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    British Nations cup win in Abu Dhabi

    5 February 2010

    Great Britain has won the Longines Nations Cup at the inaugural CSIO5* at Abu Dhabi, finishing on a zero score.

    BHS issues guidance on hyperflexion

    2 February 2010 | Updated: 2 February 2010

    As the debate over the use of hyperflexion as a training technique continues, The British Horse Society has published its official stance.

    Lantra launches Equine Skills Census

    25 January 2010

    Lantra Sector Skills Council is currently working with the British Equestrian Federation, the British Equestrian Trade Association and with the British Grooms Association on a new equine-related research project, the Equine Skills Census. 

    Equine infectious anaemia found in the UK

    21 January 2010

    Equine infectious anaemia (EIA), otherwise known as Swamp Fever, has been detected in two horses in Wiltshire following importation from Romania via Belgium, Defra has confirmed.

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    Competitors brush off snow at Aintree

    15 January 2010

    COMPETITORS braved the bad weather and snow to take part in the Fearns Farm Dressage Championships held at Aintree Equestrian Centre.

    Search begins for Voice of the Year

    15 January 2010

    Grandstand Group, the team behind Horse of the Year Show and the British Open Show Jumping Championships, is staging a search for a new voice in equestrian commentating.

    Derek Ricketts sacked as show jumping team manager

    15 January 2010

    British show jumping squad performance manager Derek Ricketts has been sacked following the team’s ‘disappointing’ results in 2009.

    Breakthrough in equine sarcoid treatment

    13 January 2010

    A research project funded by The Horse Trust has succeeded in killing equine sarcoid cells in vitro by silencing a gene in the virus that causes sarcoids.

    Horse owners keep on spending

    12 January 2010

    Horse owners have continued to spend money on their horses and themselves throughout the recession, reveals new research from the British Equestrian Trade Association (BETA)

    Horseball championships to run at Bishop Burton College

    12 January 2010

    The Federation of International Horseball (FHIB) European Horseball Pony Championships 2010 will run alongside the FEI European Pony Championships when they are held at Bishop Burton College in July 2010.

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