1. Making a comeback, aged 76 Legendary trainer Henrietta Knight said her ambition is to be back in the Cheltenham winner’s enclosure, as she returns to the job at the age of 76. The National Hunt trainer, who saddled Best Mate to a historic three Gold Cup wins in a row, is reapplying for her licence, […]
Event rider recovering Olympic event rider Lea Siegl is recovering after a cross-country fall with her five-star campaigner DSP Fighting Line at Pau Horse Trials on Saturday (28 October). The pair were in provisional 10th after dressage and fell at the MIM-clipped corner at 13b on the French CCI5 track. The 15-year-old gelding was unharmed, […]
An eventer who ensures she thanks volunteers at competitions was “shocked” to discover that on many occasions, she is in a very small minority who do the same. Lucy Montgomery is urging her fellow riders to take the short time to thank fence judges, for example, as without these people giving up their time, the […]
Pukekohe horsewoman Clare McGowan travelled the world with Olympians and their horses before emigrating to New Zealand. Here she continued her practice as a horse physiotherapist and ultimately ventured into harness racing. Animal wellbeing, meeting and marrying her husband Dave and the way in which a pony helped a young boy regain his speech which