Plan your equestrian outings for 2015

David O'Brien and Mo Chroi

(Image credit: Lucy Merrell)

It’s the new year and it is never too early to start planning your equestrian outings for the next 12 months. As well as all the usual excitements — such as Royal Ascot and the Equestrian.com Hickstead Derby — 2015 will also see the eventing European championships come to Scotland.

Here are some of the major dates to be scribbled in your diary that are not to be missed:

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Sophia Heath joined Horse & Hound in July 2013 having previously worked for the Daily Telegraph's Olympics website, CNN International and Omnisport. A Durham graduate with a Masters in journalism from City University, Sophia has evented, showjumped and hunted. Sophia left Horse & Hound in early 2015 to join an international boating website.