Horse & Hound

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.

Whitaker wows

William Whitaker wins in Flamboyant style • Whitaker’s delight to take second Derby title

Political parties unite to condemn any cull of Dartmoor hill ponies • The Government and former prime minister insisted they do not support a cull, but campaigners await confirmation

HORSES IN THE NEWS

IN BRIEF

OBITUARIES

Owners lack confidence on how best to treat equine wounds • Some are unsure when to call the vet, and others still reach for the outdated methods of treatment

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

Speed Derby legend retires with friends • Harriet Biddick’s Hickstead superstar has bowed out at the age of 21

GOOD WEEK BAD WEEK

Honours for equestrian community in The King’s birthday list • Those who go above and beyond in the horse world were among those recognised in this year’s honours

And finally… ball skills

LETTERS

Horse & Hound

‘How could this fiasco have happened?’ • Mark Phillips on an extraordinary situation and who impressed at Bramham

‘This is a worrying time indeed’ • Katie Jerram-Hunnable on the plight of our county shows and equine flu

Gracie Cathing • She trains without a coach or a string of expensive warmbloods and rocks up in the oldest lorry in the car park. So how has rising star Gracie Catling, 22, just swept the small tour at the Winter Dressage Championships to become the most talked-about young rider in British dressage at the moment?

FEI dressage steward • Geoff Simpson on retiring twice, the words that have guided him and the London Olympics

Rest and recovery • Rehabilitation on box rest and controlled turnout is important to get right. Edward Busuttil MRCVS offers a practical guide to rethinking rest and recovery

Secondary conditions: managing the risk

Rehydrate • Supplements formulated to replace key electrolytes and encourage drinking

‘He deserved to win a Derby’ • Twice runner-up, 18hh gentle giant Flamboyant III helps William Whitaker regain the Hicksted Derby title after a thrilling showdown, this time between two past victors

TALKING POINT

‘Like a duck to water’ • Handy superstar Dillinger NE makes a sensational debut over the Derby fences under all-conquering Mark Edwards and what do riders make of the new-look course?

HOW DID THE COURSE RIDE WITHOUT THE IRISH BANK?

Sampson puts his foot down • Matt Sampson foils John Whitaker in a sizzling jump-off and David Simpson’s Derby contender Pjotr Van De Kruishoeve serves up the perfect starter

High-octane final results in dead heat • Two of the quickest riders can’t be separated, a stallion continues his form and one rider relies on his lucky clover

LUCKY CLOVER WORKS LIKE A CHARM

Luidun is simply perfect • Excited young riders and an “awesome” sevenyear-old mare with a great back end secure their spots at HOYS

A “VERY COOL” PERFORMANCE

It’s A Pleasure beyond measure

Harris’s second victory Day • Britain’s Caroline Harris and the out-and-out trier D. Day put a fall at last year’s Europeans behind them by taking their second five-star title

HOY AND VASSILY THROW THEIR HAT IN THE RING

TOP-10 FINISH FOR BRITISH FIVE-STAR FIRST-TIMERS

GALAXY REACHES THE STARS

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