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July 2023
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- July 31st
- ‘I was slipping everywhere!’: Lottie Fry and Glamourdale continue their winning streak – in a dramatic rainstorm
- Hero police dog who inspired law to protect service animals dies aged 14
- ‘Good to be back’: Olympic medallist makes winning return following injury
- Gold medallists, home-breds and championship first-timers in line for dressage Europeans selection
- ‘Get off the sofa’ says inspirational 72-year-old preparing to ride in her first Flat race
- ‘The driver passed three signs and still hit me’: horse in collision with van on country lane
- Brilliant Brits in the Nations Cup, plus other Hickstead highlights the horse world is talking about
- July 30th
- ‘He was my 18th birthday present’: part-bred Connemara is home-produced supreme at the RIHS
- ‘He shows all the signs of a five-star grand prix horse’: remember the name of this British rider’s rising star
- ‘That was special’: emotions run high again as Robert Whitaker lifts King George trophy on father John’s home-bred
- ‘He’s my once in a lifetime pony’: shock win for RIHS supreme first-timer and her working hunter
- First RIHS supreme victory for 26-year-old rider and lightweight star
- July 29th
- ‘I’d intended to retire at 90… but I think it might now be 95’: double Hickstead celebration to treasure for husband and wife
- ‘No better place to win my first Nations Cup’: Harry Charles reflects on momentous home win, 13 years after watching his father
- ‘That was amazing, but unexpected’: triumphant RIHS return for small hack
- Two Royal International championships in two hours for untouchable horse
- Breen remains king of the Queen’s: Shane lifts Hickstead trophy for fourth time
- ‘This was only his second show’: thoroughbred takes a break from hunting to win at the RIHS
- ‘He give it 100% every time’: third RIHS win in three years for consistent show horse
- ‘He’s my bargain superstar’: miniature bought from Preloved continues his reign at the RIHS
- ‘He should be human’: traditional stallion leads senior field at Royal International
- ‘It’s 10 years since I won in this ring’: Jack Whitaker claims first senior Hickstead victory
- ‘Horse welfare is paramount, but the rule needs changing’: upset for Ireland in Hickstead Nations Cup
- ‘He’s a mother’s dream’: first RIHS win for family and their home-produced Dartmoor
- ‘She rode him beautifully’: small hunter and 19-year-old step up to win RIHS amateur supreme
- July 28th
- ‘He’s a work of art’: star Connemara adds another worker title to his tally at the RIHS
- ‘The best day’: an emotional John Whitaker helps Great Britain triumph in Hickstead Nations Cup
- A tailless chestnut mare – whose rider needed convincing to take the reins – is spectacular RIHS 5* winner
- Stunning RIHS working hunter debut for rider who has ‘never won anything like this before’
- ‘We are heartbroken’: rider dies after fall in competition
- ‘He’s a great little horse’: riding horse defends his title at the Royal International
- New names claim first Royal International titles, and other things the horse world is talking about
- ‘They’re a first season combination’: 23-year-old rider tops RIHS amateur riding horses
- July 27th
- Hickstead debutant and 15.2hh mare take eventers’ title as last fence falls for Gemma Stevens
- ‘He means the absolute world to us’: home-bred Welsh is crowned M&M supreme at the RIHS
- ‘This will take a while to sink in’: up-and-coming star takes first RIHS hunter supreme
- Why watching YouTube videos helped Hickstead first-timer to 5* jumping success
- Children showing the adults how it’s done at Hickstead, and other things the horse world is talking about
- ‘He’s part of the family’: legendary worker storms to championship victory at the RIHS
- Two championship first-timers among British team revealed for Europeans
- Twelve-year-old beats competitors twice her age in Hickstead amateur final
- The Horse & Hound Podcast 139: Hickstead Derby winner David Simpson | Keeping horses hydrated
- July 26th
- ‘We’ve had to learn on the job’: RIHS glory for 11-year-old in her first season of showing
- ‘Now is her time’: new star comes to the fore in Arab championship at the RIHS
- Young jockey ‘rides for his win’ at the RIHS aboard his grandmother’s home-bred Welsh pony
- ‘We couldn’t look at anything else’: hunter pony makes history by winning fourth RIHS title in a row
- ‘We’ve had so much fun’: rider pays tribute as stable star bows out from elite competition
- Pippa Funnell and Tom McEwen take on reigning champion Gemma Stevens at Hickstead
- ‘We went to Italy for 24hrs, tried her and saw the Colosseum’ – chance buy leads to national Hickstead title
- ‘We’re both firecrackers’: 8yo becomes youngest RIHS 128cm winner on 22yo pony
- Top British horse ruled out of Europeans and other things the horse world is talking about
- ‘I can’t believe it’: beauty therapist wins first Royal International title with her home-produced Connemara
- July 25th
- Supercob and home-bred mare lead coloured field as 2023 Royal International gets underway
- Kissing spines: why treatment or surgery is just the start of the journey
- ‘Gutted doesn’t cover it’: British medal contender forced to withdraw top horse from Europeans selection race
- Lucinda Green offers riders $10,000 prize pot – and confirms new challenge is not a scam
- Barbie on horseback, ponies meeting The Queen, and other things the horse world is talking about
- July 24th
- ‘The bit broke in half just before the gallop’: Irish Draught defies tack malfunction to win
- Shetland ponies greet The Queen as she visits birthplace of Black Beauty author
- ‘We want to make eventing as safe as possible’: researchers’ calls to governing bodies to act
