Rider who broke down at Tesco petrol station thanks ‘good Samaritans’
- ‘Bonkbuster’ queen Jilly Cooper to swap horses for football
August 27th
- Nicola Wilson ahead in Blair CCI3*: ‘She was a bit strong — but it’s a nice problem to have’
- UK equestrian sponsorship round-up
- Bettina Hoy leads Blair ERM dressage: ‘He’s a real gentleman; if he was a man I’d marry him’
- The placid stallion who yawns when it’s time to work: behind the scenes after Big Star’s homecoming
- Top rider’s terror as Calais migrants attack horsebox
- Driver distracted by showjumper cycling in bikini top demands compensation for smashed wing mirror
August 26th
- A man and 10 horses die in yard fire
- Three charged following horsemeat investigation
- ‘We’re at capacity’: horse charity unable to carry on if horses aren’t rehomed
- ‘Hanging up my eventing boots’: British four-star winner to focus on dressage career
August 25th
- ‘We must now look forward’: Any Currency trainer speaks out after Cheltenham Festival disqualification
- Any Currency loses Cheltenham Festival title due to prohibited substance
- ‘We knew he was special’: dressage colt wows futurity evaluators with record 2016 score
- Olympic champion Nick Skelton eyes Rolex Grand Slam
- ‘The canvas wrapped around his head’: drama as stable roof ripped off at Equifest
August 24th
- Looking for a way of keeping down stable vermin?
- Rescue filly abandoned with ‘horrific’ burns wins at Equifest
- Working hunter specialist back to his brilliant best after colic surgery
- Russian riders to miss Rio Paralympics after appeal lost
August 23rd
- Nick Skelton ‘amazed’ by calls for him to be crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year
- Judge to ride Burghley Young Event Horse finalists
- Wobbleberry for Willberry: an eventing challenge for ‘middle-aged, wimpy riders’
August 22nd
- Zara Tindall out of Burghley Horse Trials
- Clifton Lush bounces back from 100-stitch Rio injury
- Gold for Whitaker at pony Europeans
- Some great reasons to visit the H&H stand at Burghley
August 21st
- Eventers tackle course including inflatable fillers
- Crutches no barrier to in-hand showing competitor
- Lifetime ban for man who kept ponies in shipping containers
- Rider’s face ‘shattered’ when horse fly-bucked after cross-country
August 20th
- PCSO recognised for making ‘huge difference’ to abandoned horses
- Thieves steal collection box from horse sanctuary
- Olympic committee defends decision to send horse who failed drug test in June to Rio
- ‘Miracle pony’ rescued from Bodmin Moor beats the odds to survive
August 19th
- Nick Skelton and Big Star win GOLD in Rio showjumping showdown
- H&H Live: Replay Rio Olympics showjumping individual final
- Big Star’s ‘a bit rusty’ but Nick Skelton is in gold medal position in Rio
- What time do British showjumpers Nick Skelton and Ben Maher go for individual medals today in Rio?
- €500k starting price for world and European champion showjumper
- Eventer urges riders to speak up after her horse is fatally injured in cross-country fall
August 18th
- Olympic showjumper to retire from national team
- Burghley draw revealed: Zara Tindall mid-field
- H&H to launch new bumper show guide for the winter season
- Rider who was ‘a hair’s breadth from being paralysed’ comes back to win BE event
- Dressage rider qualifies for nationals a day after lorry accident
August 17th
- Rio showjumping: France lands another team gold medal, plus there’s a jump-off for bronze
- Britain’s Nick Skelton and Ben Maher both qualify for Rio showjumping individual final
- H&H Live: Rio Olympics showjumping team round two
- What time do the British showjumpers go in Rio today and when are the team medals decided?
- British combination withdraw from Olympics
August 16th
- Further disqualifications under blood rules and an official protest in Rio showjumping
- Irish showjumper Greg Broderick’s Rio journey over as he fails to qualify for next round
- Quadruple Olympic gold medallist criticises judging of Irish dressage rider in Rio
- H&H Live: Rio Olympics showjumping team round one
- Rescued filly found in desperate state looking for new home
- The amazing equine brain *H&H VIP*
- Owners’ heartbreak: pony put down after eating grass cuttings
August 15th
- What time do the British showjumpers ride in the Olympic team competition?
- Emotional Charlotte Dujardin takes individual gold in Rio dressage: ‘It’s on the cards to retire Valegro’
- Adelinde Cornelissen responds to rumours Parzival suffered a hairline fracture in Rio
- H&H Live: Rio Olympics dressage freestyle
- Frankie Dettori reaches a historic 3,000 victories
- Underlying defect likely to have caused Mongol Derby horse death
- Hail Caesar! Police horse retires after 11 years of service
August 14th
- Injured British groom update: ‘I could hear Charlotte Dujardin shouting, ‘He needs an ambulance!’’
- What time do the British dressage riders compete in the freestyle in Rio?
- Rio showjumping: riders disqualified for excessive use of whip and spurs
- Ireland’s Greg Broderick ‘frustrated’ but scrapes into next round of Rio Olympics showjumping
- ‘Tougher than expected’: carnage in Rio Olympics showjumping but Britain’s John Whitaker shines
- Clifton Lush’s Rio injury: ‘He needed a two-hour operation with 100 stitches’
- H&H Live: Rio Olympics showjumping first qualifier
- What time do the British showjumpers ride in Rio today?
