News Archive | June 2019

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June 30th
- Title sponsor on board for Bolesworth Young Horse Championships, plus the latest equestrian sponsorship news
- First of its kind government match-funding for working horses
- Three students take on ambitious 400-mile unicycle ride to benefit injured riders
- Rider who underwent cancer surgery aged 13 aims to raise £10,000
June 29th
- ‘A barbaric thing to do’: elderly donkey stabbed in vicious attack
- Shock as major show does not insist on flu jabs – as 41 cases confirmed in a month
- Special event celebrates 100 years of mounted police training
June 28th
- British team rider recovering from fracturing four vertebrae in fall: ‘I feel very lucky’
- ‘There is still more to do’: British Eventing appoints chief executive
- Girls as good as the boys: punters missing out by underestimating female jockeys
- Mystery disease leads to deaths of 13 horses
June 27th
- ‘Survivor’ award for pony found with horrific third-degree burns who went on to be a champion
- ‘I thought they’d got it wrong’: rider wins event on 12.1 score
- Five-year-old girl falls on the road after pony spooked by cycle event
- Badminton winner marries long-term fiancé in surprise wedding
June 26th
- Rider whose horse landed on her ‘saved’ by safety helmet
- Number of UK riders is up, but horse numbers drop, major survey reveals
- Rider and horse overcome spinal and colic surgery to take two wins
- Tougher sentences for animal abusers a step closer
June 25th
- Olympic stars to shine at Hartpury as European selection approaches
- Owner’s terror as filly ’nearly kicked her way out of the horsebox’ on dual carriageway
- Shire with a ‘heart of gold’ put down aged 22
June 24th
- Equine flu ‘gathering pace’ as experts warn owners not to drop their guard
- ‘Identical’ twin event horses both win on the same day
- 18 pairs long-listed for British squad for eventing European Championships
- The unsung war heroes: ‘The Land Girls couldn’t have succeeded without their horsepower’ said Dame Vera Lynn
June 23rd
- Irishman becomes youngest ever winner of the Hickstead Derby
- Riders use more rein tension than horses would choose, study shows
- Rider tackles epic 29-day trek along 1,500km Welsh border
- Is dietary potassium ‘missing link’ for headshaking? Study intends to find out…
June 22nd
- Harriet Nuttall takes Hickstead Speed Derby after nail-biting finish
- Rescued donkey ‘bounces back’ after losing best friend
- +400 Clydesdales to head to the UK for prestigious breed show
- Showing rider reaches Miss England final with dress made from rosettes
June 21st
- Hayley Turner becomes second female to ride a Royal Ascot winner
- Royal Ascot: Frankie Dettori matches Lester Piggott’s four-timer
- 10 venues vie to host 2022 world championships: two bids for full Games
- Cob bought for £1 to return to county competition aged 31
June 20th
- Connemara mare gives birth to ‘miracle’ twins
- Metal sculpture installed in memory of Tim Stockdale
- Eventers reminded to read their rule books after event receives ‘unpleasant’ emails
- Bumper H&H edition marks our 135th birthday
June 19th
- Horse put down due to ragwort poisoning: owner pleads guilty in court
- Pony shot in the head qualifies for showing final – with bullets still in place
- Latest equine flu update: number of confirmed outbreaks on the rise
- Much-loved pony put down after dogs chase him into fence
June 18th
- New initiative aims to ‘give a cob a job’
- Equine Game of Thrones trio saved from ‘desperate need’
- Rail strike set to hit Royal Ascot racegoers
- Horse put down and five people injured in road collision
June 17th
- ‘He went splat with me on him’: top rider’s hat warning after fall
- Horse taken to vet hospital after latest in spate of dog attacks
- Horse who went missing during endurance ride found 24 hours later
- Money seized from criminals to help Horsewatch group
June 16th
- Eye-catching stallion scoops Bolesworth title in first major grand prix win
- Brits dominate at Glock’s as Laura Renwick and Robert Whitaker lead grand prix field
- Price keeps five-star Luhmühlen title in the family
- Nervous moment for one British competitor at Luhmühlen final horse inspection
- AP McCoy speeds to victory with a different sort of horsepower in blistering Bolesworth ride and drive
