News Archive | July 2019

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July 31st
- ‘A mentor and a guide’: tributes paid to competitor who died at show
- Top showjumping squad named for ‘crucial’ European Championships
- Your chance to watch Springsteen, Gates and Ehning — and can Scott Brash make it a London hat-trick?
- Giant teddy helps orphaned foal recover after traumatic loss of dam
July 30th
- #10forTim runners smash target to raise +£50,000 at Hickstead
- Eventer who abandoned warm-up to save spectator’s life goes on to jump double clear
- Three new faces to represent Britain at European Championships
- Doctor becomes first person with one eye to ride in a race
July 29th
- ‘I love him so much’: horse who helped Britain to Olympic glory retires at Hickstead
- ‘A mix of sadness and relief’: eventing legend Mark Todd retires (again)
- Roaring Lion in early stages of recovery after emergency colic surgery
- Owners’ heartbreak as talented young show hunter dies of toxic shock
July 28th
- Six-year-old show pony lands Royal International supreme title
- Show cob who survived cancer stands supreme champion at the Royal International
- New partnership sail to King George V glory, but elimination causes late change to placings
- ‘He’s given me my wings back’: Electrician learns to ride in secret for surprise horsey proposal
July 27th
- ‘Hickstead is how showjumping should be’: Irish raider bags second Queen Elizabeth II Cup win
- Riders warned against using dry ice for cooling horses after video goes viral
- The Princess Royal gives rare TV interview to mark RDA’s golden anniversary
- Owner’s barbed wire warning after mare’s foot ‘half cut off’
July 26th
- Britain’s Nations Cup final hopes pinned on Dublin after mixed fortunes at Hickstead
- Swedish team proves unstoppable in Hickstead Nations Cup showdown
- ‘Historic victory’ for horses as US government votes in favour of anti-soring act
- Burghley Horse Trials to run for five days in 2020
- Welsh mountain pony promoted to lance corporal by the British Army
July 25th
- Hickstead first-timer speeds to eventers’ challenge win on pint-sized mare
- Jonty Evans completes triathlon — and aims for Great North Run
- Racing abandoned and horse transport affected as temperatures soar
- Former venue returns to British Eventing calendar after 47-year break
- Top British riders head to Tokyo to test Olympic 2020 facilities
July 24th
- Native breed society cancels show after outcry over non-compulsory flu vacs
- Three top riders withdrawn from European Championship consideration
- ‘She was one in a million’: star mare loses battle with colic
- Top event rider selected for Hickstead Nations Cup squad
July 23rd
- Zara Tindall to ride at Burghley as first-timers also make early entries
- Federation ‘deeply sorry’ as admin error means Royal Windsor loses top status
- Paralympic dressage to be broadcast live on TV from Tokyo 2020
- Paul Tapner eyes record-breaking triple Hickstead win
July 22nd
- Tough job for selectors as Europeans dressage and para dressage entries announced
- Stellar field hopes to secure Olympic jumping qualification as Europeans entries announced
- ‘It was scary — we were heading for a 1.60m oxer’: Top rider forced to jump ship after horse’s bit breaks
- Devastation as three horses die in yard fire
- New company aims to support grooms’ mental health
July 21st
- ‘Disappointed but happy’ Ben Maher claims podium place for Britain in Aachen grand prix
- Charlotte Dujardin fifth in Aachen freestyle: ‘I couldn’t have asked any more of him’
- Suffolk stallion storms round event at Burghley
July 20th
- Three riders eliminated in Aachen due to blood on horses’ sides
- Charlotte Dujardin third in Aachen special as Lottie Fry also qualifies for freestyle
- Ingrid Klimke wins Aachen eventing: ‘It was a tough course but so much fun’
- Piggy French best Brit in Aachen eventing as Team GB suffer mixed fortunes across country
- Grandmother ‘punched the air’ on completing first affiliated event aged 71
- ‘Her enthusiasm for life and showing knew no bounds’: tributes paid to much-loved showing stalwart
July 19th
- Laura Collett takes lead for Britain with superb clear in Aachen eventing showjumping
- Laura Collett third after Aachen eventing dressage: ‘He’s insecure and needs me to hold his hand’
- Entrepreneur aims to use muck heaps to fuel power stations
- Charity’s stolen £50,000 horsebox found within days
July 18th
- British equestrianism boss steps down after 16 months
- Britain’s Charlotte Dujardin third in Aachen grand prix: ‘I feel so emotional; it’s his biggest show’
- Showing competitors warned action could be taken over excess travelling and overweight ponies
- Britain off to great start in Aachen dressage despite withdrawal of one team member
- Adorable donkey foal and three-year-old singer make Duchess welcome on birthday visit
July 17th
- Rider who died following cross-country fall named
- Investigation under way after controversial derby round
- Ellen Whitaker joins Hickstead Nations Cup team for first time in over a decade
