Alamy Live News. 2X30B7F Two horses on the loose bolt through the streets of London near Aldwych. Picture date: Wednesday April 24, 2024. This is an Alamy Live News image and may not be part of your current Alamy deal . If you are unsure, please contact our sales team to check. Two of the Life Guards horses who were injured after they got loose on the streets of London yesterday (24 April) have undergone surgery, the Army has confirmed. A spokesman said that the four who broke loose, and were seen galloping through the capital, were named Vida, Trojan, Quaker and Tennyson. The horses were spoo ..read more

British grand prix dressage rider and trainer Anna Ross shares her thoughts on the recent winter championships and suggestions for changes to the sport Dannie Morgan and Fever Tree at the 2024 NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships. Addington was a roaring success for the NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships. The excellent organisation from Show Direct carried the championships seamlessly over from Hartpury, with more space to ride and a stunning feature arena. A bonus this year was the combination of live scoring and expert commentary by Judy Harvey, which brought the championship ..read more

The best anatomical bridles are designed – as the name suggests – with the horse’s anatomy in mind, similar to an anatomical girth. They should promote wellbeing, allow the horse to be more comfortable and move freely. Following on logically, a happier horse can and will perform better, so it’s wins all round. Anatomical changes to traditional bridle design can include wider, padded and cutaway headpieces, padded, shaped nosebands and browbands and cheekpieces that sit slightly away from the face. Some designs also don’t have a throatlash, so when choosing a new bridle it’s worth browsing you ..read more

On our 148th episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, supported this month by NAF, we speak to sisters and showing supremos Amy Canavan-Smith and Vikki Smith. They talk to H&H’s showing editor Alex Robinson to discuss all things native ponies and working hunters, including how they got started in the discipline and how to know if your pony has the potential for top level workers. In the second part of this episode, we’ll hear from NAF vet and innovations director, Dr Andy Richardson and NAF head nutritionist Kate Hore in a promotional feature discussing NAF Five Star Metazone. We hope you ..read more

On our 148th episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, supported this month by NAF, we speak to sisters and showing supremos Amy Canavan-Smith and Vicky Smith. They talk to H&H’s showing editor Alex Robinson to discuss all things native ponies and working hunters, including how they got started in the discipline and how to know if your pony has the potential for top level workers. In the second part of this episode, we’ll hear from NAF vet and innovations director, Dr Andy Richardson and NAF head nutritionist Kate Hors. They discuss We hope you will enjoy listening. Vicky Smith riding Blin ..read more

Tom McEwen and JL Dublin at Kentucky 2023. The Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event dressage times have been released for the next two days of action. Sara Kozumplik will get the five-star started tomorrow afternoon at 1.30pm (6.30pm British time) on Rock Phantom. Fellow home side rider Phillip Dutton is the last to go on his second ride, Azure, at 3.55pm (8.55pm) on Friday. Kentucky Three-Day Event dressage times: British and Irish riders Susie Berry and Clever Trick (IRL): 1.54pm (6.54pm British time) on Thursday Kirsty Chabert and Classic VI (GBR): 2.56pm (7.56pm British time) on Thursday Ya ..read more

Yasmin Ingham and Banzai Du Loir at Kentucky 2024. Yasmin Ingham’s ride Banzai Du Loir was one of two horses sent to the holding box at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event first trot-up this afternoon. The chestnut horse owned by Janette Chinn and The Sue Davies Fund passed when he was re-presented to the ground jury. The British world champions start as second favourites, with a 25% win chance according to data analytics experts EquiRatings. One other horse was held at the Kentucky Three-Day Event first trot-up – Quantum Leap, owned by his rider Doug Payne and his wife Jessica. He too was ..read more

The Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event cross-country course for 2024 features 27 numbered fences on the five-star track, with an optimum time of 11 minutes 15 seconds. The start and finish are in the same area as previously, but the route has been rearranged slightly, creating a different feel, particularly in the early and late parts of Derek di Grazia’s track. Kentucky Three-Day Event cross-country course Fence 1: Woerthy Tribute Fence 2: Trakehner Fence 3: Stairway Table Fence 4: Hillside Oxer Fence 5abc: Mars Sustainabililty Bay Fence 5a Back of fence 5a Fence 5b Fence 5c direct ro ..read more

There are foals who are bred in the purple – and there’s this tiny filly whose dam won the Queen Mother Champion Chase, and whose sire won the Derby and the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. The as-yet unnamed filly, out of Dahlbury’s Put The Kettle On, by Golden Horn, came into the world at a very civilised 5pm, on Monday (22 April), at Chapel Stud. She is the second foal for “Polly”, who also has a yearling by Planteur. Trainer Tom Symonds, who is part of the Dahlbury team, told H&H everything went smoothly. “It hasn’t been the greatest winter but she looks fabulous, and has produced what look ..read more

Alamy Live News. 2X30B7H Two horses on the loose bolt through the streets of London near Aldwych. Picture date: Wednesday April 24, 2024. This is an Alamy Live News image and may not be part of your current Alamy deal . If you are unsure, please contact our sales team to check.Police officers praised The police officers who came to the aid of horses injured in London this morning have been praised for “risking their own safety” to help. The Army horses were spooked, it is thought by concrete falling from a travelator being used by builders, in Belgravia before 9am today and four riders were un ..read more