News Archive | October 2018

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October 31st
- Semi-wild pony drift sales put in jeopardy by new DEFRA legislation
- Owner shares shocking video footage of near-miss in lorry
- Veteran ex-racehorse claims RoR racing to hunting crown
- Two-year-old warmblood stallion sells for €2,010,000
October 30th
- Double drama as two horses run out through tape at Cheltenham
- ‘Today is emotional’: official retirement of Olympic medal-winning horse at Pau
- No longer the Derby bridesmaid — finally the bride: Congratulations!
- Two yellow cards and three verbal warnings given out at South of England Horse Trials
October 29th
- Tack checks, new tests and eligibility changes: British Dressage 2019 rules revealed
- Records smashed as Welsh section C stallion sells at auction for £45,000
- Cian O’Connor’s new ride dies in ‘freak’ stable accident at show
- Equestrian world pays tribute to racing and polo magnate killed in helicopter crash
October 28th
- Youngest ever winner of Pau CCI4* crowned: Brits put on strong performances
- Two rescue ponies’ ‘antics’ inspire new children’s book series
- ‘A catalyst for good’: giving people a second chance through horses
- Two horses in Pau top 10 withdrawn from competition: one British hope dashed
- Magnolia Cup winner seeks owners to help buy her winning ride
October 27th
- Twenty-three-year-old leads Pau cross-country on first four-star attempt
- Major UK show welcomes new title sponsor, plus other sponsorship news
- Big Brother contestant will ‘always want to ride work’
- Ploughed horse marks First World War centenary
October 26th
- Rescue pony found in a shipping container excels in British Dressage
- Why I support the rise in eventing entry fees: H&H eventing editor’s unfashionable view
- British 1-2 after Pau dressage: world number one edges ahead of world champion
- British medal-winning eventers bow out after glittering careers
October 25th
- Loose horses close motorway for third time in as many weeks
- Rio Olympic team gold medal-winning horse dies, aged 13: ‘He was my faithful friend’
- Riders think they know more than they do, research shows
- BBC presenter and four-star eventers to go head-to-head in charity race
October 24th
- Team GBR medallists to be honoured with Olympia parade
- Vets’ health warning over ‘designer’ horses
- High hopes for horse caught on film bucking his way around cross-country
- Intruder caught on CCTV riding and attacking pony
October 23rd
- Rider in road fall calls for lower speed limit
- Heartbroken owner’s awareness campaign after horse dies from ragwort poisoning
- Money, IT and communication: passionate debate at British Eventing EGM
- Owner of horse who died in road accident urges riders to sign safety petition
October 22nd
- What are the chances? Home-bred full-brothers finish a whisker apart in their first 5* competition
- Olympic eventing champion injured in cross-country fall
- Tributes paid to courageous and talented young rider who died after being hit by car
- Hill farmer, 79, ordered to pay £16,000 for grazing his ponies on common
October 21st
- Abandoned foal found in freezing field goes on to compete in British Eventing
- ‘Retired horse, free to good home’: H&H asks the tough question…
- Rider attacked by dog and its owner in terrifying assault
- AP McCoy’s daughter set to give the Whitakers a run for their money
October 20th
- New dressage game pitches armchair judges against the world
- ‘Miracle’ zebra foal boost to endangered breed
- Rider tackles Wobbleberry challenge ‘for Hannah’ after breast cancer diagnosis
- Two-year legal dispute over height of 128cm showjumper
October 19th
- Rider aiming for Tokyo 2020 launches membership club
- La Biosthetique-Sam FBW retires: eventing hero to stay with Michael Jung
- Ban for owner who tethered emaciated filly in ‘incredibly dangerous’ area
- County show at risk after 80 horses dumped on showground
October 18th
- British Eventing to increase entry fees and prize money in 2019
- Government ignores riders in Highway Code review
- Trailer thefts prevent charity from rescuing more horses
- Social media hunt for owner of ring lost at the races
October 17th
- World champion Ros Canter heads strong British line-up for Pau CCI4*
- ‘You must be seen’: picture of dark riders sparks road safety warning
- Competition mares may compete on Regumate, authorities confirm
October 16th
- Show centre update: restrictions lifted after all-clear from strangles
