21+ hour, 26+ min ago   (1206+ words) The intuitive response, when your flying changes aren’t going well in your dressage tests, is often to ride more of them. The instinct makes sense – practise the thing that isn’t working – but it’s rarely where the fix actually lies. “Very…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (288+ words) Quiet, slow repetition is the key to how to solve your horse’s fear of ditches. To build – or rebuild – confidence in jumping ditches, it’s vital to start this part of his eventing training from scratch, says British team performance coach…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (462+ words) Watch The July Festival live this week and witness the finest horses and jockeys take centre stage in a celebration of speed, style and atmosphere at Newmarket. ITV will screen some of the action from The Debenhams July Festival live…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (444+ words) Watch the Coral-Eclipse live this weekend and enjoy the action from Britain’s first Group 1 “generation clash” of the season at Sandown Park. ITV will screen some of the action on Coral-Eclipse Day live and for free on ITV4 and ITVX from…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (748+ words) An MA graduate in French and Italian from Cambridge University, Martha initially started in the world of racing journalism on the bottom rungs of the Racing Post. She joined H&H as magazine assistant back in 2003, moving on to become…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (257+ words) Longines Luhmühlen Horse Trials is the final major fixture before team selections are made for the FEI World Championships in Aachen this year, and although there have been some last-minute withdrawals, the event will host plenty of elite combinations. Horse…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1320+ words) You may be keen to know how to start riding bridleless if you’ve been inspired by recent events. Much of the interest generated recently is a result of the first British Bridleless Competition. Mia Rodley of The Heart of Horsemanship,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (271+ words) And I don’t think I was alone. Even at the top levels of dressage, you see horses scoring eights and nines for their trot and canter, then plummeting down to sixes for the walk. But it doesn’t have to be…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (264+ words) Watch Bramham Horse Trials live this week and enjoy the action from Yorkshire’s premier eventing fixture. Defender Bramham Horse Trials is the penultimate major fixture before team selections are made for the FEI World Championships in Aachen this year, so…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (214+ words) Teaching your horse cues from the ground shows the horse exactly what you expect, as well as improving suppleness, core strength and coordination. This groundwork exercise is useful for helping the horse understand how to engage the hindleg, or for…...