Opinion
Welcome to the home of expert equestrian opinion on the Horse & Hound website. Below are the latest thoughts of our top names from across the equestrian world, whose views are published in Horse & Hound magazine each week, alongside H&H staff members
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‘Horse sport is alive and well, and as popular as ever with spectators,’ says Carl Hester as he looks back at AachenBy Carl Hester Published
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‘Aachen really is the Mecca of horse sport,’ says Graham FletcherBy Graham Fletcher Published
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‘I am disturbed young British riders have to find +£5,000 to represent their country,’ says Mark PhillipsBy Mark Phillips Published
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‘Some showing qualifiers are hairy to watch, both figuratively and literally,’ says Bethan SimonsBy Bethan Simons Published
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‘Is five-star experience necessary for World Championships and Olympics?’ Pippa Roome analyses AachenBy Pippa Roome Published
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‘Fortune favours the switched-on in the show ring’, says Stuart HollingsBy Stuart Hollings Published
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‘The challenge of a championship held on grass sifted out all but the very best riders,’ says William FunnellBy William Funnell Published
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‘Typical dad, my initial thought was that there could not have been too many in it!’ admits Mark Phillips after Zara beats +60 to British open titleBy Mark Phillips Published
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‘Did I just dream that?’ Richard Davison reflects on a golden week at the dressage World ChampionshipsBy Richard Davison Published
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‘Can the British showjumpers bring it home?’ asks Graham FletcherBy Graham Fletcher Published
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‘The top level of equestrian sport is becoming unreachable,’ warns Pammy HuttonBy Pammy Hutton Published
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‘Set shows are a topic that comes up time and time again in the collecting ring,’ says Rebecca PennyBy Rebecca Penny Published
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‘We’re hoping for a proper cross-country test,’ says Andrew Nicholson ahead of the world championshipsBy Andrew Nicholson Published
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‘Never underestimate the importance of a venue,’ says Tim GredleyBy Jennifer Donald Published
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‘My spine is tingling already,’ says Carl Hester ahead of World ChampionshipsBy Carl Hester Published
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‘To lift a trophy 51 years after your first is an achievement you can’t replicate in any other sport’, says Chris SmithBy Chris Smith Published
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‘Nobody wins when event organisers have large entries but aren’t allowed to hold an extra day’, warns Mark PhillipsBy Mark Phillips Published
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‘A sad time as we say goodbye to lifelong servants of equestrian sport,’ says Richard DavisonBy Richard Davison Published
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‘One minute I was on top of the world – the next wondering if I’d ever win another class,’ says Simon ReynoldsBy Simon Reynolds Published