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Badminton Horse Trials are pleased to announce two new Official Event Partners in MARS Equestrian™ and Science Supplements® for the 2020 Horse Trials due to take place between the 6th and 10th May at The Duke of Beaufort’s Badminton estate in Gloucestershire. “We are delighted to welcome both Science Supplements® and MARS Equestrian™ to the…

Renowned physiotherapy group Bradford’s has secured planning permission for a new headquarters. After two years of negotiations with planners, the specialist physiotherapy and veterinary physiotherapy practice will be allowed to convert a series of historic outbuildings at Coton Cottage Farm, off the Hanley Road in Malvern. The old dairy parlour will become a suite of…

As the 2019 British Breeding Baileys Horse Feeds Futurity series comes to a close, the British Breeding Celebration Ball on Saturday 9th November will recognise the achievements of top-scoring participants.  Awards will be presented by Baileys to the top scoring foal, yearling, two-year-old and three-year-old within the dressage, endurance, eventing and showjumping discipline categories from…

Building on the success of the first RoR Showcase at Aintree last year the 2019 RoR Showcase will be held at Hartpury University and College in Gloucestershire on Saturday 23rd November 2019 A show for anyone interested in buying or retraining a former racehorse A day of live demos, close up clinics, expert advice and displays…

For the ninth year running, Absorbine are hugely proud to be sponsoring The Groom of the Year Awards.  Voting for this year’s nominees is now underway for this prestigious national award, with the winner to be announced at The British Showing Awards on 19th October 2019, at the National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham.  Finalists have been…

Piggy French made the NAF International Hartpury Horse Trials her own with a win & 2nd in the CCI-S 4* and a win in the CCI-L 3*. The weather threw everything at us from lovely sunshine to high winds, horizontal rain, torrential showers and thunder over the 5 days, but nothing spoilt this fabulous event…

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 2000 situations that the 16 World Horse Welfare Field Officers attend annually. Westgate Labs is providing free worm egg count tests to…

William Funnell claimed victory in the Hartpury Equine Area Trial with the only double clear from the 33 runner field. Hartpury has proved to be a happy hunting ground for the Surrey-based rider, proven once again with a host of wins and placings during this show. The imposing chestnut jumped faultlessly in the first round,…

I don’t know where the time goes, but it’s 16 years since I launched Hereford Equestrian and the website still attracts a huge amount of traffic.  Filters on the what’s on page and categories in the classified ads and business directory make it easy for you to drill down to the content you’re looking for.…

British Breeding is encouraging owners and breeders of British bred young sport horses to bring them along to the 2019 British Breeding Baileys Horse Feeds Futurity evaluations, which will be held at Pencoed on 27th July.   This highly regarded series for foals and young stock aims to identify talented horses that will go on…

Professional riders looking for a yard with accommodation to rent need look no further than The Conigree Yard at Conigree Court, Nr Newent, Gloucestershire. A newly constructed equestrian yard set in a good location with up to 20 acres. Newly converted barn conversion with stabling for 24, feed/tack room, vet/wash box, lunge ring. 60m x…

Portugal’s Luis Principe brought down the curtain on this year’s Hartpury Festival of Dressage with a victory in Sunday’s Equikro FEI CDI Intermediate I Freestyle. The win was a fitting way to conclude a week of dazzling international performances, world debuts and stunning displays. With 14 nations represented, the festival lived up to its international…

Charlotte Dujardin and Mount St John Freestyle’s highly anticipated kür made a winning world debut at Hartpury’s Festival of Dressage last night (Saturday 6th July). The 10-year-old daughter of Fidermark pulled out all the stops, earning a personal-best mark of 87.6%. No judge marked the combination lower than 86% with two judges even awarding 89%. Emma…

Work Rider/Stable Staff required to join the existing successful team in Herefordshire with trainer Kerry Lee. Sensible full time hours One to one care of horses Good wages, pool money & pension Good accommodation provided Well run private yard and gallops Opportunity to develop skill and progress career Previous experience working with horses is essential.…

