News Archive | September 2026

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September 22nd
- Olympian leads as Typhoon Dujuan forces cross-country to run last at major championship
September 21st
- Meet the world’s oldest polo player, aged 86, who’s looking forward to next season: ‘Life’s treated me very well’
- Which Whitaker won? Cousins’ dead heat in grand prix: ‘I couldn’t go any quicker!’
- Heartbroken farewell to rider who died doing ‘something he loved so much’
September 20th
- ‘He grew in confidence’: Olympic gold medallist seals first part of record-breaking Blenheim double with precocious talent
- Tom McEwen breaks new ground with historic Blenheim double: ‘What a day!’
- Blenheim field reduced by two ahead of showjumping final following overnight withdrawals
September 19th
- Oliver Townend leaps onto provisional podium – plus the other major leaderboard climbers you need to know about on Blenheim cross-country day
- McEwen masters the field on influential cross-country day at Blenheim Horse Trials
- ‘We had to try’: orphaned foal born with feet ‘pointing to heaven’ and facing euthanasia saved by dedication of her top team
- Olympic medallist Tom McEwen springs back to the top at Blenheim Horse Trials with exceptional young talent
September 18th
- Leaderboard shake-up in Blenheim’s feature class as fresh names join the provisional podium
- New leader heads Blenheim’s kingmaker class: ‘I’m not used to these scores – I’ve been running after them all my life!’
- Where does a vet’s role end, and what happens when human desire and equine welfare are in conflict? Experts debate major issues
- Discover the heart-warming story behind Ros Canter’s Blenheim ride
- ‘I don’t know what eventing is going to be like without him’: British eventer retires first horse, who took him all the way to five-star
September 17th
- Meet Beltane’s Prince Chilli – the gorgeous big skewbald winning hearts on his Blenheim debut: ‘He’s incredibly genuine and lovely’
- Blenheim’s busiest rider Tom McEwen holds his pathfinding lead with rising star
- ‘He will be sorely missed’: farewell to classical horseman who revolutionised saddle design
- Five-star winners re-route from World Championships to lead Blenheim Horse Trials dressage
- The Princess Royal on her passion for Suffolk horses inside today’s Horse & Hound magazine
September 16th
- Angles, mounds and plenty of water: five* key cross-country questions that will decide the Blenheim winner
- Nervous moment as one horse held at first Blenheim Horse Trials trot-up
- ‘We’re determined to get answers’: new campaign launched after increase in grass sickness cases and fatalities
- ‘A great loss to the equine community’: farewell to tireless campaigner for equestrians
- Good faith not enough to protect buyers as one in nine horseboxes and trailers checked have serious issues
September 15th
- Sabotage by former staff member ‘likely cause’ of two positive dope tests
- ‘Imagine it’s Burghley’? Gemma Stevens goes straight from five-star eventing win to two Hickstead victories
- ‘Reunited in heaven’: sad farewell to ‘one in a million’ mare who represented her country
September 14th
- ‘I’m very proud of him’: 12-year-old rider shows the adults how it’s done in Hickstead’s International Arena
- ‘I wanted to finish feeling good about how I was riding’: Olympic eventer retires from top-level competition
- ‘One day we can be on the floor, the next we can be winning’: Ben Maher battles through injury to win showjumping’s richest prize
September 13th
- ‘I thought she was dead’: one year on, the survivor mare who nearly died on way home from National Championships returns to win an emotional title
- ‘He’d literally never done the floorplan before’: Charlotte Dujardin wins the freestyle to be crowned national champion
- ‘I said I had to do something’: rider who lost five stone to compete her horse stands champion and qualifies for London
- ‘I hope Badminton’s ready for a patchy cob!’: teen who started riding in lockdown qualifies for championships with her ‘hairy’ superstar
- Rising equine stars to join glittering dressage line-up in London
September 12th
- Saffie Osborne makes racing history as first female British Classic winner: ‘I definitely didn’t have this on the bingo card for this week!’
