In this issue

Giving them the best chance
Preparing horses for pre-purchase vettings.

Beyond the yard
A print, a mug and more..

Barefoot hooves have greater motion than those with shoes

The second set of results from a pilot study into equine movement have now been released

2 mins

Calls for changes in racing after deaths

Authorities pledge to review and analyse races after three horses died during the 2023 Grand National meeting

2 mins

Progress made in solving the grass sickness puzzle

Vets and scientists have discussed the challenges posed by the disease and how to tackle it in the future

2 mins

Banned from one sport-banned from all the rest?

Racing and other disciplines are considering whether, and how, sanctions brought by one body could apply elsewhere

2 mins

Pony philanthropist

Elizabeth Barratt, 17, set up Project Pony in 2021, loaning talented competition ponies to young riders who wouldn't otherwise have an opportunity to compete

3 mins

Giving them the best chance

A successful vetting can help to make a sale, so what is involved and how can sellers prepare a horse for a vetting

8 mins

'It's all about Corach. He was brilliant'

A distinctive gelding, who “loves shovels-full of carrots and parsnips”, gives Kinross trainer Lucinda Russell and jockey Derek Fox an incredible second win in the Randox Grand National

4 mins

Box office horses take the spotlight

From the dazzling Constitution Hill to Warren Greatrex's emotional Topham success, there was even more to savour

3 mins

Bradburne is on a winning streak

While the Grand National was taking place – a race synonymous with Katie Bradburne’s own family – the teenager proved her own winning credentials

4 mins

'Mind games' pay off

Laura Collett has to leave her superstar London 52 at home but triumphs onher second Badminton hopeful, while a new partnership also rise to the top

5 mins

Giant victory

One horse provides connections with a victory that they will remember, while another relishes a marathon trip

5 mins

Making memories

Tessa Waugh reminisces over the trials and tribulations of Easter traditions, the whims of dual-personality ponies and getting hands-on among the next generation of pony-orientated mothers

2 mins

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The UK's leading weekly equestrian magazine
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