The Tokyo Olympic showjumping at this year’s Games doesn’t begin until Tuesday (3 August) but it’s already all systems go behind-the-scenes with the horses having landed at the start of the week and the remaining few riders currently brushing off their jet lag. There’s certainly a buzz of excitement – and plenty of patriotism – […]
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 […]
Report by Sue Polley
Rio Hall, 23, dominated the 14-strong British Eventing novice restricted championship, taking first and third in the Corinthian Cup results with her two mares, Gorsehill Jewel and Georgie Girl, completing on 29.1 and 30.4 respectively. This championship for the Corinthian Cup is aimed at true amateur riders and was hosted at Hambro Horses Burgham International […]
As one of the leading showing producers on the circuit, there a few titles that Katie Jerram-Hunnable has not won. With multiple Horse of the Year Show and Royal International accolades under her belt, Katie is one of the best in the business, even being the producer of choice for The Queen. And Essex-based Katie […]
Nicolas Wettstein is not your average Olympic event rider. For starters, he classes himself as “completely an amateur” – he is the general manager of a small pharmaceutical distribution company in Geneva, Switzerland. “I’m very thankful for my managers to allow me to come to the Tokyo Olympics, and to my 30 employees who are […]
Welcome to episode seven of The Horse & Hound Podcast: Daily Tokyo Special, supported by Toggi, in which our Olympic reporters Pippa Roome and Polly Bryan review the cross country action in the Olympic eventing and look ahead to the nail-biting second horse inspection and final showjumping phases of the competition to decide the medals
Episode seven of The Horse & Hound Podcast: Daily Tokyo Special, supported by Toggi, is now live. We will be publishing a daily podcast for all H&H fans to listen to via our website or via your favourite podcast app after each day of equestrian action at the Olympics. Search for “The Horse & Hound […]
Jet Set, ridden by Robin Godel on the Swiss team, has been put down after incurring an injury on the Tokyo Olympics cross-country course at Sea Forest today. A statement issued by FEI eventing director Catrin Norinder said that the 14-year-old gelding had jumped clear up to the Mount Fuji Water (fence 20abcd) but “pulled […]
The Olympic eventing cross-country phase of the competition at the Tokyo Games is now complete. At the end of day three, here are six things you need to know about how today’s action unfolded… Olympic eventing cross-country news and results At the end of the influential cross-country day in Tokyo, the British team hold gold […]
Today, the world’s top event riders and horses did battle in Tokyo for the Olympic eventing cross-country (1 August). The leaderboard has undergone a shake up, but Great Britain lead the way in the team and individual competition, with Australia in team silver (pictured is one of the riders, Shane Rose and Virgil), with France […]