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‘She’s a show girl’: miniature mare wins second Royal International title of...
Harriet Miller leads Model Farm UK Midnight Meadow at the 2024 RIHS final. A show-stopping miniature mare strutted her stuff on day five of the Royal International Horse Show (RIHS) to win the 2024...
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Meet the RIHS senior supreme: the 27-year-old part-bred Welsh who loves to jump
A 27-year-old part-bred Welsh cob rose to the occasion to win the 2024 RIHS New Horizon Plastics Co. Ltd. SSADL in-hand title before taking the subsequent senior supreme championship at the Agria Royal...
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‘He’s the yard favourite’: first RIHS cob victory for top rider and...
Miranda Wallace’s A Red Knight is maxi cob champion with Vicky Smith at the 2024 RIHS. Show horse specialist Vicky Smith won her third accolade of the 2024 Agria Royal International Horse Show (RIHS)...
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‘It’s as special as ever’: celebrations as exquisite gelding is supreme hack...
Boston Black Tie and Helen Baker, RIHS hack champions. The connections of one special horse were ringside to watch him rule in the 2024 RIHS Ellena Thomas BSHA supreme hack championship at the Agria...
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‘Nick Skelton told me to win!’: top advice pays off on rider’s Hickstead debut
Winner Nina Mallevaey (FRA) riding Destine To Be in The Breen Equestrian CSIYH1* Final at The AGRIA Royal International Horse Show, The All England Showground, Hickstead, Sussex, United Kingdom. July...
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‘He’s some horse’: 19-year-old rider is RIHS pony supreme with young star...
Two ponies from the same show team did battle in a rare ride-off during the 2024 RIHS Supreme Products supreme ridden pony championship for the Dick Saunders Trophy at the Agria Royal International...
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‘I needed to pull it out of the bag’: showman’s first RIHS supreme victory...
The working hunter champion dazzled at the Agria Royal International Horse Show to capture this year’s seven-strong 2024 RIHS Barberstown Castle supreme ridden horse championship, after finishing in...
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‘She absolutely loves it’: Whitaker and superstar mare head all-British King...
Donald Whitaker headed a British one, two, three in the Agria King George V Gold Cup, triumphing in a thriller of a jump-off on a mare who “absolutely loves” her job. In a fitting close to a fantastic...
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Alex Robinson: ‘It really isn’t over until the very end at the Royal...
H&H’s showing editor Alex Robinson on this year’s highlights from the Royal International Horse Showat The AGRIA Royal International Horse Show, The All England Showground, Hickstead, Sussex,...
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11 reasons why we love to go showing at the Royal International Horse Show
As we wave goodbye to the 2024 Royal International Horse Show (RIHS), we highlight some of the reasons why we love competing at the major showing championship. The RIHS — held annually at The All...
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‘He was just sublime today’: emotional RIHS victory for Jayne Ross and...
Jayne Ross and Twinshock Warrior are crowned RIHS supreme hunter champions. The show circuit’s most prolific heavyweight was the worthy winner of the 2024 RIHS Sport Horse Breeding of Great Britain...
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Celebrating 150 (and counting): rider set to reach remarkable Nations Cup...
Cian O'Connor and Maurice help Ireland win the Longines League of Nations in Ocala, Florida.Irish showjumper Cian O’Connor is set to reach a remarkable career milestone at the Agria Royal International...
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Grandmother watches granddaughter reign at RIHS on home-produced pony
Parkbourne Picasso wins the Pretty Polly mini M&M supreme at the RIHS. Home-produced Dartmoor ponies and their young jockeys led the 2024 RIHS BSPS Heritage M&M supreme Pretty Polly mini...
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Could your native pony jump this? Walk the Royal International M&M working...
One of the highlights of the Agria Royal International Horse Show (RIHS) is undoubtedly the working hunter classes and the native pony finals are some of the most hotly-contested of the show. To jump...
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‘I can’t stop smiling’: dream RIHS championship win for amateur and mare of a...
Sophie Openshaw and New Illusion, 2024 RIHS riding horse champions. An amateur rider got the shock of her life when she was called forward to lift the 2024 RIHS De La Hey Family supreme riding horse...
