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HAVING November in August last weekend caused disappointment for all connected to the Festival of British Eventing. Mark Phillips explains (pl4) the lengths the team went to in an attempt to continue at Gatcombe, why they could not, and what other pressures events are facing now. Here's to a deluge-free Haras du Pin, as Europe's best eventers contest medals at this year's championships. Pippa Roome's brilliant form guide (p32) has every Brit marked as a potential individual medallist. Follow the action at horseandhound.co.uk, and enjoy complete analysis in next week's bumper special report issue. Thinking of Haras du Pin, this was the venue for cover star Chilli Morning's brave cross-country round that very nearly won him a gold medal at the 2014 World Equestrian Games (feature, p68). Speaking of medals,…

CHILLI MORNING Chilli Morning II, a sixyear-old clone of the late eventing stallion, won a CCIYH2*-S with Olympic champion Julia Krajewski at Nokere-Waregem, Belgium, on 4-6 August. GARTCONNEL SHOOTING STAR Gartconnel Stud's Welsh section A stallion has died aged 26. He was named best of breed at Olympia and was a HOYS in-hand and ridden finalist. BOHEMIAN The medal-winning 2021 Olympics and Europeans ride of Cathrine LaudrupDufour made his international debut with Patrik Kittel, winning the Crozet grand prix special.…

WINE and horses - could there be a more perfect partnership? US brand Stomping Horse has released a white Chardonneigh, and red Thorougblend. The company was founded by Dawn Page, Steven Shewbrooks and Byron Brewer. Dawn said her former racehorse Trouper inspired the logo for Stomping Horse, which donates to rescue centres to support former racehorses. “Horses can be very social,” she told H&H. “Wine is a form of celebration and relaxation, things both horses and humans enjoy and deserve.”…

pippa.roome@futurenet.com @pipparoomeorkyie I NEVER thought I'd live to see the day that we would have to cancel cross-country on the freedraining Cotswold slopes at Gatcombe. My son Peter, who is the event director, the British Eventing (BE) steward and the technical advisor all did everything they could to be able to put on the Magic Millions Festival of British Eventing, but eventually after more than an inch of rain in 24 hours from Storm Antoni, it was impossible to stage the five British championships. On Saturday, the crosscountry was cancelled as even the fleet of Land Rover Defenders struggled in the conditions. This meant the demise of the regular novice and intermediate classes, but we hoped that all the championships could run on the Sunday. A whole new ring was…

Pony European Championships, Le Mans, France ELLA HOWARD and Midnight Mist III were the best of the Brits at the pony European Championships in Le Mans when they finished 10th individually. The only other British combination to complete were Willow Docker and The Devil Wears Prada II, 19th. A cross-country fall for Jessica McCaldin and Baramona Lass ended Britain's hopes of completing the team event. Fourth team member Clara Wilson had withdrawn Kildromin Banjo prior to the start of the competition as the pony wasn't quite right. Germany won gold in the team competition and occupied the top three spots in the individual event - Nell Roming and Marlon 192 were crowned overall champions. France finished second, while Ireland claimed bronze.…

Youth Home Nations, Sparsholt College, Hants JESSICA FINNEY claimed the highest medium score (69.07%) across two days of competition with Rough Lee So Schufro, helping the North & West region's Windsor team take the overall title. She and teammates Olivia Georgetti, Elizabeth Jeffers and Ellie Chilvers finished five marks ahead of their nearest rivals, the Welsh Snowdonia team. Kizzie Lucas, competing for Snowdonia, was the leading elementary rider with Candito, a 10-year-old Irish Sport Horse she bought a year ago. “He was a hidden gem we found by word of mouth,” she said of the former event gelding. “He seemed so trainable, with such a kind attitude. He's coming along really well. “He felt on fabulous form, so I thought let's go for it,” added Kizzie, who scored first and…

Pony European Championships, France ABIGAIL GRAY and George Clooney BS led the British pony quartet to fifth of 13 nations in the team competition. They also smashed their own personal bests to claim fifth place in the individual and fourth in the freestyle. The relatively new partnership of Abigail, 15, and the British-bred Caesar 171 gelding began their campaign with a 72.8% score to propel Britain into overnight silver. Team-mates Ella Glennon, Sofia Games and Demi Howard-Cartwright produced mature performances, but it was Abigail's overall seventh that kept Britain in the running to finish behind champions Germany and Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands. “We had some nice ponies and all the girls had respectable scores, but it was Abigail's first Europeans and she smashed it,” said British chef d'équipe Nina…

