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.

Time for Burghley

Can harmony in riding be defined in dressage? • The debate over a definition of harmony continues as the FEI is urged to consider it

Digital carnets may make travel with horses easier • The paper carnets needed to take horses and equipment to and from the EU are being replaced with digital versions

NEWS Insider

Society takes steps to stamp out disorder in its 50th year • Foals must test negative to be accepted into the British Appaloosa Society’s main studbook

US and Brits go head to head at Blenheim • The new team event will run alongside the four-star with a £50,000 prize pot

More turnout may reduce the risk of post-foaling colic • A study into the factors contributing to post-partum colic in mares has made recommendations for management

HORSE & HOUND

The unenviable selection job • Pippa Roome analyses what scores and experience led to success in Aachen

‘These qualifiers are hairy to watch’ • Bethan Simons on splitting M&M classes and showing ambassadors

What is a wobbler? • When is unsteadiness more than just clumsiness? Rachel Tucker MRCVS explains how wobbler syndrome is identified and what the consequences are

New in the ring • Check out the latest must-have products for you and your horse

Burghley 2026 entries • Whether watching from home or at the event, keep our guide handy – it contains every pair's vital stats, plus H&H reporter Martha Terry's form assessment

Stevens picks herself up • A young horse gives Gemma Stevens a boost with victory, while a returning ride wins for Piggy March

Skybound flies high • One rider grabs the top two spots in the showcase class, with a giant beating his stable-mate for his chance to shine

Caba coup • A mare maintains form and a surprisingly speedy turn for the win

Vogel’s Gangster steals victory • A World Championship gold medallist keeps up his form

Supreme glory for Silver Star • Event rider Oliver Townend picks out a Connemara he wouldn't mind riding himself to stand supreme

Apple pips the rest • Youth trumps experience for supremes and a clutch of first-time HOYS passes are secured

He’s earned his place, fair and square • A 13.2hh pony proves size is no barrier to success and a five-year-old mare keeps her para-medallist dam’s dynasty alive

Allen scores eventing victory • A top pony boosts his young rider's confidence, as much-loved annual championships draw competitors from far and wide

Pride in our puppies • What's it like when a hound you've walked becomes a show ring star?

Big Buck's • The record-breaking staying hurdler could so easily have missed his vocation – were it not for an unpropitious fall. Kate Johnson charts his trajectory from eccentric youngster to invincible superstar

Highland President • The home-bred superstar out of a part-blind dam was “easy from day one”