Horse & Hound; 16 February 2023

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This week’s Horse & Hound, on sale from 16 February, features our native special, which includes a look at part-bred natives who excel in the competition ring, a nostalgic look back at the career of Pumphill Buckthorn, the Dartmoor stallion who smashed records, and plenty more. Also in this week’s magazine, you can read an interview with Jodie Hall McAteer, leading showjumper at London International 2022, plus we investigate therapies that can boost performance. In the Vet Clinic pages, we investigate EVA and how to avoid infection and why pre-breeding disease screening is vital. We have an exclusive columns from Sam Hutton and Kim Bailey for showjumping and racing aficionados, while this week’s reports pages cover dressage, showjumping, racing and point-to-point action from across the UK for sport fans to enjoy. In this week’s hunting pages, we visit the Pytchley with Woodland ladies’ day – with a guest appearance from former champion jump jockey Sir AP McCoy, meet hunter of a lifetime, the tiny 24-year-old Mischief, who loves hounds, catch up on hunting news, and more.