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Young horses are giving point-to- pointing a new edge

Buyers are starting to look for young horses with promise rather than current winners, says Carl Evans for Great British Racing International. An exciting new...

‘We marvelled at her natural maternal instinct’

A complicated foaling left the newborn orphaned, but with medicines and good husbandry we found a foster mare, says Lucy Procter. January is a significant...

The beautiful social aspects of driving (no cars required!)

There is a whole new social world to be enjoyed with carriage riding – and you don’t need to own a horse, says Clare...

Put your heart into endurance rides

How do you go about preparing for one of the equestrian world’s most fulfilling events? Local endurance rider Claire Fowler explains. Endurance riding is a...

The calm before the storm

Lucy Procter, co-owner of The Glanvilles Stud, shares a diary of life on a Thoroughbred stud.This month - sales foals and poo-picking after 30...

Beautiful, record-breaking Honeysuckle!

Breeding stock sales, tracking horses and the glory that is the matchless Honeysuckle - Lucy Procter reflects on November at the Glanvilles Stud. Here on...

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A day at the sales

Doug Procter takes us with him from his 3am Dorset start to Tattersalls in search of a mare – and returns with one very...

Autumn returns to Wincanton:racing, style … and festive fun

Wincanton Racecourse is gearing up for a thrilling few months of top-class National Hunt action, packed with style, charity and festive racing.This year’s iconic...

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