#TBT: when Mark Todd rode around Badminton with one stirrup
We’ve dug into the archives to remember one of Mark Todd’s hairier Badminton cross-country rounds...
A graduate from Durham University, Madeleine joined H&H in 2011 and became Features Editor — producing content across the magazine and website, including the popular inside back cover article ‘The horse that made me’ and the weekly ‘The best of my fun…’ interview. She has written on topics as diverse as hay making and headcams, to hot totty in the horse world and circus horses. Madeleine now works as a freelance feature writer for Country Life, The Telegraph, Horse & Hound, cntraveller.com, The Spectator and The Field, as well as writing obituaries for The Times.
We’ve dug into the archives to remember one of Mark Todd’s hairier Badminton cross-country rounds...
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