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Last year event horse Neville Bardos not only survived a

"Hey guys, Happy New Year!

British show jumper Guy Williams and his eight-year-old Depardieu

William Whitaker is part of a showjumping dynasty - he's

Olympia Horse Show is best known for top class showjumping and

Ireland's Dermott Lennon brought the curtain down on Olympia Horse

There's been a number of high-profile purchases in the horseworld

Actress and writer Jennifer Saunders has become the latest

Olympia has been the setting for many a memorable Whitaker

"When I discovered that champion jockey AP McCoy and

Ben Maher scored his first ever FEI World Cup win this afternoon

Guy Williams stamped his authority at Olympia Horse Show when he

The Team Murka and World Class Programme under 23 Championship at

Guy Williams stormed to victory in the hugely popular

Ben Maher scored the first home win yesterday evening at

Northern Ireland's Dermott Lennon won the first major showjumping

For the second day in a row, the British riders took the top four

Charlotte Dujardin spearheaded a British one-two-three-four in the

So the season has finished and what a season it’s been.

The end of the eventing season is here, and what a season it has

British event rider Kitty King made a successful trip to

"I write this blog sitting in the glorious French sunshine at

William Fox-Pitt put in a superlative performance at last

"The H&C team's first trip to Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) is

"Another busy few weeks have whizzed by with lots of competing,

Mary King and William Fox-Pitt will go head-to-head this weekend

The final day of HOYS ended on a high note with a brilliant

Jayne Webber made it a Hickstead-HOYS double today when she won

The H&C Team are always out and about on your behalf getting

Day five of HOYS was a thriller with three of the

Simon Reynolds and Hallmark IX made history today when they took

The final class of day four of HOYS kept the crowd on the edge of

“Hello again from HOYS 2011.

The H&C team were delighted to talk to Richard Davison at the

Paul Isaac and his cob Rockstar won the overall Search for a Star

Nick Skelton was on top form in the HOYS  main ring

“Hello, hello.

They stood reserve last year in this final, and this year Katie

Pippa gave the show jumpers a run for their money, when she won

Matthew Lawrence gave a showing masterclass to a packed Caldene

Top showman Rob Walker scored a one-two on the opening day of

Matthew Wright scored an impressive win in the final of the

The Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) begins today at Birmingham’s

Rising equine stars had the chance to shine at the recent

The best of the best made their way to Stoneleigh Park for the

"In the second instalment of our behind-the-scenes blog, I'm

History repeated itself for Great Britain on the closing day

As the team competition at the FEI European Championships in

H&C is giving you the chance to be one of the first people to

The team placings will be decided today at the FEI European

Take Britain’s top elite riders, the most talented

The tension was palpable

"Crikey, it is finally here - the end to the season 2011.

Hickstead's new National show - which was added to the

The H&C team invaded the press tent at the Fidelity

"Good evening!

Welcome back to my blog, direct from our inaugural All

A world-class field will be competing at this week’s Fidelity

Laura’s talent shone from an early age as she progressed

The European Young Riders Eventing Championship reached its

As we gear up for the Burghley Horse Trials (1-4 September 2011), we wondered what top riders loved most about this much revered eventing fixture. Watch the video below to find out.

“It's been a while since my last blog, I hadn't realised how long

“It has been forever since I sat down and wrote anything and it

Britain’s leading lady riders brought the CIC*** at the St.

Ruth has only ever wanted to be an event rider and became

"Several busy weeks with lots of work at home.

“The weeks seem to go past faster and faster!

“This week has been busy but mostly for a different reason.

Express Eventing have today announced the fourteen athletes

Zara Phillips MBE, World and European gold medal winning Equestrian has today announce an agreement with Samsung, the market leader in consumer electronics and Worldwide Olympic Partner, H&C has learned.

"I have literally been on the road for the last two weeks hence

“Time seems to be whizzing by and before I knew it we are off

Lucy started competing while in the Pony Club and then

"After Badminton, we had a couple of quiet weeks which were well

"So, back from Badminton, all in one piece but totally gutted.

“As ever, I’ve had a couple of usually busy weeks but all sorts of different things going on this time!  

The H&C team is still reeling from an exciting and nailbiting

The show jumping at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials

H&C was invited to walk the Badminton 2011 show jumping

Jenny Rudall caught up with our Badminton blogger Gemma Tattersall

What a day at the cross country test at the Mitsubishi Motors

The jumps on

Jenny Rudall caught up with our Badminton blogger Gemma Tattersall

H&C was very excited to be at the second Mitsubishi Grassroots

Jenny Rudall caught up with our Badminton blogger Gemma Tattersall

We all know how expensive riding and training can be so

"After a quiet week to recover from our Portugal trip we were back

“Well, the weather this week has been unbelievable.

