Horse & Hound

Published by Time Inc. (UK) Ltd Every week Horse & Hound brings horse lovers up-to-date with the latest news and event reports and provides expert equestrian advice on subjects including training and horse care, the latest equine products and feed. The weekly features inform and entertain inspiring readers to go out and ride to improve their horsemanship in every discipline from eventing to show jumping, dressage to showing, polo and hunting. It is also the must read for anyone wanting to buy or sell a horse.

Grave dangers of fatal illness after sycamore ‘explosion’ • Last year's bumper seed crop has led to more seedlings - and more cases of atypical myopathy

New steps to help address poor facilities at international shows • The process is aimed at ensuring all competition venues have acceptable standards, with measures should they fail

HORSES IN THE NEWS

IN BRIEF

OBITUARIES

Confusion over what is and isn't allowed in competition • Debates have been ongoing about the FEI's approval process for competition equipment

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

Hunt sanctioned after saboteurs’ fox film • The Hound Sports Regulatory Authority has ruled in the case of the Cotswold Hunt after a report on television

GOOD WEEK BAD WEEK

And finally… top award

LETTERS

Horse & Hound

‘Brilliant, brilliant Ros’ • Piggy March on Badminton, worthy winners and safeguarding our sport

‘First impressions are essential’ • Sarah Kate Coward on judging Royal Windsor's novice and amateur cobs

Team Harker • Two teenagers and their mother are making a great start to the season after nailing their first HOYS victory in October. Tricia Johnson finds out what lies ahead for Jenny and daughters Victoria and Emma

Horse-drawn hearse provider • Sue Robinson on the importance of etiquette, and how horses can help at times of heartbreak

Keeping bugs at bay • Recent outbreaks of disease have highlighted the need for tight biosecurity. Kieran O'Brien MRCVS outlines the measures that provide the required protection

Know your horse

Tip-top training • From luxury to practicality, three training yards for different needs and budgets

Beyond the yard • These items will see you into summer come rain or shine

“Always part as friends”

Horse sense • We all trot out certain horsey “truths” without really knowing what they mean. Kate Johnson asks vets and behavioural experts whether there's any science behind our sayings

“Horses must see a dead horse to understand it's passed away”

“Horses know if they've won or lost”

“He recognises my car and voice, before I set foot in the yard”

Student pips the master to the post • A lightweight hunter steps up to the plate, a coloured cob lands a double and a hack breaks more records

“THIS IS A COMPLETE SHOCK”

TALKING POINT • “THE TEAM DESERVES OUR THANKS”

Showtime stuns them all • The daughter of showing royalty makes her mark, a rider has a last hurrah in pony ranks and a show team cleans up

A NOTABLE DAM SCORES

Lomond locks on • A breeder's small-time prefix hits the heights, Connemaras excel in multiple spheres and mannerly leadrein ponies take centre stage

“HE HAS A VERY BRIGHT FUTURE”

“HE REALLY NAILED IT”

Rocking start to senior campaign • A nurse and a firefighter are among the winners who triumphed with their senior show animals at Royal Windsor

“I COULDN'T FAULT HIM”

‘It's only taken me 76 years’ • A cob ticks off another item from his rider's bucket list, while an untouchable hunter reigns on royal ground for the second time on the trot

‘I knew who I had to watch’ • Martin Fuchs enjoys a...