Eleanor Jones

Drivers who passed horses dangerously have been shown the error of their ways thanks to a joint emergency services operation and the British Horse Society (BHS). The Leicestershire Police Leicestershire and Rutland rural policing team and Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS) carried out a close pass operation in the Melton district on 25 September. …

Riders are urged to “believe what they feel” and listen to what their horses are telling them, as those often labelled “naughty” or “lazy” may be suffering from suspensory ligament pain, among other potential issues. Mary Frances, CEO of Moorcroft Equine Rehabilitation Centre in Sussex, has spoken up to highlight suspensory pain as a common …

A new proposal to parliament to improve equestrian road safety is part of an ongoing campaign to keep the issue on the Government’s agenda. Newbury MP Lee Dillon introduced his presentation bill on 15 September. The bill would set our speed and distance rules for passing horses in vehicles, make equestrian road safety part of …

A farmer who “wantonly neglected hundreds of animals” in one of the largest cases the RSPCA has ever dealt with has been jailed for a year and banned from keeping all animals for life. Authorities who went to Croftfield Farm in Dawgates Lane, Skegby, near Sutton-in-Ashfield two years ago found a “foul smell” owing to …

Liz Halliday has promised she will “never stop fighting”, nor “working my ass off” as she continues to recover from a serious head injury – and has been back in the saddle. The US Olympic event rider has shared an update on her progress, a year after her cross-country fall at the USEA American Eventing …

Fans of the much-loved Jinny books by Patricia Leitch have a treat in store as a 13th installment has come out. Almost 37 years after Running Wild, the 12th book about Jinny and her beloved Arab mare Shantih, was published, sequel Dream of the Dance has been released by Jane Badger Books. “When Patricia Leitch …

Fighting on Top US event rider Liz Halliday is back in the saddle and making progress in her recovery from a serious brain injury. Liz, who was injured in a cross-country fall last August, shared an update today (17 September). She said she is working daily on therapy, and has made “significant progress”, but “ …

The owners of a mare killed on the roads have vowed to campaign in her memory to protect other horses – as a major new Government road safety strategy does not specifically mention equestrians. Jamie and Charlotte Willis’s eight-year-old Blaze, whom they have owned since the day she was born, suffered fatal injuries when she …

A former Grand National runner and Cheltenham Festival winner is excelling in his new showing career – picking up a win at the first Scone Palace International Horse Trials. Ronnie Bartlett’s Stattler and Beth Clark won the Tattersalls Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) amateur ridden show horse qualifier, which was only their sixth showing class. The …

Top Irish rider Anthony Condon is used to jumping – over coloured poles, rather than out of planes at 13,000 feet. But he and young international dressage rider Izzy Lickley were among those who did the latter this week, raising £5,000 to help save endangered species. The riders, along with equine dental technician Jake Peterson …