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.

Marking history

Germany's decision to ban training young horses raises questions • The education of young horses has been thrust into the spotlight with a change to welfare law in Germany

HORSES IN THE NEWS

Farewell, Georgie • Family and friends’ tributes to the much-loved eventer

Lack of accountability highlights issues as vulnerable horses saved • No authorities took any action after 26 horses in transit were intercepted near Dover last year

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

Pointing champions crowned for 2023/24 • New names took the champion jockey titles, as a 10-year reign was ended

GOOD WEEK

BAD WEEK

Dispute over places at Paris Olympics • Chile is fighting for its dressage place at the Games this summer, and has lost its one eventing individual slot

And finally… a tiny foal

LETTERS

H&H FROM THE ARCHIVES

Horse & Hound

‘Try these useful, free resources’ • Carl Hester on the importance of training and accepting criticism

‘The industry needs to act fast’ • Nina Barbour on perception and social licence in a fast-changing world

Caroline Powell • The Badminton winner tells Martha Terry about the story of her victory, perseverance, and how trusting her intuition paid off for the opinionated but brilliant “Cav”

Private investigator • Sean Memory is a retired detective now assisting the National Trainers Federation, dealing with online and in-person abuse

‘Every Finnish person is mad about the Olympics’ • Six-time Olympian Kyra Kyrklund discusses competing behind the Iron Curtain, sleeping in the stable and coping when calamity strikes

A tricky start • Health problems in the first phases of life require prompt attention. Equine nurse Samantha Feighery RVN discusses common disorders in newborn foals

Colic signs in foals

Cover in glory • The great and the good of the equestrian world remember the first time they featured in H&H. Luz Wollocombe speaks to the superstars

‘Every Whitaker is successful in one way or another’ • As part of H&H‘s 140th anniversary, we've been celebrating Britain's eminent rider families with a series of interviews. In our fourth and final instalment, we meet four of the Whitaker dynasty: Michael, John, Jack and Robert

‘A great joy to thousands of soldiers’ • Throughout World War II, the Horse & Hound team never missed publishing the magazine, despite the editor being killed in a bombing, sport being decimated and the printers being shelled. Former H&H deputy editor Pippa Cuckson discovers a Blitz-spirit mentality that held the magazine together and boosted morale in those dark years

‘I felt in the middle of history’ • Every sporting fan has an “I was there” moment. Some of the industry's finest reminisce about the sporting highlights they will never forget

Changes through the ages • Horse management has unquestionably revolutionised over the past 14 decades – but is it always for the better? Catherine Austen charts the changes

Advances in veterinary care

Head in the Games • Caring for elite horses is something a worldleading groom takes in their stride, but how do they tackle their day job when their charge is an Olympic competitor? Bethany Stone asks...