Horse & Hound

Published by Time Inc. (UK) Ltd 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.

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Seven Paralympic medals for Britain in Versailles • There was no team medal for Britain for the first time ever, but every rider finished on the podium in Paris

Farewell to one of the best puissance horses of all time • Mr Blue Sky UK, who won over the red wall 11 times with Guy Williams, was put down aged 15 after a field injury

HORSES IN THE NEWS

IN BRIEF

Rider denies doping after team loses Olympic placing • Tine Magnus and the Belgian team said they do not know the source of the drug that caused the positive test

Dressage rider suspended for eight months for whip video • The medal-winning Danish rider is appealing the amended decision made by her federation

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

Hunts meet across country to show the sport's truth • The first National Trail Hunting Day is taking place this Saturday

GOOD WEEK BAD WEEK

Important change for those travelling horses abroad • The EU has tweaked the wording of the official export health certificates needed for all horses leaving Britain

And finally… socks appeal!

LETTERS

Horse & Hound

‘This is the ultimate five-star test’ • Mark Phillips on Burghley's highs, lows, challenges and champions

‘Letting Assouline go was a mistake’ • Pammy Hutton on Paralympic pride and standing up for dressage

Michael Eilberg • The top dressage rider talks to Polly Bryan about the special horse with the potential to carry him back onto the British team, how to be a better coach and using his talent for teaching to help the sport

Mother of boys • Callie Coles on instilling a love of riding in children, ponies in the kitchen, penning her novel and documenting her day-to-day juggle

Ready for anything • Horses can and will get themselves into scrapes, so an equine first aid kit is a crucial piece of equipment. Liz Richardson MRCVS details what to include

WHAT'S NEW in the veterinary world? • Research projects are furthering our knowledge on exactly how horses move. Peter Green MRCVS reports

Fresh trim • Mains- and battery-operated clippers – find the perfect pair from this selection

A Burghley dream • The “unreal” Lordships Graffalo helps Ros Canter tick a box she thought might always elude her, at a vintage edition of the local five-star where it all started for her

SUSSEX-BASED FRENCHMAN AND HOT MARE BEST DEBUTANTS

“I OWE HIM EVERYTHING”

Canter's pair rule • The Badminton leader scores a repeat, with the winner second – both for one rider – and others land personal bests

“HE GETS BOTTLES OF WINE WITH VIDEOS”

‘Fluid, horse-friendly, with the right questions’ • Harry Payne assesses this new test and why Ros Canter stood out for him

‘One of the toughest’ • Course-designer Derek di Grazia proves a master again as the cross-country course is influential, with “a lot of questions throughout”, but not punishing

“I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE”

MAX WARBURTON AND HIS YOUNG GREY EXCEL

WHICH FENCES CAUSED PROBLEMS?

A fitting finale • Lordships Graffalo achieves legend status and Tim Price pulls off a long-awaited and popular turnaround in Vitali's final-phase form

DITCHING THE BIT...