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Do you need insurance to ride your horse on the road? H&H explains...

Working out what insurance you do and don’t need when you’re out and about on the road with your horse can be confusing, so H&H finds out...

‘Lucky escape’: revving mopeds cause pony to fall down five-foot drop

“The firemen said the mopeds had probably had their silencers taken off to make the revving sound extra loud, but it’s just dangerous”

‘Why should I?’: dog owner refuses to put out-of-control collies on leads as horse injured

“They were barking and snapping at their faces and legs, and started circling them like they were trying to herd them”

More than 9,000 riders sign up for epic relay across the UK

The Great Horses for Health relay starts on 2 May in Yorkshire and will take place in 11 regions of the UK over five months

Riding routes map tool aims to prevent riders becoming ‘the forgotten road user’

The tool will gather data on equestrians’ use of routes, such as tarmacked roads that are not slippery, railway crossings and road bridges, commons, forestry and shared-use trails, such as former railways.

New safety app allows riders to report incidents ‘quickly and easily’

Riders can report any problems with a road or off-road user, slippery road surfaces, dogs, low-flying aircraft, nuisance drones or fireworks, in less than three minutes

Rider knocked unconscious after car overtook too quickly says she was ‘lucky’

The rider was diagnosed with concussion and suffered multiple injuries in the incident

‘Hands off our bridleways’: MP’s battle cry to HS2 over rights of way plans

“Let’s see if we can get some more clarity on what on earth is going on”

Aspiring showjumpers team up to support struggling riding school during lockdown

“It’s been great for the children and they are really looking forward to doing it,” Nicola said. “Home-schooling in lockdown can make the days quite dull and monotonous, so it has given them some purpose”

Three-year-old rider takes on 100-mile challenge ‘to help sad donkeys and horses far away’

“Lego is very sweet with him, I think he knows Eden is only little and he really looks after him”

Four horses killed in separate road collisions in six weeks

“As they got closer, I screamed, stood up in my stirrups and waved my arms at them to slow down, but they kept coming”

‘These rights should not be lost’: petition to extend deadline to record bridleways

“There is not enough time left to record all our footpaths and bridleways. Our rights to walk and ride through the land are part of our national heritage, these rights should not be lost because of an arbitrary deadline”

Pony Club members hack Land’s End to John O’Groats distance during lockdown

Around two thirds of the 69-member branch combined their efforts to meet the 840-mile target during the Christmas holidays

Shocking pictures of ‘invisible’ horse show importance of high-vis on roads

“If sharing these pictures makes one person think about wearing high-vis, it’s worth it”

‘Will you marry me?’: Christmas Eve ‘dress rehearsal’ pays off for rider

“I kept taking my glove off to look at the ring, and thinking ‘has this actually happened?’”

Hack out to help out, and support suicide prevention project

Your once in a lifetime chance to save our bridleways *H&H Plus*

The time to save certain bridleways is ticking down. Lucy Elder looks at ongoing local and national efforts and how you can make a difference

Police Facebook post on road riding two abreast goes viral

The force issued the reminder to drivers on its Facebook page in a post that has been shared more than 12,000 times

Getting ready takes forever — and 7 other things you’d forgotten about winter riding

There’s something deeply satisfying about braving the elements to take your horse out — but chances are you’ll experience all or most of the following though...

‘Why the rush?’ rider unable to walk after road fall questions driver’s actions

“It’s impacted me in a massive way and I’d like to know what was the huge rush was for? Was it worth it?”