Share your news story Call 0330 390 6386 Email eleanor.jones@futurenet.com @ jones_eleanor_ THERE has been “huge disappointment” at the FEI's decision to leave Hickstead out of the revamped Nations Cup series - but hope for something better to come. On 1 August, the FEI confirmed that the new League of Nations would run at four venues, rather than the five originally stated. In 2024 the qualifiers will be held at St Gallen, Switzerland; Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Abu Dhabi, UAE; and Ocala, US. The final will be in Barcelona, Spain. “Obviously we're hugely disappointed, with the FEI's decision and the way it's been handled, after 50 years of hosting Britain's Nations Cup, and such a magnificent win at Hickstead last week,” Hickstead director Lizzie Bunn told H&H. “We are still keen…

Six-time Olympic eventer Mary King was stood down from competition for three weeks after a fall from King Patrick at Dauntsey on 28 July. Para dressage rider Suz Hext won gold in the S5 50m freestyle and silver in the 100m freestyle at the Para Swimming World Championships. Showjumper Adrian Speight and Millfield Baloney were crowned British Showjumping national champions for the second time in three years. Report p50. Former jockey Ed Barrett, who was paralysed in a fall, completed a climb of Mount Snowdon in aid of the Injured Jockeys Fund and Midlands Air Ambulance. Champion woman amateur jockey under Rules Alice Stevens, 25, will become a conditional jockey this autumn. Alice said: “I want to try it out”.…

ESCAPING An old story resurfaces of an “axeman” who escaped Dartmoor prison 50 years ago, on the pretext of feeding ponies. He's officially still on the run; some say he may be dead or have left the country. He could still be trying to find buckets or a hoofpick, tbh. SPENDING Overheard, two pre-teen girls. “Being in a tack shop is dangerous, I want to buy everything,” one sighed. Teach ‘em young! DELIVERIES To the bottom of the Grand Canyon, where Amazon delivers on mules, in eight-hour trips. Would that be covered by Prime next-day delivery, is the big question… WEATHER Readers may have noticed our restraint in not mentioning this summer's awfulness… but Gatcombe cancelled in rain and gales? January, we have told you before, it is not your…

alexandra.robinson@futurenet.com @aiexrob_journo_ FIRSTLY, I would like to congratulate everyone at Hickstead for a brilliant Royal International. Everything was so well organised, from the helpful security team and parking staff to all the officials and stewards. It is no mean feat to bring together a huge event with such precision. Congratulations to Will Morton for lifting not only the hunter championship, but also the supreme horse title with the lightweight hunter Kilcarna Brilliant. The horse started his career with showman Robert Walker's son Sam in the intermediate show hunter ranks before growing over height. He's still not a tall horse and the picture is very nice with Will. Another young talent to flourish there was working hunter champion and reserve supreme rider Craig Kiddier aboard Mulberry Lane. OPINION These two young…

RIDER BUBBY UPTON “WHEN I was 17, I saw a picture of Cola on Facebook jumping with his knees round his ears and rang Andrew Williams at GHF Equestrian. I'd tried a couple of their horses, so they knew what I liked - he said, ‘Bubby, this is too weird, [my business partner] Vicky Tuffs just said I should get in touch with you about him.’ I tried him and loved him. He was only six but you could tell he had power and presence. “I count my lucky stars because never in a million years did we think he'd do what he's done. He was bought as a potential young rider horse, won two medals at that level and has now completed four fivestars. I remember training with Caroline…

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HIGHLIGHTS 26-30 July pippa.roome@futurenet.com @pipparoomeorkyle Bishop Burton, E Yorks ANNA PRICE was in imperious form at the Bishop Burton Regional Youth Championships, taking victory in both the junior and young rider CCl2*-Ls. Her winning partner in the 49-strong junior section was Keep Happy, an eight-year-old daughter of Connect whom she has been riding for two years. “I feel like she really grew up this week and didn't need me to hold her hand like she has in the past,” said the 18-year-old. “She excels in the dressage and although it was her first time in a long arena she actually found it easier as she's such a big-moving horse. It was a proper championship cross-country track, but she ate it up and then found the showjumping very easy. She's so…

FIRST WIN SEBASTIAN ROLDAN OLIVERAand Criafol Commanche Master finally landed the top spot of the podium after three second places this season when they won novice section G at their local event, Burgham. They were the only combination to complete on their dressage score in their section and one of just two pairs to record a clear round within the time over a challenging showjumping track. “He's a 17.2hh standardbred who has huge feet, but is a gentle giant,” says Sebastian, who hails from Argentina and rides the seven-yearold just once a week for owner Alexandra Eavis. “He has a lovely balanced canter and doesn't even have to try over the fences, he finds it all so easy. He's a flashy horse and really picks up his knees. Although he's…

