The 2022 Horse & Hound Awards: your winners revealed

Thousands of nominations have been received, and tens of thousands of votes counted – and now the winners of the 2022 Horse & Hound Awards, in partnership with NAF, can be revealed.

The 13 equine and human heroes, in 12 categories voted for by H&H readers and the lifetime achievement award decided upon by the H&H team, were announced this evening (30 November) at a ceremony at Cheltenham racecourse.

“Huge congratulations to all of our very worthy winners on what was an incredibly inspiring and emotional night in Cheltenham,” said H&H editor-in-chief Sarah Jenkins.

“These awards never fail to remind us what incredible people make up the horse world and keep it turning. The work ethic possessed by our winners, and all our shortlisted individuals, is second to none, and proves what can be achieved with hard graft and the right mentality.”

Stars of the equine world packed the Centaur suite to celebrate the worthy winners, who are:

• Bloomfields Horse of the Year: Vanir Kamira
• Equo Pony of the Year: The late Forester
• Pikeur Professional Rider of the Year: Laura Collett
• Pivo Amateur Rider of the Year: Libby Seed
• Equipe Moment of the Year: Piggy March and Vanir Kamira winning Burghley
• Tommy Hilfiger Equestrian Young Rider of the Year: Joe Stockdale
• NAF Five Star PROFEET Farrier of the Year: The late Brendan Murray
• Absorbine Groom of the Year: Ruth Asquith
• The Horse & Hound Podcast Volunteer of the Year: Sarah Bucks and Phil Wadey
• Baileys Horse Feeds Vet of the Year: Emily Willoughby
• HorseDialog Inspiration of the Year: Nicola Wilson
• Agria Horse of a Lifetime: Carltonlima Emma
• The Horse & Hound Lifetime Achievement Award: David Broome

“We were honoured that so many stars of our sport turned out last night to be awarded or support their peers, and hugely grateful to NAF and all our individual award category sponsors for making this event possible once more,” said Sarah.

Don’t miss next week’s edition of H&H magazine (8 December) for the full report on all the winners.

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