When The Queen called ITV Racing reporter Oli Bell a ‘lunatic’...
The ITV Racing reporter Oli Bell tells H&H about his run-in with The Queen following an emotional win at last year’s Royal Ascot
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.
The ITV Racing reporter Oli Bell tells H&H about his run-in with The Queen following an emotional win at last year’s Royal Ascot
The countdown is on for Royal Ascot 2018 (19-23 June) — five days of glamour, high drama and top class action. And to celebrate the meeting, the Osborne Studio Gallery in London’s Belgravia will be hosting the exhibition “Celebrating the Turf”, featuring a range of inspiring equestrian artists
We rewind the clock to look at royal weddings through history where the horses have been the showstoppers...
The world’s eyes will be on the Household Cavalry horses as the royal wedding is broadcast globally tomorrow (19 May 2018) — and final preparations are reaching fever pitch
The prospect of stripping off for a naked calendar is likely to fill most people with a sense of dread. Unless of course, you’re a farrier whose line of work involves toning those upper-arm muscles — and have a friend in need of some financial help...
The world’s eyes might be on Windsor this month for a certain wedding, but it’s the top class equestrian action that caught our imagination last week (9-13 May 2018). We take a look behind the scenes...
The countdown is on for the nuptials of the year — and if we could have just five minutes with Meghan Markle, this is what we’d want to tell her...
This year marks the centenary of the Arab Horse Society and among the celebrations was a parade of leading ridden performance horses in Newmarket
Five days of high drama, emotion and nail-biting sport. How is the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials already over for another year?
We take a look back at the 2017 Badminton winner’s star-studded career in pictures
Things were a little different at Badminton in 1968: spectators were smartly dressed in ties, riders went cross-country in low key-looking sweaters and Prince Philip watched on from the bonnet of his car
Excitement levels are reaching fever-pitch Horse & Hound HQ ahead this year’s Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (2-6 May 2018). Take a look at the equine and human stars making their arrival on the hallowed turf...
As the world’s best eventers battle it out for the top prize at Badminton — and a place in the history books — how much money is at stake for each of them?
To celebrate Royal Windsor Horse Show’s landmark anniversary, take a trip down memory lane to when the show began in 1943
Pinch yourself: this yard is for real. Set in the ‘Pampas’ region of Argentina, this futuristic set-up is the home of six-goal polo player Nachos Figueras, the ‘David Beckham of polo’
If you’re at the NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships this week (11-15 April 2018) at Hartpury Arena as a spectator, supporter or rider, we want to see your snaps — with the best one being featured on the contents page of Horse & Hound magazine
Struggling to move due to yesterday’s chocolate consumption? Take a look at this selection of the equestrian community’s April Fool’s Day pranks for 2018 to put a smile on your face...
Hurrah for the Easter holidays! We're excited about the impending chocolate fix, yes. But there are plenty other horsey reasons to get us in the holiday mood as well...
Sporting artist Freddy Paske knocked up masterpieces of the Cheltenham action at breakneck speed after each of the four big races last week
The pipes are frozen, you need some sort of industrial digger to break the ice on the trough and you are risking your life to get to the yard. But it seems that your horses are totally at ease with this week’s dump of the white stuff. What’s all the fuss about?