Ground conditions
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‘Safety must come first’: ‘drought’ forces team chase cancellation
The organising committee has pledged to turn the disappointing news into a positive, using the time to improve the course and hedges for 2019.
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Ralph Beckett: Going concerns [H&H VIP]
H&H's racing columnist tackles the issues linked to ground conditions
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Guernsey show gets go ahead after glass found on arena surfaces
Show organisers have had to dig out arenas after it was discovered they had been spread with top soil that contained glass
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Lauren Shannon’s eventing blog: hard ground in the heatwave
With the hot weather settling in, H&H's eventing blogger contemplates whether to run her horses as the going gets increasingly firm
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Eventers determined rain will not stop play this season
With the countdown to the eventing season underway, event organisers have been working hard to ensure events can go ahead
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Hard ground contributes to spate of hunting injuries
A spate of hunting falls in the past few weeks seem to have been aggravated by hard ground
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British bid to establish going 'standards' for eventing
A British company is leading the way in attempts to establish a universal standard for footing on cross-country courses
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Dry weather creates havoc for horse sport
Equestrian events are suffering as some of the UK remains in the grip of one of the driest spells for over a century
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British Open riders speak out over arena surface
This year's British Open Show Jumping Championship has been marred by the going, with a number of top riders expressing their concerns about the conditions
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Badminton Horse Trials takes action to counter criticism
The organisers of Badminton Horse Trials have unveiled a raft of changes aimed at restoring faith in the big event
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Leicester County hit by hard ground
Badminton was not the only major equestrian event affected by hard ground recently — Leicester Country was forced to cancel its major show jumping classes
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Badminton Horse Trials gets a drubbing
Poor ground at the world
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Irish eventing inquiry over Ballindenisk withdrawals
Eventing Ireland is to launch an investigation after many riders withdrew before the cross-country at Ballindenisk Horse Trials
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Leicester County moves to harder ground
This year's Leicester County Show will take place at Melton Mowbray Airfield with hand standing for horseboxes and the rings on old pasture
