Patrik Kittel and Touchdown, the World Cup Final winnersPatrik Kittel won the dressage World Cup Final freestyle at the ninth time of asking, riding Touchdown. This competition went to the wire, as the top three were the last to go – and were covered by just over 0.25% in the final reckoning. But Patrik’s brilliant James Bond routine stole the show, with Denmark’s […]
Lottie Fry and Everdale after winning the FEI World Cup Final grand prix in Riyadh. The hot favourite Lottie Fry was eliminated from the dressage World Cup Final in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after her stallion Everdale was judged to have blood in the mouth prior to starting her test. The grand prix winner Lottie was first into the ring from the final quartet in the deciding freestyle, but the judge […]
The crowd of marathon runners who crossed the finish line during the 2018 London Marathon in central London on April 22, 2018. (Photo by Alex Cavendish/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Riders and supporters of the equestrian world will be pounding the streets of the capital in the TCS London Marathon on Sunday (21 April) to raise money for charity. Student Emily Smart, 21, will be running for Hannah’s Willberry Wonder Pony Charity in memory of its founder and her friend, Hannah Francis. A spokesman for... Читать дальше...
H7HR4H Detail, dressage ridingOne of the titles at the PetPlan Winter Area Festival Championships has changed hands as it has emerged the original winner was ineligible to compete, and had more than one British Dressage (BD) profile. BD has confirmed that the elementary bronze title, awarded on 11 April, has changed hands, as after the championship had finished, […]
Riders from across the country travelled to Leicestershire for the British Horse Society (BHS) annual national riding school championships, in a celebration of the work schools do in allowing more people to access equestrianism. More than 90 competitors took part at the event, at Pickering Grange on 3 April, in classes including jumping, dressage and […]
1. ‘Discarded’ stallions found running loose by main road The Lluest Horse and Pony Trust has taken in four stallions who were running loose for two weeks by the A48 between Pyle and Margam. The charity said the horses were “a danger to themselves and to the users of the road”. The group, who have […]
The Field during the Radnor and West Hereford Hunt's meet at Kington near Leominster on the Welsh Boards in the UK, on the 23rd February 2024The British Hound Sports Association (BHSA) is calling for a Law Commission review into the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The news comes during the build-up to the next general election, which is expected later this year, as the BHSA tries to secure the future of hunting for generations. BHSA chairman Viscount Astor told H&H: […]
Former Olympic team gold medallist and four-time Badminton winner Mark Phillips, who is one of the world’s leading cross-country course-designers, shares his views on the wet spring and angst about international officials
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Dear Diary How much is it to hire a plane or at least get a seat on one (although to be fair in my case it would have to be a big seat)? I’ve decided that if English spring is going to continue with this abysmal lack of fight back against a winter, which is […]
Chromatic BF and Jill Humphrey after their third-placed round at the World Cup Finals There was a devastating postscript to the second leg of the showjumping World Cup Finals when Chromatic BF, the third-placed horse, collapsed and died in the stables shortly afterwards. The FEI confirmed said: “It is with great sadness that we announce that the US horse Chromatic BF, ridden by Jill Humphrey, has passed away during […]
