A golden birthday celebration, a large spice up for Burghley, and different issues the pony global is speaking about

Celebrating Olympic golds

Nice Britain’s group gold medal-winning trio of Scott Brash, Harry Charles and Ben Maher, in addition to Germany’s newly topped particular person Olympic champion Christian Kukuk, can be joined through bronze group medallist Simon Delestre of France and the Dutch particular person bronze medallist Maikel van der Vleuten for a different rite on the London leg of the International Champions Excursion. The medallists’ rite will happen in the primary ring at Royal Medical institution Chelsea on Saturday, 17 August at 1.15pm forward of the beginning of the day’s five-star motion. The grooms and riders can be given presents and there can be a reside Q&A.

To find out who else can be competing in London

Burghley arrangements proceed

Defender Burghley Horse Trials cross-country course-designer Derek di Grazia (left), and match director Martyn Johnson (proper).

Defender Burghley Horse Trials is celebrating after it used to be introduced on Monday (12 August) that its identify sponsor is extending its long-standing fortify with a brand new “multi-year” settlement. Match director Martyn Johnson mentioned that Defender’s “renewed funding method we will be able to proceed to ship and expand a world-class match annually”. Land Rover has been the reliable automobile provider to Burghley for the reason that early Nineteen Nineties and was identify sponsor in 2005.

To find out who’s entered for Burghley up to now

A deadly canine assault

Sunny pictured previous to the assault.

Our ideas are with all of the connections of a 10-year-old gelding, who used to be present in his box together with his “jaw striking off” after a canine assault. Sunny’s accidents have been so critical that he needed to be put down, regardless of vets’ absolute best efforts to save lots of him. “The guilt, the sorrow and the anger are simply overwhelming,” Sunny’s loaner Kirsty McMath informed H&H. “And it’s now not simply our circle of relatives, it’s Sunny’s homeowners too, they’re devastated.”

Learn the entire tale *Caution – comprises distressing data*

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Carol is an skilled journalist and editor, who could also be a passionate beginner rider and devoted horse proprietor, having ridden since adolescence. She has a selected pastime within the emotional well-being and moral coaching of horses, along veterinary issues, having garnered in depth first-hand revel in of a large number of equine well being prerequisites via greater than 30 years of horse possession.