- Dealer who flouted horse-keeping ban jailed for neglect
August 13th
- Driver thrown from trap as pony gets caught on railings
- Quorn to launch hunting safety helmet
- William Fox-Pitt: ‘I think the Rio Olympics was the last time I’ll ride Chilli Morning’
- Pony Club shows support for Willberry Wonder Pony
August 12th
- British groom suffers head injury during Rio dressage medal ceremony
- Judy Reynolds becomes first Irish rider to qualify for Olympic freestyle: ‘It’s a bit mental’
- British dressage team nail Rio Olympics silver: ‘It was really well fought by all of our riders’
- Defending champion held at Rio Olympics showjumping trot-up
- H&H Live: Rio Olympics grand prix special dressage
- British Dressage makes changes to competition structure
- ‘The most amazing experience of my life’: five Brits among top 10 finishers of Mongol Derby
- £250 allowance offered to Euston Park endurance entrants
August 11th
- What time do the British dressage riders compete in Rio tomorrow?
- *VIDEO* Charlotte Dujardin rockets Britain into Rio silver: ‘I think it and Valegro does it’
- Carl Hester says Nip Tuck ‘needs glasses’ after spooky test at Rio Olympics
- H&H Live: Rio Olympics grand prix dressage
- ‘It’s not acceptable’: four-star rider chased by dog at Gatcombe
- Rare Black Forest horses to come to Britain
- H&H magazine out on FRIDAY this week
August 10th
- Bullet confirmed near Rio Olympics stables: ‘Nobody can 100% guarantee security’
- British dressage team in medal position at Rio Olympics after an eventful day’s action
- Adelinde Cornelissen’s Parzival out of Rio: ‘His body was full of toxic fever’
- Spencer Wilton leads field to get British Olympic dressage team off to a flying start in Rio
- Rio security scare: ‘There was an incident in the stables’
- World number two out of Olympic showjumping due to injury
- Second horse dies from knife attack: police appeal for information
- FEI ‘very disappointed’ Russian para dressage riders banned from Rio Paralympics
August 9th
- British dressage riders’ times and team starting order in Rio — plus how to follow
- Germany’s Michael Jung retains individual eventing gold at the Rio Olympics
- France take team gold as Britain deliver four clears to rise to fifth in Rio Olympics eventing
- One dressage horse spun and one passed on reinspection at Rio Olympics
- H&H Live: Rio Olympics eventing showjumping
- Individual medal contender held at final trot-up for Rio Olympics eventing
- Loose horse on M25 shot by police
- Classical music ‘reduces intensity of stress’ in horses
- Rio Olympics eventing medals: When and how will the showjumping play out?
August 8th
- Rio Olympics dressage trot-up: two horses not cleared to compete
- Britain out of medals in Rio Olympics eventing after poor cross-country performances
- H&H Live: Rio Olympics eventing cross-country
- Loose event horse jumps cross-country on his own
- Equine charity ‘over the moon’ to receive £10,000 prize
- When will British riders go cross-country in Rio?
August 7th
- Rio bullet: shot ‘aimed at police blimp’ but suspected gunfire heard at equestrian venue
- Oliver Townend wins his first British Open title at Gatcombe
- Kitty King ‘disappointed’; Brits outside team medals after Rio Olympics eventing dressage
- Emotional Pippa Funnell ninth in Rio Olympics eventing dressage: ‘His late owner would be proud’
- H&H Live: Rio Olympics eventing dressage
- Overweight riders asked to dismount at show
August 6th
- Rio Olympics stray bullet update: ‘We don’t know if there were live fire exercises nearby’
- William Fox-Pitt in individual gold after first day of Rio Olympics eventing dressage
- ‘It’s my first big win’: new face pips Oliver Townend at Gatcombe
- Drama at the Rio Olympics as military bullet flies into equestrian press office
- Riders react to Rio Olympics cross-country course: ‘Tougher than Hong Kong or London’
- Gemma Tattersall lying sixth in Rio Olympic eventing dressage: ‘We just had one mistake’
- Italian dressage coach banned from Rio Olympics following appeal
August 5th
- British eventing team order at Rio Olympics released plus dressage times
- Stable accident forces another leading team to change Rio Olympics line-up
- Favourites have to call on reserve after eventing trot-up at Rio Olympics
- Meet Henry and watch the Rio 2016 action at UK fan zones
- One horse sent to the holding box at first eventing trot-up at Rio Olympics
- Burghley’s rare crayfish make way for cross-country course changes
- #FridayFunny: couch to Olympics in four years?
August 4th
- Anti-hunt activists ‘bullied’ business which shared picture of foxhound
- Walk the Rio Olympics cross-country course: pictures of every fence
- Grackle nosebands among new BD-approved tack items
- Will Gatcombe crown a new British Open winner?
- Horse & Hound Awards: nominate your equestrian heroes
August 3rd
- Riders to shave off their hair for Willberry Wonder Pony
- New venue bids for 2018 World Equestrian Games
- ’A reckless act of destruction’: vandals torch cross-country fence
- ‘Everyone had tears in their eyes’: Dales ponies mark centenary
August 2nd
- £15k prize pot for unaffiliated eventing series
- ‘An inspiration to us all’: flood of tributes for event rider Hannah Francis
- Fans urged to support equestrian sport during Rio to secure Olympic future
- Drone users urged to take care around horses
August 1st
- Inspirational teenage event rider Hannah Francis dies from cancer
- FEI bans showjumper and endurance rider for two years; para dressage rider suspended
- Charity targets owners’ lack of horse care knowledge