Tributes to the best horseman and different issues the equestrian world is speaking about

Among the best

Tributes have been pouring in from throughout the equestrian world to Allister Hood, who died final week on the age of 69. The showman, who took title after title and championship after championship on the highest stage, has been described as “the last word showman, and a top-class horseman, in each sense of the phrase”, and a real gentleman. Royal Worldwide Horse Present displaying director David Ingle stated: “We’re not going to see the likes of Allister once more, he was a really particular particular person and all the time prepared to assist. He was in all probability among the finest showmen there’s ever been. There’s been some nice displaying folks, however in a championship Allister was all the time the one to beat.”
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Extortionate prices

The All England Dressage Pageant at Hickstead has been cancelled as it’s not doable to make it economically viable. The fixture, which began as a Premier League present in 2016 and have become a global competitors this yr, is not going to run in 2025. “Regrettably, we’ve made the troublesome resolution to finish our working of our dressage fixture, however we want to thank all our sponsors, particularly ICE Horseboxes, in addition to organiser David Crockford, and all of the riders and house owners who supported the fixture over the previous 4 years,” stated Hickstead director Lizzie Bunn, including that the primary motive is that the numbers don’t add up. “The prices – significantly of judges and officers – at over £50,000 are exorbitant and, regardless of our greatest efforts, the occasion nonetheless ran at a loss,” she stated.
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Worming steering

The trade has once more been warned that the best way horses are wormed have to be modified earlier than it’s too late. New steering has been revealed by CANTER (Controlling Antiparasitic resistance in Equines Responsibly), to assist vets, pharmacists and SQPs (suitably certified individuals) in prescribing and recommending parasite management methods. The goal is to assist sort out the rising risk of resistance to all lessons of wormer accessible. CANTER veterinary consultant David Rendle stated: “Anthelmintic resistance represents an enormous risk to equine well being and welfare. Common adoption of a diagnostic-led strategy to parasite management and a dramatic discount in using anthelmintics is what’s wanted to handle this. If horse house owners don’t make these adjustments now, it will likely be too late.”
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Eleanor is an skilled journalist who spent over eight years working for native and nationwide newspapers earlier than becoming a member of H&H as information editor in March 2016. Keen about equine welfare and exposing the reality, Eleanor has reported on all elements of the trade, from Brexit to anti-bullying campaigns, and from dressage guidelines to mules. Her sport of alternative is showjumping, during which she competes her personal horses, and she or he additionally enjoys reporting at native leaping reveals by means of to worldwide championships.