Horse & Hound

ON the day we commemorate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, we bring readers our jubilee special, in which we take a look at some of the horses who have formed an important part of the thread of Her Majesty’s reign (feature, p36). We also talk to just a

Share your news story Call 01252 555021 Email eleanor.jones@futurenet.com @jones_eleanor_ THE equestrian world is mourning the loss of one of the greatest Flat jockeys of all time, Lester Piggott, who died on 29 May aged 86. Lester’s family confirmed

Tina Cook’s medal-winner, owned by Sarah Pelham and Nicholas and Valda Embiricos, has died aged 24. The pair won double Olympic bronze and European gold, Olympic team silver and world team gold. Oliver Townend’s double Kentucky winner, who led the Br

A SHIRE colt who lost his dam minutes after his birth has found a new family. After Mandy and Jonathan Worthington’s eight-year-old mare Penbryn Perfect Harmony died, they introduced him to Acle May Queen, who had foaled a week beforehand. Within hou

To a racecourse in the US where an alligator was caught on video casually strolling on to the track. One could almost hear the horse boggling at said reptile in said film saying, “I TOLD you there were crocodiles…” It’s not known if the head of a sch

1) What was the name of The Queen’s first pony? 2) With which horse did Carl Hester win three national titles in a row? 3) How many mares have won the Grand National since its inception in 1839? 4) Name the only horse to sire the winners of the Epsom

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polly.bryan@futurenet.com @pollyrose21 SINCE my March column in which I wrote about relaxation (17 March), I have made some big progress with my up-and-coming horse Fallatijn (Finn), and we were able to enjoy our first CDI win at Hagen CDI3* last wee

OLIVER, owned by Ruth Baxendale (pictured left, with Oliver) and her mother Allison Freeman, was diagnosed with trigeminal-mediated headshaking syndrome at the end of last year, with signs appearing suddenly on Christmas Eve. “He was acting as if he

LAURA COLLETT, 32, is the winner of nine pony, junior and young rider medals. She achieved her first five-star win at Pau in France in the autumn of 2020 riding London 52 and the pair went on to help Britain to team gold at the Olympics the following

AN ultra-competitive HOYS intermediate championship at Stoneleigh concluded in a surprise victory for Craig Elenor and Sara Parrott’s winning small show riding type, first-season five-year-old Roseberry Fascinator (Hattie) and 15-year-old Alice Binks

AFTER losing her beloved show horse last year, 20-year-old Eve Duggan was overjoyed to win the first horse championship of her career on Megan Hall’s elegant lightweight Bloomfield Kylemore (Isaac). Eve secured the RIHS hunter accolade with the 10-ye

catherine.austen@futurenet.com @cfausten123 FOR those suffering withdrawal and missing the buzz and camaraderie of hunting, there are plenty of other activities to get your teeth into during the off-season. A good place to start while your hunters ar

BUT for Nijinsky, who was from his second crop, Northern Dancer may never have scaled the heights as a sire in Europe. Northern Dancer won the first two legs of the US Triple Crown in 1964 but faltered in the Belmont Stakes. He raced almost exclusive

PRINCESS Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor is born on 21 April at her maternal grandparents’ home in Mayfair. She was the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York, who would become King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. THE Queen’s grandfather, King G

FOR many British businesses a Royal Warrant is the ultimate accolade. To display the words “By appointment to Her Majesty The Queen” is a cast-iron endorsement of your products and the services you provide. There are around 850 warrant-holders in tot

jennifer.donald@futurenet.com @jen_donald CSI2* Chard Equestrian, Somerset THE three-day international turned into the Mark Edwards show, as the Welshman hit sizzling form to score an incredible hattrick with home-bred horses, including the top-bille

A GROUP of us, mothers in our thirties and forties, have been meeting once a week to play tennis. It’s a session called “Rusty Rackets”, for people who haven’t played for a while and want to get back into the swing of it again, excuse the pun. I’ve a

Eventer Heidi Coy, 22, was third in the Houghton International CCI4*-S on 26 May with Russal Z, helping the British team to a win at her first senior Nations Cup. Report, p44 European champion Nicola Wilson has been moved to the spinal rehabilitation