News Archive | March 2021

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March 31st
- ‘Two great ladies’: Olympic rider and top mare inducted into US Showjumping Hall of Fame
- Injured brood mare flown to hospital in helicopter harness
- Chewed wood blamed after top horse tests positive for arsenic
- ‘A great loss to British breeding’: much-loved stallion dies aged 19
March 30th
- Tokyo hopes dashed for most overseas volunteers and guests
- No new herpes cases as last British horses due to come home from Valencia *H&H Plus*
- Top amateur jockey Gina Andrews bounces back from injury with hat-trick as sport restarts
March 29th
- Delight as sport restarts — but frustration over indoor arena omission
- From work experience to the winner’s enclosure: apprentice wins feature in his first race on turf *H&H Plus*
- ‘Thank you for everything’: medal-winning eventer retires after losing an eye
- Heading back out to shows? Vital vehicle checks and breakdown advice for riders
March 28th
- Rider who spent six months in hospital after fall campaigns on safety equipment
- Baffled owner’s warning as ponies’ forelocks and tails chopped off in field
- Boost for riders in the east as new show venue to open this spring
- ‘She captured our hearts’: farewell to mare who served the military for 18 years
March 27th
- Boy Scouts roll up sleeves to help equine therapy for military veterans
- Lockdown enables riding school’s young pony to write his first book
- Stay local and no ride judges as showing prepares to restart *H&H Plus*
- ‘A legend’: unflappable police horse to enjoy retirement after 12 years’ service
March 26th
- Changing conversations to save equine lives *H&H Plus*
- Police stop 30 drivers for passing horses inappropriately in safety campaign
- Hannah’s legacy: Willberry charity funds sixth bone cancer research project
- ‘How would you feel if someone fed your pet?’: Police warn against feeding others’ horses
March 25th
- Emaciated mare with infected wound could not be saved by rescuers
- Hickstead Derby 2021 cancelled: new national show to take its place
- Harry Meade’s return to competition after head injury: ‘I’m stripping everything else back so I can ride’
- Top stallion celebrates 25th birthday in ‘best of health’
March 24th
- Horse of the Year Show announces 2021 showing qualifiers
- Racing mourns loss of pivotal owner-breeder Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum: ‘his legacy will live on through his horses’
- Donkey foal with ‘long stripy socks’ born to rescued mother
- Former World champion Zara Tindall gives birth at home to third child
March 23rd
- Reigning Kentucky champion Oliver Townend heads 2021 field plus Prices enter five horses
- Piggy March scores a double as eventing returns at Oasby’s elite fixture *H&H Plus*
- Equestrian world urged to help prevent the spread of EHV-1
- Tickets on sale for major racing festivals as hopes high for fans’ return
- No overseas spectators at Tokyo Games: ‘the first principle is safety’
March 22nd
- Eventing calendar bounces back as venues step up to host cancelled internationals
- Carl Hester’s concerns over lack of Olympic qualification *H&H Plus*
- Valegro Avenue opened in tribute to dressage legend
- Disqualification for man who took dead horse picture but social media publisher unknown
- Four-time HOYS-winning show horse produces three ET fillies
March 21st
- Record-breaking 77-year-old pilot to take on epic ‘Donkathon’
- Masks, Jim, but not as we know them: saddlers branch out into fantastic creations
- Hope for change in ‘fraught’ post-Brexit horse transport *H&H Plus*
- Horses rescued from Whispering Willows renamed in honour of NHS
March 20th
- US eventing rule aimed to improve safety put on hold until 2023
- Welder creates beautiful horse head when freed from day job
- New ethogram to improve understanding of equine discomfort behaviour *H&H Plus*
- British breeding comes together to support mental health in Matthew Wright’s memory
March 19th
- Equestrian trade’s post-Covid recovery appears better than feared *H&H Plus*
- Rachael Blackmore becomes first female to claim Cheltenham Festival leading jockey title
- History made at Cheltenham as trainer becomes the first person to win the Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle and Champion Chase at the same meeting
- Riders should apply Covid principles at shows to also protect against spread of EHV
March 18th
- ‘True champion of eventing’: US course-designer dies in accident
- Heartbreak as rescued mare who had learned to trust again lost to ragwort poisoning
- ‘I’m so proud of the horse for showing everyone what he can do’: spare ride ends in Cheltenham Festival Stayers’ Hurdle victory
- The Horse & Hound Podcast 42: Dressage judge Richard Baldwin | Pulling and plaiting | News round-up
March 17th
- ‘I must be dreaming’: Irish greyhound trainer sends out ‘cheeky’ Cheltenham Festival winner
- EHV-1 update: five more horses dead and positive tests linked to third Spanish tour
- Something to look forward to: 2021 European Championships venue confirmed
- ‘There’s no better horse to doubt the doubters’: Tiger Roll is back!
