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Horse & Hound; 20 March 2025


  • In this week’s Horse & Hound, in shops from Thursday 20 March, don’t miss our full report from Cheltenham Festival, with full insight from all four days of the meeting. You can also read an exclusive interview with new FEI eventing director Frédérique Reffet Plantier. We also put Georgie Goss’ exciting eventing prospect, Kojak, in the spotlight, and this week’s Vet Clinic looks into rewards and consequences and how horses learn. In our hunting pages, we spend a day with the Berks & Bucks Draghounds, plus our hunting editor reports from the field in her latest column. We also bring readers eventing, showjumping, dressage, showing and point-to-point reports from around the UK, among our plentiful articles for equestrian fans to enjoy.

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    What’s in Horse & Hound magazine: on sale 20 March 2025

    News

    • Most horses’ needs are not being met, research finds
    • Major stud withdraws from dressage
    • Paid-for woodland riding permits revoked
    • Jail for banned driver who killed pony

    Cheltenham special 

    • Great Scott!: Tuesday
    • ‘Michael, this is for you’: Emotional Wednesday
    • All hail the Queen of Cheltenham: Blackmore’s Thursday double
    • ‘Genius’ Cromwell strikes gold: Friday’s action

    Opinion

    • Letters of the week
    • Eventing: Mark Phillips
    • Showing: Stuart Hollings
    • Racing: Davy Russell

    People and horses 

    • H&H interview: New FEI eventing director Frédérique Reffet Plantier
    • All in a day’s work: The long-distance rider
    • In the spotlight: Kojak, Georgie Goss’s young star
    • Goodnight: Tessa Waugh’s hunting diary

    Vet clinic

    • Rewards and consequences: How horses learn

    Property and kit 

    • Uniquely unusual: Something a bit different
    • Just the jacket: Technical show jackets

    Features 

    • Boost your green credentials: Our buying habits and climate change
    • Bit for purpose: Modern bit materials

    Reports 

    • Eventing: Oasby
    • Dressage: Myerscough, Bury Farm and more
    • Showjumping: Dutch Masters and more
    • Showing: Shire Horse Society and more
    • Point-to-point: Old Surrey, Quantock and more

    Hunting 

    • A joyful celebration: The Berks and Bucks Draghounds
    • From the field: ‘So fun’

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    • Horses for sale, horseboxes, vehicles, jobs, insurance and more

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