A particular filly making her arrival, rising requirements forward of the Olympics, and different issues the horse world is speaking about

1. A celebrity mare delivers her first foal

Twin Champion Hurdle winner Honeysuckle has welcomed her first foal. The filly, by Stroll within the Park, was born at 11.30pm on Good Friday (29 March). Peter Molony, racing supervisor to Honeysuckle’s proprietor Kenny Alexander mentioned he had a “beautiful welcome” on arriving to go to the mom and foal at stud in Scotland and each are reported to be “doing nicely”. Honeysuckle retired from racing following her victory within the Mares’ Hurdle on the Cheltenham Pageant final yr. The Henry de Bromhead-trained mare had 17 wins from 19 begins, all with jockey Rachael Blackmore.

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2. Rising requirements forward of the Paris Olympics

Tom Woodward and Jaeger Grasp fly a slim fence on the best way to CCI4*-S third at Thoresby. New guidelines are prone to are available in, penalising riders in the event that they knock a flag at a thin.

New Zealand eventer Andrew Nicholson has mentioned the rising requirements of cross-country driving in his Horse & Hound column this week. He mentioned that “just a few years in the past it was the dressage that was getting higher and higher and now it’s the cross-country” and that these international locations focusing on the Olympics have “upped their sport”. Andrew additionally shares his views on the lack of “academic” occasions akin to Gatcombe, Blair Citadel, and Barbury – whereas praising the Tweseldown group for placing on a profitable occasion on the finish of final month with solely a few days’ discover following the abandonment of Cirencester.

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3. A historic house, with stables, 10 acres and great gardens

In case you’re available in the market for a brand new house, look no additional than School Farm in Tintinhull, Somerset. The property permits residents to get pleasure from village residing – mixed with equestrian amenities. There’s a floodlit area, six stables, a tack room, workshop, feed room and hay barn – whereas the Grade II-listed house has 4 double bedrooms and a big loft for additional lodging, plus hamstone fireplaces and unique flagstone flooring.

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Since becoming a member of H&H in 2018, Becky has coated a broad vary of equestrian information together with welfare issues, veterinary research, FEI Tribunal hearings and highway security campaigns. She has additionally interviewed high riders together with Scott Brash, John Whitaker and Ian Stark, to call only a few. 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 Citadel Worldwide Horse Trials nearer to house. She was additionally a key a part of the distant reporting group for the Tokyo Olympics and the Europeans.