- ‘She is something else’: history books rewritten as first ever mare wins the Queen Mother Champion Chase
- ‘He got into my soul’: tributes pour in after British grand prix horse dies aged 18
- ‘Do not feed’: warning headcollars sell out as owners try to educate public
- Should I vaccinate my horse against EHV right now? H&H finds out…
March 16th
- ‘Biggest shock since Norton’s Coin’ as 80/1 chance trounces his Cheltenham Festival rivals
- ‘I was in a dark place and saw no way out’: thrilling comeback for Grand National-winning jockey with Cheltenham Festival first
- ‘I can’t believe we just won a Champion Hurdle’: history made on day one of Cheltenham Festival
- Gold Cup winner Coneygree makes surprise delivery to Cheltenham fan
- Boris Johnson gives go-ahead for jockey’s daughter to watch Cheltenham Festival at school
- ‘We want to give people hope’: owners of grass sickness survivors launch awareness week
March 15th
- ‘Devastating for all of us’: Altior ruled out of Cheltenham
- The ‘ultimate showman’ and gentleman: Robert Oliver dies aged 80
- Work ongoing to replace events lost to coronavirus pandemic *H&H Plus*
- Harry Meade to return to eventing after a ‘grim’ few months following head injury
- Police horse to enjoy ‘fairytale’ retirement with former rider and old equine colleague
March 14th
- New title sponsor for Bolesworth, plus the latest partnership news
- ‘I’ve lost my sunshine’: owner of pony killed by public feeding speaks out on the lasting impact
- Groom seriously injured in fall appealing court decision after failed compensation bid *H&H Plus*
- Heartbreak as charity’s ‘utterly unique’ Shetland pony dies aged 43
March 13th
- The Ted who came to tea: dine with famous Shetland at five-star hotel
- Rider who lost her fiancé and showjumping career in horrific car crash is back in the game with high hopes
- Milestone strangles research tracks strains across world
- Tokyo contender put down after lunging accident: ‘he meant so much to so many’
March 12th
- Good news for Scottish riders as competition gets to restart
- Register planned for equine-assisted therapy providers
- World Cup finals cancelled owing to ongoing EHV-1 outbreak
- Another major horse trials lost as Covid-19 uncertainty continues
- ‘A hoofprint on our hearts’: yearling dumped to die in filth loses her battle for survival
- Major jumping international moves dates as top venue adds new national shows
March 11th
- Remorseful jockey suspended following video of him sitting on dead horse
- EHV-1: two more horses dead and cases confirmed in Belgium and France
- ‘Tea with a pony’ sessions have power to help those with dementia
- The Horse & Hound Podcast 41: Georgie Spence | Know your horse’s personality | News round-up
March 10th
- ‘That was the dream’: Badminton grassroots riders disappointed as alternative options offered
- New law to protect teenagers from coaches who abuse their position of trust
- Plans for replacement three-day following cancellation of major horse trials
- Bright future for ponies rescued from Whispering Willows ‘sanctuary’
March 9th
- EHV-1: FEI to investigate why show continued after organisers told to stop
- ‘Kind by name, Kind by nature’: tributes paid to Frankel’s dam
- EHV not yet under control as 10 horses now dead *H&H Plus*
- If the Cloth Cap fits: Grand National contender impresses on prep-run *H&H Plus*
- Brash is back in business — British combination impress in Doha *H&H Plus*
