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Winners include sidesaddle newcomers

Winners include sidesaddle newcomers

RIDERS in the South have had growing opportunities to take up riding saddle recently. All have found it easy and four newcomers from West Sussex entered the Side Saddle Association’s recent Area 8 Show at Ardingly.
The show was organised by Ann Sadler and Belinda Wilkins, who put extra classes into the [...]

Britain wins first-ever European team dressage title

Britain wins first-ever European team dressage title

Britain’s dressage riders cruised to a stylish first-ever European team title in Rotterdam, setting a new European record score in the process.
Carl Hester steered GB’s four-person team ahead with a competition-leading score of 82.568 aboard Uthopia.
Closest rivals Germany had no answer despite a score of 79.453 from Matthias Rath and equine superstar Totilas.
“This [...]

Olympic Paralympic Equestrian

Olympic Paralympic Equestrian

At London 2012, Greenwich Park will host the Olympic and Paralympic Equestrian competitions, plus the combined running and shooting event of the Modern Pentathlon.
Key facts
Sport: Equestrian events – Jumping, Dressage and Eventing, Paralympic Equestrian, Modern Pentathlon
Location: Greenwich Park is on the south bank of the River Thames in south east London. It is [...]

London 2012 Olympics

London 2012 Olympics

Its objective survey, published today, suggests 64 per cent of applicants failed to secure any equestrian tickets at all, with 18 per cent only partially successful.  Even the lucky are frustrated. Some have tickets for the first and last days of the eventing but not cross-country – a situation akin to [...]

Society HQ wins BOC Award

Society HQ wins BOC Award

The winners in the Midlands and East Anglia BCO Regional Awards were announced last week at a lunch in Birmingham Town Hall attended by 300 leading property professionals.
Winning the award for Best Project up to 2,000m² was The British Horse Soceity for their headquarter offices in Kenilworth, Warwickshire. The Abbey Park [...]

Bramham International Horse Trials

Bramham International Horse Trials

A total of 60,000 people attended the Bramham International Horse Trials, which were held over four days.
About 500 horses competed in events including dressage, cross-country and show jumping.
Bramham Park, near Wetherby, has hosted the competition since 1974 and it has since grown into one of the most popular events in the UK.
German eventer Kai [...]

Burgham trials

Burgham trials

British Eventing has awarded Burgham Park permission to host the only Advanced class in the North of England prior to the prestigious Badminton Horse Trials next year.
It will offer riders the chance to gain a valuable qualification and points which may be required for Badminton entry in 2012 – the year [...]

Ellen Whitaker has two rides

Ellen Whitaker has two rides

Arena UK Orlando (stable name Lenny) was bought for Ellen by the owner of the Arena UK showground in Lincolnshire, Norman Oley.
Ellen says the nine-year-old chestnut is “very brave, with a big heart”.
Mr Oley’s daughter Lauren Humphries told H&H: “We hope for big things from Lenny. We’re not sure what Ellen will do with [...]

Horse doping rules in Britain

Horse doping rules in Britain

The British Equestrian Federation has adopted the FEI’s prohibited substances list, and has standardised anti-doping rules across its disciplines.

The new National Equine Anti Doping and Controlled Medication rules (BEFAR) will affect all BEF Member Bodies in FEI disciplines and will be incorporated into their rules on publication of their forthcoming [...]

Fostering Foals

Fostering Foals

Unfortunately, it is occasionally necessary to try to foster a foal onto a mare that is not its natural mother. This may be for any one of a number of reasons. The common ones are:-

For mares who are ill or die at or soon after foaling.
For mares with a history of being aggressive [...]

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