A particular filly making her arrival, rising requirements forward of the Olympics, and different issues the horse world is speaking about

1. A famous person mare delivers her first foal

Twin Champion Hurdle winner Honeysuckle has welcomed her first foal. The filly, by Stroll within the Park, was born at 11.30pm on Good Friday (29 March). Peter Molony, racing supervisor to Honeysuckle’s proprietor Kenny Alexander mentioned he had a “beautiful welcome” on arriving to go to the mom and foal at stud in Scotland and each are reported to be “doing properly”. Honeysuckle retired from racing following her victory within the Mares’ Hurdle on the Cheltenham Pageant final yr. The Henry de Bromhead-trained mare had 17 wins from 19 begins, all with jockey Rachael Blackmore.

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2. Rising requirements forward of the Paris Olympics

Tom Woodward and Jaeger Grasp fly a slim fence on the best way to CCI4*-S third at Thoresby. New guidelines are more likely to are available, penalising riders in the event that they knock a flag at a thin.

New Zealand eventer Andrew Nicholson has mentioned the rising requirements of cross-country driving in his Horse & Hound column this week. He mentioned that “a couple of years in the past it was the dressage that was getting higher and higher and now it’s the cross-country” and that these international locations concentrating on the Olympics have “upped their recreation”. Andrew additionally shares his views on the lack of “academic” occasions resembling Gatcombe, Blair Fortress, and Barbury – whereas praising the Tweseldown crew for placing on a profitable occasion on the finish of final month with solely a few days’ discover following the abandonment of Cirencester.

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3. A historic residence, with stables, 10 acres and fantastic gardens

Should you’re available in the market for a brand new residence, look no additional than Faculty Farm in Tintinhull, Somerset. The property permits residents to get pleasure from village residing – mixed with equestrian amenities. There’s a floodlit enviornment, six stables, a tack room, workshop, feed room and hay barn – whereas the Grade II-listed residence has 4 double bedrooms and a big loft for additional lodging, plus hamstone fireplaces and unique flagstone flooring.

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Since becoming a member of H&H in 2018, Becky has coated a broad vary of equestrian information together with welfare issues, veterinary research, FEI Tribunal hearings and highway security campaigns. She has additionally interviewed high riders together with Scott Brash, John Whitaker and Ian Stark, to call just some. Becky’s reporting has taken her to Canada for Spruce Meadows and France for Pau five-star, in addition to the Royal Highland and Blair Fortress Worldwide Horse Trials nearer to residence. She was additionally a key a part of the distant reporting crew for the Tokyo Olympics and the Europeans.