Five-star event rider Hazel Towers is recuperating after emergency spinal surgery — and hopes to be competing again by the end of the season. The rider had to have spinous processes, projecting pieces of bone, removed from her lumbar vertebrae on Tuesday, 20 July, as a result of a fall from a young horse over […]
When your rhino is suffering with eye allergies and irritation caused by flies, there’s only one way to go. Or there was for Utah’s Hogle Zoo in the US, where Princess, who is now 42, was struggling with all sorts of eye issues. Zoo staff and vets tried a range of different eye washes and […]
The owner of a pony who was written off by vets after a tendon injury but has made a “fairytale” comeback to the showjumping ring has praised his rider and her team for their hard work and determination. Audrey Grahame told H&H she owes everything to Rocky Robin, who kick-started her daughter Jessica’s showjumping career. […]
Peterborough city councillors have voted down a “ridiculous” motion against the Festival of Hunting, which one said would only have wasted money and time had it been passed. In a meeting on Wednesday (28 July), members voted 30-25 against councillor Ansar Ali’s motion which, if successful, would have meant the council writing to the East […]
You can lead a horse to water… Riders at Richmond Equestrian Centre can now take advantage of what may be the first ever vending machine for horses. The North Yorkshire venue has installed a machine dispensing servings of hydration supplement Hi-Drate to try to tackle equine dehydration, which can have serious health consequences, especially in […]
Young inner-city riders look set to benefit from new pathways into the eventing world thanks to a new partnership with the Windrush Equestrian Foundation. Ebony Horse Club and the foundation, which was set up in memory of rider Christina Knudsen to support talented young eventers, have joined forces to offer more opportunities to Ebony riders. […]
A major change has been made to the Australian Olympic eventing team since the first horse inspection at the Tokyo Games today (29 July). All the team’s horses were accepted at the trot-up, but the decision was then made that Stuart Tinney’s ride Leporis, owned by Stuart and his wife Karen, would not start the […]
THE Olympic eventing dressage and cross-country will not be available to view live on the BBC, as a result of the multi-million-pound deal with Discovery. Although the eventing showjumping, and the pure showjumping team and individual finals, will be aired on the BBC, as will tomorrow’s (28 July) dressage freestyle, which will decide the individual […]
FIVE years on from the introduction of its rider weight limits, the Great Yorkshire Show (GYS) is seeing results – as no one was asked to dismount at this year’s event. The county show hit headlines in 2016 when it stated that anyone who weighed over 20% of their mount’s weight would be asked to […]
They say it’s good luck when a black cat crosses your path. The superstition may never before have applied to a horse and rider coming up the final centre line of a prix st georges test at the regionals, but it proved to be true for one combination last week. Nikki Lawton told H&H that […]