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‘The show world could use a little personality’: showjumper strikes out with her own clothing design
One showjumper is setting trends when it comes to competition clothing
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‘I will be eternally grateful’: retirement for crowd favourite who took teenager to the top of the sport
The grey mare has retired from her top sporting career to become a broodmare
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Vote now! Finalists revealed in 2019 Horse & Hound Awards
‘Your votes really do mean a lot to all those mentioned in our pages this week, and to the winners particularly’
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Talented young eventer in coma following cross-country fall
The rider was airlifted to hospital following a cross-country fall at the national event
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Heartbroken owner’s myopathy warning after two yearlings die within hours
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‘She does her ponies every single day unless she’s in hospital’: Six-year-old leads Welsh section A to supreme title on in-hand debut
‘When she was in hospital last summer she kept telling the nurses to hurry up and get her out as she had a HOYS qualifier to ride in...’
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Top horse bought for leading British rider – new partnership wins two weeks later *H&H subscribers*
A British rider won a big class in Poland last weekend, just two weeks after acquiring the ride on a high profile new horse
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‘I’d rather ride than have a longer life without horses’: inspirational young rider will not let illness control her life
‘If something does happen, I know I’ve had a fulfilling life; that’s all anyone can ask for’
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Three world gold medallists among Britain’s 20 entries for Pau five-star
Britain has a strong hand for the final top-level eventing competition of the northern hemisphere season, while Tim Price is also among the favourites
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Pony bought unseen from city centre allotments goes on to HOYS glory
‘I went into the arena thinking the only thing that could make this year better would be to win the class’
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#buddydontbully: online campaign aims to combat nastiness in the equestrian community
‘Horses are so emotionally draining – we put so much into them; our health, money, time, everything, and we should be able to enjoy them without worrying what people are thinking of us’
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Helmet ‘saves young rider from breaking her neck’ in rotational fall
‘When my parents heard what I’d spent on the hat, they said ‘how much?’, but they’ve since said they totally understand’
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‘She died doing what she loved’: event rider suffers fatal injuries in cross-country fall
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Calls for surgeon who rebuilt young rider’s face to be knighted
Surgeon Ricardo Mohammed-Ali described the teenager’s injury as ‘one of the most significant’ he has seen in a child outside a war zone
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‘Heartbroken, gutted, devasted’: eventer loses the ride on four top horses
‘When one door closes, another opens and to start a new chapter you must focus not on regretting the old, but on building the new’
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‘I’ve never screamed like it’: van brushes horse in terrifying ordeal
‘I raised my arms to ask the driver to slow down but as he came round he brushed Sizzler’s exercise sheet with his bonnet’
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Badminton winner sets new eventing record
‘I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has played their part in a really unbelievable season’
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Do you have what it takes to look after the Queen’s horses?
The role involves all aspects of horse care, including caring for and training of the Queen’s carriage horses and maintaining harnesses
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Badminton winner dies aged 34: ‘he will never be gone from our hearts’
Custom Made was the last horse to win individual eventing gold at a long-format Olympics and also claimed the 1997 Badminton title