AGAINST THE ODDS “DURING a run of extraordinarily bad luck last year, he was the only thing that got me up every day,” said Melissa Richardson of Gravgaards Sir Dundee, winner of both the advanced medium and PSG silver titles at Bury Farm. “I've been chipping away with him for a long time.” Nicknamed “Mick”, after the Crocodile Dundee star, the Sir Donnerhall gelding was bought for Melissa to sell back in 2015, by showing producer Chris Willett. Chris sadly passed away, and the pandemic plus a series of personal misfortunes and changes in circumstance caused the pair's progress to slow. “Our trainer Daniel Greenwood was very busy and Matt Cox stepped in to help,” said Melissa, a “oneman band” who runs a small livery yard and competes without grooms…

WEST OF ENGLAND HOUNDSHOW 3 August catherine.austen@futurenet.com @cfaustenl23 West of England Hound Show at Honiton, Devon FOXHOUNDS THE unseasonal wet weather did not deter 18 packs of foxhounds and large crowds of supporters from attending this year's show. In the absence of any of the major showing packs, the prizes were well distributed among the locals with the Dulverton West and the Taunton Vale taking the lion's share. The Taunton Vale achieved a remarkable clean sweep, taking all four of the championship cups. The Cattistock had a flying start with first and second in the local unentered class with Gralloch, a handsome son of Heythrop Greenwich 17, and the home-bred Radical. By the start of the second class the heavy rain and the subsequent mud created challenging conditions. Judges Mike…

CHILLI MORNING'S best-known offspring are Chilli Knight, winner of the 2021 Bicton CCI5* with Gemma Stevens (pictured), and Jalapeno, sixth at Badminton this year. There are also three Chilli clones: Deuce, with German Olympic champion Julia Krajewski; Tres, with Chinese rider Alex Hua Tian; and Quattro, being ridden by Gemma. “They have identical DNA and the colouring is 99.5% identical, but the final skin cells vary - they all have white blazes and four white socks, but all are slightly different-shaped,” explains Chris Stones. “I'm thinking Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. Gold, silver and bronze - that's the dream.”…

A MEDITATIVE meander through a meadow as an expert in wildflowers and grasses observes his horses selectively grazing the variety of available plants. ADM Brown's botanical knowledge is fascinating, and his assessment of the grassy menu reads like a Michelin restaurant report. “Clover, Dutch or any other, is very agreeable to him, but not before, or even as much as, those grasses: but Hop Trefoil and Black Medica are a delicacy and so is a certain Hawkbit. Taken as they come, but not searched out, are the crowns of Dandelions, into which he bites deep, Broad-leaved Plantain, Ribwort Plantain and the tops of young Creeping Thistle. “This selective feeding is very interesting to note. So is the way the horses like to talk to you while they graze, as they…

FOR the first time in history, Britain is sending a dressage team to the Olympics, held in Mexico City. At this Midlands International Horse Show at Stoneleigh, Olympic stalwarts Johanna Hall and Coversano Caprice score a “very comfortable win” in the grand prix and are duly selected for their third Games (their first two were as individuals). “This magnificent little horse, though nearly half as old again as any of his opponents, appeared as young, gay and athletic as ever as he and his rider demonstrated with marvellous precision the collection, the musical regularity of rhythm and tempo, the controlled impulsion, the proud obedience, the lightness and the suppleness that make good dressage such a joy and inspiration to watch.” Domini Lawrence (San Fernando) and Lorna Johnstone (El Guapo) complete…

DREAM DAY FOR ENGLISH POLO ENGLAND took two wins on a “dream” day of international polo: the Whitbread Trophy and the King's Coronation Cup. The Young England side beat the Commonwealth team to take the first victory 11-4, then the senior side followed suit, winning 12-8, on 29 July at Guards Polo Club, Windsor. Louis Hine led Will Millard, Luke Wiles and Will Harper for the youth team, and Max Charlton, Ollie Cudmore and James Beim were captained by Tommy Beresford in the King's Coronation Cup. Chris Mackenzie, who represented the Commonwealth in the senior game, was most valuable player and his own Biento, previously trained by Mick Appleby as Badalona Breeze, won the Retraining of Racehorses prize. Tommy Beresford's Teddy was best playing pony and Raul Mora won the…

Email to hhletters@futurenet.com Name and address must be included. Letters may be edited. SHOUT OUT TO ASTON MY daughter Sophie has been privileged this year to be part of the incredible Wesko programme, training at Aston-le-Walls with top-level trainers. Most of the training in spring was in challenging weather, but Aston's facilities are superb and the training on all-weather surfaces was exceptional. The confidence Sophie has gained as a grassroots rider has been incredible. Following her training she entered the one-star at Aston. The new showjumping arena there is exceptional, the cross-country going was superb despite a dry spell, and all the stewards were encouraging. “The team atAston-le-Walls deserve a shout-out” SUE HALL HAVE YOUR SAY Do you feel strongly about an issue in the horse world? Write to H&H at…

