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.

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Should blood rules match across different disciplines? • The contentious topic is still being discussed, and an FEI task force is reviewing the protocols

Fresh advances in laminitis prevention and management • A major body of research has been presented, offering new insights that may help reduce the risk of laminitis in horses

HORSES IN THE NEWS

OBITUARIES

IN BRIEF

Progress in tackling obesity but welfare must be key to judging • The Weigh to Win scheme has made major changes in the seven years it has been running in the show ring

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

New in-hand final to run at Royal International • The series is designed to celebrate excellence in horse and pony breeding

GOOD WEEK

BAD WEEK

More can be done to empower caring owners on welfare • A study investigated what horse owners think is essential in terms of protection of their horses’ welfare

And finally… water horse

LETTERS

H&H FROM THE ARCHIVES

Horse & Hound

‘The top level is becoming unreachable’ • Pammy Hutton on the price of the podium and the sector's vanishing voice

‘Can the British showjumpers bring it home?’ • Graham Fletcher assesses the form ahead of the World Championships

Jess Mendoza • Riding high on Britain's recent Nations Cup triumph at Hickstead, the US-based British showjumper talks to Martha Terry about team honours, making her pony-mad teenage dreams come true - and transforming her childhood passion into a lucrative American enterprise

On the record

Two to watch

Face fly

Fly, fly away • Flies are a perennial pest and can cause a range of horse health problems. Kieran O'Brien MRCVS explains

POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS

Settle in Sussex • With Goodwood and Hickstead on the doorstep, this county's a horse haven

Joint health • Support your horse's joints year-round with this selection of supplements

Nominations are now open for the Horse & Hound Awards 2026 • Nominate your equine and human heroes for our prestigious awards, now in their 11th year. We are delighted to announce that NAF and Agria return as headline partners for 2026

The Aachen entries YOUR ULTIMATE H&H GUIDE • H&H's experts bring you the essential info on the eventing and showjumping starters at the World Championships in Aachen over the next two weeks

Kukuk makes it Check-mate • The Olympic champion retains his London grand prix title for the second successive year, narrowly denying Scott Brash and Harry Charles a home win

LONGINES GLOBAL CHAMPIONS TOUR GRAND PRIX OF LONDON

HUSBAND AND WIFE ARE THE PERFECT TEAM

Juwel dazzles for red-hot Chilean • A Chilean rider makes a winning debut 7,000 miles from home and an Olympic medal-winning eventer comes out of retirement

“HE'S 19 YEARS YOUNG AND LOVES THE BIG STAGE”

Young rider claims the national crown • At just 21, Madison Heath is crowned the new national champion and a “perfect saint” helps a rider who lost her vision in a riding accident

“NODDY DOES ALL THE SEEING FOR ME”

It's Dawson's time to shine with Sunrise • Traffic woes can't stop a sensational teenager and a boys-only jump-off produces an elated...