News Archive | October 2017

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October 31st
- Pony found strung up after assault with broom handle
- ‘I did it for Vlad’: watch showjumper compete without a bridle
October 30th
- Increased calls to ban ‘fatal’ sky lanterns
- Dressage trainer raising funds to travel to Mexico for MS treatment
- Racehorse turned hunting star wins £2,500 first prize
- Is salt the secret to a healthy horse?
October 29th
- Pau horse trials: Britain’s Sarah Bullimore pulls off career best
- No bridle? No problem! Forgetful hunt follower uses headcollar instead
- The Queen gives army drum horse his new name
- The week that was: seven days in the horse world
October 28th
- Horse put down following his cross-country round at Pau
- Pau horse trials: major changes to the leaderboard after cross-country
- ‘I owe him an awful lot’: top eventer loses medal-winning star
- Thieves steal dogs as well as tack worth thousands
- Farewell to four-star stalwart: ‘The bravest thing I’d ever sat on — but arrogant’
October 27th
- Pau horse trials: riders react to ‘intense’ cross-country course
- Michael Jung and La Biosthetique Sam out of Pau CCI4*
- Pau horse trials: Britain’s Ros Canter in contention after dressage; Michael Jung withdraws
- ‘The time has come’: Badminton backs calls for mandatory frangibles
- International Eventing Forum 2018 to focus on theme of ‘What’s the limit?’
October 26th
- Wobbleberries’ future secured as annual challenge
- Two Big Star embryos sold to Britain for £62k
- New name for world’s biggest horse trials in rules revamp
October 25th
- Cancer patient reunited with beloved horse by hospice
- Major rescue saves 26 horses abandoned to suffer
October 24th
- €10m prize money on offer at new showjumping ‘spectacular’
- 10-year ban for jockey at centre of corruption case
- Four-star eventer suffers brain injury in fall
- Mary Poppins beats 50 Shades of Grey to national title
October 23rd
- ‘I just kept marching’: Claire Lomas walks through the night to complete tough challenge
- Lose the Blinkers: Police launch mission to reduce road riding deaths
- Meet Big Red: the Household Cavalry’s new drum horse
- A former racehorse checks into a hotel… (yes really)
October 22nd
- Hunting to continue on National Trust land after members’ vote
- ‘Sleep tight dear friend’: retired police horse dies aged 20
- Horse bought for Cinderella crowned European PRE champion
- The week that was: seven days in the horse world
October 21st
- Exciting new British-bred six-year-old for Scott Brash
- Owner uses back seat of car to save pony from wildfire
- British Dressage 2018 rule changes: new bits, nosebands and bridles
October 20th
- ‘Handsome, hardworking and consistently brave’: tributes to police horse killed by tumour
- Claire Lomas takes on next challenge in bid to cure paralysis
- Concern after failings by horsebox breakdown assistance
- ‘It looked like a massacre’: owner’s tack locker warning
October 19th
- Queen meets her own former racehorse at King’s Troop anniversary parade
- ‘The time is now’: calls to make frangible cross-country fences compulsory
- European champion goes back to her roots at Pony Club competition
- Oldencraig owner quashes closure rumours
October 18th
- Tight nosebands outlawed by national federation
- Rider smashes ribcage in fall on beach sand arena surface
October 17th
- Bogus vet who treated horses jailed for three years
- Rider dies after fall on fun ride
- Valegro’s silver shoe sells for $5,000
- ‘He’s living like a prince’: rare stallion sold to Pakistan government
October 16th
- Monty Roberts offers free training for problem horses
- Tributes paid to racing groom who died at Kempton Park
- Vets’ fears as ‘cartoon-like’ Arab colt goes viral
October 15th
- Your chance to win £10k rocking horse
- Rider highlights dangers after fall at ‘unsafe’ cross-country fence
- The week that was: seven days in the horse world
October 14th
- From ‘semi-feral’ rescue to reserve national champion: Meet H&H award winner
- ‘Wurzel, stop!’: coloured cob’s cheeky antics go viral
October 13th
- ‘Brash’ thieves steal Pony Club’s jumps worth £5,000
- Showjumpers evacuate yard as wildfires close in
- Owner’s devastation as wrong horse put down
October 12th
- Riders’ and horses’ weight a major ‘silent’ welfare issue
October 11th
- Get your hands on rare edition of Black Beauty
- Top dressage sire De Niro dies aged 24
- Horses transported long-distance to slaughter need your help NOW
- Tributes paid to jockey who died after racing fall
October 10th
- New BD bronze and music championships: how you can qualify
- Grooms urged to talk about their mental health
- Historic London show revived after three-year absence
- Dark world of pregnant mare hormone farming uncovered
- Your chance to own Billy Angelo’s full-brother
October 9th
- Jockey banned for switching urine samples to cover up cocaine use
- ‘She wouldn’t be here without them’: owner thanks rescuers after terrifying hacking accident
- ‘We need to see you to avoid you’: RAF hands out high-vis to riders
- ‘I could have had 200 immigrants in the back’: Rider’s fears over lack of border checks
October 8th
- Former HOYS working hunter takes Showjumper of the Year title
- ‘I can’t believe it’: catch ride claims HOYS Supreme Horse title
- ‘It’s the shock of my life’: third time lucky for HOYS Supreme Pony champion
- Joker proves he is a Jack of all trades in HOYS speed horse of the year
- ‘This is only his fourth ever ridden show’: young star takes HOYS coloured horse and pony championship
- Magnificent Muffin the mule retires after 30 years’ service
- Horse spooked by fireworks injured days after hospital treatment
- The week that was: seven days in the horse world
October 7th
- ‘Nervous gentleman’ surprise winner of HOYS Puissance
- Five-star international show to be powered solely by horse poo
- Council seeks order to criminalise riding on its land
- Eventer buys TB colt for £50k — sells him for £450k
- Most expensive yearling in the world sells for £4m
October 6th
- Popular feed supplement ingredient removed from banned substances list
- Racehorse gifted to man by Wayne Rooney ends up in charity’s care
- ‘It doesn’t feel real’: Medallist named equestrian of the year
October 5th
- Charlotte Dujardin joins James Corden on our screens
- Grand National hero out for the season with injury
- ‘The best working hunter in the country’: warmblood does the double at HOYS
- ‘My number one mate’: pony rescued from filthy conditions bonds with young rider
October 4th
- ‘It’s been an honour’: former racer rounds off showing career with emotional HOYS win
- Queen’s star horse withdrawn from HOYS
- Dressage stars to travel across the world to help horses in need
October 3rd
- Rio medallists spearhead HOYS dressage line-up
- Two HOYS-bound horses banned after positive dope tests
- Rider’s doping ban reduced following appeal over supermarket antibiotic cream ‘mistake’
October 2nd
- Spate of dog attacks on horses spark united approach
- Woman accused of injecting spectator at Blenheim Horse Trials
October 1st
- Brixton teenagers take to the polo field
- UK equestrian sponsorship round-up
- Former racers prove a dab hand at horseball
- The week that was: seven days in the horse world