Horse & Hound

Every week Horse & Hound brings horse lovers up-to-date with the latest news and event reports and provides expert equestrian advice on subjects including training and horse care, the latest equine products and feed. The weekly features inform and entertain inspiring readers to go out and ride to improve their horsemanship in every discipline from eventing to show jumping, dressage to showing, polo and hunting. It is also the must read for anyone wanting to buy or sell a horse.

Supporting initiatives • ANDREW NICHOLSON shares his surprise that more riders did not get behind the ex-racehorse challenge at Cornbury Horse Trials this year, won in fine style by Bubby Upton. Andrew points out the £45,000 prize money was up on anything else seen in eventing outside of the major five-stars (opinion, p14).

Equine welfare sector is at 'breaking point' • A survey found that centres are running out of space, so horses may soon have nowhere to go

No 128cm finals at HOYS in safeguarding measures • British Showjumping has announced changes for junior riders aimed at improving horse and rider experience

NEWS Insider

Demand for top-level competition horses: buy British or go abroad? • In the first of a short series, H&H looks at supply and demand for the top end of the horse sales market

How new anti-terror laws will apply to major equestrian events • Law changes after the Manchester Arena attack will apply to some events when they come into force in 2027

LETTERS • Amateur riders are not peripheral to eventing

‘Riders should get behind this’

A particularly tough season

Adrian Bowen • The Welsh pony and cob breeder explains how his family’s Glyncoch Stud achieved a historic dream double at the Royal Welsh. Their success crowns four decades of experience as a stud, but it wasn’t a straightforward path to victory, with a sheep-related injury in the run-up jeopardising Adrian’s participation

HOYS stable manager

A hard day's graft • What was day-to-day life like for heavy horses in Victorian times? Kieran O'Brien MRCVS opens up the working world of farm equines

New in the ring • Discover the latest products for you and your horse

Three cheers for Harray • A Highland pony lands supreme glory, Exmoors rule and a section B bounces back

Veteran Pheonix rises again • "Proper" cross-country tracks play into the hands of good jumpers with a former five-star horse and a talented under-25 pair among the winners

Haribo tastes sweet success • A Spanish stallion who “thrives on a buzzy atmosphere” dances to the top, there’s success for a section C and a champagne moment for exciting new talent

The Stig finds top gear • A new mother returns to flying form and a mare returns from extensive dental work to win by a wide margin

A new season dawns • The Grove and Rufford enjoy a lovely morning's autumn trail-hunting from Leysfield Farm

Opposition Buzz • From an ugly foal to a horse people laughed at, “Dodi” had a unique style, but became a British team stalwart who was one of the fastest and most reliable cross-country horses of his generation.

'What was I thinking?' • Nostalgia for Pony Club days overwhelms Tessa Waugh as she gets to grips with having her school-leaver offspring at home, who is perfectly capable of stable chores – yet his mother is doing it all