Nicola Jane Swinney
Former chief sub, point-to-point and showing editor
Nicola was one of H&H’s longest serving staff members and knows her Section Ds from her Section As. Over the years she has written six horse books and articles on topics as diverse as legendary showing producers and the best hipflask tipples. Nicola is our chief sub editor, point-to-point and showing editor. Nicola left Horse & Hound for pastures news in 2014.
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Horse & Hound’s 140th anniversary legends: Pretty Polly – the show pony who has left an extensive legacy
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Super-sire Kilvington Scoundrel put down after colic
The sire of top show horses including Pearly King, The Philanderer and Dance All Night has been put down
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6 Connemaras we won't forget in a hurry
Charismatic, amenable, talented and tough — Connemaras are more popular than ever. Take a look at six of the best from history that we won't forget
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15 things you can only say in the horseworld
You know you've been spending too much time with your horsey friends when you forget to clarify in normal conversation that your love of thrusters, whips and spurs is all in relation to horses...
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Who was crowned top M&M at Olympia 2013?
H&H's showing editor will be tweeting live updates throughout the prestigious mountain and moorland classes and championship
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14 horsey terms... and what they really mean
To the uninitiated, the language used in the horseworld can be impenetrable and may appear deliberately exclusive. So H&H is here to do some jargon busting...
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Journalist turns showing judge for the day
H&H's showing editor found judging at the North of England show challenging, and that's without taking the extreme weather into consideration
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Global Champions Tour visits London, but who knew?
Horse & Hound's chief sub returns to the Olympic Park for the arrival of the Global Champions Tour to London and is surprised by the lack of publicity surrounding the event
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Royal Windsor Horse Show blog: protests, Arabs, timetables and the H&H cup
H&H showing editor Nicola Swinney comments on an excellent Royal Windsor Horse Show, while wondering why Arab horses are always shown in a certain fashion
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Horse shows introduce £1,000 first prizes
Prizes of £1,000 are up for grabs in two new showing competitions at North of England Shows
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Olympia Horse Show blog: M&M history repeats itself
H&H showing editor Nicola Jane Swinney reflects on the 2012 British Show Pony Society Heritage Mountain and Moorland Ridden Championship
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Horse & Hound showing editor's review of the year
In her review of 2012, Nicola Jane Swinney reclaims former show pony competitor Charlotte Dujardin as one of her own
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Horse & Hound showing reporter Dr Wynne Davies retires
H&H showing reporter and Welsh pony expert Dr Wynne Davies is putting down his pen and retiring from reporting
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Showing jargon explained
To the uninitiated, the language used in the horseworld can be impenetrable and may appear deliberately exclusive. H&H is here to do a bit of jargon-busting...
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Dressage terminology explained
To the uninitiated, the language used in the horseworld can be impenetrable and may appear deliberately exclusive. H&H is here to do a bit of jargon-busting...
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Willy Twiston-Davies vindicated by Aintree Fox Hunters win
The 16-year-old rode a similar race in the Cheltenham equivalent last month, only to be unseated at the second last when the horse failed to pick up off a long stride
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Win for Peterborough Festival of Hunting newcomers
New faces were in attendance at the Peterborough Festival of Hunting, where the Sarsgrove Harriers won their first rosette
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Small hack Royal Mile is put down
H&H says a final farewell to the prolific winning small hack Royal Mile
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Hunting counties of Britain: Kent
‘Never hunt south of the Thames’, the saying goes, but Kent has much to offer, as H&H finds out