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.

Girl power

Vets debate: is everyday equine welfare the constant endeavour? • Practitioners looked into the issue of their role in horse welfare, in a spirited congress session

Major appeal launched after an increase in grass sickness • There have already been more cases in 2026 than 2025, with clusters of acute illness, fatal to all horses concerned

NEWS Insider

Pre-purchase horsebox checks are key as many connected with crime • More than one in nine lorries and trailers checked were connected with some irregularity

Major operation against 'horse trafficking' group • The investigation shows the need for a better system of horse identification

Sabotage by former staff member caused two positive dope tests • The FEI Tribunal accepted that the riders and trainers were not at fault for the presence of a beta blocker

LETTERS

‘Our sport is alive and well’ • Carl Hester on Aachen and a new anti-doping course for grooms

'Families are being squeezed out' • Rebecca Penny on rising costs and remembering “the other 50%”

The best test we've ever done • From legs shaking in the special to the calmest she’s ever felt in the ring, Lottie Fry relives her history-making double double at the Aachen World Championships

How does a world champion prepare? With playlist and pasta

The high-tech athlete • Wearable technology is transforming equine veterinary care in horseracing.

The autumn edit • Welcome in the new season with timeless classics and an updated colour palette – for horse and rider – perfect for on the yard and beyond

Lights, camera, action • Whether you’re capturing memorable moments in the saddle, recording footage on the road or in the market for a camera mount, we have it covered

‘My passion for Suffolks’ • Tullis Matson visits the Princess Royal’s Gatcombe Park Stud to meet a flourishing herd of rare-breed Suffolk horses.

Unfinished business • Charlotte Dujardin gets the better of worlds selection rival to claim the national title, as a horsebox crash survivor returns to win a year on and the show’s leading rider claims four titles on four different horses

King Aragon rules • This “boutique but serious” event puts young horses and riders in the spotlight, with an Irish talent on a home-bred taking the new under-25 advanced class

‘Great sport for all of us’ • Riders sing the praises of recent county shows, where a raft of talented young horses shine

Final Fling’s double delight • A hack scoops back-to-back wins, two sisters claim a ticket each and a clutch of riders claim first tickets to HOYS

Rooted in supreme success • Two heavyweight hunters impress and a broodmare scoops the in-hand breeding supreme

‘He changed the make and shape of the foxhound’ • In the next of his series about great hunting men he knew personally, Alastair Jackson explains the vast influence of a true titan of the sport, Sir Peter Farquhar

Huntsman mode activated • Once a huntsman, always a huntsman, muses Tessa Waugh – a scowling passenger as she spends her first morning’s autumn hunting hanging, half-asleep, onto the coat-tails of her beloved