Equestrian News From Around The World

Top class equestrian facilities — including two arenas — as well as 40 acres, a period home and stunning hacking…

Alex Robinson/June 15, 2021

A dream country estate with all the horsey facilities a keen competition rider could wish for is on the hunt for someone to take the reins…

#EventerProblems Vol. 266 from Ecovet: It’s Gettin’ Hot in Herre

Leslie Wylie/June 15, 2021

Nelly: It’s gettin’ hot in herre / So take off all your clothes Your horse: I am gettin’ so hot / gonna rip my fly sheet into shreds Nelly: Those … aren’t the lyrics Your

Champion Flat jockey to take on showjumpers at Hickstead

Eleanor Jones/June 15, 2021

The top jockey is looking forward to taking on the challenges of the International Arena at hickstead

Hounds on the flags: all you need to know about hound shows H&H Plus

Horse & Hound/June 15, 2021

The hound showing season is underway; Alastair Jackson explains the process that culminates at the Festival of Hunting in July

Festival of Hunting hound show at Peterborough

ANYONE who has attended Peterborough Royal Foxhound Show will have memories of seeing the judges weighing-up hounds. Apart from the sense of occasion created by this greatest of all hound shows, there is the impression of the hounds themselves. The aristocrats of their breed, standing like statues, held in the thrall of their huntsman; then […]

#EventerProblems Vol. 266 from Ecovet: It’s Gettin’ Hot in Herre

Leslie Wylie/June 15, 2021

Nelly: It’s gettin’ hot in herre / So take off all your clothes Your horse: I am gettin’ so hot / gonna rip my fly sheet into shreds Nelly: Those … aren’t the lyrics Your

Road to the 2020/2021 Thoroughbred Makeover: A New Level of Crazy & Some Progress, Too

Natalie Johnson/June 15, 2021

For over 1,000 accepted trainers in this year’s unique blend of 2020 and 2021 competitors, the journey to the Retired Racehorse Project’s 2020/2021 Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, presented by Thoroughbred Charities of America, is underway! The event, which

Tuesday News & Notes from Legends Horse Feeds

Shelby Allen/June 15, 2021

One of the best parts about our sport, in my opinion, is the interconnectedness of it all. If you got into swimming, it’s not as if you’d expect to rub elbows with someone like Michael Phelps. But in

The Luhmühlen Tour Diaries, Part Four: A Heartbreaking Tale of Unrequited Love

Tilly Berendt/June 14, 2021

Getting to a CCI5* is always an enormous undertaking — but never more so than in a pandemic year. Our own Tilly Berendt is on the road to Luhmühlen with Great Britain’s Mollie Summerland and

Charlotte Dujardin introduces new superstars at Wellington Riding Premier League H&H Plus

Helen Triggs/June 15, 2021

With a massive grand prix class and fierce competition for para Olympic spots, Wellington Riding showcased British dressage at its finest

Charlotte Dujardin riding Florentina into second place behind Gio in the grand prix.

Wellington Riding Premier League was without doubt Charlotte Dujardin’s show. She achieved seven wins and no scores under 74%. In the grand prix, Gio (Pumpkin), the horse she owns with Renee Hart, delivered a creditable 79.47% to win. The 10-year-old Apache gelding appears so confident in the ring, it’s hard to believe this was only […]

Pammy Hutton: ‘Dreams are not enough to go pro’ H&H Plus

Pammy Hutton/June 10, 2021

Pammy Hutton asks if professional training should be akin to a degree

become the next Charlotte Dujardin or Carl Hester? Dreams are certainly not enough; one cannot just pitch up at a yard and miracles happen. It takes blood, sweat, tears – and a lot of luck – to get there. Weight must be watched; days off don’t exist. Ask any Olympian. I’m not sure how many […]

Pearson eyes up Tokyo: ‘He is one of the most talented horses I’ve had’ H&H Plus

Andrea Oakes/June 8, 2021

Para riders excel at the winter championships at Myerscough College Para Winter Championships in Lancashire

SIR LEE PEARSON - BREEZER — Lee Pearson claims victory in the grade II individual with his Paralympic prospect, the “sensitive” Bacardi son, Breezer III

“HE’S going great guns,” said Lee Pearson of his Tokyo Paralympic prospect Breezer III, who headed the grade II individual with 75.39%. “I asked for more power and cadence than I usually dare to, and he responded well and was marked accordingly.” Lee’s aim with the low-mileage and “sensitive” 10-year-old is plenty of exposure to […]

Olympic dressage update: Tokyo places reshuffle and medal contenders withdraw

Lucy Elder/June 8, 2021

Olympic dressage withdrawals reshuffle — Sönke Rothenberger and Cosmo 59 at the 2018 World Equestrian Games.

Withdrawals, retirements and disrupted competition schedules have led to a late shake-up of nations and squads ahead of the Olympic dressage at Tokyo

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