Kentucky five-star, a blue-blooded foal, and extra issues the pony global is speaking about

Kentucky is pass!

Festival begins these days on the first northern hemisphere five-star of 2024, with most sensible Brits and British-based competition that includes at the get started listing for the Defender Kentucky 3-Day Match, offered through Mars Equestrian. Global champions Yasmin Ingham and Banzai Du Loir, runners-up right here two years in the past, are amongst the ones to have crossed the Atlantic. The pair have been held on the first horse inspection the day gone by, however approved on re-presentation, and are some of the competition to canter down the centre line at the first day of dressage these days (Thursday, 25 April). H&H is on website online in Kentucky to deliver you all of the information because it occurs.

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A foal born to regal oldsters

Queen Mom Champion Chase winner Put The Kettle On, now owned through DahlBury, delivered a filly through Derby winner Golden Horn on 22 April. Teacher Tom Symonds, who is a part of the DahlBury workforce, informed H&H the entirety went easily. “It hasn’t been the best iciness however she appears to be like fabulous, and has produced what appears to be like to be a long-legged, big-eared foal, which is what you wish to have,” he mentioned. “It’s two champions taking part; she’s a champion and Golden Horn is not any other, and a gorgeous horse, so it’s beautiful they may get in combination.”

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Long term of dressage

H&H columnist Anna Ross displays at the NAF 5 Superstar Wintry weather Dressage Championships and stocks ideas about adjustments to the game in her unique column this week. Anna says that Addington, the brand new house of those championships, was once a “roaring luck”. “There was some detrimental press about dressage lately. Alternatively there was once so much to be certain about at those championships: the gorgeous driving, and seeing riders supporting one every other in individual and on-line, for instance,” says Anna. “To criticise is the perfect task on the planet, so it’s just right to peer answers coming ahead, then again arguable they could also be – it will get the dialog going previous the naysayers.”

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Lucy is an skilled information journalist, reporter and presenter. Since becoming a member of the Horse & Hound workforce in 2015, Lucy has reported from primary world carrying occasions together with the Tokyo Paralympic Video games and more than one Ecu Championships, in addition to Badminton, Burghley and London, to call a couple of. She has coated present affairs and sports activities information around the complete spectrum of equestrian disciplines and racing, in addition to human and equine welfare, trade information and courtroom circumstances.