Cole Harden gets a taste of Greatwood's grassThis week, Greatwood Charity was delighted to welcome Cheltenham Festival winner Cole Harden to its Clench Common paddocks, after the 9-year-old gelding was retired from racing due to an injury.
Chelsea Pearce with (left) Albert VI and (right) Kilnaboy BuffetWith her A Levels behind her, eventer Chelsea Pearce, who is based near Marlborough, is making the most of her gap year.
An unusual sight on the parade ring's big screenAl Shaqab Lockinge Day (May 19) is Newbury Racecourse's most important day of the Flat season - this year it saw the royal wedding, sunshine, extra security, no violent scenes...and some remarkable racing.
Georgie Strang & Cooley Earl at Badminton (May 2018) Georgie Strang has joined the Marlborough area’s unique stable of top eventers - joining Sir Mark Todd’s yard at Badgerstown on the edge of the Marlborough Downs.
Limato on the gallops with Harry Bentley aboard (Photo: Francesca Altoft for Newbury Racecourse) The skylarks were so high you could not spot them against the blue sky. Limato was exercising on trainer Henry Candy's gallops north of Lambourn - the weather was perfect, the turf was amazing and Limato looked a picture.
Nereo took Andrew Nicholson to his first Badminton victory in 2017. Now, on the last day if Badminton 2018, the eighteen year-old Lockeridge based eventing horse has been retired from top-level competitions.
(Pic from BBC Sport coverage)New Zealand eventer Jonelle Price has won the prestigious four star 2018 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials - 4.9 penalty points ahead of Britain's Oliver Townend. Jonelle is the first female winner of Badminton for eleven years.
Blyth Tait in cross country action (Photo credit www.trevor-meeks-photography.co.uk)Blyth Tait, one the world’s most respected event riders, will design the novice cross-country course at this year’s St James’s Place Barbury Horse Trials (5-8 July).
