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The British Horse Society is urging all riders to contact your MP to ensure the safety needs of equestrians are not forgotten in Monday’s parliamentary Road Safety Debate. Find your local MP contact details here.  The Background On 19th October the Department of Transport made an announcement about a new and improved Highway Code to…

Sculptor Georgie Welch discusses winning the commission, meeting Valegro, being inspired by him and what it will take to realise the great horse in clay in this video: https://youtu.be/VKc_gZXOe2Q

Specialist Herefordshire equine physiotherapy practice Bradford’s Veterinary Physiotherapy is celebrating after helping one of the stars of British dressage scoop a bronze medal at the World Equestrian Games. Head of Practice Tim Bradford treated Spencer Wilton’s horse, Super Nova II, before the Games in North Carolina, USA. Thanks to Tim’s years of veterinary physio experience,…

After a record-breaking twenty eight years as title sponsor of the Badminton Horse Trials, Mitsubishi Motors in the UK has decided to withdraw after the 2019 Event. Badminton is recognised as one of the world’s greatest sporting contests. Mitsubishi Motors has played an enormous role in maintaining the prestige of this ultimate test of all…

“After much soul searching and nine brilliant years, Des, Caroline and I have made the hard decision to offer Kings E.C. for sale and for Des and I to retire. As many of you will know Des turned 75 this year and I am not that far behind and we have decided that now is…

This year Monmouth BE horse trials was held at Howick Farm, a beautiful setting for a lovely event with perfect eventing weather for the horses and just a jacket needed near to hand for those watching. Watching the action is easy at Howick with it’s compact layout meaning you never had to walk far and…

By Rachael Louise Fisher:  In July, I entered a competition to win a photoshoot with the Horse & Dog Photographer, Hereford run by Hereford Equestrian.  From about 50 people who submitted pictures of their horses onto the facebook post, my morgan mare Dior was chosen at random as the winner!  I was pretty excited as…

After a busy summer fund raising and raising awareness the team behind the Newent Initiative Trust’s plans to place a half-life sculpture of dressage superstar Valegro in the centre of the Gloucestershire market town of Newent are pleased to announce that they have commissioned local artist Georgie Welch to start work on maquette number 1…

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Olivia Davies, member of the North Hereford Hunt branch of the Pony Club, managed to gain a coveted place last weekend, to compete in the final of the British Showjumping Bronze League, being held at the Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) in October this year.   Olivia and her horse “Spoonie” gained a place…

On the final day of the NAF Five Star Hartpury International Horse Trials, it was Japan’s Ryuzo Kitajima and Vick Du Gisros JRA who stole the limelight in the NAF Superflex CCI2*.  Ireland’s Aoife Clark was in the lead ahead of Ryuzo after the dressage but retired on the cross-country leaving Ryuzo in pole position…

At the end of a thrilling day of cross-country at the NAF Five Star Hartpury International Horse Trials, Britain’s Tina Cook and Billy The Red reigned supreme in the NAF Magic CIC3*. Sitting in 5th place overnight after the dressage, Tina and Billy The Red pulled off a beautiful clear round showjumping before heading out…

Kitty King and Ceylor L A N currently top the NAF Magic CIC3* leaderboard at the end of day two of the NAF Five Star Hartpury International Horse Trials dressage on a score of 22.3.  King sits three marks clear of second-placed Alexander Bragg and Zagreb on 25.5 while overnight leader Aoife Clark and Fernhill…

After a super first day of dressage at the NAF Five Star Hartpury International Horse Trials, Ireland’s Aoife Clark and Fernhill Adventure head the provisional Magic CIC3* dressage leaderboard with 25.5, two marks clear of runner-up Sam Ecroyd and Wodan III. France’s Sebastien Cavaillon and Sarah D Argouges lie in third with 29. Ben Lee…

Day one of the NAF Five Star Hartpury International Horse Trials showcased the stars of the future in the Dubarry Burghley Young Event Horse qualifier. A cool breeze and light cloud cover on an otherwise blue sky was the perfect climate for riders to showcase the eventing stars of the future.  Harry Horgan and Sara…

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On 23rd July 2003 the Hereford Equestrian website was launched, initially with just a few pages of information such as what’s on and the beginnings of a directory helping you find services and businesses such as saddlers and livery yards in Herefordshire. Classified ads were soon added as was more content and coverage was expanded too, to…

Meg Smith from Newent, Nat Gilder from Stoke Orchard and Josh Smith from Tirley are currently on tour in South Africa representing the UK as members of the UK Under 19 Polocrosse team. Josh and Nat are both members of the Ledbury Hunt Pony Club while Meg is a former member.  They were all initially…

