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Orphan foal urgently needs surrogate mother (a companion foal has now been found). This foal is only 5 weeks old. 5 star long term loan home is offered.  If you can help, please tel Margarette (The Olde Forge Tackshop, Herefordshire) on  01981 570 639 or 01989 570 288 or 07810 413997.

Ginger McCain, trainer of the Grand National phenomenon Red Rum has died at home in Cheshire following a short illness.  Ginger was a great character as well as a great trainer and will be sadly missed.

Nick Skelton won the individual bronze medal at the European SJ Championships in Madrid which concluded yesterday (18th September 2011). After he had knocked down one fence, it was thought his medal chance had gone, but the final dutch rider Gerco Schroder, having not had a rail down all Championships, had 2 down to knock…

The GB show jumping team showed grit and determination to win a team bronze medal at the European Championships in Madrid and Nick Skelton is now lying in individual silver. See http://www.britishshowjumping.co.uk/media/news/team-gbr-take-bronze-at-the-european-championships for all news

The National Dressage Championships are currently taking place at Stoneleigh Park, in Warwickshire.  The championships which started on Thursday 15th Sept, continue until Sunday 18th Sept, so why not have a day out and watch Britiain’s best in action. There are classes from Preliminary to Grand Prix which riders and horses have qualified for throughout…

The European Show Jumping Championships are currently taking place in Madrid. The British team comprises John Whitaker, Ben Maher, Nick Skelton and Guy Williams. Read more news on the British SJ website: www.britishshowjumping.co.uk/ The British team have moved up to 4th position after day 2 and Nick Skelton lies 3rd individually.  For instant updates, you…

One of the new BD rules for 2012 will be that safety hats will be compulsory for all riders at a BD show, except for those competing or in the final warm up for classes from Advanced to Grand Prix.  For a list of all the new rules for 2012, see www.britishdressage.co.uk/news/show/1216-major-rule-changes-for-2012

Horse and Hound report that the funeral of  Terry Johnsey, father of show jumper Debbie Johnsey, will take place at St Mary’s Priory Church, Chepstow on Monday 12 September.

In the world of eventing, if you say William, Andrew and Mary, everyone knows who you are talking about and they were the top 3 at Burghley. William Fox-Pitt made it a record breaking 6th win. Andrew Nicholson was 2nd and Mary King 3rd.  See the full report, results and photos here – www.burghley-horse.co.uk Herefordshire’s…

It’s 2 horses apiece for top riders at Burghley following the cross country.  William Fox-Pitt is in the lead with Parklane Hawk and 8th with Neuf des Coeurs. Andrew Nicholson is lying 2nd with Avebury and 5th with Nereo and  Mary King is lying 4th with Kings Temptress and 7th with Apache Sauce.  Last year’s…

Prior to the XC, the leaderboard at Burghley sees Germany’s Simone Dietermann in the lead riding Free Easy NRW with a penalty score of 39.3, with William Fox-Pitt in 2nd on Parklane Hawk. Mary King, recovered from her heavy fall at the Europeans, lies 3rd and 8th with her 2 rides Kings Temptress and Apache…

Herefordshire’s James Robinson, a vet with the Three Counties Equine Hospital, lies 10th at Burghley with Comanche following the first day of dressage at Burghley, with 48.8 penalties. Any score under 50 is good, so good luck James!  Follow all the news and action at www.burghley-horse.co.uk

The International 4 star Burghley Horse Trials event is now underway with the trot-up seeing all the horses through even though 4 were held and had to be trotted up again. You can follow all the news, reports and photos on the Burghley website: www.burghley-horse.co.uk.   With Burghley TV you can follow every rider’s performance…

So, in the end, we had to settle for just a team bronze at the European Eventing Championships when things didn’t really go the way the GB team would have liked. However, considering all the problems encountered on the way, they did very well to win bronze! How did Cool Mountain stay on his feet…

Last chance to book for this event – “Feeding your Horse for the Winter” Talk by Top Spec feed company. Saturday 3rd Sept at The Day House, Kingsland, – 12 noon. £5 per person with light refreshments but please bring a Chair. A general talk on aspects of Feeding the riding club type horse. Q…

Following a very eventful XC day at the Europeans, the British Team, now down to 3 following Mary King’s heavy fall, are lying 2nd. This morning, Sunday, all 3 passed the trot up and will show-jump this afternoon. The German team look as if they can’t be beaten with 10 fences in hand. You can…

Great Britain came a close 2nd to Germany in the final leg of the 2011 FEI Nations Cup series in Rotterdam. The team members were: Michael Whitaker riding GIG Amai II Guy Williams riding Depardieu Van Kiezelhof Ben Maher riding Tripple X III John Whitaker riding Peppermill For reports and results, visit www.britishshowjumping.co.uk or  …