- App to help emergency services reach riders in hard-to-find spots
July 16th
- Great Yorkshire Show sticks to its guns on rider weight despite ‘fat police’ comments
- Call for show organisers to make flu vaccinations ‘mandatory’ as outbreaks top 200
- ‘It’s a dream come true’ — Mary-Kate Olsen wins international showjumping competition
- Proud new mum Ros Canter ‘making plans’ for end of eventing season
July 15th
- Motorcyclist ‘watched rider scream’ as spooked horse suffered horrific injuries in cattle grid *Warning: very graphic image*
- Rider dies following fall at riding club one-day event
- What’s in a name: mules could be out as FEI re-defines ‘horses’
- Mini ponies ‘go wild at the seaside’ in latest adventure
July 14th
- ‘It’s a dream come true’ — British young riders win a medal of each colour at eventing Europeans
- ‘I can’t quite believe it’ — medal haul for British junior eventers
- ‘I felt like I’d won’: owner’s dream comes true at Great Yorkshire Show
- Mounted police ‘delighted’ as critically rare horse joins the force
July 13th
- ‘I thought I’d screwed it up’ — Irish rider credits horse for seemingly impossible grand prix victory
- Brits impress on tough Young Rider European Eventing cross-country day
- Still all to play for after cross-country at Junior European Eventing Championships
- Retrained racing star Saphir Du Rheu storms around Barbury
- County show cancels all horse classes due to flu outbreak
July 12th
- Teenage rider and her horse die after cross-country training accident
- Fire destroys part of historic French National Stud
- ‘I was so proud of him’: British riders start tussle for medals in dressage phase of European Young Rider Eventing Championships
- Tight at the top after dressage at Junior European Eventing Championships
- Rare breed boost as stud celebrates arrival of Suffolk filly foal
- ‘They tried their little hearts out’: young dressage rider scores 95.8% on team debut
- 31 horses rescued from ‘dilapidated’ stables: owner convicted of cruelty *Warning: upsetting footage*
July 11th
- Top British showjumper to miss Hickstead after freak fall
- Calls for change in law after dogs chase mare and foal
- ‘I have a lot of brilliant memories’: top course designer Bob Ellis to take a step back
- Indefinite ban for woman who failed to seek treatment for horse’s foot abscess
July 10th
- Royal Welsh U-turn on flu jabs as 25 outbreaks confirmed so far in July
- Compulsory frangibles and more flag rule changes proposed
- Charlotte Dujardin to make Aachen return with British team appearance
July 9th
- ‘I’ve never ridden one like him’: farewell to one of the best cross-country horses in history
- ‘Her legacy will live on’: heartbreak as top British horse dies days after giving birth
- Police hunt youths who chased and threw things at Army horses
- Bitless campaigner eliminated for riding with bit under horse’s chin
July 8th
- Pony removed by police after outcry over online video
- Low entries force cancellation of eventing showcase
July 7th
- ‘He feels like Avebury’: Andrew Nicholson’s high praise for his Barbury victor
- Pioneering science helping save rare breed horses on BBC One
- Disabled riding centre launches horse appeal to expand ‘hippotherapy’
- Charlotte Dujardin debuts long-awaited kür for huge score on Mount St John Freestyle
July 6th
- Household Cavalry enjoy a blast on Holkham beach
- Ban for rider who whipped horse until it collapsed with exhaustion and a broken leg
- ‘She makes me emotional’: Charlotte Dujardin and Mount St John Freestyle smash personal best to win Hartpury grand prix
- Family’s devastation as pony put down after livery yard incident
- US starts journey to make equine transport for slaughter illegal
July 5th
- Major equestrian centre to be ‘flattened’ for housing: ‘it will be very, very sad’
- Passionate racing TV pundit John McCririck dies aged 79
- ‘Bug-eyed’ mask hoped to help donkey who lost his sight
July 4th
- Flu confirmed in horses vaccinated this spring and broodmare: foal also showing signs
- Leaving water on a horse will not make it hotter: expert busts the scraping myth
- For Pleasure three-year-old is top lot at Kingsman Elite Sport Auction
- ‘You have to say please and thank you’: jump jockey tries Arab racing
July 3rd
- London 2012 gold medal-winner to be retired at Hickstead
- Final farewell to celebrated jumping stallion who won €1.8 million
- 15hh part-bred Connemara who jumped round Badminton dies aged 38
July 2nd
- Horse found with maggot-ridden cancerous tumour left to suffer ‘for months’
- Hours-old filly dumped to die is ‘brought back to life’ to new hope
- Team H&H goes head-to-head with Olympians in memory of Tim Stockdale
- New Belton replacement fixture welcomed by eventers
July 1st
- Farewell to ‘exceptional’ coloured pony who made history in the show ring
- Chance for your horse’s whinny to star in Hollywood blockbusters
- Civilians may enter Army event on Salisbury Plain for the first time
- Olympia ‘honoured’ to name Tim Stockdale Foundation as its official charity