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10 reasons we’re getting HOYS withdrawal symptoms

Madeleine Silver

    • This year’s Horse of the Year Show may have only finished on Sunday, but we’re already wondering when it’s OK to start getting excited about the 2017 equestrian extravaganza. It’s not hard to work out why we’re still on a HOYS high — and that’s before we’ve even started on the emotional roller coaster of the showjumping and showing classes…

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    Mounted games envy

    Could there be a better feeling for the East Kent Hunt branch of the Pony Club than to be in the spotlight following their win in the Prince Philip Cup final? If only we were all that agile...

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    Team work

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    Tips from the top

    A private lesson with Carl Hester might be a lofty dream on our bucket list, but a masterclass with the Olympian and Charlotte Dujardin offers a pretty good substitute

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    Familiar faces

    Showjumping stalwart Geoff Billington checks out the action with Britain's showjumping chef d'equipe Di Lampard

    HOYS mounted games
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    The adrenaline buzz East Kent Hunt Pony Club, winners of the Prince Philip Cup Final in the Pony Club Mounted Games during HOYS in the NEC in Warwickshire in the UK on 9th October 2016

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    Ribbons aplenty

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    Flashy footwear

    Step aside wellies, wave goodbye to muddy gateways and say hello to the kind of footwear that only an indoor prize-giving could allow

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    A bout of nostalgia

    The jingling of the harrow chains in the Musical Drive of the Heavy Horses takes spectators back to a bygone era

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    West End or NEC?

    Forget theatre tickets. Spectators get their show-stopping fix with Gilles Fortier's 'Vulcanium Dreams of Fire' display, combining dance, theatre and circus performances with fire and pyrotechnics

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    Wow-factor horsemanship

    Not your average horsemanship... The 'Vulcanium Dreams of Fire' display in action

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