Worthy Horse & Hound award winners, Operation X, and different issues the pony international is speaking about

1. The Horse & Hound Awards

Remaining evening (22 November) 14 winners had been topped on the 8th annual Horse & Hound Awards, in partnership with NAF. Some 300 of the pony international’s nice and excellent amassed at Dallas Burston Polo Membership for the glittering rite to have a good time those that have made a distinction this 12 months. “Each and every of our shortlisted horses and people used to be extremely deserving in their very own proper, and I am hoping all know what out of the ordinary give a boost to that they had from the Horse & Hound target audience whether they picked up a trophy remaining evening,” stated H&H editor-in-chief Sarah Jenkins.

In finding out who the winners had been

2. Operation X

Andreas Helgstrand and Jovian on the 2023 Eu Dressage Championships.

The equestrian international has been rocked following the published of the primary a part of Danish tv manufacturing corporate TV2’s Operation X documentary the day prior to this. The programme is in accordance with photos filmed undercover by means of a reporter posing as a groom at Helgstrand Dressage. The documentary comprises interviews with former group of workers contributors and riders, and presentations photos of horses with accidents understood to were injured with spurs and whips whilst being exercised.
H&H has been reporting in this case, and can be freeing a complete record at the documentary later nowadays (23 November).

Learn what Helgstrand Dressage needed to say forward of the published

3. An crowd pleasing trip switches from one legend to any other

Andrew Hoy’s trip Hasenacher Balou Couleur has moved to Germany’s Michael Jung, because the Australian rider ramps up his arrangements to focus on his 9th Olympic Video games. The 11-year-old gelding, by means of Balou Du Rouet, used to be bred in Australia by means of Melissa Froesch and is owned by means of Barbara Keller. He began his festival as an tournament horse with Andrew earlier than switching to showjumping. Andrew stated he had “cherished their journeys” across the Eu showjumping excursions, however added that “the 2024 season is upon us and with it being an Olympic 12 months I want to direct all my center of attention and all my time directly to my eventing horses, so it used to be time to paintings on a subsequent bankruptcy for Balou.”

Learn what else Andrew needed to say

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Since becoming a member of H&H in 2018, Becky has coated a wide vary of equestrian information together with welfare issues, veterinary research, FEI Tribunal hearings and highway protection campaigns. She has additionally interviewed best riders together with Scott Brash, John Whitaker and Ian Stark, to call only some. Becky’s reporting has taken her to Canada for Spruce Meadows and France for Pau five-star, in addition to the Royal Highland and Blair Fort Global Horse Trials nearer to house. She used to be additionally a key a part of the far off reporting group for the Tokyo Olympics and the Europeans.