Horse & Hound

“HOW I won...” is back (feature, p16), with David Simpson telling Martha Terry precisely how he won the Hickstead Derby - from the adjustments to his warm-up through to “Freddie's” care in the minutes before the jump-off. Journalists ask a huge amoun

Debbie Barr's Shetland has been back in the ring with Debbie's grandson, James. The mare, 28, went to HOYS and Olympia with James's mother Isabel and her sister Alice. Ingrid Klimke's World Cup leg winner and dressage world team bronze medallist has

Top designers are cashing in on straw bags, selling them for an eye-watering £1,650 in some cases. Hmm. Harvest time is approaching, could a couple of spare bales pay for the winter's supply? (Unlikely. Ed) Claims abound online that a certain celeb h

Dressage legend Carl Hester won the Hartpury Premier League grand prix on Fame, then the CDI3* grand prix and special with En Vogue. Report, p34. Olympic team gold medallist Henrik von Eckermann has now held the top spot in the world showjumping rank

THE six top establishments in the country have been named, at the fifth SEIB Yard of the Year Awards, in association with British Equestrian and Horse & Hound. Arrow Riding Centre in Kent took the RDA centre of the year title, and Chard Equestrian Ce

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[email protected] @pipparoomeorkyle MY recent trip to the great German horse show, Aachen, was the first time I have been there without riding at it. I thought it was even more impressive than ever - I'd never realised that the tradestands we

WHEN I was getting ready for the jump-off, Shane Breen told me I would definitely win, because William hadn't trained in my grass ring [with replica Derby fences]. The first horse that ever schooled there, Mikey Pender's Hearton Du Bois Halleux, won

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“WALSHY is handsome and a real eye-catcher on the yard. He is so easy to deal with and very quickly becomes everyone's favourite. “Given his colour, he has to enjoy bath time, but apart from being grey, he is pretty low maintenance. He hasn't got any

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SIX months out of competition to concentrate on training has paid off for eight-year-old Johnson mare Woodcraft Kika Quina (pictured). “Luna” achieved a plus-71% medium double at Parwood EC, Surrey, with Georgie Nicholls, who explained that the break

Aintree, Merseyside CHLOE VELL had a red-letter day, with five wins from six tests on three exciting horses. She picked up novice and elementary wins on six-yearold Moonraise, who produced “two of the best tests he's ever done”, medium and advanced m

VETERINARY physiotherapist Ros Smith had one eye on the clock as she crossed the finish line on Connemara Flying Star (Flint, pictured) to win BE90 section K at Chepstow at Howick (2). “Flint is Mr Consistent but I have a habit of going too fast acro

ANDREW JAMES steered Andrew Reid's classy Desert Dancer (pictured) to a third novice win in a row at Brightling Park. The Ramiro B sevenyear-old joined Andrew's string last year and has gone from strength to strength. “He's taken a while to mature, b

AT Weston Lawns summer young horse show, Philip Spivey showcased three exceptional Billy Stud auction purchases, landing a hat-trick one day and a string of excellent placings through the week with Billy Van Gogh (Billy Congo x Kroongraaf), eight-yea

THE results from last year's intermediate show riding type final at HOYS were repeated at NCPA Staffordshire Country Festival. Abbie Kirkbride and her small contender Shildons Royal Affair (Alfie, pictured) reigned in the championship over Poppy Cart

JEMMA ATKINSON'S Welsh section B gelding Weydown Royal Consort (Marv, pictured with Esme Atkinson) netted two HOYS tickets in the same week after scoring victories at Royal Norfolk and NCPA Staffordshire Country Festival, respectively. The gelding's

A BROODMARE trotted to her first HOYS in-hand supreme pass at the Aintree National Show on her debut in a qualifying championship. This was vet Phillip Jones and his wife Megan Kellett-Jones' eight-year-old sport horse champion Calliope (Luna, pictur

COLOURED mare So Sweet (Kandi, pictured) will make her first appearance at HOYS since 2019, this time with her usual pilot's mother, Rachel Cowan. The pair won a pass after standing second at NCPA Staffordshire Country Festival behind already qualifi

A WISE man once remarked, regarding an approach to hounds and hunting, that “once you think you know it all; it's time to give up”. This is nothing new in any facet of life, although, until recently I'd been under the misconception that driving a car

SEE YOU THEN was the fourth horse to win three consecutive Champion Hurdles. The first was Hatton's Grace, in 1949-51, for trainer Vincent O'Brien; the second was Sir Ken in 1952-54, trained by Willie Stephenson. Sir Ken also won two races at the sam

HOW many stars can you count on one page? A round-up gallery from the Royal International Horse Show (then held at Wembley) features Princess Anne in Spanish dress, the Italian 1960 Olympic champion Raimondo D'lnzeo winning a puissance class, British

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THE true test for the three-yearold Classic-winner - and Nijinsky had already scored three - is how they match up against the older generations. In the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Nijinksy simply smashed it. “On a tight rein”, he beat