News Archive | April 2018

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April 30th
- Top Badminton contender withdraws: ‘I’m not 100% — I can’t do the horses justice’
- Devastated owner’s appeal after three horses stabbed
- The two ‘best female riders of all time’ retire in same weekend
- ‘A dream’: Oliver Townend wins Kentucky to set up Rolex Grand Slam bid at Badminton
April 29th
- UK equestrian sponsorship round-up
- Work starts on ‘potentially ground breaking’ equine herpes virus vaccine
- Irish rescue donkeys ‘living the dream’ on the Continent
- Kentucky cross-country: Oliver Townend within one rail of win to line up Grand Slam
April 28th
- ‘I’m a bionic mermaid’: Rider back in the saddle after major spinal operation
- ‘The most beautiful soul’: Pippa Funnell’s former ride put down
- Colt dumped with horrific injuries was ‘just too weak’ to survive
April 27th
- Oliver Townend fifth and eighth after dressage at Kentucky on two ‘completely different’ horses
- Vets treating filly injured in suspected acid attack praise public’s ‘amazing’ generosity
- Horses can read and remember human emotions, scientists find
- ‘I heard my hip crunch’: rider who smashed pelvis in rotational fall credits air jacket for saving her life
- ‘He’s at his happiest inside the white boards’: top partnership reunited
April 26th
- Hospital and cancellation prove no barrier for Brit as last-minute diversion results in victory
- Owner speaks out after ‘upsetting and demoralising’ remarks about her horse
- ‘He just got brain freeze’: Jockey apologises after chaos at Punchestown
April 25th
- Filly suffers horrific facial injuries in suspected acid attack *warning: very distressing images*
- Eilbergs break silence on Farouche’s future
- Final pair into Badminton Horse Trials from wait-list as two more horses are withdrawn
- ‘One of the bravest of them all’: Police horse retires to join old friends
- Soldier risked her life to halt runaway gun carriage horses
April 24th
- Rider’s brain ‘bounced like a ping-pong ball’ in schooling fall
- 80 welfare calls a day as horse crisis reaches four-year high
- ‘No equine is low maintenance’: companion pony warning
April 23rd
- ‘The family adore him’: champion hound thriving in life off hunting field
- William Fox-Pitt comes off Badminton Horse Trials wait-list; big name withdraws one ride
- Shetland yearling travels from Orkney to LA to help found new stud
- More arenas, jumps and hospitality: £750k investment for leading competition centre
April 22nd
- Striking mare to enjoy happy retirement after a decade’s service
- April hopes her namesake month with bring her new loving owners after tough past
- ‘She is feeling her emotions now’: miniature donkey transforms woman’s life
- Unexpected twin foals are ‘once in a lifetime’ gift for stud owner
April 21st
- Because I’m worth it: horses and ponies strike a pose in hilarious photo collection
- ‘We miss him terribly’: charity’s tributes to pony who won thousands of hearts
- ‘Gypsy cob’ who won an Olympic medal dies aged 23
- ‘The fattest I’ve ever seen’: rescue of pony left to gorge to obesity
April 20th
- Event horse to retire this weekend after two Olympics and sixth at Badminton
- Tributes paid to Irish Grand National winner after sudden death
- Cheltenham race abandoned due to heat
- Liverpool show team determined to succeed after 2017 ‘heartbreak’
April 19th
- Showjumper lodges complaint over venue manager’s alleged assault
- ‘They’re getting fatter and fatter’: Vet’s warning over obesity-related equine deaths
- Badminton-bound eventer hit by a car out hacking
- British WEG contender unveils another grand prix star
April 18th
- Cruachan on tour: cheeky military Shetland visits Household Cavalry
- Rider who can ‘barely breathe’ not allowed in para competitions
- Horns at the ready: 10 to do battle for prestigious Horse & Hound trophy
- ‘Don’t stop me now’: inspirational Claire Lomas raises £30k in nine-day marathon
April 17th
- Your chance to ride around the Burghley cross-country
- Marathon mission for former eventer involved in crashing fall
- No Sandown for Cue Card as retirement confirmed
- Grand National jockey has wrist slapped for directing runners around fallen rider
April 16th
- Rider in hind boots controversy as horse shows ‘extreme reaction’ at World Cup final
- Mary King takes on ‘new ride’ Hovis at Belton Horse Trials
- Full Badminton running order: find out when your favourite rider will start
- First big win for Jonty and the ‘people’s horse’
- Three-hour rescue of racer who jumped into a river during point-to-point
April 15th
- NAF winter dressage championships day five: a one-two for Alice Oppenheimer on her home-bred siblings
- Petplan Equine Area Festival Championship day five: sweet win for pair who’ve grown up together
- Beezie Madden takes World Cup jumping title as British riders finish out of the prizes
