In 1947, on an official visit to The Riding Troop by King George VI, when signing the visitor’s book, The King scratched out “Riding” and put “King’s” instead. Since then the regiment has always been known as ‘The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery’. This article is about the history of The King’s Troop and talks
Champion’s Day at Ascot is billed as the showcase and climax of the British flat racing season. This year saw four Group 1 races including the Champion Stakes over 1 ¼ miles, (10 furlongs / 2000 m middle distance) which in previous years has been won by racing greats like Frankel. The other two races
With the Tattersalls October yearling sales part one done, attention turned to the second part. This was for yearlings not considered in the top echelons of thoroughbred yearlings but it is a sale which produces a huge number of winners and good ones at that. Many regard this sale as a guide to the general
The Tattersalls October Sale each year is always anticipated by breeders, trainers, sellers and buyers alike. It has established itself as the top sale in Europe for thoroughbred yearlings, and many would say in the world. Tattersalls have sold the top priced yearling in the world for the last few years, and how they would
Many will say that there is no race day, certainly in Europe, as good or more famous than Arc day in Paris. This year, Enable, the John Gosden trained wonder filly went to create history and win her third Arc. No horse has ever won three Arcs. Run every year at the famous Longchamp track
In our first article of the week at The Horse of the Year Show, HOYS, we looked at some of the more interesting showing classes. In this article we report on one of the oldest and most prestigious classes for show jumping ponies held in the UK and also one of the featured international show
The Horse of the Year Show, otherwise known as HOYS is the biggest and most prestigious show for equine beauties in the country. Held first in 1949, the show is intended to be the culmination of the best of the best from all the thousands of qualifying classes throughout the UK during the year. It
