A multi-garlanded colored pony who won Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) and the Royal International (RIHS) has passed away, aged 14. Millpond Looks The Business (Tommy) was ridden by Kinvara Garner for the majority of his career. As well as winning multiple championships in colored ranks, he also made history when be became the…
Two ponies have tied the knot after their owners arranged a wedding ceremony complete with bridesmaids, pageboys, tea and a “first dance”. The Welsh section A bride Daisy, 15, and 22-year-old groom Raffie are owned by 10-year-old Lucy Wells and her best friend Georgie Orgill, who had been planning the elaborate ceremony since the start…
Nine life-size bronze statues have been created in commemoration of champion jockey Lester Piggott, 65 years since his first Derby win. The statues have been sculpted by Willie Newton to celebrate Lester’s nine Derby wins. Willie Newton, who has previously created life-size bronze statues of John Oaksey and Jack Berry at the Injured Jockeys Rehabilitation…
Selma Blair has shared an emotional series of posts on Instagram about reuniting with her horse for the first time in months since she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). The actor, 46, is a keen equestrian but hasn’t been able to go horse riding recently due to her MS, which has an adverse effect…
The judges at this summer’s British Showjumping (BS) national championships may be forgiven for thinking they’re seeing double. Identical twins Daisy and Isabelle James-Wright, from Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan, are two of the youngest members of BS, and both sisters have now qualified for the Stepping Stones final at the National Agricultural and…
A rider who has faced serious mental health issues has opened up about the incredible way horses have helped her reclaim her life to help encourage others going through hard times not to give up. Melissa Pinfield-Wells was bullied through school and diagnosed with being on the autistic spectrum aged 13. She started self-harming as…
Punters are underestimating female jump jockeys despite the reality that they are a solid bet, new research has suggested. University of Liverpool Ph.D. student Vanessa Cashmore analyzed 1.6 million rides over an 18-year period and found a horse ridden by a woman at odds of 9/1 has the same chance of winning as one ridden…
Two rescue ponies who featured on BBC Countryfile are now starring in a series of children’s books. Huckleberry and Dash were rescued by World Horse Welfare in 2016. Huckleberry, who was just a few months old, was found tethered alone on a rubbish dump next to the remains of another horse and Dash was taken…
A tiny foal found “terrified and in terrible condition” in the back of a car filled with a group of youths has learned to trust again in a loving new home. Shetland Gary was found by police who pulled the car over early last year and sent to the Blue Cross’s Burford center in Oxfordshire….
A wild animal park is celebrating the birth of a rare foal from a breed which was once “wiped out completely” in the wild. Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve, owned by a charity in Ashford which breeds some of the world’s most endangered species, welcomed the arrival of a Przewalski foal to parents Naim and…