News Archive | October 2016

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October 31st
- Jockeys suffer suspected spinal injuries in four-horse pile-up
- End of an era as top showing team breaks up
- Pony rescued from smelly bog during pleasure ride
- How’s my judging? Survey asks for riders’ feedback
October 30th
- Meet Madge: the pony who recovered from a maggot-infested tether wound
- Equine flu: do we need an epidemic before we act?
October 29th
- ‘No excuses’ for woman who allowed ponies to suffer
- Want a healthy horse this winter? Don’t miss the new issue of H&H Ask The Vet
- RoR to disqualify overweight riders at shows
- Horse put down in equine herpes ‘outbreak’
October 28th
- Is this the most expensive rake ever? Garden tool forces race to be voided
- Hannah Francis’s Willberry Wonder Pony honoured at AHT Awards
- Five-year ban for ‘shocking’ case of neglect
- £500k prize fund at new five-star show
October 27th
- ‘She was a beautiful person’: tributes to rider who died after hunting fall
- Popular four-star horse has surgery after hunting accident
- Horse & Hound reveals hunting special issue
October 26th
- Morning with Carl Hester on offer in AHT auction
- The Queen and a new challenge: Hayley Turner receives OBE and looks forward to life on camera
- Breeder in £120k legal battle over foal with lung infection
- Fancy taking the unicorn to work?
- ‘They can be life-threatening’: event horse burned by Chinese lantern
October 25th
- Thistlecrack storms to victory in debut over fences
- Bright future for injured filly found tangled in twine
- Retired Grand National winner returns to victory at Aintree
- Queen to open Newmaket’s National Heritage Centre
October 24th
- ‘It’s shameful’: pony left to suffer with fatal wound
- ‘I’m lucky to be alive’: kicked owner makes hard hat plea
- Appeal after dead horses dumped on roadside *warning: graphic image*
- Cheltenham honour for JT McNamara
- Princess Charlotte has a passion for horses
October 23rd
- Monty Roberts and Prince Harry join forces to support veteran soldiers
- ‘We owe it to the eventing community’: Group works on making sport safer
October 22nd
- Filly found with ‘horrific’ injuries from chain collar *warning, graphic images*
- Abandoned foal reunited with his giant teddy friend
October 21st
- Farewell to chasing legend Moscow Flyer
- Valegro’s Olympia retirement ceremony confirmed
- ‘Unacceptable’ social media posts: NPS takes a stand
October 20th
- ‘He was part of the family’: Grand National hero dies aged 30
- Should young children be riding in Wilkie and beval bits?
- Jockey to swap saddles from jump racing to elite cycling
- Polo star ‘blown away’ by recent trip to Guatemala
October 19th
- Top riders sign up to support Willberry Wonder Pony ball
- ‘He’s like my son’: HOYS and RIHS champion to be retired
- Jock Paget to move back to New Zealand
- Hunting community donates aid to Calais Jungle refugees
October 18th
- British Dressage series to celebrate talented Arabs
- ‘Unprecedented’ rise in abandoned foals
- ‘Our roads are not race tracks’: MP backs riding road safety campaign
October 17th
- ‘I’m actually very lucky’: top eventers suffer falls as season draws to a close
- Boy sells lemonade for three years to fund pony: watch video as his dream comes true
- Victoria Pendleton takes on Olympia showjumping challenge
October 16th
- Two endurance horses put down during 90km FEI ride
- French rider defeats Michael Jung for second year running at Pau; four Brits in the top 10
- UK equestrian sponsorship round-up
- Emaciated pony dumped with severe injury
- Bob Champion and Geoff Billington on the line-up for Liverpool parade
October 15th
- Big changes to leaderboard after Pau CCI4* cross-country; Nicola Wilson best Brit
- Revealed: study finds the safest gates for riders
- Exhausted horse dies after climbing from canal *warning: upsetting images*
- Extraordinary finish marks top trainer’s 2,000th winner
October 14th
- ‘It will take some jumping’: take a look at the Pau CCI4* fences that have got riders talking
- ‘Terrifying moment’: child walks out in front of team chasers
- Michael Jung leads Pau CCI4* after dressage but British farrier hot on his heels
- Colic kills blind horse’s guide and companion
October 13th
- Thousands back petition to protect police horses and dogs from attacks
- ‘He’s been a great horse’: Dan Skelton’s stable star retires
- Celebrate Red Rum Day: 12 fascinating facts about this legendary steeplechaser
- Film star to downsize Arab breeding operation
- One equine killed and two injured on New Forest roads
October 12th
- World class equestrian facility lies abandoned for four years
- Rude riders cause cancellation of competitions
- ‘I’m not that person’: Irish showjumper responds to allegations surrounding horse’s death
October 11th
- Wobbleberry army set to raise thousands for Willberry Wonder Pony
- Join equestrian stars in #jocksinsocks campaign
- Bollywood theme secures riding school place in national quadrille finals
- Could you jump from a plane? Riders take on Willberry Wonder Pony skydive challenge
October 10th
- Jockey out of induced coma after fall
- Horse shot dead in brutal arrow attack
- Tackling depression: Jockeys speak out in new video
- Super-sire Kilvington Scoundrel put down after colic
- Horses electrocuted by low power cable
October 9th
- ‘I can’t wait to show off my rosettes at school’: Litton Enterprise takes HOYS supreme pony title
- Britain wins final 2016 eventing Nations Cup at Boekelo; Oliver Townend third individually
- Billy Stud holds first ever online auction
- One horse spun at final trot-up at Boekelo, plus outcome of British team appeal
- ‘Her spirit was broken’: young mare found trapped under trailer
October 8th
- ‘My son had to lift me onto my horse’: Allister Hood takes Cob of the Year at HOYS
- Team GBR heads Boekelo Nations Cup after cross-country, but young British leader drops out of top 10
- Could you help with concussion research?
- £1,000 filly wins £200,000 in four months
- BE extends season into November
October 7th
- Positive drug test for British horse at major international
- Young Brit leads dressage at Boekelo: ‘I feel like I’m in a dream and have to wake up soon’
- ‘She will be so missed’: popular rider dies in fall
- ‘I’m so proud of him’: owner pays tribute to legendary barge horse
October 6th
- Farm secretary clinches working hunter championship at HOYS
- ‘Sad’ loss of international horse trials
- ‘I’m leaving radio and becoming a jockey’: watch radio DJ Sara Cox try out racing
- Chance to hunt Burghley-winner Lenamore up for grabs
- Nick Skelton and Big Star among BS award winners
October 5th
- US horse world prepares for Hurricane Matthew
- Safety in numbers: army of riders battle for safer roads
- Second rider killed in fatal fall within a week
- New £100k series for female jockeys
October 4th
- ‘Completely awesome’: Sara Cox praises Dartmoor Derby
- Could your horse teach a police officer to ride?
- Ambulance takes ‘alternative route’ at horse trials
October 3rd
- Four-star horse put down: ‘I wouldn’t be where I am without that wonderful horse’
- Fifth event rider dies in seven months
- Tim Stockdale’s top horse goes to Jessica Springsteen
- Call for riders with learning disabilities to get Paralympic classification
- Rider who fractured skull in road accident leads safety campaign
October 2nd
- Young showjumper’s family publish book in her memory
- Bitting debate resolved ‘once and for all’
- ‘He was my perfect horse’: rider’s appeal after gelding killed in road accident
October 1st
- British Eventing reveals new body protector rules
- Showjumper fined after tribunal finds horse abuse occurred
- Owner’s ‘devastation’ as RIHS champion disqualified for failed dope test