The German team posted excellent dressage scores at the European Eventing championships to hold a big lead over GB who lie 2nd after the dressage phase. Italy are in 3rd with a small advantage over Sweden in 4th.  Ireland lie 8th of the 11 teams.  Our standings individually are Laura Collett (riding as an individual)…

GB team riders Nicola Wilson and Piggy French both completed their dressage tests at the first day of the European Eventing Championships in Germany, to leave GB lying in silver position behind the German team.  Tomorrow afternoon the other 2 GB team riders Mary King (at 12:18) and William Fox-Pitt (at 4:18) will ride their…

If you are selling an item or horse/pony on this or any other website with your email address included in the advert, you need to be aware of the many email scams about. To avoid them, just don’t include your email address in your advert. Below is an example of an email sent to a…

The European eventing championships start on Thursday 25th August in Luhmuhlen, Germany with the concluding show jumping on Sunday 28th August. GB have 6 riders and horses competing, 4 of whom are in the team and 2 riding as individuals.   We have a very strong team with Nicola Wilson riding Opposition Buzz, Piggy French…

Becky Goodwin, 15 yrs, from Shobdon, near Leominster in Herefordshire, and her Connemara pony Finbar won the 138cm mountain and moorland working hunter class at the Royal International Horse Show held at Hickstead, a major achievement for anyone, let alone a family with totally home produced ponies. To crown an unbelievable week for the Goodwin…

There will be BBC coverage of the European Eventing Championships from Luhmuhlen which take place 24-28 August as follows: Cross country phase: Saturday 27th August  09:25am – 15:00pm, Red Button/online (available on freeview from 11:05) Showjumping phase: Sunday 28th August  15:15pm – 17:30pm, BBC Two/online Keep an eye on the BBC Sport website nearer the…

The Cheltenham and District Riding Club (CDRC) Show Jumping ‘Panthers’ team shone at Hickstead recently, finishing 7th out of 103 teams! This was made even more special due to the fact each team only has three members and all three scores count. Team Manager Michelle Holder said ‘I am delighted and overjoyed by the result,…

British Dressage riders, Carl Hester and Laura Bechtolsheimer added individual silver and bronze medals to their team Gold medals, in the Grand Prix Special at the European Dressage Championships in Rotterdam. Gold went to Adelinde Cornelissen riding Parzival for Holland. Totilas now ridden by Matthias Alexander Rath had to settle for 4th place, while Charlotte…

The South Hereford & Ross Harriers Hunt Branch of the Pony Club Intermediate girls tetrathlon team were victorious at the 2011 PC Tetrathlon Championships at Hartpury. The team members: Tilley Jewell, Lucy May Turner, Kitty Jewell and Hannah Prestwich, had to shoot, swim, run and ride XC in a hotly contested championships run over 2…

A fantastic first ever Gold medal for the British team at the European Dressage Championships in Rotterdam.  Carl Hester has scored a PB with Utophia with a score of 82.568% to finish top of the leader board ahead of Totilas and his new rider Matthias Alexander Rath who scored 79.453.   3rd on the leader board…

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Sam Gregory (age 17 ) has won at the British Dressage North West regional championships at Advanced Medium level giving her a place at the National Championships in September. This is Sam’s first season of dressage and she has only done five classes to gain the qualification for the regional’s. She won four out of…

Current warning:  emails from Bobby Tony – email address: newmart2009@gmail.com  This man is scamming sellers on this website. Do not respond to his emails, just delete them. Sellers of items on websites need to be aware that including your email address in your advert does make you susceptible to receiving scam emails. These scam emails…

I’m delighted that Rhiannon Bradford of Bradford’s Veterinary Physiotherapy has agreed to be our expert on equine physiotherapy (canine too) in the Ask the Expert section of the website. Rhiannon Bradford is a fully qualified Chartered Physiotherapist who has undertaken her MSc (masters) degree in Veterinary Physiotherapy at the Royal Veterinary College, London.  She set…

The old classified ads system has been removed and replaced with the new system. Photo ads have been imported from the old system and are in place and most of the free lineage ads have been moved too.  However, please check whether your ad has been moved and if it hasn’t, fill in the Place…

You often hear about these scams, but it got close to home today when my parents were targetted! They didn’t fall for it, but the Indian sounding man who was probably in a call centre, knew their christian names and told them there was a problem with their computer.  If they turned it on, he…

Does anyone have a bomb-proof ‘vanner’, preferably piebald, to pull a Gypsy caravan at the first Bromyard Hop Festival on September 3rd. They want to include a Gypsy caravan in the parade of horse-drawn and vintage vehicles as Gypsy families always helped with the hop harvest. Although they think they have found a caravan to…

Ifor Williams HB510 Blue, Stolen from yard in Golden Valley, Herefordshire after 9.30pm 19/07/11 & before 6am 20/07/2011. Chassis/serial No: SCK40000030381898, Chassis number-3-70036, trailer has smart water stickers on it, damage to left back top door. If anyone has any information please contact police on 0300 333 3000 using incident no: 28-N-200711.

