The last weekend in June saw three major show jumping events. across Europe at Hickstead, Paris and Rotterdam and the one 5 star dressage event at Rotterdam; and to top it all off, in Ireland there was the Irish Derby. At Hickstead in the UK, there was the sixtieth running of the famous Hickstead Derby
After the excitement of the Royal Meeting last week, there were other international sport horse events of note in Luhmuhlen for the eventers, and at Stockholm and Spruce Meadows for show jumping. At Chantilly, in France, Hollie Doyle rode the winner of the Prix de Diane the French Oaks, her first classic success. Read More
The Princess Royal – represented The Queen The third day of The Royal Meeting was a nightmare for Frankie Dettori with nothing going right for the jockey. We thought that The Queen would attend the meeting today, but sadly She declined, much to the sorrow of the huge crowd. Princess Anne took her place and
The first day, many regard, as the best day of racing – at least the purists do. The big question this year was how many days, if any at all, will The Queen attend the 2022 Royal Ascot Meeting, back with all the carriage driving down the straight mile and razzmatazz which the whole meeting
All the jockeys who have worn The Queen’s distinctive colours paraded at Epsom to mark the Platinum Jubilee This weekend has been an historic one for us in the UK but really, for the whole world as the celebrations of Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee took place. Aidan O’Brien broke yet another record by
Now we all appear to have learned to live with Covid, life in the countryside and the all the major (and minor) shows are back in 2022 with a bang, and that’s great. The Suffolk Show was no exception and this was our first visit to the historic show in East Anglia near Ipswich. A
Lester Piggott, many would say was the best jockey of all time sadly died yesterday in a Swiss hospital. The out pouring of adulation for ‘the greatest’ is a testament to the brilliance of his jockeyship. We offer our condolences to trainer William Haggas, Lester’s son in law and his daughter Susan as well as
All bloodstock and racing eyes were on The Curragh where both the Tattersalls sponsored Irish One and Two Thousand Guineas took place. Meanwhile the showjumping world turned its attention to St Tropez this weekend as they staged the fifth of the eight stage of the Longines Global Champions League. Gareth Hughes of Great Britain won
To some, the surprise of the Royal Windsor Horse Show was the attendance of The Queen as She has been rather confined to barracks this year due to her well known mobility problems. The R.W.H.S is one of the major events in the UK calendar for equine shows and this year was no exception. HM
At last, we were all able to enjoy the Badminton Horse Trials once again after three long years of waiting, now presented by Mars Equestrian and official partners Lightsource BP. No doubt, history will state that “it was a Badminton run and won by the girls.” Many changes have happened since 2019 with a new
The first weekend of the month of May saw a double for James Doyle winning both classics at the Guineas Festival at Newmarket, the first two classics of the European season and of course the Landrover Kentucky horse trials in the USA in which Michael Jung from Germany frankly gave a master class. Read More
Over the years, since its first running, The Grand National at Aintree, since its first running in 1839, has thrown up some remarkable stories. This year was another, where an amazing fairy tale story unfolded. Although it is now nearly a week since the great race, the subject is still close to many hearts. The
In Leipzig, the Finals of the World Cup took place allowing the top riders to compete against one another for 2022 World Cup glory after two years of absence. Putting on the event in itself was quite an achievement considering how many of the early rounds of the World Cup qualifiers succumbed to the Omicron
Ukraine, horse racing in Australia and top showjumping in the USA is in the news this week. However, over recent weeks, we have all seen the horrific pictures of the war in Ukraine as the EEF and FEI are act as fast as possible. The Ukrainian equestrian community and Ukrainian horses have been equally terribly
