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Hatching and beyond

Fiona Hugh Osborne guide you through the hatching process and how to handle common problems.

Fear and stress in chickens

All animals show fear and stress and as their keepers, it should alert us to their needs. This month Paul Donovan investigates its role in poultry and how to reduce it.

All about Alpacas

Introducing Camelidynamics - learn how to work with the natural behaviour of alpacas for calm handling

It’s a Dog's Life Down on the Farm and on the smallholding...

In his bi-monthly series, Jeremy Hobson continues to discuss the life of the smallholders’ dog as a working companion and pet

Alpaca Fibrehow to get the best from it

Joy Whitehead discusses fleece production and uses

Machinery Matters

In this month’s issue Jane Brooks looks at the venerable Ferguson tractor, still a popular tool on many smallholdings, but beware it takes a little getting used to.

‘My horse ran a blinder under the circumstances’

Isaac Shelby will next contest the French 2000 Guineas

A smart prospect

Trainers and jockeys team up to record a brace of victories, while one horse makes a surprise return to form

WHAT'S NEW in the veterinary world?

Peter Green MRCVS reports on research into kissing spines in thoroughbreds, and a diagnostic test for ataxia

Banned from one sport-banned from all the rest?

Racing and other disciplines are considering whether, and how, sanctions brought by one body could apply elsewhere

Calls for changes in racing after deaths

Authorities pledge to review and analyse races after three horses died during the 2023 Grand National meeting

Giving them the best chance

A successful vetting can help to make a sale, so what is involved and how can sellers prepare a horse for a vetting

Making memories

Tessa Waugh reminisces over the trials and tribulations of Easter traditions, the whims of dual-personality ponies and getting hands-on among the next generation of pony-orientated mothers

'Mind games' pay off

Laura Collett has to leave her superstar London 52 at home but triumphs onher second Badminton hopeful, while a new partnership also rise to the top

Box office horses take the spotlight

From the dazzling Constitution Hill to Warren Greatrex's emotional Topham success, there was even more to savour

Progress made in solving the grass sickness puzzle

Vets and scientists have discussed the challenges posed by the disease and how to tackle it in the future

'It's all about Corach. He was brilliant'

A distinctive gelding, who “loves shovels-full of carrots and parsnips”, gives Kinross trainer Lucinda Russell and jockey Derek Fox an incredible second win in the Randox Grand National

Pony philanthropist

Elizabeth Barratt, 17, set up Project Pony in 2021, loaning talented competition ponies to young riders who wouldn't otherwise have an opportunity to compete

Giant victory

One horse provides connections with a victory that they will remember, while another relishes a marathon trip

Barefoot hooves have greater motion than those with shoes

The second set of results from a pilot study into equine movement have now been released

Bradburne is on a winning streak

While the Grand National was taking place – a race synonymous with Katie Bradburne’s own family – the teenager proved her own winning credentials

Mind the gap

The equestrian gender gap may be closing, but it still prevails in certain disciplines. Luz Wollocombe analyses the shifts, and where the sport gains and loses representation for both male and female riders

Gene-editing law paves way for tech to be used in animals

The legislation only applies to plants at present, but there is provision to explore how it could apply to animals

Research looks at horses’ genes and stress response

The study may help to identify horses who need a different training style

Eventing comes together to discuss the sport's future

After the wet spring wreaked havoc, a meeting was called at Thoresby on the way forward

New dressage rule means fewer riders in top classes

The FEI has increased the qualifying score for progression in four- and five-star international dressage competitions

King Edward grows his greatness

Henrik von Eckermann continued world domination, while British riders put up a strong fight

'I said it won't be life changing, but it was

Ahead of Saturday's Randox Grand National at Aintree, Jennifer Donald finds out what it means to win the world's greatest steeplechase

Para classification is unfair'

Natasha Baker discusses the need to level up classifications in para dressage

Harvey maintains his spring

A veteran gelding gives his rider an emotional victory, while other winners battle the odds to take home titles | British Riding Clubs SEIB Insurance Brokers Novice Winter Championships, Arena UK, Lincs