- New safety app allows riders to report incidents ‘quickly and easily’
March 8th
- EHV-1: Eventing, dressage and showjumping stand together to protect UK herd
- Creating an industry in which everyone is welcome *H&H Plus*
- Bramham Horse Trials 2021 cancelled: ‘It would be irresponsible to run’
- Two spring internationals cancelled as grip of Covid-19 continues
- Insurance warning as three-hour summer storm causes £700,000 damage
March 7th
- Country-wide equestrian ‘relay’ to celebrate equines and support good causes
- Bermuda-based sport horse travels more than 3,000 miles to retire in South Wales
- Horse world must unite to put Brexit issues on political agenda *H&H Plus*
- Rider who suffers dislocations, paralysis and blindness to take on 50-mile Dartmoor challenge
March 6th
- Seven-year-old rider completes nearly 800,000 steps in February to raise £10,000
- Road to Tokyo Games is still clear as season approaches *H&H Plus*
- ‘I still have flashbacks’: blameless driver who hit horse speaks out on emotional impact
March 5th
- ‘I will never again disrespect a horse living or dead’: suspension and fine for trainer Gordon Elliott
- Study shows benefits of equine therapy on PTSD *H&H Plus*
- ‘I’m just trying to keep my horses safe – and not panic’: Jack Whitaker reports from the Sunshine Tour
- The equine obesity epidemic: what can you do to help?
- Ambassadors sought to help raise strangles awareness and end stigma
- EHV: Sunshine Tour cancelled after horse shows neurological signs
March 4th
- US shows take EHV-1 precautions over case unconnected to European outbreak
- Number of horses dying on roads halved last year but figures remain ‘very worrying’
- Dressage and showjumping reveal lockdown exit roadmaps for riders in England
- Rider under investigation for repeatedly hitting horse in competition
March 3rd
- Two more horses die in EHV-1 outbreak, but FEI says Valencia situation has improved
- Jockey apologises for ‘wholly inappropriate’ video of him sitting on dead horse
- Prison for £1.7m fraudster with horse-buying habit ‘more addictive than drugs’
- Long-serving hunt staff step down from their roles, while others are on the move *H&H Plus*
- ‘Bitterly disappointed’: Covid forces second cancellation of major championships in two years
- Olympic rider sets new national eventing dressage record
March 2nd
- EHV: British showjumpers must isolate on return from Europe
- Eventing world reacts to Badminton cancellation *H&H Plus*
- ‘Minimal risk’ of EHV-1 spread in the UK but riders urged to act ‘responsibly’
- Tiger Roll ruled out of third Grand National bid over ‘unfair’ weight
- ‘One of the worst weeks of my life’: Olympic showjumper removed from suspension list
- International competition halted owing to ‘rapid evolution’ of EHV-1 outbreak
- John Whitaker enjoys grand prix success: ‘It was a good feeling finally to win a class with this horse’ *H&H Plus*
- Moment of hope in sadness as rescue donkey bonds with new friend after companion’s death
March 1st
- British racing bans Gordon Elliott pending dead horse photo investigation
- Why Tritonic could be one to watch in the JCB Triumph Hurdle at The Festival
- Grand National-winning trainer apologises for picture of him sitting on dead horse
- ‘The most serious outbreak in Europe for decades’: four horses die from EHV-1 as more cases confirmed
- Badminton Horse Trials 2021 cancelled: ‘Everyone is desperately disappointed’
- ‘Donkeys at risk’: new petition calls for ban on skin trading