- ‘Beyond my wildest dreams’: British junior riders power to team and individual medals at dramatic Europeans
- The council blocking off-road riding, a fraudster, and other things the horse world is talking about
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- July 18th
- Pony suffers extensive facial injuries in suspected dog attack *Warning: graphic image*
- Two new bodies set up to oversee equine sheath-cleaning
- Racing community devastated as work rider dies aged 29
- Two senior championship debutants named in Irish squad for eventing Europeans
- British medals, 10 sudden deaths plus other things the horse world is talking about
- July 17th
- Andrew Nicholson and Nicola Wilson join young event horse judging panel
- British and Irish future stars deliver fistful of medals at European Championships
- Authorities investigate 10 sudden mysterious equine deaths within weeks
- British rider makes history by being crowned double European champion
- The death of a much-loved Olympic medallist, plus other things the horse world is talking about
- July 16th
- July 15th
- Licensing livery yards could be on the cards in new Government plans
- ‘He inspires me every day’: eight-year-old diagnosed with bone cancer to ride at national championships
- ‘Bags of carrots on the other side’: farewell to much-loved medal-winning horse
- One of the oldest living Olympic medallists dies aged 102
- July 14th
- Long-term charity resident tests positive for strangles in ‘unusual case’
- Wimbledon invites inspiring rider to perform coin-toss for ladies’ singles final
- Riders in line to make championship debut as British para dressage longlist announced
- Quick-thinking firefighters, Olympic showjumper Rich Fellers, and other things the horse world is talking about
- July 13th
- Olympic showjumper Rich Fellers pleads guilty to sexually abusing a minor
- ‘Long may they continue’: Britain’s best equestrian yards celebrated
- Quick-thinking firefighters use tyres to save mare from drowning in flooded valley
- A lack of safe drinking water for FEI grooms, plus other things the horse world is talking about
- July 12th
- July 11th
- Noseband rules could be changed in all disciplines, plus other proposed revisions
- A $1m grand prix, an ‘awe-inspiring’ jump-off and young Brits prepare for glory
- Sire of world’s top dressage horse dies ‘unexpectedly’
- ‘We applaud them’: new group set up to tackle the issue of oversized riders
- Valegro to star at BD National Convention, with glittering line-up of Olympians
- Who will be riding for medals at the European Showjumping Championships?
- Spur rules, money-saving deals, and other things the horse world is talking about
- July 10th
- Plan to allow dressage riders to ditch their spurs completely at top level
- Owners go without heating and hot water to afford their horses
- Rider dies and horse injured in ‘blind bend incident’ with motorcyclist
- Who will be representing their country in European Dressage Championship teams?
- Loss of major event, battered horse in happy new home and other things the horse world is talking about
- July 9th
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- July 7th
- Another major horse trials lost leaving region with just four venues
- ‘Even in the darkest times, there is hope’: top riders carry Baton of Hope to support suicide prevention
- World champions, Badminton stars and medallists on British squad for European Eventing Championships
- Ingrid Klimke’s top dressage horse undergoes surgery for hairline fracture
- Farewell to a top stallion, Carl Hester’s latest victory and other things the horse world is talking about
- Who will be representing their country in European Eventing Championship teams?
- July 6th
- ‘He was a dream to ride’: Carl Hester adds fresh grand prix win to star horse’s tally
- Competition remains off the agenda for Olympic gold medallist recovering from injury
- ‘How lucky I am to have had him in my life’: top sports stallion dies aged 16
- Chased to exhaustion: 32-year-old horse found unable to move after field pursuit
- The Queen’s last ride: Her Majesty’s stud groom on her much-loved mare Emma
- Medals galore, Hickstead Derby reflections, and more things the horse world is talking about
- July 5th
- ‘Memories to last a lifetime’: medals galore for British riders at Special Olympics World Games
- Switzerland aim for a team medal with European Eventing Championships squad
- Horse and rider injured in incident with ‘aggressive’ Alsatian
- Defending champions list four combinations for European Dressage Championships
- When is an earpiece not an earpiece, Valegro’s 21st, and other things the horse world is talking about
- July 4th
- Top names, Blenheim winners and rising stars among German eventing Europeans longlist
- Calls to ban showjumpers from using phones while riding at competitions
- A legend’s unexpected retirement, a small but mighty police horse, plus other things the horse world is talking about
- Top rider causes a stir by wearing earpiece during CHIO Aachen grand prix special
- ‘The biggest mover I’ve ever sat on’: massive personal bests for Brits in Aachen bodes well for European Championships
- July 3rd
- Showjumping legend makes ‘spontaneous’ decision to retire, weeks before his 60th birthday
- British world champions narrowly beat Michael Jung to historic Aachen eventing victory
- ‘We wish you peace’: farewell to former police horse who won award for ‘astounding bravery’
- ‘A privilege to ride on your wings’: top mare retires from competition aged 17
- A showjumper’s early death, plus other things the horse world is talking about
- ‘He’s racing royalty’: showing success for 23-year-old ex-racer who won £109,000
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