Horse & Hound

Coping with Covid-19

WITH Europe now the epicentre of the global coronavirus pandemic, we are all dealing with considerable disruption to our everyday lives. As neighbouring countries close their schools, cancel mass gatherings and impose lockdowns in an attempt to combat Covid-19, here in the UK we face increasingly stringent measures to help delay its spread.

“When a flu virus came through the yard and took us down one by one, it was bloody hard work, but we managed”
COMPETITION YARD OWNER MIKE HALLOWS

What might this mean for equestrian sport? International classes across the equestrian disciplines have already been cancelled, on the recommendation of the FEI, and national classes are following suit this week, but will there be

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