Budding jockeys given chance to ride on a Wincanton race day
BUDDING champion jockeys are being offered the chance to ride out at Wincanton Racecourse in a special charity race.
The Bob Champion Cancer Trust has...
Ex-jockey trains to be equine dentist
FORMER jump jockey Ryan Withey, 26, from Wincanton has won a prestigious £2,000 prize in recognition of his second career as an equine dentist...
Young riders saddle up for Ukrainian Foundation
The RAC Saddle Club in Dorset raised £731 in aid of Ukrainian Equestrian Federation Charity Foundation and #Willdoes yesterday
Over 40 competitors gathered to compete...
Lockdown project raising cash for RDA
A disabled rider from Dorset is raising funds for the Riding for the Disabled Association through the sales from her first children’s book, Horses...
Stubbs captures classic equine beauty
It is little wonder this stunning photograph of event horse Alex Hua Tian at Nunney International Horse Trials taken by photographer Brian Stubbs achieved...
Spare a thought for riding schools struggling in lockdown
By Charlotte Williams
After reading about the struggles of the nation’s riding schools in a well-known equine magazine, I thought I would call Alison of...
Polo: Sport of kings set for comeback
The exact origin of polo – ‘the sport of kings’ is unknown, but it is likely to have been first played by the nomadic...
Councillor leads 20mph campaign
Okeford Fitzpaine councillor and co-ordinator of the campaign group 20s Plenty for Dorset, Dilys Gartside, is urging residents with a passion to reduce ‘inappropriate’...