“I THOUGHT it was a parking ticket!” Roly Owers says. “I'd been caught by cameras in a 20mph zone going into London early one morning.” So when he opened the official-looking envelope and found he had been awarded an OBE for services to equine welfare in The King's birthday honours list, he says he “couldn't quite get my head around the fact that it wasn't inviting me to a speed awareness course”. Roly was shocked, and felt “almost guilty” for being recognised for doing his job, as the World Horse Welfare charity's chief executive since 2008. When he had time to reflect, he realised it's “a brilliant recognition of the journey that the charity has been on, and the continued relevance of equines to societies around the world”. “The horse-human…

INFECTION by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which causes Lyme disease, is becoming more recognisable and more common in regions in which types of ticks (Ixodes spp.), which carry the bacterium, are endemic. Lyme disease is referred to as a vector-borne disease, because the spread of the bacteria relies on the tick (the vector) to transmit the disease to various host animals when it feeds. It is thought to be the most common disease spread by ticks in the northern hemisphere and commonly occurs in the spring and early summer. Within the UK, research in horses has observed high levels of seropositivity (presence of the antibodies that combat the disease) in East Anglia and on the south coast, but low seropositivity in Newmarket, Yorkshire, Scotland and Ireland. Similar trends have been…

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CHLOE CHUBB had a successful final day at the show, bagging two HOYS tickets in flat and working hunter pony ranks. She partnered her own Popsters Mister Nando (pictured, above) to a clear round in the trappy 133cm class. The Glebedale Miri Mawr nine-year-old gelding has taken to the jumping job really well, combining his second career with being shown in Welsh section C classes on the flat. This will be Chloe's first time competing at HOYS in the workers. “This was his second time jumping on grass and he popped round really well,” said Chloe, who also won the HOYS open Dartmoor class with breeder Elizabeth Newbolt-Young's Shilstone Rocks River Dart, an eight-year-old stallion by Shilstone Rocks Snow Goose. ON FORM “It was worth the 4am wake-up call,” she…

The Ryedale Show, Welburn Park, N Yorks TWO showing debutantes booked a surprise ticket to “see Santa” at the head of the London International (LIHS) working show horse qualifier. Jasmine Watson, a full-time occupational therapist, partnered Beverley racecourse chief executive Sally Iggulden's exciting four-year-old Tirgarve Bonnie to win the class, having been persuaded to dip her toe into showing waters for the very first time. “They were due to contest the Burghley young event horse class - in which they finished fifth - but I managed to talk Jasmine into having a go at this class as well,” said Sally. “Work commitments meant I couldn't be there so I gave them a quick tune-up and took some kit over for them the day before. I was absolutely delighted to hear…

MARK EDWARDS’ dominance of all three of the wild card qualifying leagues meant passes for the international classes at HOYS dropped down this year. Mark and secondplaced Phillip Miller qualified through the gold league, while Helen Tredwell collected her pass as runner-up in the international stairway league. The show league wild card passed down to Paul Barker. Adrian Speight gets through as national champion. Meanwhile Nicole Lockhead Anderson claimed the under-25 wild card. TALKING POINT…

HIGHLIGHTS 24-30 July polly.bryan@futurenet.com @pollyrose21 Northallerton Summer Regional Championships, North Yorks “SHE'S on really good form,” said Paul Hayler of his homebred mare Suhara Jubilee, who claimed both the prix st georges (PSG) and inter I gold titles with plus-70% scores. “After another year at this level, her balance, expression and movement have come on so much.” “It's all for pleasure. I just want to enjoy the journey” NICOLA NAPRSTEK The 10-year-old, who is by Showmaker out of Alma B, continues to impress Paul with her trainability and ability to concentrate. “She's very reliable in competition,” he said. “She has good piaffe-passage and finds the canter work easy. We haven't even pushed her yet.” Nicola Naprstek is reaping rewards with Don Cru despite a late start to the season, after…

“IF Chilli were a person, he'd have been George Clooney, with perfect manners and always knowing how to conduct himself. I loved him to bits,” says Jackie Potts (pictured), William's head girl for decades and one of the best managers of competition horses in the business. Former performance manager Yogi Breisner has credited Jackie's tactful handling as being key to Chilli's success. “He was still a stallion, however, and I am a midget, so I had to apply some psychology to managing him,” continues Jackie. “I presented myself as the dominant mare and him as the glamorous stallion. “We had a mutual respect. For instance, I never groomed him in the stable - always outside with horses and people moving around, where he felt like the herd leader. If he…

GRACING the cover is US rider Mary Chapot aboard the thoroughbred White Lightning, who won the Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Hickstead in 1968 among many other top successes. Mary was the first woman (alongside Kathy Kusner) to ride for the US in an Olympic Games, in 1964. White Lightning would go on to compete in the Mexico Olympics later in the year, where the US came fourth.…