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New vision to help break the equine crisis cycle

The science behind human behaviour is thought to hold the answer to improving equine welfare in the long term

Barbury's international classes to Aston-le-Walls

The FEI fixture has moved for the 2024/2025 season, but eventing will still run at the Wiltshire venue next year

A touch of show business'

Hound parades at shows and events are very popular with the public - but take a lot of organisation and a willingness to suffer public humiliation, advises Andrew Sallis

Rider 'pops down for one class' to seal winning double

Ex-eventers win the same championship for the second year in a row and a sales livery proves an ideal candidate for success

White's time to shine

A popular trainer tastes grand prix success and there are multiple wins for Jezz Palmer and Joe Bright

Timber takes it in his stride

A three-year-old gelding makes a stunning show ring debut, a heavyweight legend impresses several judges and a home-produced hunter nails it

Sweet Sugar Tot steals the show

A home-produced first ridden, a Shetland with gusto and the reigning RIHS supreme pony champion dazzle under the spotlight

'He's built like a Herbie car'

A one-horse amateur rider scores her biggest win to date in the three-star, while a precocious sixyear-old mare takes the two-star

A Classy double

Wills Oakden dominates the top long-format classes over a wet weekend in Scotland, while new European champion Ros Canter is also on form

Gold within Britain's grasp again

A strong German side poses a significant challenge, but Britain head to Riesenbeck with their best chance in years of grabbing gold, says Polly Bryan

Burghley clerk of the course

Philip Herbert on the wizardry of Burghley's irrigation system, the challenges of creating the illusion of a \"big\" course - and the time the team dog disgraced himself

Lauren Innes

The amateur event rider balances a fulltime job with five-star competition – and is now eyeing up a first Burghley. Martha Terry finds out how she does it

'Championing our young horses'

William Funnell on finding a venue to showcase the best of British

Are young horses pushed to their limit?

Laura Tomlinson on the World Breeding Championships and Pony Club fun

Burghley's plans to speed up entry in a 'vintage year'

E-ticketing has been brought in for the first time, along with a new fan zone and garden drinks and shopping area

Prizes awarded for the most harmonious combinations

The suitably mounted awards were just the start, it is hoped, of positive change in the industry

Galloping over Grand Canal in Olympics test

A purpose-built pontoon was part of the test event in a \"historic\" part of preparation for the Paris Games

Every which way

Does your horse prefer to travel facing backwards, forwards or sideways? Becky Murray finds out more about equine preferences and options

Satin is superb

A Blencathra hound is supreme at this “iconic” Lakeland show

Watergate continues to bloom

A proud owner achieves a lifelong aspiration, a three-year-old filly moves up the line and a once tricky gelding scores two titles

'Delinquent' finds a new level of reliability

A 10-yearold gelding is a reformed character and even a bomb scare can't halt Mark Edwards' golden winning streak

Irby has the winning Touch

A mare who bounced back from an horrific hacking injury and a multitalented sidesaddle mount are among the winners

Tinker hits another milestone

Mark Edwards adds a landmark success with his homebred and a teenager makes a winning return from injury

Lancaster ticks all the right boxes

William Whitaker could now be world championships-bound with his sevenyear-old victory and a six-year-old wins the same championship as his dam

Fit for purpose

Even when you start with a perfectly fitting saddle, things change as your horse's musculature develops and the saddle itself may suffer wear and tear. Carol Phillips learns how to assess fit in between professional checks

Burghley's first ladies

Tough, stubborn, determined, brave - these are words we associate with the best mares and the qualities needed to do well at Burghley. Becky Murray finds out about the event's premier female runners throughout history

This course tests every area of training

Recent European double medallist Kitty King says that riders will need to show good horsemanship over the Burghley cross-country track, with the intensity of the later stages of the course increased from last year

A pain in the posterior

How concerned should you be about pinworms and what else may cause similar signs? Kieran O'Brien MRCVS explains

Strong Beau

The part-bred Connie making his championship debut for Britain at the Europeans is a big character but always looks after his rider, finds Polly Bryan

Horse bones musician

Matthew Herbert on making music from an equine skeleton - tapping into the history of both music and the horse, bringing the horse back to life through sound – and the day a bronze horse turned up on his land