- Future uncertain for world’s largest herd of rare breed
June 15th
- ‘She fought for me’: all change at the top of the Luhmühlen five-star leaderboard after cross-country
- Safety review follows 29 equine deaths at US track
- The well-meaning ‘rescuers’ who do more harm than good *H&H VIP*
- Freak weather causes delay to start of Luhmühlen cross-country
- William Funnell aiming for record fifth win as Derby line-up revealed
June 14th
- Trio of puissance favourites clear 7ft 2in to share Bolesworth victory
- ‘I can’t believe it’: Luhmühlen first-timer leads the way after dressage
- ‘The ground moved and everything went quiet’: pony falls on rider after ‘bomb’ goes off
- Fire service needed to free horse wedged in jockey door
June 13th
- “When I say go she says, How far, how high and how fast?” — meet Gemma Tattersall’s Bolesworth-winning superstar
- Charlotte Dujardin completes Bolesworth trio with her highest score since Valegro
- ‘He’ll never be replaced’: tributes paid to stallion killed in yard fire
- Horses rescued from horsebox overturned on top of a car
June 12th
- BHS promises better communication after vote of no confidence fails
- Charlotte Dujardin and Mount St John Freestyle post 80% personal best in stunning comeback
- Torrential rain forces Bolesworth to turn spectators away for the whole show
- Jonty and Art: the film — a ‘story of love and determination’
June 11th
- ‘This has no place in hunting’: two sentenced for animal cruelty *H&H VIP*
- Mule abandoned at Appleby 2018 becomes ‘firm favourite’
- Charity ‘aware’ of incidents but says Appleby 2019 was ‘positive’
June 10th
- British world medallist recovering from surgery in Australian hospital
- Three adorable Suffolk foals boost breed numbers
- ‘This is an ongoing battle and today is a gift’: Olympic gold medallist’s emotional win despite brain tumour
- Star-studded line-up revealed for Bolesworth International
June 9th
- British riders come out on top in Bramham CCI4*-L
- Irish WEG medallist wins Bramham under-25s
- £120,000 compensation for untrained groom who was kicked in the face
- Owner’s Badminton dream for half-Fjord filly
June 8th
- British Olympic pair win Bramham CCI4*-S
- Kitty King is on top at Bramham Horse Trials
- Raids carried out over suspected horse meat fraud
- Two Charlotte Dujardin stable stars feature in strong Bolesworth line-up
June 7th
- British riders in control at Bramham Horse Trials
- ‘Good hands’ to take over at Badminton Horse Trials
- Pony needs emergency surgery after standing on nail: owner calls for vigilance
- Rising dressage star takes the reins on former British team horse
June 6th
- Carl Hester’s final farewell to the Olympic horse who ‘proved everyone wrong’
- Welfare charities on standby as Appleby Horse Fair starts
- Top riders head to Bolesworth for first leg of new eventing grand prix series
- How a coach’s support changed a rider’s life #coachingweek
June 5th
- Irish riders scoop historic double at major British competition
- Child bucked off when out-of-control dog attacked pony
- Eventing legend retires Olympic horse to be ‘pampered’ at home
- ‘It’s what I live for’: eventer who suffered serious brain injury returns to competition
June 4th
- ‘Cheeky’ Connemara twin foals make surprise arrival
- Rider disqualified in boot rule fiasco has decision overturned
- Top eventer found via pub chat retires ‘owing us nothing’
- Farewell to ‘bombproof’ retired police horse who inspired childrens’ books
June 3rd
- Rider wins in borrowed kit after luggage — and saddle — go missing en route
- ‘It’s important for horses to hack’ says Charlotte Dujardin
- ‘They were mesmerised’: horse who walked down the aisle moves churchgoers to tears
- ‘Non-horsey’ boyfriend surprises rider with dream proposal involving a Clydesdale
June 2nd
- British gold medallist to climb Ben Nevis to fund Tokyo dream
- Abandoned colt found ‘just in time’ receiving urgent veterinary treatment
- New Forest Night Mares’ aim to raise awareness of pony deaths
- ‘More than just a plough horse’: Suffolk stallion to compete in one-day-event
June 1st
- Aidan O’Brien claims seventh Derby success at Epsom
- Vet team to attempt 18,000-mile ‘around the world’ challenge for Willberry
- Top lot at Tattersalls event horse sale fetches €37,000 as Oliver Townend buys two
- ‘I’m still here because of horses’: rider explains how eventing ‘fixed’ her mental health