News Archive | May 2018 | Horse & Hound

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May 31st
- Sniffer dogs at all Goodwood racedays following mass brawl
- Blenheim-winning ‘horse of a lifetime’ put down after injury
- Gold medallist’s urgent crowd-funding for new Tokyo ride
- Calls for riders to donate their brains ‘when they’ve finished with them’
May 30th
- World number one buys British-based rising showjumping star
- Teenage rider leaps into the record books
- Appeal to trace dog owner after elderly Arab sustains fatal injury
- Emily King to move to new yard in Cheshire
May 29th
- Pony dumped in backyard settling in well to new home
- Event riders who tested positive for banned drugs suspended for one year
- Emotional Lorraine Kelly thanks NHS staff who saved her life after riding accident
- ‘I’m humbled by the support’: Emily King’s crowdfunding secures ride
May 28th
- H&H Festival of Eventing: ‘He’s a diamond in the rough’: promising young event horse jumps his way to 100cm victory
- H&H Festival of Eventing: ‘He just gets better and better’ — dramatic end to 90cm championship
- Charlotte Dujardin takes dressage star cross-country schooling
- H&H Festival of Eventing: ‘mare of a lifetime’ crowned 80cm champion
- Filly injured in horrific ‘acid attack’ undergoes third surgery
- H&H Festival of Eventing: former riding school horse becomes 70cm champion
May 27th
- H&H Festival of Eventing: ‘He never ceases to surprise me’ — Irish cob takes 100cm lead
- H&H Festival of Eventing: Made Of Gold shines across country to secure the lead
- H&H Festival of Eventing: new leader in 80cm — ‘if she has every fence down it doesn’t matter’
- H&H Festival of Eventing: it’s all change at the top of the 70cm — ‘I honestly can’t believe it’
- Dartmoors save the day when trek leader is taken ill
- Driver told young rider she was too fat for her pony in ‘bizarre’ assault
May 26th
- H&H Festival of Eventing: gentle giant cruises into overnight 100cm lead
- H&H Festival of Eventing: schoolgirl storms into 90cm lead on day one
- H&H Festival of Eventing: teenager and her Lipizzaner mare take the 80cm lead
- H&H Festival of Eventing: horse and rider return from serious injuries to take overnight lead
- ‘He was a complete accident’ — Show horse with ‘unusual’ breeding qualifies for HOYS
- Meet miniature Shetland’s adorable mule foal
May 25th
- British eventer fined after false vaccination records found
- Sky lanterns banned from Radio One’s Biggest Weekend
- Rider breaks arm after dog ‘went in for the kill’
- Horsey nail bar offers special treats to hard-working equestrian hands
May 24th
- Emily King launches crowdfunding campaign to buy ‘horse of a lifetime’
- Dressage chief suspended after arrest
- Small but mighty: 13.2hh one-star pony set to make eventing history
- Calling all dressage divas! Horse & Hound has a championship challenge for you…
May 23rd
- Protecting people, horses and the sport: why clean sport week applies to you
- Transgender jockey to make racing history
- Bolesworth attracts princess to compete at the show
- TV presenter risks life and limb to stop runaway racehorse
May 22nd
- Mare rescued with severe liver damage sparks ragwort reminder
- George’s great escape: horse’s crashing fall captured on video
- Prolific Connemara mare retires to stud after illustrious showing career
- ‘Dramatic and haunting’ film to focus on riding road safety
May 21st
- Rescue pony fulfils owner’s Hickstead dream
- ‘Keep little people like me safe’: young rider’s road safety video goes viral
- Oliver Townend second in Event Rider Masters leg: ‘I’m thrilled with the horse’
- Elderly Shetland ‘distressed’ after suspected dog attack
May 20th
- Help horses in need — by walking your dog
- Exmoor ponies join wild bison to control Czech vegetation
- ‘Never, ever give up’: rider overcomes cancer, broken back and missing finger
- 73-year-old undertakes 1,000-mile trek with two Belgian draughts
May 19th
- Saved by the bottle: tiny donkey foal rejected by mother
- Singing Sampson eyes Hickstead glory after Hamburg win
- ‘We’re so very lucky’: Horsebox tipped into ditch by low branch
- ‘Never let pride or fear stop you speaking out’: Carl Hester backs Mental Health Awareness Week
May 18th
- Dog left in horsebox ‘as hot as an oven’ died despite rescuers’ efforts
- Blood and whip rule changes in store after high-profile cases
- Hundreds of riders to saddle up this weekend in aid of safer roads
- Fans’ favourite back on British team after seven-year absence
May 17th
- Luhmühlen entries: who are the key players heading to Germany?
