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Ronnie Jones on Interstar B wins the Prestige Italia Big Star National 6-year-old Championship Final

12 August, 2019 5:29 pm29 August, 2019

The Prestige Italia Big Star Championship was the ultimate test for the country’s best six-year-old horses who had to face two rounds at 1.30m in order to qualify for the jump off. After a beautiful round, it was Ronnie Jones on Interstar B who lifted the trophy. Read more

Eventing, News

Yoshiaki Oiwa Takes Early Lead at Ready Steady Tokyo Test Event

12 August, 2019 12:39 pm16 August, 2019

Japan’s Yoshiaki Oiwa is no stranger to success, having claimed double gold at last year’s Asian Games in Jakarta (INA), and the three-time Olympian has put down a strong marker for the home side by taking the early lead after today’s Dressage phase at the Ready Steady Tokyo test event at the Equestrian Park, Tokyo, 12 August 2019. Read more

News, Showjumping

A New British Showjumping National Champion Crowned

11 August, 2019 9:00 pm29 August, 2019

After an incredible array of talent over the six days of the British Showjumping National Championships, it came down to the nail-biting final leg of the HOYS International Wild Card Series which incorporated the British Showjumping Business Partnership International Stairway Final. With four Horse of the Year Show Wild Cards on offer, including the 2019 British Showjumping National Champion title, there was all to play for. Read more

News, Showjumping

Surrey Heath win the National Team Jumping Championship

11 August, 2019 11:30 am16 August, 2019

The National Team Jumping Championship was the last competition in Arena 3 for the British Showjumping National Championships 2019. Horses and riders travelled from all around the UK to contest the final. The elated winners were the Surrey Heath team with team captain Nicholas Edwards and team manager Abigail Graves. Read more

For Your Horse, Immune system, News, Veterinary

Westgate Labs supports horse health on the front line with World Horse Welfare

7 August, 2019 12:07 pm16 August, 2019

Leading laboratory Westgate Labs has forged a successful partnership with World Horse Welfare to tackle the ever-present threat of parasite infection in horses. Worm burdens are a significant feature of the nearly 2,000 situations that the 16 World Horse Welfare Field Officers attend annually.
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Eventing, News

Jonelle Price and Classic Moet Powered to the Top

4 August, 2019 8:46 pm16 August, 2019

Jonelle Price and Trisha Rickards’ brilliant mare Classic Moet powered to the top of the leaderboard in the Magic Millions British Open Championship CCI4*-S with a typically fast and fluent cross country performance that elevated them from seventh place after the dressage and showjumping phases to the top spot on the podium and a £10,000 first prize.

Tom McEwen and Francis Whittington do the double

3 August, 2019 8:16 pm16 August, 2019

A new record was set at the Magic Millions Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe Park when both the British Intermediate and Novice Champions retained their titles.

Tom McEwen was masterful when leading from flagfall on Barbara Cooper’s elegant grey Dreamaway ll to score a second successive victory in the Smith & Williamson British Intermediate Championship and Francis Whittington produced an accomplished performance on Sarah Arrowsmith’s Brother Bertie to defend his Dodson & Horrell British Novice Championship title. Read more

Driving, News

New home for Windsor Park Equestrian Club

29 May, 2019 7:56 pm29 May, 2019

2019 sees a big change for Windsor Park Equestrian Club (WPEC), for the first time in the Club’s 49-year history it is moving from its home of Smiths Lawn and Cannon Ground on the Surrey side of Windsor Great Park, to its new site of Queen Victoria’s Review Ground inside the Deer Park on the Berkshire side of the Great Park. Read more

News, RDA

HRH Princess Anne Launches 50th Anniversary Tartan for Riding for RDA

29 May, 2019 7:25 pm29 May, 2019

A new tartan has been produced by Lachcarron of Scotland in celebration of 50 years of Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) providing therapy through horses.

The tartan was launched at an anniversary event in Edinburgh by RDA President, Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal. The Princess met with volunteers and participants from around the country and was presented with her very own RDA tartan scarf by brothers Andrew and William McLeod. Read more

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Adventurer in custom made tricycle with two new equine friends and a dog

8 May, 2019 6:01 pm29 May, 2019

Adventurer and animal whisperer Emma Massingale, from Holsworthy in Devon is once again embarking on a ground-breaking trip that no-one has ever attempted before. This time she is planning a 1000 mile cycle across Europe. “Interesting”, you might say, “Yet surely not unique?”. But Emma, in her inimitable style, has given the challenge her own, particular twist, by commissioning a custom made tricycle, in which she will carry two new equine friends and her dog Inca, as she pedals from Switzerland back to the UK, following the River Rhine. Read more