If you haven't heard about the

H&C is delighted to welcome

By the time she was eight-years-old, Gemma Tattersall had

Cross country at the Mitsubishi Badminton Horse Trials is always

The H&C office is buzzing with excitement for the forthcoming

“I have once again been incredibly busy, hence the late diary.

H&C are very excited to welcome Gemma Tattersall to our team

H&C are very excited to welcome Phoebe Buckley to our blogging team and we will be following her through the event season in a series of video diaries.  In her first blog, we meet Phoebe, learn a little bit more about her travelling roots, her fabulous horses and find out how she is getting on at the start of the season. 

Sacha Pemble is a professional event rider based near

It was a sad day for eventing and Daisy Berkeley yesterday when her popular horse Spring Along died of a sudden heart attack at the Gatcombe Spring Horse Trials. 

As the eventing season begins, H&C's Jenny Rudall took

As the list of accepted riders at the Mitsubishi Badminton Horse Trials (22-25 April) was announced, H&C's excitement grew as we saw many of our favourite riders had made the list. Unsurprisingly, the waiting list is also star-studded as once again there are more riders wanting to compete than can be allowed to start.

As the countdown begins to the

Do you fancy visiting Badminton Horse Trials and the feel-good glow of helping others?

“I've now been in Portugal for five days; everyday has been sunny

“Once again I have to apologise for the lack of blogs recently!

The Tapner

In this blog, H&C's Jenny Rudall tells us of her

H&C caught up with Geoff and Oliver in their lorry at

“It seems as though my holiday was a long time ago now; I have

After hearing of fans' delighted response to the first leg of the

The Fidelity Blenheim

“I am writing this from Thailand, it’s absolutely gorgeous weather

“I am writing this after having been at SPOTY last night.

The Funnell Factor, which returned after five years, finished last

“The topic of the week has to be the weather.

“It seems hard to believe that I have finished eventing three

British Eventing

“I think I’ve had two of the most challenging weeks in a very long

“Apologies for not having a diary for last week but I literally

Swallowing her nerves at meeting her heroes,

Andreas Dibowski (GER) finally achieved the CCI4* win he so

With their Champions Tour about to commence, H&C’s Jenny

“I was supposed to be at Lion d'angers this week with Harry but no

The

"I've had a brilliant week as was my birthday on Monday.

The British Horse Society’s

"Another week, packed full as usual!

“We have had the most exceptional week of rain that I can remember

“The build up to

Four star event horse Ballincoola yesterday suffered a heart

 “

"Apologies for the lack of contact the last two weeks but my

(Ruth Edge leads both the CCI*** and CIC***8/9yr old championship

An impressive international line up has descended on the

British-based New Zealand rider Caroline Powell and her popular

Paul

Jewellery Company Hiho

“The weeks are getting shorter and shorter as the end of season

H&C is excited to hear the the prize money at the the Fidelity

Tim Rogers, riding his own home-bred horse Corrieview Owen, won the

“At last, we have had some rain which is starting to make a

The Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials (9th-12th September)

If you have a

“Things are so busy at the moment I’ve even not had time to do my

The Land Rover

"This week, or at least the beginning of it has been dominated by WEG talk. I was told by Yogi that I am one of four joint 1st reserves for WEG, I’ve got to be honest I was pretty devastated, particularly as my horse has probably the best form of any this year. I as many are slightly unsure of the reasons why younger/ more inexperienced horses were chosen above all of the reserves but really hope they will go on to succeed in Kentucky.

A world class field heads to The Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe Park in August.

Paul Tapner on Kilronan has once again proved he is at the top of his

British Eventing today announced their selection for the Alltech

“We seem to have had a very short week as I have spent four days at

Flora's finest

“This week has mostly been brilliant.

Lock up your eventers!

This week H&C caught up with dressage legend Richard Davison at his

“We arrived back from Luhmuhlen at 5.30am; I went to bed for a couple

“Well, I've been so busy these last two weeks that I didn't have time

“Well, I've been so busy these last two weeks that I didn't have time

“Well, I've been so busy these last two weeks that I didn't have time

“Well, I've been so busy these last two weeks that I didn't have time

H&C blogger Sharon Hunt enjoyed the biggest thrill of her long

LOCOG have announced that Bob Ellis (GBR) has been appointed as the

Are you a talented rider wanting to hit the big time?

