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Five-star rider’s pregnancy, plus other things the horse world is talking about

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    • 1. Top rider’s exciting news

    British five-star event rider Georgie Goss (née Spence) is expecting her first child with husband Toby this spring. Georgie, who has had more than 20 starts at five-star in her career so far, revealed the “exciting news to start 2023” last week. The couple’s son is due around the start of the eventing season, and Georgie is hoping to be back competing in the summer.

    Read more from Georgie

    2. A remarkable recovery

    An event rider who broke her back in a fall a year ago is looking forward to making her Badminton debut at the BE90 grassroots championships in May. British Horse Society accredited coach Eilidh Herd fell from her former racehorse Rossie when he spooked and took off broncing while she was schooling him on 30 December 2021.

    Although she had no plan to event last year while she continued her recovery, when Burgie Horse Trials announced its 2022 summer event would be its final one after 45 years, Eilidh did not want to miss it and put in a last-minute entry for herself and Eddie (Zuccheros Deff Leppard).

    “Burgie was where I rode my first event in 2005, so I had to go to their last. I did it, and after that I thought we could probably manage another, and then we ended up winning the BE90 at Glamis Castle,” she said. “After Glamis everyone convinced me to do the Scottish Grassroots Eventing Festival at Blair Castle in August, so we did that and we came third.”

    Read the full story

    3. Farewell to the man who “brought horse sport to the masses”

    Alastair Gordon Martin-Bird, known to many as “Birdie”, the co-founder of Martin Bird Productions and Equestrian Vision died on 11 December following an illness, aged 68.

    Obituary

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    Sarah Jenkins
    Sarah Jenkins

    H&H editor-in-chief
    Sarah has more than 20 years experience as an equestrian journalist and editor. She has reported from major championships including the Europeans and the World Equestrian Games. She has co-written books on equestrianism including The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horses & Ponies. Sarah has ridden since childhood, owned horses and ponies for over 25 years, and worked for and trained with Olympic gold medallist event rider Leslie Law prior to going to university.
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