- 200+ Countrywide staff made redundant as stores close
- ‘Sit tight, I’ve got this’: British para rider clears extra 1.50m fence in 90cm class
- Tack shop owner has brainwave over plastic waste
May 16th
- ‘Dreams really can come true’: overweight £100 Shetland transforms into showing star
- Heavy riders and high costs behind trekking centre’s closure
- Horse ‘left to die’ in road after head-on collision with car
- Four-star eventer retires from top-level ‘with a smile on his face’
May 15th
- Top lot sells for £31,000 at Brightwells Elite Dressage Auction
- Love Island star joins donkey’s birthday celebrations
- Meet the pint-sized ponies preparing for the World Equestrian Games
- Mental Health Awareness Week: ‘We need to look after each other like we do our horses’
May 14th
- Star police horse with phobia of crisp packets retires
- More ugly scenes as fighting mars second weekend of racing
- Piggy French speeds to Event Rider Masters victory at Chatsworth Horse Trials
- ‘Her spirit was with us’: Hannah Francis one-day event to return this summer
May 13th
- London 2012 Olympic champion wins at Royal Windsor Horse Show
- Rider with double lung transplant achieves her ambition to ride at Badminton
- Horse sues former owner in ground-breaking court case
- Long day at the yard? Put your feet up in horsey slippers
May 12th
- Yard hero rescues showjumping mare from stable blaze
- ‘I wasn’t expecting that’: Welsh C stallion bags Horse & Hound Mountain and Moorland title
- Ugly scenes as four racegoers seriously injured in mass brawl
- Young horse dumped in Nan’s back yard
- New ‘exclusive’ spring championship show for High Flyers
May 11th
- Charlotte Dujardin and star mare Mount St John Freestyle claim Windsor double
- Sponsors drop Oliver Townend after Badminton – others back the world no.1
- BEF’s world class performance director leaves role ahead of WEG
- Five to be charged with animal cruelty offences
- *Calling all show secretaries* List your show free in Horse & Hound
May 10th
- Charlotte Dujardin and Carl Hester dominate Royal Windsor grand prix
- Early win for The Queen at Royal Windsor
- End of an era for Woodlander Stud
- Last chance to enter Horse & Hound Festival of Eventing
- ‘She’s so talented’: Rio gold medallist takes on exciting new rides
- Is ‘matchy-matchy’ in your horse’s best interest? Vet speaks out
May 9th
- British rider eliminated for blood at Nations Cup supports ‘zero tolerance’
- British Horse Society to take up Oliver Townend case with FEI
- World Equestrian Games tickets for individual sports now available
- ‘He was lying lifeless on the floor’: Teddy the Shetland beats life-threatening illness
May 8th
- ‘It’s an honour to ride there’: Scott Brash and Kent Farrington head Windsor entries
- Exciting opportunity to join the H&H team
- Action Fraud reveals the shocking cost of horse sale scams
- Vaulting stars in new Galaxy advert
May 7th
- Rider walks dog from Burghley to Badminton for Willberry Wonder Pony
- British star hits the £150,000 jackpot with Madrid hat-trick
- ‘I love my horses’: Oliver Townend apologises after ‘ugly’ Badminton riding
- New tendon boots can detect horses’ lameness
May 6th
- ‘He has won to us’: Mulry’s Error completes his final four-star
- Farewell to an eventing legend: Nereo retires to standing ovation at Badminton
- Jonelle Price claims first four-star title with Badminton victory
- King’s Troop commanding officer races over 5ft timber to fulfil lifetime ambition
- Top-10 contender withdrawn as three horses held at Badminton final vet inspection
- Watch Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials live: 2-6 May
- Runaway cob rescued from car inspection pit after police chase
May 5th
- Oliver Townend given official warning for over-use of whip at Badminton
- ‘The heart of a lion’: horse put down after injury on Badminton cross-country
- ‘She was magic’: speed-demon mare in Badminton lead on zero margin
- ‘He won’t do another big event’: Ben Hobday’s ride Mulrys Error steps down
- Badminton cross-country: Michael Jung takes an early lead
- New bitless showing classes to offer £500 prizes
May 4th
- Badminton dressage scores: why have they changed and what do riders think?
- Oliver Townend regains Badminton lead ahead of cross-country
- Strangles outbreak gives area festival riders more time to qualify
- Britain holds Badminton lead with Ireland close behind after personal best from Jonty Evans
- Special guests invited to fence-judge at Badminton
May 3rd
- British rider pips Michael Jung to top spot on first day of dressage at Badminton
- Top eventer loses two sponsors after blood controversy
- Oliver Townend takes early Badminton lead in quest for Rolex Grand Slam title
- Princess Anne meets Grand National winner at vet school launch
- Burghley and Blenheim 2018 tickets go on sale
May 2nd
- Badminton first vet inspection: one horse sent to holding box plus rearing drama
- US vet flies in for three-hour operation on acid attack filly
- Rider’s ‘regret’ after blood in the mouth prompts social media storm
- Area festival cancelled due to strangles outbreak
May 1st
- Disease outbreak forces international show to cancel
- New championships adding splash of colour to dressage calendar
- Weak and shaking: emaciated ponies dumped with no water as temperatures soar
- ‘We need a massive increase in pure breeding’: Cleveland Bays in danger of extinction