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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...

Happy Times (the busy life of a retired event horse)

Retired event horses enjoy a life just as varied as when they competed, says ex-Head Girl Mouse Berry. Since retiring in 2018, top five- star...

Point to Point returns to Badbury Rings in November

After nearly two years kicking our heels with no Point to Points it’s finally time to pull on your wellies, don coats and jumpers...

Stud Life | Foals in a flood and Soul Icon

Lucy Procter, co-owner of the Glanvilles Stud, shares a diary of life on a Thoroughbred stud.This month - double breeding and almost a hat...

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Toots settles into the Fox-Pitt yard with Freebie, Jago and new boy Taran

New columnist Toots Bartlett can’t hide her excitement as she leaves home to move into William Fox-Pitt’s yard near Sturminster Newton, buys a horse...

When gardens can become lifeboats

With cuckoos gone and insects vanishing, Neil Walker believes towns like Sherborne are unexpected sanctuaries for wildlife pushed out of farmland For most of us,...

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