Jockey performs miracles and 9 other bits of social media that caught our eye this week *PICTURES*

Enjoy some of our favourite updates from twitter and instagram during the past seven days. From a complicated relationship between a labrador and a Shetland pony to one of the most phenomenal saves we have ever seen a jockey make, it all happened on social media this week.

Don’t miss the exciting competition on this weekly page. Our favourite tweet each week will win either an Apatchy mini tablet case or an Apatchy cosmetic bag, personalised with your own initials. For more information about the competition and to find out who this week’s winner is, go to the bottom of this page.

Tweets of the week

Flying without wings

We can only imagine the expletives used upon the discovery of this mud monster

https://twitter.com/VetPhysio1/status/688465986572435459

Grade II para dressage rider Erin Orford has a tongue in cheek moment about the current weather conditions

Ruby Walsh must have been a magician in a previous life — what a save and what a finish!

The full near-miss sequence shows just how amazing this recovery was

Racing artist Darren Bird sums the miraculous moment up nicely…

Ouch. Thankfully both Alice Pearson and her horse Chocky walked away from this cruncher of a fall out with the Ledbury, which was also caught on Alice’s head camera.

When you know you’ve nailed your dressage test…

Hands up who does this? We’re also pretty good at seeing strides to steps and cracks in the pavement

Piggy French gets a mouthful of snow in a recent “power sledging” session

Growing up in Florida is obviously exhausting — we can only imagine…

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

These two obviously have a great love/hate relationship going on

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Tweet of the week competition

The winner of the Horse & Hound tweet of the week competition can also be found by searching Twitter for #HHTweetOfTheWeek. The winner will receive an Apatchy mini tablet case (pictured left) or an Apatchy cosmetic bag (pictured below right), personalised with their initials.

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Gemma Redrup

H&H features, racing and point-to-point editor

Gemma is an experienced journalist, having been part of the H&H team since 2014, who is passionate about all equestrian sports, including racing and point-to-pointing. She has enjoyed riding out for top trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took part in a charity Flat race at in August 2018. Gemma’s reporting talents have taken her to numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.