PRODUCER SIMON REYNOLDS
"I FIRST met 'Teddy' on the way home from the bar, slightly inebriated, at the British Show Horse Association [BSHA] National Championships in 2017. I'd been celebrating a win on Harriet Richardson's maxi cob Colourprint and she was excited to show us a three-year-old cob she'd bought from Reid Finlay as a two-year-old.
"It was 11.30pm and there were no lights in the stables. Harriet shone her phone torch onto a slightly camera-shy Teddy. He shot to the back of the stable.
"He's nice isn't he, Simon?' Harriet said. I burst out laughing and said, 'Well, it's a long road from here, let's see!' To be quite truthful, I couldn't see a thing!
"The next day, he won the in-hand cob class and from then he had my attention. He was backed by Harriet, helped by Emily Steane, then joined me in January 2018.
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Walking up a sweat
Plodding around the hills in the summer is poor preparation for a riding lesson, finds Tessa Waugh, who nonetheless improves from \"granny crouch\" to conjuring a floating trot
'She's a little rocket'
An amazing Billy Stud auction purchase is untouchable and a Dorset \"family holiday\" proves profitable
Speedy Brown bags a win
PHIL BROWN and Rachel Cardall's M Bear Esquire (Joey) were the only combination to keep a completely clean sheet in the sole intermediate section - a feat that earned them top spot.
Ballaghmor Class looks sharp
Oliver Townend's veteran star is back in the game, while elsewhere horses heading to Pau dominate, as this East Anglian event defies the weather
A symphony of red and gold'
Waking with the jackals, sleeping under the stars and galloping to the world's edge in a \"true wilderness\", Eleanor Jones experiences the trip of a lifetime in the Namibian desert
'The world's toughest steeplechase'
The Pardubice is well known to be formidable. Xander Brett asks some of the British raiders how they rose to the challenge
What's the problem?
Lameness is often the first thought if a sport horse performs below par, but there are plenty of other possible causes. Imogen Johns FRCVS explains
Lewis Robertson-Carrier
The new national dressage champion and his newly-wed wife tell Oscar Williams about the highs, challenges and emotions of their unforgettable week
New technology aims to reduce equine inbreeding
The idea is to give owners of mares and stallions more information when choosing possible pairings
Half of owners cannot identify equine lameness
A study found many owners cannot tell when a horse is lame or sound
