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The British Horse Society (BHS) believes the successful Team GB riders that came home with five Olympic medals will have convinced many youngsters to try their hand at the sport. Team GB's successful riders managed to come home with a silver medal in team eventing, a gold in showjumping and two golds and one bronze in dressage. It was the … More →

Charlotte Dujardin has won Britain's second dressage gold medal of the Olympics as the host nation finished with three medals overall. Dujardin's team-mate Laura Bechtolsheimer won the bronze medal. These are the first individual Olympic dressage medals ever won by British competitors. Dujardin partnered Valegro to victory as the pair performed to movie themes that included the likes of The … More →

Newly-crowned team dressage gold medal winner Carl Hester has claimed that anyone who wants to get involved in the sport can. He suggested that it is not an elitist pursuit and that people from any background could make it if they wanted. The team of three – Hester, Charlotte Dujardin and Laura Bechtolsheimer – won the gold medal which took … More →

The picture desks of both the Daily Mirror and the Daily Express made huge errors yesterday (August 8th) as they mistakenly put pictures of the Dutch dressage team into their papers instead of the British. Both publications printed large pictures of the Dutch trio that finished third under headlines proclaiming them to be the gold medal-winning British team. The Express … More →

The British dressage team produced a brilliant all round performance to claim gold in front of a packed crowd at Greenwich Park. It is the first time ever that Britain has won an Olympic medal in dressage and followed the first Olympic showjumping gold for 60 years that Team GB grabbed on Monday (August 6th). Solid performances from all three … More →

The Ebony Horse Club in Brixton has been named as the official charity for this year's Olympia, The London International Horse Show, which takes place from December 17th to 23rd. It will receive a cut of the ticket sales from the afternoon performance on Wednesday December 19th, as well proceeds from the "shop and drop" stall. The Ebony Horse Club … More →

The horses competing in the London 2012 Olympic Paralympic Games will be benefitting from the excellent preparations laid down to ensure welfare was at the forefront. World Horse Welfare staff have helped develop some of the fitness and health techniques implemented by the jockeys before and after competing such as cooling of the horses. Team GB equestrian riders started competing … More →

Horse insurance customers will be well aware of the importance of keeping their charges in good health, and dental hygiene is particularly important. Some campaigners have raised concerns that the equine dentistry industry is in need of an overhaul to ensure high standards are maintained. So it is no surprise that the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs … More →

The Olympics has thrust eventing into the spotlight and given horse insurance customers plenty to talk about. And London 2012 looks like it could leave a legacy as Team GB has won silver in the sport – surprising pundits and boosting the country's medal count at the same time. Philips was riding High Kingdom, a horse she has worked with … More →

Jersey is set to host its very first international beach polo tournament later this year. Starting on September 19th at St Brelades Bay, Horse and Hound reports that organisers are hoping the event will follow in the footsteps of other prestigious tournaments that have taken place at Sandbanks in Dorset and Watergate Bay in Cornwall. These events are the key … More →