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1 runaway racing hero and 10 other bits of excellent horsey social media this week


  • Enjoy some of our favourite updates from equestrian social media channels during the past week. From a seriously good scratch to a trip down memory lane, it all happened on social media this week.

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    Tweets of the week

    It’s great to see former National Hunt star Bobs Worth enjoying his new life as a hunter

    This is what the new seven-year-old world eventing champion looks like after a good roll

    Worldchampion day @home! Weisse Düne is happy home. #happychampion

    A post shared by Ingrid Klimke (@ingridklimke) on

    Blyth Tait’s Jack Russell wastes no time in digging for bunnies upon his arrival in New Zealand

    That’s the spot!

    We know it’s not horsey but photographer Sarah Farnsworth has a seriously cute new puppy

    The jockeys taking part in the Countryside Alliance charity race at Aintree smile for the camera before walking out into the parade ring, including Horse & Hound‘s very own Polly Portwin

    Winner of the Countryside Alliance charity race at Aintree was Ryan Mania, who won the Grand National at the same racecourse in 2013

    How beautiful is the setting for the world six- and seven-year-old eventing championships in Le Lion D’Angers?

    That’s some celebration from Sheikh Fahad Al-Thani who won the Corinthian Challenge charity race at Leopardstown

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

    Denman looking absolutely fabulous…

    …but he’s still managing to keep his rider, Charlotte Alexander, on her toes!

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