- Harnessing horse power to fight wildfires – and benefit people
- ‘I couldn’t be happier’: Charlotte Dujardin storms to grand prix victory at the National Championships
- ‘Everything I’d want to feel in a future superstar’: meet Laura Tomlinson’s exciting new ride
- British horse sport backs suicide prevention campaign launched by Prince of Wales
- ‘Cherish every moment’: farewell to eventer who ‘brought joy to many people’, aged 15
September 11th
- Arrests made following major international operation into suspected horse trafficking
- British equine studbook takes steps to stamp out ‘awful disease’
September 10th
- World medallists, a clone and the Burghley winner’s brother among Blenheim entries
- ‘It’s about time!’ British world gold medallists in new arena eventing class at London International
- Relive all the action from the 2026 National Dressage Championships
- ‘Always at a gallop’: farewell to equestrian who devoted her life to the horse world, aged 84
- Meet the horse bought for £1 who overcame kissing spines – and a broken leg – and is competing at the national championships
September 9th
- ‘A life filled with horses and adventure’: farewell to showjumper, jockey and zoo founder, aged 92
- New combination who almost didn't make the show help land stand-out victory for team
September 8th
- The importance of turnout and giving horses choices covered in new Government welfare guidance
- ‘Clockwork’ thoroughbred tops former racehorse line-up at Burghley as rider’s daughter and granddaughter cheer her on
- ‘Amazing to see the flag flying’: Irish team makes history at championships
- ‘You couldn’t write it!’ Construction boss and eventer in showjumping dead heat at Hickstead
September 7th
- ‘Because of him, my dreams came true’: tears, carrots and one last standing ovation as eventing legend is cheered into retirement at Burghley
- Calls for owners to use science-backed colic information over ‘old wives’ tales’
September 6th
- ‘I just can’t believe it’: the new face on Burghley’s podium, just two years into a five-star career
- ‘I’m really happy, but it’s bittersweet’: podium place for a World Championships faller at Burghley
- ‘I’m so proud of that little horse and proud of myself for holding it together’: Gemma Stevens wins her first Burghley title by a wide margin
- Research spreads hope for new osteoarthritis treatment in humans and animals
- Rider jumps clear round Burghley as she continues recovery from serious injury: ‘It was a horrible winter; I was extremely depressed’
- One horse leaves the competition at Burghley final trot-up
September 5th
- ‘I shouted, prayed, screamed and told him how much I loved him’ – Gemma Stevens leads Burghley after one hairy cross-country moment
- How an afternoon nap to ‘reboot’ turned Harry Meade’s Burghley cross-country day around: ‘I rode like an absolute moron’
- ‘I don’t know why I was worried’: Yasmin Ingham leads Burghley’s British first-timers through a mixed cross-country day
- Refusals, falls, jumping the string – what happened to the leading dressage pairs who didn’t finish the cross-country at Burghley?
- Pre-event Burghley favourite’s competition comes to a disappointing end on cross-country day: ‘Up until there, he was amazing’
- A new name will lead Burghley after cross-country, as the dressage leader drops down the order
- How Ros Canter turned a one-week partnership into a Burghley Young Event Horse win
September 4th
- One withdrawal before Burghley cross-country: ‘I’m erring on the side of caution’
- Check out the Burghley cross-country times for Saturday’s action
- ‘Hopefully I’ll put it behind me and make my country proud’: from a World Championships fall to Burghley
- ‘I don’t think they had any gin and tonic at lunch’: judges hold their standard as best Friday dressage test at Burghley takes third
- ‘So nice, so balanced, so gorgeous’: how this five-year-old stole the show at Burghley
- ‘As long as I breathe, you will be there’: heartbroken rider’s tribute to beloved horse after sudden death at show
- ‘Bits can always be better, but I am disappointed with the mark’: Burghley favourite slots into sixth as dressage progresses
- Rhinegold Equestrian launches new affordable riding hats, from £49.50
September 3rd
- Yasmin Ingham’s other Du Loir: meet Goliath, the horse following in Banzai’s hoofprints
- ‘No particular fence says, “I’m impossible” – but there’s a lot to do’: Gemma Stevens, Harry Meade and more react to Burghley cross-country course
- A 19-year-old horse stands top after day one, but disappointment for Harry Meade: how things stand at Burghley
- Meet two quite distinct Burghley first-timers: the one who started mucking out horses aged 17, and the one who’s dreamed of this since childhood
- ‘The biggest thank you is to the horses’: gold medallist tops world rankings
- ‘I’m doing it on her behalf’ – Tim Price on riding the late Georgie Campbell’s favourite horse at Burghley
- New warm-up pays off as horse who ‘shuffles rather than trots’ takes the early lead in Burghley dressage
- ‘It’s been really hard: Gemma Stevens bounces back from Aachen disappointment to four-star win
September 2nd
- Summer dresses, sharp suits and transitional dressing: H&H’s favourite outfits from the Burghley trot-up
- Burghley dressage times released – what time does your favourite start?
- Two horses held at Burghley’s first horse inspection
- Shock late withdrawal of Burghley title contender before first horse inspection: ‘Absolutely gutting’
- Burghley Horse Trials 2026 as it happened: review every day’s action
- Olympic rider suspended for 18 months maintains whip use caught on video was ‘last-chance rescue’ of a dangerous horse
- Yearling colt pulling cart was repeatedly whipped after he collapsed in the road from ‘extreme submission, fatigue or despair’
- Which nations secured Olympic and Paralympic dressage qualification at the World Championships – and who missed out?
- ‘He leaves lots of broken hearts’: sad farewell to double Cheltenham Gold Cup winner aged 10, days into retirement
September 1st
- ‘It’s like Christmas morning’: special Burghley memories on the eve of 65th anniversary event
- Digital system set to make moving sport horses into Europe easier – once ‘teething issues’ are fixed
- Heartbreak as world medallist Laura Collett withdraws Burghley ride, explaining ‘her welfare is more important’
- Can you define horse-rider harmony – and how do we measure it? Experts debate
- Should the same blood rules apply across all horse sports? FEI reviewing ‘harmonised’ approach, plus other revisions
- Five-star winner heads to Burghley after World Championships run: ‘I’ve been guided by him and he’s very happy’