British five-star event rider Georgie Goss (née Spence) is expecting her first child with husband Toby this spring. Georgie, who has had more than 20 starts at five-star in her career so far, revealed the “exciting news to start 2023” last week. The couple’s son is due around the start of the eventing season, and Georgie is hoping to be back competing in the summer.
An event rider who broke her back in a fall a year ago is looking forward to making her Badminton debut at the BE90 grassroots championships in May. British Horse Society accredited coach Eilidh Herd fell from her former racehorse Rossie when he spooked and took off broncing while she was schooling him on 30 December 2021.
“Burgie was where I rode my first event in 2005, so I had to go to their last. I did it, and after that I thought we could probably manage another, and then we ended up winning the BE90 at Glamis Castle,” she said. “After Glamis everyone convinced me to do the Scottish Grassroots Eventing Festival at Blair Castle in August, so we did that and we came third.”
3. Farewell to the man who “brought horse sport to the masses”
Alastair Gordon Martin-Bird, known to many as “Birdie”, the co-founder of Martin Bird Productions and Equestrian Vision died on 11 December following an illness, aged 68.
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Sarah has worked at an equestrian journalist and editor since 2004 and has held the position of Horse & Hound Editor-in-Chief since 2014. She has reported for Horse & Hound from major championships including Europeans and World Equestrian Games. She has co-written books on horses and horse sport including The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horses & Ponies. She has owned and ridden horses since 1993, and worked for and trained with Olympic gold medallist event rider Leslie Law prior to going to university. While studying for a BSc at London School of Economics Sarah also worked for top British dressage rider Louise Spate.
