Horse & Hound

Share your news story Call 01252 555021 Email eleanor.jones@futurenet.com @ jones_eleanor AS fairytales go, it was a cracker – the amateur jockey on his last ride and the 50/1 seven-year-old horse winning the world’s most famous race. Sam Waley-Cohen

Isabell Werth’s ride, owned by Christine Arns-Krogmann, retired aged 17 after finishing third in the World Cup Final (report, p52). They won three World Cup titles, European medals, and Olympic team gold and individual silver. British jumper Emily Mo

WHAT a week in horse sport, topped by amateur jockey Sam Waley-Cohen winning the Grand National at 50/1 on his father’s sevenyear-old Noble Yeats. Yet another fairytale for the race that has produced so many, and that the public remains in love with.

Showjumper Harry Charles, 22, was the best-placed Brit at his first World Cup Final in Germany, finishing fourth on Romeo 88. Swiss rider Martin Fuchs took the title. Report p48 The Professional Jockeys Association appointed Ian McMahon as CEO. Inter

A rider annoyed to see her horses grouped round the far field gate, and warned by past experiences, barrelled over to tell off the people she thought were feeding them – only to find a couple doing something rather different, watched avidly by an equ

1) What was the name of showing producer Jayne Ross’s first-ever HOYS winner, crowned in 1966? 2) Who are the only two winners of the Rolex Grand Slam of eventing? 3) Name the highest-rated hurdler of all time to race in Great Britain. 4) Which two b

I HAD a wonderful weekend at Great Witchingham Horse Trials last month – the sun was shining and everyone was enjoying the fantastic conditions. But I was sad to hear that this was possibly the last British Eventing event David Sayer would be running

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THE Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) is reminding animal transporters to check the expiry date of their transporter authorisation and apply for renewal. The authorisation is valid for five years and some 9,000 were due to expire this year. It is

BITS have been used to control and steer horses for around 6,000 years, and the majority of horses still wear bits in their mouths for riding, driving and working. Modern bits vary in severity and, thankfully, few horses are fitted with the horrendou

THE Blue Chip Championships returned following an enforced three-year hiatus after Covid-19 caused its cancellation in 2020 and 2021, but it proved more popular than ever. “Entries in the senior championships have been the biggest in the history of t

“BY the last test my legs were flagging, ” said Alex Hardwick after another four wins at Brook Farm EC, Essex, three days later. “Briljant Fame saw me through the PSG [prix st georges] and inter I – he was epic.” Alex also headed both advanced medium

catherine.austen@futurenet.com @cfausten123 Blue Ridge Hunt, Farnley Farm, Virginia, USA IF you ask the younger generation of Irish huntsmen whom they most try to emulate, the name Graham Buston will come up again and again. A brisk, plainspoken Lime