Paralysed jockey back in the saddle and 8 other great bits of horsey social media

Enjoy some of our favourite updates from equestrian social media channels during the past week. From some particularly muddy riders to Storm Doris doing her best to dislodge riders, it all happened on social media this week.

Don’t miss the exciting competition on this weekly page. Our favourite tweet each week will win either an Apatchy mini tablet case or an Apatchy cosmetic bag, personalised with your own initials. For more information about the competition and to find out who this week’s winner is, go to the bottom of this page.

Equestrian social media posts of the week

This doesn’t look like a bad job to have while on half term

The rain in Spain falls mainly on… showjumpers on the not-so-Sunshine Tour

Well sat, no thanks to Storm Doris!

This is so great to see

Even Hollywood actresses like horses

What a chilled chap this horse is

It looks like this racehorse trainer had one hell of a day with the Cottesmore

“This is Rob Hornby, who rode out his apprentice jockey Flat claim last week, and who works for trainer Andrew Balding at Park House Stable, Kingsclere. As well as being a great jockey Rob is hunting mad and when offered the opportunity to take 10-year-old Jonno Balding’s pony on the Berks and Bucks drag meet at Kingsclere, he jumped at the chance. He and ‘Ruby’ successfully negotiated some big hedges but as you can see in the video, he wasn’t as successful at putting the pony back in its stable! The lady doubled over with laughter is Anna Lisa Balding” — Charlotte Clarke of Park House Stable

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

Happiness is… returning from a day’s hunting looking like this but still smiling

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Tweet of the week competition

The winner of the Horse & Hound tweet of the week competition can also be found by searching Twitter for #HHTweetOfTheWeek. The winner will receive an Apatchy mini tablet case (pictured left) or an Apatchy cosmetic bag (pictured below right), personalised with their initials.

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Gemma Redrup

H&H features, racing and point-to-point editor

Gemma is an experienced journalist, having been part of the H&H team since 2014, who is passionate about all equestrian sports, including racing and point-to-pointing. She has enjoyed riding out for top trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took part in a charity Flat race at in August 2018. Gemma’s reporting talents have taken her to numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.