Tales from Tryon: ‘I don’t want to have to earn money from horses — I go to the stables and that’s my gift’
The achievements of the 24-year-old World Championship competitor are even more impressive because she is not a professional rider
WEG news
The 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) are currently underway at Tryon in North Carolina, United States (11-23 September).
The Games had originally been allocated to Bromont in Canada by the FEI – and were due to be held from 12-26 August – but concerns around funding saw the event move south to its current location.
The date of the event was changed following scientific studies commissioned by the FEI, which showed climatic conditions to be “significantly more favourable” in North Carolina in September compared to August “particularly from a horse welfare perspective”. However, September is also hurricane season in the US and Hurricane Florence is currently on course to hit the state, although Tryon is some way in land and has a plan in place should the venue be adversely affected.
The World Equestrian Games takes place every four years, two years after the summer Olympics, and includes eight FEI disciplines: combined driving, dressage, endurance, eventing, para dressage, reining, showjumping, and vaulting.
The first WEG was held in Stockholm, Sweden in 1990. Kentucky WEG in 2010 was the first time the event had been held outside of Europe.
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Britain’s qualification for tomorrow’s WEG showjumping hangs in the balance
Find out what William Funnell and Holly Smith said after their rounds for Team GBR in the World Championships showjumping this morning
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British vaulters prepare for WEG final
‘By Saturday the atmosphere is going to be electric in there’
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Tales from Tryon: ‘This horse has given my life purpose and meaning again’
Meet the former eventer who has put her life back together after a horrific accident
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Event horse who pulled up lame after WEG cross-country put down
The horse who finished lame after the cross-country at the World Equestrian Games has been put down after developing circulatory complications
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William Whitaker best of the Brits as Team GBR 16th after first day of WEG showjumping
Switzerland leads the way in the team and individual standings after the first day of showjumping at the World Equestrian Games
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‘I had a painful three hours to wait’: Natasha Baker adds to Britain’s medal haul at WEG
Natasha Baker and Mount St John Diva Dannebrog land their first medal together
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Britain off to a solid start in showjumping at WEG: ‘These aren’t speed horses; they will come into their own tomorrow’
William Funnell and Holly Smith made a good start for Britain this morning, while a Colombian rider currently holds top spot
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‘This means such a lot’: Britain’s Sophie Wells crowned world champion in Tryon
Britain's Sophie Wells claims gold on day one of the para dressage in Tryon
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Tales from Tryon: ‘I had lost my legs but they lifted me back on board my horse’
Meet the brave Brazilian rider who couldn't hold back his emotion when he secured his first medal.
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Storm Florence forces further WEG schedule changes
Heavy rain has resulted in further schedule changes to the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon
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Polly Bryan's WEG blog: ‘There were many things I expected from my first WEG — Hurricane Florence was not one of them’
H&H's dressage editor and WEG rookie reflects on a dramatic first week in Tryon
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Ros Canter’s showjumping clear secures fantastic double gold for Britain at WEG
Britain claimed the team and individual gold medals in the eventing at the World Equestrian Games in Tryon, USA, this afternoon
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Potential medallist among two horses held overnight after para dressage trot-up at WEG
Find out who passed and who was held at the para dressage horse inspection
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History made as US beaten to reining gold at WEG
‘Every time we show, he gives me all he has and every time it gets better and better’
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How to watch the 2018 World Equestrian Games on TV
If you’re not making the trip to Tryon for the World Equestrian Games and are worried about missing out on the action, find out what's available to watch and when
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Pippa Roome’s WEG blog: when Hurricane Florence meets cross-country day…
H&H's eventing editor reports in from Tryon, where the team are riding out the storm with doughnuts, torches and a healthy dose of “just in case”
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Time set for showjumping phase of WEG eventing; find out when Brits will jump
The time has been decided for the final phase of the WEG eventing competition, which had to be postponed due to Hurricane Florence
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Horse in individual medal position held at final trot-up for WEG eventing
There were tense moments for three nations at this afternoon's final horse inspection for the World Equestrian Games eventing
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Update on the two horses injured during WEG cross-country
News has come in about the Norwegian and Swedish horses who were taken away from the cross-country course in horse ambulances today