A new store opens in Bishops Frome / Herefordshire at the end of June. CL Country will open its doors on the 28th June. Founder and Managing Director, Emily Knapp, brings 25 years of customer service and account management experience from both the hospitality and manufacturing corporate worlds to her new venture. CL Country will stock a…

The 2019 showing season is now well underway. Whether you have qualified already, or are just starting out, learn the winning formula with showing training from Claire Oliver at Upper House Farm, Upleadon, Nr Newent, Gloucestershire, GL18 1HL Small groups or individual.  Individual or group sessions available, afternoon or evening.  Showing or working hunter. Class assessment:…

This week it’s Badminton, viewed by most as the greatest event in the world, the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials is the event all event riders want to win. Flying the flag for Herefordshire yet again is Louise Harwood who this year rides Balladeer Miller Man at his first Badminton, but it will be a 9th…

British Breeding is delighted to announce the dates and plans for its 2019 British Breeding Baileys Horse Feeds Futurity evaluations.   This highly regarded series for foals and young stock aims to identify talented horses that will go on to compete successfully in the future.  With many Futurity graduates already competing at top level in…

In his third year as Badminton course designer, Eric Winter has kept his philosophy of making his track look as naturally cross country as possible. There is next to no artifice, seen at many other events, in a flowing journey around Badminton Park. As usual the ASX Starter flower bed (1) is in the main…

Leading physiotherapy group Bradford’s has moved into new offices in Malvern.   Bradford’s Veterinary Physiotherapy and its human clinic, Bradford’s Physiotherapy, have relocated from Ledbury to the Open Space Business Centre on Blackmore Park Road. Based at the new offices are Consultant Chartered Physiotherapists Tim and Rhiannon Bradford, along with their existing team of physios and office…

Building on their outstanding success in recent years and continued growth and development of their international competition portfolio, Nina Barbour and her team at Bolesworth are delighted to announce an exciting expansion of their highly regarded showjumping auctions for 2019. Bolesworth Elite Yearling Auction  The auction held during the Equerry International Horse Show at Bolesworth has been a phenomenal success to date, with…

Mare owners and sport horse enthusiasts headed to Addington Equestrian Centre on 16th March to watch the re-scheduled British Breeding Stallion Event. The day was a resounding success with over 65 stallions on display in front of the enthusiastic audience. The morning session was dedicated to showjumpers, including an evergreen 25-year-old Arko III who is…

On Tuesday 26th March, the race meeting at Hereford, supported by the Clive and Sylvia Richards Charity, was in aid of St Michael’s Hospice with over £47k raised during the day. But over £30k of that total was raised by the amateur jockeys riding in the charity race held at the end of the day. …

Defending Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Champion, Jonelle Price from New Zealand and 3 of the 4 British team gold medal winners from the 2018 World Equestrian Games head the entries for the 2019 Badminton Horse Trials, which takes place on 1st – 5th May. Jonelle’s Burghley winning husband Tim is also among the star studded line…

Sculptor Georgie Welch brought four months of detailed work to a successful conclusion on January 4th with the final acceptance of her original maquette of Valegro by Carl Hester, Charlotte Dujardin and Alan Davies. In a short interview featuring Valegro and the maquette Carl described it as a “most beautiful piece of work” and went…

As usual preparations for Badminton Horse Trials, in their 28th and final year under the record breaking sponsorship of Mitsubishi Motors, are well underway. This may be the 70th anniversary of the first competition but innovations are made with each running. The Event is now providing an E Ticketing service which should speed up entry…

Following the recent blogging competition, I am pleased to announce the winner is Helen Watts who will blog monthly for Hereford Equestrian and will sport her prize of a new Hereford Equestrian jacket when she is out and about. Helen’s response on hearing she had won was: “OMG! That is wonderful news….you’ve made my day! My…

To everyone who visits Hereford Equestrian and especially those who use it regularly to buy or sell, find or advertise events and search the directory, Happy New Year! I hope it’s a healthy and fun year for you. Set yourself some realistic goals and have fun achieving them.  There are new improvements coming to the…