Horse & Hound; 29 December 2023

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This week’s Horse & Hound, on sale from FRIDAY 29 December, don’t miss the H&H interview with showjumping legend Harvey Smith, who explains why he believes his days were the best era in the sport. Plus, don’t miss our big festive quiz, where you can test yourself, friends and family with this fiendish puzzler on the year’s events. We also put five-star eventer Greenacres Special Cavalier, ride of Caroline Powell, in the spotlight, and in this week’s Vet Clinic pages, we investigate why some wounds struggle to heal and how vets can help them. We have exclusive columns from Adam Cromarty and H&H’s Alex Robinson for showjumping and showing aficionados. The rest of this week’s reports pages cover dressage and showjumping for sport fans to enjoy. In our hunting pages, we spend a day with the Badsworth, Bramham, York South hounds, plus we take a closer looks into what makes hunting so magical at this time of year. Finally, take a trip down memory lane as we shine a light on the National Hunt hero Denman and find out what made him such an out-and-out galloping machine.