First Winners of 2024 Jimmy Wofford Legacy Fund Announced The Waredaca Eventing Education Foundation is pleased to announce the first two winners of this year’s Jimmy Wofford Legacy Fund! Courtney Calnan of Nicholasville, Kentucky has been awarded one entry to the 2024 Hagyard Lexington
Saturday Links from Word Equestrian Brands Jonelle Price posted this video of a little squirrel climbing Tim Price like a tree to her Instagram story yesterday and I can’t get over it. The video may be gone from her stories by
Video Break: On Board Vassily De Lassos with Andrew Hoy View this post on Instagram A post shared by Andrew Hoy (@hoyeventing) While we were all eyes on Badminton, over in Germany, an international competition was happening at Marbach, where Australia’s Andrew Hoy won the
Bicton Arena’s Future Secured by Husband and Wife Team The future of the South West’s leading event centre, Bicton Arena has been secured by husband-and-wife team, Helen West and Andrew Fell who will jointly take the reins of the prestigious equestrian venue that offers
It’s official. William Fox-Pitt has retired. The British Olympian, 55, made the news official at Mars Badminton Horse Trials last Sunday. And he ended his career the way he started it—as a contender. Fox-Pitt, second going into the final phase, had a chance of becoming Badminton’s second-oldest winner. But six fences down on Grafennacht dropped […]
What makes a good horse great? An elite level of natural-born athletic talent, to be sure. A knowledgeable program and partner with whom he or she can learn, grow, and receive the best of care. But when it comes to a show jumper like King Edward—a horse who, by the numbers, is better than any […]
I like to assess my horses’ progress every few months, as described previously in this column. Each time, I consider in detail what the horse has and has not learned, where she is in mental and physical development, any problems that have cropped up, and her performance strengths and weaknesses. This process helps me identify […]
No Catching $50k Claim Sugoi in Louisville Stakes A shrewd claim by trainer Mike Maker and a slow pace engineered by Julien Leparoux added up to a rewarding payday for Sugoi in the $241,250 Louisville Stakes (G3T) at Churchill Downs.
Stakes Winners Disarm, Crimson Advocate Win '24 Debuts While many observed the racing action at Pimlico Race Course on Preakness Stakes (G1) day, May 18, two popular graded stakes winners returned triumphantly elsewhere around the country: Disarm and Crimson Advocate.
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Hunting calls for review of the law as general election approaches The Field during the Radnor and West Hereford Hunt's meet at Kington near Leominster on the Welsh Boards in the UK, on the 23rd February 2024The British Hound Sports Association (BHSA) is calling for a Law Commission review into the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The news comes during the build-up to the next general election, which is expected later this year, as the BHSA tries to secure the future of hunting for generations. BHSA chairman Viscount Astor told H&H: […]