- Driver convicted after horses put down in road collision
- Aldi returns with bargain equestrian range
- Star 17-year-old rider shortlisted for BBC award
October 15th
- Dramatic video shows horses being swum to safety in floods
- Charlotte Dujardin to debut unseen WEG freestyle at Olympia
- Racing legend honoured with nine life-size bronze statues
- Firefighters rescue mare stuck ‘up to her hindquarters’ in a ditch
October 14th
- Daughter’s bid to get ‘galloping granny’ back in the saddle after spinal injury
- One-eyed pony abandoned with laminitis given second chance
- UK barrel-racing rider set to take US by storm
- Elite eventer’s stable star retires from international competition
October 13th
- ‘Dreams can come true’: 10-year-old and her ‘unicorn’ take prestigious win
- Rider weight limit imposed for Santorini donkeys
- Trainer clips standing on her head in latest video
- ‘We’re not going away’: riders urged to sign parliament road safety petition
October 12th
- Touching final tributes to Carl Hester’s first medal-winning horse
- ‘He always tried his hardest for us’: Farewell to prolific maxi cob
- Mitsubishi Motors calls time on Badminton sponsorship
- Groom urges others to seek help following struggle with depression
October 11th
- Tributes paid to Olympic rider fatally injured in loading accident
- Man rides off on injured horse when police try to seize it
- Your chance to decide who wins the 2018 H&H Awards
- Driver verbally abuses rider after being asked to slow down
October 10th
- How donkeys transformed one woman’s life #WorldMentalHealthDay
- Whitaker celebrates birthday with Youth Olympic team silver
- Nanny goat ‘adopts’ orphaned foal after tragic loss of mare
- Horse welfare behind major changes to Olympia grand prix
October 9th
- Former point-to-point rider aiming for solo Atlantic rowing record attempt
- Owners failing to act to help horses with ulcers
- Bans for those behind ‘brutal and needless’ attacks on beach donkeys
- Teenager defies the odds to qualify for Quest dressage championships
October 8th
- British defending champion beaten to HOYS leading showjumper title
- ‘I thought why wait’: family who survived serious motorway crash give rescue pony a new life
- Belgium wins close battle in 2018 Nations Cup Final: Ireland finish third
- Could your horse’s wound help inform owner education?
October 7th
- HOYS 2018: Leading lady Jayne Ross secures supreme horse accolade
- HOYS 2018: five-year-old part-bred Arab lands supreme pony title
- HOYS speed horse of the year title heads across the channel
- Placing errors made in HOYS M&M finals: praise for organisers’ response
- Rider’s warning to others after motorway breakdown
- HOYS clean-up team poised to remove 200 tonnes of muck
October 6th
- Striking greys clear over 7ft to share HOYS puissance crown
- Horse and rider injured after driver ‘rammed’ them on the road
- Final farewell to National Hunt superstar
- Ireland through, GB out ahead of Nations Cup final showdown in Barcelona
- Beijing Paralympic gold medallist crowned RDA horse of the year
October 5th
- HOYS 2018: 11-year-old jockey triumphs in open M&M championship on incredible Welsh pony
- HOYS hat-trick for Charlotte Dujardin
- €3.2 million filly breaks Irish records at Goffs Orby sale
- Runaway racehorse unscathed after surprise visit to French bar
- Jonty Evans walks into his own fundraiser: eventing fans amazed
October 4th
- Working hunter specialist wins his first HOYS title
- Top British showjumper diagnosed with stomach cancer
- Top rider wins fourth HOYS Talent Seekers title: sat on horse just 36hrs earlier
- HOYS 2018: Gateshead and Oli Hood land SEIB Racehorse to Riding Horse title
- Lissa Green’s Badminton ride gives his groom ‘amazing’ spin around hunter trial
October 3rd
- Two people and horse dead after collision with car
- WEG medallists to spearhead HOYS dressage line-up
October 2nd
- Three generations join forces for team chasing victory
- Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin surge up the world rankings after WEG
- Groom aims to clip 100 horses in 12 hours #clipathon
October 1st
- Top Mountain and Moorland pony disqualified from HOYS after measuring out
- New equine microchip law comes into force today
- Exciting move for BE80 championships to prestigious four-star venue
- Popular show centre cancels equine events after strangles outbreak
- Four-star rider reveals her struggle with head injury