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Retrained racing star Saphir Du Rheu storms around Barbury

‘He has just been doing this for three months and is being ridden by an amateur who is not an event rider! What a horse’

County show cancels all horse classes due to flu outbreak

‘The primary reason for taking this decision is the welfare of the animals’

Teenage rider and her horse die after cross-country training accident

The US Eventing Association has sent its sincere condolences to the 13-year-old’s family and friends following the accident

Fire destroys part of historic French National Stud

‘I was so proud of him’: British riders start tussle for medals in dressage phase of European Young Rider Eventing Championships

Find out how the British riders performed over the two days of dressage at this year‘s championships

Tight at the top after dressage at Junior European Eventing Championships

Find out how the British team fared in the dressage phase at this year’s championships

Rare breed boost as stud celebrates arrival of Suffolk filly foal

‘They tried their little hearts out’: young dressage rider scores 95.8% on team debut

‘We had hoped for a top-10 result so when she won on both days we were just over the moon’

31 horses rescued from ‘dilapidated’ stables: owner convicted of cruelty *Warning: upsetting footage*

Six horses were put down on veterinary advice and a further five were put down at a later date on welfare grounds

Top British showjumper to miss Hickstead after freak fall

Calls for change in law after dogs chase mare and foal

‘I heard the pounding of hooves and saw the dog chasing them. The owner was nowhere to be seen.’

‘I have a lot of brilliant memories’: top course designer Bob Ellis to take a step back

The legendary showjumping course designer plans to take a step back at the end of the year following a glittering career that has taken him across the world

Indefinite ban for woman who failed to seek treatment for horse’s foot abscess

‘Had the owner sought veterinary care earlier then his suffering could have been easily prevented’

Royal Welsh U-turn on flu jabs as 25 outbreaks confirmed so far in July

‘We understand this is going to be disappointing for some but the welfare of the animals attending the show must be our priority’

Compulsory frangibles and more flag rule changes proposed

The proposals include making frangible devices compulsory on certain fences at top level events, with the aim of rolling this out to all levels from 2021

Charlotte Dujardin to make Aachen return with British team appearance

‘I’ve never ridden one like him’: farewell to one of the best cross-country horses in history

‘I didn’t want him to suffer and it was the right time’

‘Her legacy will live on’: heartbreak as top British horse dies days after giving birth

‘She was the best thing that ever happened to me — she took me, a 20-year-old girl, to the Olympics’

Police hunt youths who chased and threw things at Army horses

Bitless campaigner eliminated for riding with bit under horse’s chin

‘[The horse] may not be wearing it in the conventionally accepted manner, but that is not the rule’