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‘I’ll never have another like him’: true hunter lifts RIHS worker title for a...
Craig Kiddier and Mulberry Lane, RIHS working hunter champions. The exceptional partnership of Craig Kiddier and Mulberry Lane returned to the Agria Royal International Horse Show (RIHS) to lift the...
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‘A spring in our step for the Olympics’: John Whitaker clinches fabulous home...
L-R. Tim Gredley; John Whitaker; Di Lampard; Ben Maher and Robert Whitaker - The winning British team on the podium during the prizegiving for of The AGRIA Nations Cup™ of Great Britain at The AGRIA...
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‘There’s so much power there’: Irish Draught steals the show in amateur...
After campaigning in amateur ranks at the Agria Royal International Horse Show (RIHS) for several years and winning a class on four separate occasions, Jono Fryer finally went one better and lifted the...
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‘She takes anything on’: Connemara ditches the plaits to win second title of...
Angela Hunt’s Lady Dublin Of Corderry and Ruby Ward, RIHS M&M working hunter pony champions. A Connemara mare became a double 2024 Agria Royal International Horse Show (RIHS) winner — and a section...
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‘An amazing step forward for the breed’: young star wins inaugural RIHS Irish...
Goosey Gander and Katie Jerram-Hunnable win the inaugural supreme ridden Irish Draught championship at the 2024 RIHS. The inaugural British Horse Feeds and Irish Draught Horse Society (IDHS) of Great...
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Show judges must act to combat obesity and dispel myths
RIHS healthy weight award winner Pagestown Principal with Imogen RodgerJudges have to act to help combat equine obesity in the show ring – although “fantastic” progress has been made in turning the...
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The Horse & Hound Podcast 152: Royal International 2024 supreme champions’...
On our 152nd episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, in partnership with Scoot Boots, we speak with Craig Kiddier, the producer of the supreme horse at the 2024 Royal International Horse Show. We...
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‘What could I do to be a bit different?’: how taking a risk helped this rider...
Craig Kiddier and Mulberry Lane are crowned working hunter champions and overall horse supreme at the 2024 RIHS. Winning a supreme at the Royal International Horse Show (RIHS) is a dream for most...
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‘A pony of a lifetime’: farewell to Highland stallion who broke records in...
Melanie and Gemma Stanford’s prolific Highland stallion Benbreac Of Croila has died aged 17 after a short illness. He was one of the most consistent native ponies of modern times, becoming the first...
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‘Full of life to the end’: farewell to pioneering Shetland stallion who...
Anna Stevens and Lara Joslin’s successful Shetland stallion Brinleyview Camanchee has died suddenly aged 21. Brinleyview Camanchee, known at home as Chee, was a pioneer for coloured Shetland ponies,...
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Who is an amateur? New rules for Royal International showing classes
Changes aimed at standardising rules on who is and is not an amateur in showing have been agreed for classes at next year’s Royal International Horse Show (RIHS, 22-27 July). On 17 December the Showing...
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‘The key is to enjoy your horses’: meet the showing star who is beating the...
Liberty Taylor-Hopkins and Dare To Dream are intermediate show riding type champions at HOYS 2024. Liberty Taylor-Hopkins has become known on the showing circuit for her exceptional talent in the...
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‘Focus and don’t give up’: meet the 21-year-old rider who is rapidly ticking...
Kaitlyn Fairhurst and Thorneyside Royal Command score the RIHS M&M young riders’ supreme championship. Kaitlyn Fairhurst is a 21-year-old showing rider who landed her second Royal Windsor title in...
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From STARS to HOYS: check out 10 showing opportunities for amateurs in 2025
Amateurs shone in London, including Rising Star hack champion Bassingfield Dark Secret (Jennifer Harper). It can be difficult to stay motivated when gateways are still ankle-deep in mud and riding...
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‘He will be dearly missed’: tributes paid to pony who made dreams come true
Wytchwood Love Potion pictured at HOYS 2016.Tributes have been paid to the much-loved show pony Wytchwood Love Potion, who made “a lot of dreams come true”. Kath Allen’s gelding, known at home as...
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