- ‘This was meant to be’ — The Queen’s Barbers Shop to bow out at Windsor
- ‘Farewell our fluffy, funny friend’: sanctuary favourite dies aged 26
April 14th
- NAF winter dressage championships day four: Sadie Smith claims the inter I music crown
- Tiger Roll wins the 2018 Grand National in thrilling photo finish
- Petplan Equine Area Festival Championship day four: formerly ‘bonkers’ pony leads junior line-up
- World Cup dressage final showdown: 1.5% separates Isabell Werth and Laura Graves
- Holidaymakers killed in carriage driving incident
April 13th
- Rider eliminated under blood rule at World Cup jumping final
- Beezie Madden still leads World Cup jumping final; Whitakers progress to Sunday’s last leg
- Winter Dressage Championships day three: A great day for Carl’s girls
- Petplan Equine Area Festival Championship day three: wild card combination bag leading score of the finals so far
- Form book upset at World Cup dressage final: ‘It’s Friday 13th; it’s not my day’
- Riders’ heartbreak as government ‘leaves horses to starve’
- Top weight a non-runner in tomorrow’s Grand National
- Driver hurled abuse as he tried to push horse off the road with his car
April 12th
- Beezie Madden leads after ‘juggling act’ at World Cup final; Whitakers in the hunt
- Petplan Equine Area Festival Championship day two: daughters do their injured mothers proud
- Winter Dressage Championships day two: Dujardin kicks off with a double
- Sanctuary’s desperate plea for safe return of stolen pony
- Top showman recovering in hospital after heart attack
- ‘Bradley’s legacy lives on’: little girl with rare brain tumour given Grand National ‘place’
April 11th
- Petplan Area Festival Championship day one: little horse with big heart and former eventers impress
- Winter Dressage Championships day one: riders return after tough times while young guns show their talent
- Calling all news hounds: your chance to join the H&H team
- Teenager needs facial surgery after being kicked while riding
- Donkeys rescued from ‘farm of horrors’
April 10th
- World War I cavalry charge re-enacted to mark 100th anniversary
- Mike Tucker’s memorial service: livestream
- Tributes paid to Silviniaco Conti after loss of National Hunt star
- Top British contenders out of World Cup final
April 9th
- ‘We’re buzzing to go’: Ben Hobday and Mulrys Error will compete at Badminton
- Terrible weather forces British Eventing to consider emergency contingency plans
- Ellen Whitaker ‘devastated’ after beloved dog disappears at show in Spain *NOW FOUND*
- Horse & Hound to support M&M classes at Royal Windsor Horse Show
- ‘We thought the world of her’: pony who put Charlotte Dujardin on the map dies aged 31
April 8th
- Retired racehorse ‘best friends’ seek special new home
- New Lloyds Bank advert: 20 black horses galloping through the dawn
- I finally get to be a jockey’: Bertram Allen to make race-riding debut
- The week that was: seven days in the horse world
April 7th
- Valegro helps raise funds for his local RDA group
- Teddy the Shetland and Nicky Henderson in race for champion trainer’s title (honest)
- Heartbroken owner’s rug warning after newborn filly’s death
- Pippa Funnell’s former top ride put down age 26
April 6th
- ‘All welcome’ at Mike Tucker’s memorial: service to be live-streamed
- Charlotte Dujardin wins on international debut with WEG-bound ‘amazing’ mare
- British pair receive last-minute call up for World Cup final in Paris
- Thieves rip out barn wall to steal bedding from equine charity
April 5th
- Horse raced to point of death by laughing tormentors
- ‘We tried’: controversy rages over one-day event cancellation
- All riding centres urged to join business rates fight
- Supermarket to offer riding lessons to grocery shoppers
April 4th
- £10,000 target in memory of 10,000 lost horses
- Amputee jockey to race over Grand National fences
- Horseware named official clothing supplier for World Equestrian Games
- Bag yourself a bargain with Aldi’s latest equestrian range
- Mary Berry learns to plough in return for baked treats
April 3rd
- All horses to be microchipped under new law
- Teenage rider taken to hospital after dog attack on beach
- Top Gear at Burghley: horsepower takes on an equestrian challenge
- Key British contender withdraws from Badminton
April 2nd
- From pre-novice to Badminton: eventer pays tribute to top horse after cross-country tragedy
- ‘We miss her every day’: tributes paid to pint-sized perfect pony
- Top British rider in ‘race against time’ to be fit for Badminton after suffering injury in fall
April 1st
- Do you need to breed? Stark warning to horse owners
- Brewery Shire wins national championship
- The week that was: seven days in the horse world
- Badminton cross-country course to be demolished and redesigned by the public [APRIL FOOL]