NPS Area XI Heart of England, Solihull EC, W Midlands A NEW pair won their third RIHS ticket of the season after jumping to the head of the 133cm mountain and moorland (M&M) qualifier before securing the section championship. Henry Belton, 12, and hi

APPROACHING Ballydoyle's imposing gates feels like seeing the Hollywood sign or the Eiffel Tower for the first time – it's a landmark you've heard so much about, and entering its inner sanctum is no less thrilling. We're greeted by a statue of Triple

RICHARD and Gillian Davison's Siskin (Vitalis x Argentinus) won the six-year-olds with an impressive 81.4. The gelding, on only his fourth-ever outing and the first this year, was bought as a four-year-old after Richard spotted him on a video. “I'm a

HIGHLIGHTS 13–19 May HAVE YOU WON A BD CLASS? DO YOU OR YOUR HORSE HAVE A GREAT STORY? Email dressagehighlights@yahoo.com within 24 hours of your win for a chance to feature on these pages Senior Inter Regionals, Pickering Grange EC, Leics AT their f

Email to hhletters@futurenet.com Name and address must be included. Letters may be edited. @ horseandhound instagram.com/horseandhound facebook.com/horseandhound ON 17 May 2024, I welcomed my first pure-bred Cleveland Bay colt into the world, the fir

HIGHLIGHTS 25–26 May Edited by Gemma Redrup gemma.redrup@futurenet.com @gemmaredrup Berks & Bucks Draghounds, Kingston Blount, Oxon THE race to the ladies' jockey championship continued to hot up, with Izzie Marshall and Gina Andrews fighting it out

THE owner of a horse who was not expected to survive after three litres of fluid had collected around his heart and lungs has paid tribute to the vets who saved him. Liphook Equine Hospital vet Jamie Prutton told H&H he is not aware of a similar case

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BICTON ARENA (1) 23–26 May pippa.roome@futurenet.com @pipparoomeorkyle Bicton Arena (1), Devon DEVON'S only mid-season international three-day event, which started with so much promise and offered an action-packed schedule, ended in tragedy as the fi

Exmoor, Bratton Down, Devon THE ultra-consistent Dr Rhythm continued his form when winning the men's open under Joshua Newman. The 11-year-old, trained by Keith Cumings and owned by Mrs C Dunsford and Mr P Clarke has now finished in the top three in

HIGHLIGHTS 14–19 May jennifer.donald@futurenet.com @jen_donald DO YOU WANT TO BE ON THIS PAGE? HAVE YOU WON A CLASS? Email jennifer.donald@futurenet.com within 24 hours of your event and please include a contact telephone number CSI2* Wellington Ridi

AT a time when historic British horse trials are falling by the wayside, there is something special about an event that has lasted 50 years to date. Bramham was founded by George Lane Fox, who envisaged putting on an event that would become “the Burg

BSPS Area 13B, Chard Equestrian, Somerset NATIVE specialist Jessica Talbot's team secured three Hickstead places, taking her RIHS ticket tally into double gures. Stars of the show were 14-year-old Savanna Jennings and her mother Louise's Welsh sectio

HORSE welfare, competition and trying to make sure equestrian sport is for everyone are the central themes of a new British Dressage (BD) urban equestrian centre programme. BD was “delighted” to welcome the first group of 10 riders on to its pilot sc

DEVON COUNTY 16–18 May alexandra.robinson@futurenet.com @alexrob_journo_ Devon County, Westpoint Arena A CONNEMARA stallion will make his third consecutive visit to Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) in October, despite his owner's intention of him enjoyi

GINA WEARE'S 18-year-old hunter, Chip, is an adrenaline junkie who rarely misses a beat blazing after the Mid-Surrey Farmers' Draghounds, taking enormous hedges in his stride. So when the Irish Sport Horse gelding suddenly stalled while cantering hom

HIGHLIGHTS 15–19 May Frenchfield (1), Cumbria A PARALYSED shoulder, a punctured sole and a broken pelvis are just three of the injuries sustained by BE100open winner, Leisure Man (Seamus), over the course of his eventing career. “They've all been sel

Hunters EC, Glos AFTER a “milestone” 70% grand prix win, Anne-Marie Bork Eppers is planning a potential international outing with Zeilinger Firford. “We're having a good year so far,” said Anne-Marie, who rode “Mumble” into the top 10 in a competitiv