1. Olympic prospects will no longer be up for auction
Sportpferde Galleria has withdrawn three potential Olympic horses – Galleria’s Bohemian, Rossetti and Vincent Maranello – from a proposed auction after backlash. The German company had been hoping to arrange a sale before the 15 January 2024 deadline on horse nationality changes for the Olympics – a representative told H&H that with this date approaching, and the age of the horses, now was the best time to make a sale.
Bohemian’s current rider, Patrik Kittel, said he had heard there was to be an online auction. “Poor Bohemian… [I’ve] been really working to try to save him from this with sponsors or to find him a good home,” he said. “They asked me if [I] wanted to do the auction but even the thought of having lots of people riding Bo, [who] is super sensitive, made me feel sick.”
The Galleria Sportpferde representative had no comment on Patrik’s post but told H&H: “We never want anything bad for our horses.”
2. Ros Canter’s incredible second five-star win of 2023
Ros Canter has rounded off an incredible year with another five-star win when she topped the Pau Horse Trials results with Izilot DHI. “He’s an amazing horse, one of the best in the world I think,” said Ros.
Ros and 10-year-old Izilot DHI, who she owns with Alex Moody, could afford one fence down as they entered the showjumping arena on the final day – but it was not needed. They brought home the goods, with a clear jumping round that collected just 1.2 time-penalties, to finish the competition on 28.7.
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Ros Canter and Izilot DHI win Pau five-star.
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3. The property readers are eyeing-up this week
Godrewaun is on the edge of the village of Upper Brynamman in Carmarthenshire, Wales. This three-bed home with stables, an arena, grazing and a ‘mountain’ view for just £565,000 has caught many horse lovers’ attention.
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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.