Sunday 8 July 2018 Spectators enjoyed incredible performances by top Olympic riders Charlotte Dujardin, Carl Hester and Fiona Bigwood on the final day of the Hartpury Festival of Dressage 2018 (Sunday 8 July). It was another fantastic day for Olympic Gold medallist Charlotte. The dressage sensation picked up two more titles to total seven wins…

Charlotte Dujardin, Olympic Gold medallist continued her winning streak with two fantastic tests on the fourth scorching day of the Hartpury Festival of Dressage (Saturday 7 July). Dujardin came top of the table in the Shearwater Young Dressage Horse Semi Final – 6 year old horses this morning, after a beautiful test on Hawtins San…

Charlotte Dujardin continued her winning streak in an exciting third day of competition at the Hartpury Festival of Dressage (Friday 6 July). The Olympic Gold medallist narrowly beat her Olympic team mates in the Hazlewoods CDI Grand Prix to take first place on Mount St John Freestyle with a score of 77.435%. Carl Hester, fellow…

Thursday 5 July Local Olympic legend Charlotte Dujardin stole the show on a scorching second day of the Hartpury Festival of Dressage (Thursday 5 July). Spectators crowded round to witness the top dressage rider in the Elite Stallions Young Horse Prix St Georges Qualifier.  Charlotte produced a beautifully executed test on the promising young River…

Hartpury’s Festival of Dressage got off to a winning start with some fantastic International Para Dressage on the first day of the festival (Wednesday 4 July).  The sun was shining as the event kicked off with the FEI CPEDI3* International Para Team Test Grade V. Sophie Wells stormed ahead of the competition on both rides…

Rory Connaughton, the inventor of ‘Pacefeeder’ was delighted that HRH Princess Anne took an interest in Pacefeeder at the HETI 2018 World Congress in the R.D.S. Dublin, Ireland last week. The aim of the conference is to network with like minded people and to share experience and expertise in your chosen area within the Equine…

If you’re a Facebook user, head over to the official Hereford Equestrian page – www.facebook.com/hereford.equestrian/ and scroll down to a 15th June post where you’ll find a competition which you won’t be able to resist! Entries close 14th July! Editor’s note: The winner was announced as Rachel Louise Fisher. 

British Breeding, the new management company in charge of the former BEF Equine Development Programme, is delighted to announce the dates and plans for its 2018 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…

There was no margin for error at Badminton Horse Trials this year with a technical cross country course requiring very good rider steering and tacky ground which was tiring for the horses.  On top of that, XC day was hot and the horses weren’t acclimatised to that following all the wet and cold weather in…

Last year’s winner Andrew Nicholson (New Zealand) with the evergreen Nereo will again take on double Olympic Champion Michael Jung (Germany) and La Biosthetique Sam – FBW, 2nd twice and winners themselves in 2016. Great Britain’s leading challenger is probably Oliver Townend, another previous Mitsubishi Motors Trophy winner, with his Burghley champion, Ballaghmor Class –…

The British Equestrian Federation (BEF) is pleased to announce the continuation of its Equine Development programme, following its handover to a new company formed by a partnership of industry experts. The group came together in a bid to take on the running of the activities, which consist of a stallion show, breeding magazine and the…

Entries have just closed for the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials 2018 and we are in for another thrilling event in May. Last year’s winner Andrew Nicholson (New Zealand) with the evergreen Nereo will again take on double Olympic Champion Michael Jung (Germany) and La Biosthetique – Sam FBW, 2nd twice and winners themselves in…

‘Coast & Country’ aired on BBC1 today, featured Herefordshire’s own Janet & Jo Alderton of Ride2Achieve, Redbrook Farm, Hoarwithy. Coast & Country is a new TV Series looking at Britain’s traditional markets and this episode is from the Welsh Cob Autumn Sale at the Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells.  Janet Alderton and daughter Jo are hoping…

Herefordshire amateur rider Liz Langford, who works for Fox Grant property agents, has been appointed a Harryhall.com Ambassador. She will receive £800s of kit a year to use, review and test, and in return will blog and share news about Harryhall.com and its popular One Club. Liz competes in dressage and showing and is qualified…

26th of February saw the official opening of Stallion AI Services’ brand new state-of-the-art facility at Chapel Field Stud in the presence of HRH The Princess Royal. Founded by Tullis Matson and situated just outside Whitchurch in rural Shropshire, the company has grown into a world leader in semen technologies. Following a £1.5m investment, the…

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An independent study has shown that Imprint First can significantly improve the gait, and perceived comfort, in obese ponies. The in vivo trial carried out by a team led by Janneke Sleutjens at Utrecht University Department of Equine Sciences studied hoof kinetics in a group of ten Shetland ponies both before and after application of…