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Share your news story Call 0330 390 6386 Email [email protected] @ jones_eleanor_ BRITAIN’S Annabella Pidgley won double individual gold at the young rider European Dressage Championships in Hungary – as the Britons also won four team bronz

LICENCES for livery yards could be on the cards for Scotland – as a public consultation is launched. The Scottish Government is seeking views on proposals to extend licensing to animal-related services, including livery yards. Also included are propo

THE long-standing British Showjumping (BS) judge died on 24 June, aged 87. Mr Hackett was a familiar figure at shows across Worcestershire and neighbouring counties. He had been a BS judge for 45 years and officiated at other events including British

TWO new bodies will offer training and set standards in equine genital hygiene. British Equine Hygienists Association (BEHA) is “the industry’s first-ever association of recognised professionals in the UK and Ireland, with the purpose of setting stan

A US showjumper who competed at the London 2012 Olympics, has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a minor. Rich Fellers, 63, appeared in a federal court in Oregon on 11 July where he pleaded guilty to the federal charge of interstate travel to engage

GASTRIC ulcers remain one of the most claimed-for equine conditions, according to insurance providers. Data released by SEIB Insurance Brokers showed that for the second year, digestive disorders, including colic and ulcers, are the number one cause

Email to [email protected] Name and address must be included. Letters may be edited. @ horseandhound instagram.com/horseandhound facebook.com/horseandhound I WAS delighted to see your feature on Gill Watson (All in a day’s work, 29 June). The p

[email protected] @alexrob_ journo_ IT was an honour to judge the novice hunter classes at the Great Yorkshire with my co-judge, Margaret Hopkins. This was my first time judging at Harrogate and the novice classes really are exciting a

YOU know that picture of the iceberg illustrating success? The visible tip of the iceberg – the rosette, the gold medal, the lap of honour – is underpinned by a huge invisible volume of work, training and tenacity. For Dan Jocelyn, the visible tip is

My father was a pilot in the German air force, so we moved house often as a family. We went racing, however, wherever we were based. Aged 13, I was given a pony. But even before that, I knew I wanted to be a jockey. I did my apprenticeship with Germa

“‘LEGO’ joined us in 2019 and shortly after, he won his first Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) ticket. It was my husband [the late Robert Oliver] who initially spotted him at a show and thought he was a must-buy horse. Robert always maintained that he w

SELF-MEDICATION is the use of medicinal products by a patient to treat selfrecognised or self-diagnosed conditions or symptoms. We can also regard self-medication as administering medicinal products to horses by people who are caring for them. It can

RESEARCH has shown that wild equids like zebras have significantly different bacterial flora in their guts compared with domesticated horses. But they are also genetically very different, so it is difficult to determine the reasons for the difference

LONGINES ROYAL INTERNATIONAL Preview WHAT do equestrians dream about at night? For the passionate showing enthusiast, a first ride at one of the major championship shows is definitely a common theme. And this year, one home-produced pairing have made

IMOGEN ROME AND EDEN ACE QUALIFIED FOR: The Oakley Coachbuilders BS winter grade JC championship on Wednesday 26 July THIS striking 148cm chestnut gelding has so much white that hes’ actually classed as skewbald. He was bred for carriage driving by R

KATIE PYTCHES AND NEWTON DB QUALIFIED FOR: BS winter grades B&C championship on Wednesday 26 July THE pair qualified early in the season, at Aintree last October, so have had a long wait to make their RIHS debut. They won their qualifier, jumping the

DARCY BREEN AND PIXIE QUALIFIED FOR: The Oakley Coachbuilders BS winter grade JC championship on Wednesday 26 July DARCY BREEN, who has been picked to represent Britain at the children-on-horses European Championships next month, is bidding to become

PIPPA KIRBY and home-bred Monivea Black Magic (Merlin) kept their cool to win the native/cob/traditional coloured pony class, out of 51 pre-entries, for the second year in a row. This was the third time the now six-year-old stallion, by Boston out of

THE second-placed large riding horse came to the fore in the section championship to post reserve, despite being a low-mileage novice. This was Adrienne Crawford’s four-year-old Bassymoor Distant Land, sympathetically ridden by his producer Zara Owen

GREAT YORKSHIRE 11–14 July [email protected] @alexrob_journo_ Great Yorkshire, Great Yorkshire Showground, N Yorks A WELSH section C filly gave her connections the shock of their lives when she captured the Horse of the Year Show (HOYS

HIGHLIGHTS 3–9 July HAVE YOU HAD A NOTABLE WIN IN THE SHOW RING? Email [email protected] within 24 hours of the show for your chance to appear in this section Scottish Horse Show, Howe EC, Fife THE Caithness-based Ashlea Stud won the H

Kent County, Kent County Showground EVA HERRING, 14, returned home laden with rosettes after lifting novice and open show pony accolades, and both spots in the riding pony supreme, with two 148cm contenders. Eva was permitted to ride both ponies in t

GREAT YORKSHIRE 11–14 July [email protected] @jen_donald Great Yorkshire, Great Yorkshire Showground, N Yorks WITH one of the most daring winning rounds, Annabel Shields became only the fourth lady rider to claim the Cock O’The North cham

JUST prior to winning the Cock O’The North championship, Annabel Shields teamed up with Alex Leggott to win the popular Yorkshire Dales Ice Cream mini-major competition. This was the third year competing here for nine-year-old Alex and he set a blist

HIGHLIGHTS 3–9 July DO YOU WANT TO BE ON THIS PAGE? HAVE YOU WON A CLASS? Email [email protected] within 24 hours of your event and please include a contact telephone number Scottish Summer Extravaganza, Royal Highland Showground, Edinbur

Bicton July summer tour week one, Devon EVENT rider Alex Bragg decided to use Bicton’s Foxhunter second round as a warm-up for Nations Cup duties at Haras de Jardy with his five-star mare Quindiva. He put the showjumpers to shame when he headed the c

HIGHLIGHTS 5–10 July [email protected] @pipparoomeorkyle Tweseldown (2), Hants QUICK, clean jumping was the name of the game at this second Tweseldown fixture of the year. The winners of novice section S, Gubby Leech and Super Vision, demonst

HIGHLIGHTS 1–9 July [email protected] @pollyrose21 HAVE YOU WON A BD CLASS? DO YOU OR YOUR HORSE HAVE A GREAT STORY? Email [email protected] within 24 hours of your win for a chance to feature on these pages Vale View Youth Inter-R

Moreton EC, Dorset AFTER a stint of not competing due to illness, event rider Joe Roome enjoyed a successful day, winning both prelims with six-year-old mare Acqua Marina Della Caccia, and both novices riding sevenyear-old gelding Feb Fury. “I’ve bee

Brook Farm, Essex AT 20 years old, Rachel Skeffington’s former grand prix horse Bakkegardens Monty, is showing Alexandra Lees the dressage ropes, dancing to victory in Alex’s first-ever prix st georges (PSG). “I’ve had him for a long time – we went f

GREAT YORKSHIRE 11–12 July [email protected] @cfausten123