- Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘None of you saw that coming, did you?!’by Hovis
Hovis’ Paris flags. Dear diary, Well, it’s fair to say none of you saw that coming, did you?! I did tell you I had news – but in fairness, I guess this was NEWS on a scale more epic than my, now recognised, talent. As the details spread like wildfire, I was happy to see so many of
- Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘Drum roll please – here’s my big, BIG news’by Hovis
Dear Diary, Where to start with my news? For as long as I can remember, the word “big” has always been used about me; my eyes, my feet, my manly physique, my rugs, my shoes, my vets bills… the size of mother’s arse… But there’s two things that have been bigger than anything else –
- Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘I have news... awesomely exciting news’by Hovis
Dear Diary I have such exciting news to tell you… news which will make all this palaver over who is going to be the boss of the human herd fade into insignificance more swiftly than the winner of The Voice. News which outstrips mother’s supposed recent weight loss (personally I remain unconvinced – the only
- Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘I am just too intimidating’by Hovis
Dear diary, Apologies for the lack of missive from me last week, but mother was returning from Do-bruv-nick, which I can only assume is some sort of prison for siblings? How long her and her brother spent in there I don’t know, but it meant I didn’t have a secretary, and as we have discussed,
- Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘She lets me down like a small prick in a balloon factory’by Hovis
Hovis and Mary King at Belton. Dear diary, I do realise that after all these years, my mother’s ability to disappoint me shouldn’t come as any surprise. I mean, let’s be honest, as a gullible young four-year-old boy, just days off the boat from Ireland, I should have perhaps been a little more strategic in my choices of human but in
- Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘I have given up trying to figure the illogical workings of the female brain’by Hovis
Dear diary, After a winter that felt longer than a stay from an unwanted relative, it does appear that spring has finally sprung and who knows, summer, like mother’s weight loss, is apparently on its way… The other week I told you we were now out in the coveted summer fields – although I don’t
- Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘Winter has stayed longer than an unwanted smell in a public toilet’by Hovis
Dear diary, Following my diary last week and the overwhelming ground swell of sentiment that I am indeed the greatest overlooked talented in equestrian Olympic history, I have been patiently waiting for THE call. But it hasn’t come. Many of you had talked of the idea of a wild card, but it appears someone prefers
- Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘Is it too much to ask?’by Hovis
Mary King riding Hovis at Belton Horse Trials. Dear diary, So much for spring finding some balls and you know, springing. After a few days of glorious naked romping we have spent much of this week getting absolutely soaked. If more rain had run down my nose, Niagara Falls would have been suing me for copyright infringement. As it is, I’m pretty sure
- Hovis’ Friday diary: sun on my back, mud in my mane, filth in my feathers...by Hovis
Dear Diary Apologies for the lack of update from me last week but the mothership was in the Currybean – doing what I have no idea but it’s not inconceivable she was playing pirate. Let’s be honest she’s that blind that an eye patch might be a good addition, she’s bird-brained so a parrot would
- Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘I can reverse with more skill than most politicians’by Hovis
Dear diary, I take everything I have ever, ever said about my mother, which may have been misconstrued by the less intellectually capable as perhaps implying I thought she shared a brain cell with an amoeba on a part-time basis – the woman is a genius. Last week I was less than happy to find
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- Foundations For the Future: Our Top Picks from the Monart Ridden Horse Saleby Tilly Berendt
It always feels like such a special treat to get a mid-season sport horse auction, rather than having to wait for the off-season – and Monart’s summer offering, which gets underway on July 31, feels
- EN Makes Their Picks for Team and Individual Glory in Parisby Sally Spickard
It’s time for the EN team to make their picks for the Paris podium! Want to join the fun? Drop your picks in the comments! TILLY BERENDT Team Podium Team Gold: On paper, it’s the
- Paris Olympic Drawn Order Released: See Dressage Times Hereby Sally Spickard
Following the First Horse Inspection and a chef d’equipe meeting, we now have the confirmed start list and times for the Olympic eventing, which commences with dressage tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. local time. You can
- One Spun, 5 Held in Tense First Horse Inspection at Paris Olympicsby Sally Spickard
We certainly weren’t lacking for tension this morning as we gathered for the First Horse Inspection back in the stabling area here at the Versailles Olympic equestrian venue. Across the 81 horses presenting for 27
- USA Makes Another Change to Paris Eventing Squadby Sally Spickard
US Equestrian has announced the replacement of Will Coleman’s ride, Diabolo, this morning ahead of the First Horse Inspection. Liz Halliday and Nutcracker, originally the U.S. Traveling Reserve, will now be slotted in to team
- Friday News & Notes from Stable Viewby Diana Gilbertson
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Eventing Nation (@goeventing) So there’s a few big guns arrived in Versailles ahead of the eventing competition, which kicks off TODAY(!) with the first horse inspection.
- A Test for Every End-Goal: Walk the Paris 2024 Cross-Country Courseby Tilly Berendt
There’s nothing quite like designing an Olympic cross-country course. Firstly, it has to slot into a tract of land that’s rarely or never hosted the sport before; secondly, it has to be friendly enough to
- Day One on the Ground in Paris: Catch the EquiRatings Recapby Sally Spickard
Bonjour Paris! Join Nicole as she looks forward to the Games with guests Sally Spickard and Catherine Austen. Posted by EquiRatings on Thursday, July 25, 2024 I popped onto a Facebook Live interview with EquiRatings‘
- Tom Jackson Smashes a Personal Best at Burghamby Catherine Austen
Britain’s Tom Jackson has taken a convincing lead in the Holme Dodsworth Metals CCI4*-S class at Burgham International Horse Trials (24-28 July), presented by Project Pony, with a personal-best score of 22.9 on Patricia Davenport’s
- Bienvenue à Paris! Your Guide to the Horses and Riders of the 2024 Paris Olympic Gamesby Allie Heninger
🇫🇷 Hello all, and welcome to Paris 🇫🇷 The City of Lights has beckoned, and the best of the best from every corner of the globe have come to put it all on the line.