Horse & Hound’s hot topics: Pippa Funnell, hay shortages and Parelli

Get a sneak preview of some of the topics discussed by our columnists and in our features in this week’s magazine — on sale today.

• Pippa Funnell compares WEG ride Redesigned to the great Supreme Rock and Prinmore’s Pride — but how does he measure up?

• Parelli at Royal Festival of the Horse: Find out more from the H&H news team and what a great believer in natural horsemanship thought of the display on our letters page

• John Whitaker reveals that there were four people on his honeymoon

• Eventing columnist Tina Cook speculates on William Fox-Pitt’s fear of being beaten by girls

• Hay and straw shortage: We tell you how to avoid soaring costs

• Showjumping columnist Graham Fletcher explains why it was he and Will Funnell who needed blinkers on their recent trip to Sweden

• Royal International Horse Show: How it grew from 30 horses and a telephone nailed to a tree to the great event of today

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