The domain name Hereford Equestrian was first registered on 1st July 2003, but the first page of the website was uploaded on 23 July 2003. Admittedly it was a very small and rather amateurish website to begin with, but I was learning as I went along! At the beginning of this year the website was…

There is a new easier to use classified ads system coming very soon. This is necessary as there are some ‘bugs’ in the current system which can’t be resolved. The aim is to launch the new system early next week, but this will mean the classified ads will be offline for a couple of hours…

Don’t miss the reports and results page.  The latest report and results are for The Cotswold Vale Farmers’ Hunt Pony Club who held their Summer Show on 10th July in Deerhurst Walton near Tewkesbury. To visit the page, visit the Collecting Ring – www.herefordequestrian.co.uk/collecting-ring/

British Eventing have announced the squad of riders who will compete at the European Championships at Luhmuhlen, Germany from 25-28 August. New to the senior team, Laura Collett, aged 21 gets her first senior badge riding Rayef. Laura may be young, but she has flown the flag successfully for Britain in Pony, Junior and Young…

As Hartpury International Festival of Dressage gets underway, we learn of the nearby confirmed case of Strangles.  However, there are no cases of Strangles at the college as confirmed by Janet Plant, Director of Equine at Hartpury college.   Read more and see who is riding and when by following this link: www.hartpury.ac.uk/dressage/index.html It is a…

A horse was found the morning of 12 July 2011. Description: Dark bay (almost black) Approx 14.3hh Gelding. White mark on face and some white on the near hind leg. Feathers. In good condition. Do you know this horse? Found on Glasshouse Lane, Mayhill, Nr Longhope, Gloucestershire. The lady who currently has the horse is…

It’s Ragwort awareness week! Every year animals die painful and unnecessary deaths as a result of damage to their liver from consuming ragwort. The danger that the plant poses is widely known, yet levels in the UK still continue to rise. The BHS 2010 survey in Ragwort Awareness Week produced some very interesting results –…

British Eventing is constantly reviewing the Rules based on feedback from the sport. Eland Lodge has highlighted an anomaly relating to the wearing of white breeches in the Dressage & Show Jumping phases which needed to be changed. The BE Sport Committee was consulted and unanimously agreed to amend the Competitors’ Dress Rules in Annex 6…

Tess, a beautiful young black lab,  went missing on Friday 24th June in the Little Marcle area of Herefordshire and has been sighted in Putley on the 29th June.  Unfortunately she is very timid and therefore difficult to catch.   Riders, please keep an eye out for her and try to entice her with food and…

A Mare lost her foal this morning (13th June), so if you have an orphan foal in need of a Mum, please contact Ali on 07794 453911, (who has already contacted the National Foaling Bank).

Want to advertise something, with a photo, but find using a computer a hassle or pain? No problem!! Take a photo of your horse or other item with your mobile phone and text it to 07767 396782. Then text or ring me with the wording for your advert – leave a message if necessary. Finally…

Check the what’s on page to see if the show or event you have entered is still on! DUE TO VERY BAD WEATHER FORECAST – Marden & District Riding Club Open Horse Show at Houghton Court, Bodenham, Hereford is cancelled on Sunday 12th June 2011

HorseWorld, an animal welfare charity based in Bristol, are appealing to horse owners to donate their old hoof boots to rescued horses and ponies. Visitor Centre Groom, Hattie Abretti explains “Some horses arrive at HorseWorld in a terrible state of neglect. It can take years of corrective hoof trimming to bring their hooves back to…

If you run an equestrian related business in Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, Gloucestershire or surrounding areas, you could and should be advertising on this website!  This website offers business advertising for all budgets: choose between a free basic lineage advert, an enhanced business lineage advert or, for the best impact, a banner advert.  Use the online…

Sam Barr, together with his wife Linda, bred horses at their Limbury Stud in Hartpury, Gloucestershire. The horses had the very well known prefix ‘Welton’ and 20 of the Welton horses went on to event at 4 star level under such riders as Ginny Elliot, Mark Todd, Blyth Tait & Lucy Thompson! Sam himself rode…