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Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour

Denmark's golden girl tells Oscar Williams about the privilege and pressure of working with Mount St John Freestyle, and her Olympic dreams

Clodagh Blain

Imagine if you could \"design\" the day's hunting of your dreams... What hounds would be hunting, where would it be, who would you take with you?

"There were two of us in the saddle'

Impressive freestyles, rising stars and former eventers get the year off to a flying start

'Totally single-minded in his enthusiasm for hunting'

In the first of an occasional series about great foxhunters he knew personally, Alastair Jackson discusses the 10th Duke of Beaufort, the \"foremost figure\" in 20th-century hunting

How to impress the mother-in-law

In a true family affair, a jockey posts a win for his mother-in-law, while the Skelton team racks up a stunning six-timer

Capability Brown gives 100%

Lucy Capper seals a victory in the first JA classic of the season and a mare continues to surprise

A Magic performance

An 11-year-old proves age is just a number, a couple of races end in dead heats and an impressive victor makes his mark

New code of conduct aims to help showing 'self-regulate'

The voluntary code sets out minimum standards and values for producers, along with best-practice advice

Friends, freedom and family

Parking palaver, unenthusiastic offspring and boiled eggs. all feature in Tessa Waugh's day - but those unencumbered by a lack of hunting zest find their way home happy

Racing's horse whisperer

Craig Witheford on being the first to ride champion racehorse Sea The Stars, and how he analyses equine behaviour to understand what makes a horse tick

12 to watch in 2024

Which up-and-coming riders will make their mark this season? H&H predicts this year’s rising stars

Equestrians among the 'pride of this country’ in 2024 honours

Author Jilly Cooper was recognised with a damehood, and figures from racing and coaching were also rewarded

Bucket list by the seaside

Taking your own horse on holiday with you is a big tick off the bucket list. Georgia Guerin enjoys a seaside staycation with her pony and revives her riding spark

Bob Olinger is back

Rachael Blackmore leads the way with the ultimate comeback king, while an 11/2 shot provides Ben Jones with his first Cheltenham winner

McLean's on top again

The young Scottish showjyumper continues to impress as new combinations also shine

The real WILD WEST

With a whistle-stop introduction to roping, lassoing, rodeo and swing dancing, Georgia Guerin finds her inner cowgirl on a ranch in Wyoming

Eddie

This out-and-out field master’s horse” will jump anything in front asking him to hunt in the field is another matter, though

Riders will be asked to talk after falls to improve safety

A first-person account of any incident has so far been missing from data collected in international eventing

Dressage Judges are being asked to do the impossible’

A study found it is too much to ask judges to assess the sheer volume of information required

Brookfield Equestrian

The Brookfield prefix is synonymous with top-level eventing. Gemma Redrup meets the ownership trio to find out how the syndicate works and where they source their brilliant charges

If at first you don't succeed...

For many riders, 2023 was the year they realised a childhood ambition, or followed through with a new year resolution. Alex Robinson meets those who made their own dreams come true. Could it be you in 2024?

King’s classy double

One jockey ended his year in style, while pace proves crucial for another horse's victory

Jockey turned trainer

Brian Toomey on coming back from the dead after a fall to race-ride again and starting his new venture as a dual-purpose trainer

Barney

Eventing wasn't for this horse, but hunting hounds and jumping the biggest places certainly was

Treating horses like horses, not kings: changing the commentary

Research found that changing the way we talk about welfare could help protect it, and our sport’s future

Greenacres Special Cavalier

This unexpected event horse is making her mark at the top level of the sport. Gemma Redrup meets the talented mare with the \"heart of a lion\"

Harvey Smith

The legendary showjumper tells Bernard Bale about his trajectory in the sport, the talent of his own top horses and what he would like to see change on the circuit today

Horse rehoming figures drop as living costs remain high

H&SH speaks to the major equine welfare charities for a picture of the national herd as the year comes to a close

Denman

The all-out galloping machine aka The Tank had a heart as big as himself, but that was ultimately his downfall, finds Julian Muscat of the heroic chaser

FEI to work with riders on chaotic’ tack app issues

Showjumpers say the new app, intended to clarify rules, has caused confusion and forced last-minute bit changes