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The week on Twitter: Piggy French’s groom goes splat and Carl Hester wins on bangers and mash


  • Enjoy some of our favourite tweets from the past seven days. From an over-competitive event rider to a spectacular fall, it all happened on Twitter this week.

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    Tweets of the week

    It might not bring your iPhone back to life, but the compensation of a free start fee is a lovely gesture by Wellington Horse Trials

    Not that he is competitive or anything…Harry Meade punches the air with joy after he successfully pilots his borrowed ride around the JCB Champions Challenge at Barbury Castle Horse Trials

    Oosh, sitting trot on bangers and mash — nothing can stop Carl Hester from performing

    A big day for the Pipe household

    It was excellent weather for ducks and ducks only during Ben Way’s CIC3* cross-country round at Barbury Horse Trials

    Laura Tomlinson’s biggest fans were out to support her last week: baby Annalisa and her grandad, Dr Bechtolsheimer

    And congratulations to this week’s Tweet of the Week winner

    There was a faller at Piggy French’s yard this week. Maybe her groom should stick to tackling jumps on a horse, but we admire her efforts all the same

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    Tweet of the week competition

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