"This week has been all about Bramham, but we had a few missions to

"Another successful and busy week, hence I am writing this on the way

"Each week, I successfully manage to cram as much in as possible, but

For most people, watching the thrills and spills of cross country day

"We've just come back from a weekend at Chatsworth where we had

"Once again this week has flown by, with Badminton being until Monday

The Mitsubishi Badminton Horse Trials 2010's cross country test

"Hi, my name is Arooj and I would like to know how to teach a

"Well, I've still not seen the video of Badminton yet to see why we

"Have you ever performed well in competition when it seemed highly

Australian Paul Tapner was over the moon to take his first ever

Austrailan Paul Tapner, who had been in 11th place overnight, is in

"This week has flown by; the week before a big competition always

Second day:

Spectators at this year's Mitsubishi Badminton Horse Trials will be

The Royal Festival of the Horse has announced its lune up for this

Watch live coverage of the Cross Country on Sunday 2nd May here.

William Fox-Pitt has become only the second British rider to win the

World Horse Welfare, official charity at the 2010 Mitsubishi Motors

"Weeks/weekends like this don't happen too often!

For the first time in the history of eventing, the world famous

"Hi there,

Welcome to the H&C Badminton playlist where you will find videos

H&C is delighted to partner with the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton

"It seemed a short week with the Bank Holiday; I had a rare day off

"Dear H&C, I absolutely love horses and have two of my own.

"When will this weather change?

Lucy Wiegersma lost one of her advanced horses at Burnham Market

"This week has been really successful - Brian and Bertie completed

This weekend saw the annual PSHP stallion parade at Hartpury College,

Greenwich park has been given the go-ahead to be used for the Olympic

"This week has gone past so fast.

Anyone wanting tickets for the Olympics can register online from

The list of Accepted Entries for Badminton 2010 demonstrates that

Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing contender, Oliver Townend, has confirmed

As of now, Chris Hunnable will be taking over from the BE Chief

"Well the weather couldn't be better, especially after the last few

The Performance Sports Horse and Pony (PSHP) annual stallion parade -

"Click on the link at the bottom to fill out the short questionnaire

"I've moved! I've had the most brilliant week, but also the busiest.

All of the stallions presented at the UK Stallion Expo on Saturday

"Another very busy week! My life gets faster and faster...

"Things have been completely manic for me over the last two weeks.

"Well, I have had the most superb two weeks.

H&C have announced bigger and better coverage of Badminton Horse

"What weather!

"I had an incredibly busy few days between New Year and January 5th

The 2010 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (30 April to 3 May)

"I've had another great Christmas this year - with my family around,

Two national charities have received donations totalling over £8,000

Mark Todd's Beijing Olympic horse Gandalf has died.

"My job title has changed this week from rider to support team, as

Two eventing legends will be at the London International Horse Show

"Well, the weather is getting a bit better although the cold has come

When we asked our 21,600 Facebook fans what they would like to ask

"Well, as the countdown to Christmas is on, I'm still cramming in as

"I have a 16-year-old Connemara type mare.

"I had a week at home, which gave me a little time to catch up on

"Another week has flown past again but with more variation than the

H&C has learned that the FEI General Assembly today voted

"Well, this week has been very similar to the last couple as I went

"It has been a very busy week again – I was out everyday doing

"Hi, I have recently been experiencing some problems with my

A group of riders from the British Equestrian Federation World Class

"The week has flown by again – I’m a little worried that time is

It's little surprise after such a fantastic year that Oliver Townend

"Well, considering my season has now ended I thought things would be

"I bought my ISH some three years ago with the firm intention

Despite leading the competition since the dressage phase and being

As the eventing season draws to a close, several British riders have

"Hello, a question for Sharon, your expert:

"I have definitely been feeling the effects of the long journeys this

In May 2007, producer and 4* event rider Claire Lomas had a freak

Hi there, I'm just wondering if in the dressage stage of a

Plans to hold the equestrian events at the London 2012 Olympics in

"Well, I’ve had a great couple of weeks in Europe – spent some

"Luckily I have been kept very busy to keep my mind from Beanie

"I have had a very busy week with two events and I competed at

It's been a successful and exciting trip to Fontainbebleau for Team

"This week has been dominated by my trip to Germany.

The breeder of Oliver Townend’s winning Burghley ride Carousel Quest

It is a British female one, two, three, four at the end of the CCI***

"It has been another very good but very busy week.

