Peter Geerink and Heartbreaker, pictured at Aachen in 1999.Legendary showjumping sire Heartbreaker has died aged 32, leaving a dominant dynasty competing at the top level across the world
Posted: 20/04/2021
Library image.‘The Covid-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on the importance of vaccination in helping to protect us from disease and to reduce the transmission of infection’
Posted: 20/04/2021
Carl Hester on the Duke of Edinburgh, and preparing for the Olympics
BEFORE the glory of the 2009 European Championships and the floodlit evening performances we’ve since enjoyed in the amazing atmosphere of the Royal Windsor Horse Show, the dressage world was delighted to be invited to take part, on grass, at national level, back in the 1990s. It was a rather splendid affair sponsored by Hermès, […]
Posted: 20/04/2021
Henry Squibb lands the feature class with Kilcurry Dawn as huge fields of young jockeys emerge from lockdown in flying form at the Winter Pony Championship, South View, Cheshire
Henry Squibb Kilcurry DawnHENRY SQUIBB kept a cool head and used the power and scope of Kilcurry Dawn to land the prestigious Charles Britton Equestrian Construction winter JA classic. “The key is to keep him confident, he’ll jump the moon if he’s happy,” said the on-form Henry, winner of the previous day’s 1.25m and the only rider with […]
Posted: 20/04/2021
Piggy March cements her partnership with Dargun, while Kitty King takes the other CCI4*-S at the first British international of the season
Kitty King riding CRISTAL FONTAINE in CCI-S 4* Section B, during the cross country phase of the BURNHAM MARKET INTERNATIONAL (1) held at Sussex Farm near Burnham Market in Norfolk in the UK on the 17th April 2021PIGGY MARCH and Kitty King dominated at the first British CCI4*-S of the season, when between them they took first and second in both four-star sections. From her eight rides, only one of Piggy’s rides finished outside the top 10, but it was Dargun, a 13-year-old owned by Jane Del Missier, who provided the highlight. […]
Posted: 20/04/2021
