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.

Good moves

Plans for world-class sport at the Los Angeles Olympics revealed • The timetable for the 2028 equestrian events avoids the mid-day heat

MEDALS FOR HORSES?

Top equestrian brands are facing difficult decisions • Charles Owen is to stop UK production and Thermatex and Griffin NuuMed are understood to have shut down

HORSES IN THE NEWS

Rules allowing voice aids in dressage are welcomed • British Dressage and British Riding Clubs have made the change for some competitions, to apply from January 2026

IN BRIEF

Pet company boss's apology for fireworks after horse's death • A young horse was fatally injured during the display held at the Pets Corner chief executive’s home

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

Ireland and Britain to host new championships • Millstreet will run the first under-25 worlds – and Cornbury the second

GOOD WEEK BAD WEEK

Putting ourselves in horses' place to give them lives well lived • World Horse Welfare explains why looking through our horses’ eyes is the key to giving them good lives

And finally… top mum

LETTERS

Horse & Hound

'Is yanking horses acceptable?' • Joe Fernyhough on where course-building is going right – and badly wrong

Access all areas Joe Stockdale • From emulating his late father Tim’s six-bar win to inheriting a tireless work ethic, Joe Stockdale is reaping the rewards of his best-for-the-horse approach. Martha Terry goes behind the scenes

Daily routine

Two to watch

Beneath the surface

Cartoonist • Artist Darren Bird, known as Birdie, on the emotional moments that inspire his drawings, and his passion for horses and those who care for them

Boxing clever • In the first of two articles on box rest care, Edward Busuttil MRCVS explores how to manage its psychological and physiological impacts, stress and reintroducing turnout successfully

Reintroducing turnout safely

A mud fight • Winter brings wet and muddy conditions that can’t be avoided. These products have been formulated to protect your horse’s legs from the elements

Brushstrokes of genius • The best equestrian artists strike a rich chord, touching us on a deeper level than mere aesthetic appeal. Catherine Austen finds out which paintings speak to art-loving riders

Hounds, please

Our past, present - and future • The opening meet of the Fitzwilliam at Milton demonstrates the stability and lengthy history of this illustrious pack of hounds

IN KENNELS

Are you hunting an ex-racehorse? • If so, register him or her with Retraining of Racehorses for free and improve their traceability, says Catherine Austen

A Charles Church for Charles Frampton

Sam Jones wins the Horse & Hound Cup

Hunt solves rural crime

Ideal for Christmas

Like father, like daughter • Generations shared the spotlight – from a stallion and his daughter at grand prix to young riders stepping up – and a former broodmare finds new success

Brains and brilliance combined

'She has blossomed'

FORMER BROODMARE BECOMES DRESSAGE STAR

Study break ends in style

Destination is going places • Nikki Curtis wins with a mare who has changed her world and some...