Oliver Townend and Carousel Quest were the undisputed winners of this

International event rider Pippa Funnell claimed her sixth young horse

"I've had a very busy week and it's still not over yet.

Last year’s winner, William Fox-Pitt has confirmed that he will be

Top combinations are now confirmed for the Alltech FEI European

"In training the eventing show jumper, how do we differ the

"Please help! My name is Georgina and I am 13-years-old.

"On Monday I took Jasper (Tankers Town) and Bruno (Ultimate

It's been a royally good weekend for Ruth Edge, who held the HSBC FEI

"On Monday I schooled some of the horses and rode my youngster

"The week started with a trip to the vets for Joe (Jorrocks Curtis) –

A weekend of exciting top class international competition looks set

"I had a small panic on Monday.

On Monday, I was up early to go to the gallops before it was very hot

The week started with lessons at Bluegate with Ian Woodhead – Joe

The BEF has announced that the proposed 2009 Foal Show, to which all

When H&C was invited to spend the day with our blogger, three day

Three day eventer Sharon Hunt is ranked among the top 50 event riders

"I woke up on Monday feeling rather tired after a very busy couple of

The Baileys Horse Feeds/British Equestrian Federation (BEF) Futurity

“I have got a two-year-old. I have bitted him and started lunging him. He’s very good at being handled, but he’s a pain to catch.

Any tips?

I’d also be grateful for any general tips for an 11.2hh two-year-old Welsh section A.

Thanks."
Morgan

"Hi

I'm Cleo Price and I'm 13-years-old and I want to ask a question about cross-country and eventing.

I've recently taken part in my riding club's two-day event and I found it really fun and exciting, but when it got to the cross-country phase it fell to pieces. I was riding a fairly excitable pony and I really wasn't that confident, which wasn't helped by the nasty fall I'd had the day before and on the same pony. Consequently, the pony got very tense and we only got to the second fence until we were eliminated after three refusals.

I have a really encouraging riding teacher but I'm not sure what to do. I guess I've learned from this experience, but do you have any tips for getting more confident on cross-country? I used to be quite a nervous rider but have mostly conquered my nerves - it's just at the cross-country that I need to grit my teeth and carry on with, but its really hard. Hope you can help."
Cleo Price

"On Monday, I hacked Harry (Azeb) and Brian (Opposition Express) and

H&C is excited to learn that six of the country’s most talented

"This week began with a trip to the gallops for Joe (Jorrocks

H&C is delighted to learn of a new Pony Club training scheme designed

“Last week began with lots of schooling and lessons with John

"This week began with an early start; I had all the horses to work

Spectators and riders were disappointed when the second day of

"I felt very quiet this morning, which I think was understandable.

British rider Oliver Townend had a fairytale finish to his Badminton

Oliver Townend is the overnight leader, going into the final day at

"I had a great night’s sleep and woke up feeling good.

"I was up early as I had to work Jasper (Tankers Town) first thing by

British rider Emily Baldwin and Drivetime have set a new standard in

"I enjoyed another good night’s sleep - I'm really enjoying the

With Badminton now merely hours away, swot up on your Badminton

"I slept really well again and woke up at 8.30am – a very long lie

“This week started off on a difficult note after the tragedy at

Horses were presented by their hopeful riders in front of Badminton

"I decided this year to just leave the yard and go to Badminton

"I had a reasonably quiet day today, as I want to be well rested for

The draw for this year’s Badminton has been announced, and sees

H&C has learned that Mary King has withdrawn her top horse, Imperial

“This week started well, and Jasper has had a great run at the

Popular event rider and H&C personality Lucinda Fredericks and the

Eventing - or horse trials - originally evolved from the training and

Express Eventing is a radical new compact version of the sport of

H&C blogger Sharon Hunt introduces us to the horses at her yard.

“Monday started with catching up on admin work – yawn!

H&C is thrilled that the agonising wait is over, and Badminton’s 60th

Team GBR is made up of the British Equestrian Teams competing in:

“On Friday 3 April, I decided to invest a bit of time making a

“It has been a busy week which culminated in Burnham Market

“On Monday morning, I schooled the horses and in the afternoon,

Excitement is building at H&C as we learn that the Mitsubishi

“My first event of the season kicked off at Isleham, and my first

“The first weekend of February was marked by BETA.

“The New Year started well, with exciting news of new sponsors –

“In August 2008, I competed as part of Team GB at the Beijing