Olympic gold medalist Mark Phillips has been announced as the new course designer for this year's Gillespie McAndrew Hopetoun International Horse Trials, taking over from Ian Stark.
The British Eventing young horse championships celebrates a decade of elite sport horse breeding this year, kicks off this weekend with new sponsorship from KBIS.
British Dressage Scotland are holding a Horses Inside Out demonstration at Fountain Equestrian, Aberdeen on May 12, however they are looking for horses to be used for the demonstration.
HORSES' gestation period of 11 months means that mare owners – even those with plenty of experience – have plenty of time to get nervous about foaling.
Like many of you, I was fit for bursting with Scottish pride when the former 'Braw Lad' from Galashiels, Ryan Mania, romped home to victory on Auroras Encore in the Grand National earlier in the month.
THE snow showers over the past week have reminded me of the old National Stallion Show at Scotstoun where snow, frost and fog hampered many a start to proceedings.
THE events of the past few weeks have reminded me why I never eat economy branded hamburgers and ready meals and in my view, bacon rolls are the only safe options at fast food outlets.
WITH news of the recent awards scheme for Scottish-bred ponies and horses started by the Scottish Equine Breeders Association (SEBA) it comes as little surprise that the initiative has come from the association's chairman, Dougal Dick, whose life-long service to the pony world continues.
