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Racing

Events and Shows

Dressage

Polo

Features

Rare Breeds

Heavy Horses

Iberian Horses

Writer of the Year 2000

Writer of the Year 1998-99 Winner

Free Competition

Contact Us

See below for a more detailed outline of this month's contents

RACING SECTION

The Pearl Fisher
Regular correspondent Terry Clark casts his eye over the trial races and major contenders for this year's National Hunt Festival at Cheltenham in March

 

How to win a million - Twice!
Terry Clark gives advice on making the most of the Tote's Scoop 6 Bet

Immortals of the Turf
"Dancing Brave"
A tribute to one of the truly great racehorses of the 20th Century

Dancing Brave Winning The 'Arc' in 1986
Brian Elliot recalls a wonderful race

A Day at the Races in Bahrain
Our Middle East correspondent enjoys an unusual day's racing as a VIP

Australian Spring Racing Carnival 1999
A look at the early season's highlights in the Australian Calender, including the Melbourne Cup and Australia's best three year olds

US Steeplechasing
Experience prevails in star studded chase season. Revitalised veteran chaser Ninepins takes the US season by storm - We look at all the stars of '99 American Steeplechasing - Plus a report on the National Steeplechase Association's Conference

Sportdays.com and Shadow Fax Racing
How to become a 'virtual' racehorse owner with this enterprising racing club...

Book Review - A Jump Jockey's Life
One of the leading jockeys of the National Hunt scene shares his greatest triumphs in this autobiography

 
EVENTS AND SHOWS

Olympia '99
Relive
the world class show jumping and enternaining spectacle at this ever popular Christmas show

   
DRESSAGE

The End of a Golden Era
This is a tribute to the legendary Dr Reiner Klimke one of the great torch bearers for the world of Dressage in the 20th Century

   
POLO

A High Summer Feast at the 'Cartier International' Polo
One of the season's great Social and Sporting events recalled.... When celebrities and exciting high goal polo combined to create a special day

This article is also available in Spanish
This is just the first in a series of articles. Our long term plan is to translate the whole magazine
   
FEATURES

For the Love of Su Mac Lad
For Mae Barrena, Su Mac Lad, was simply 'the horse of a lifetime' - and she was his adoring fan

 

A Gift
The 'gift' is that of healing... Meet healer Michelle Hunter as she diagnoses hidden ailments in horses

   
NATIVE AND RARE BREEDS SECTION

Exmoors Invade the Midlands
The story of a small group of exmoor ponies which was released into Sutton Park last year as part of a conservation project

 

A Suffolk Punch Spectacular
An account of this rare breed's special show day at Capel Manor

   
IBERIAN HORSES

Cranleigh Show

Lusitano Society Annual Breed Show
Reports from two shows featuring both the Spanish Purebred horse and the Lusitano

   
HEAVY (DRAFT) HORSE SECTION

Wellington County Park Show
Reports from the newly instigated at the delightful setting of Wellington Country Park

Cranleigh Show
How the big horses fared at the long established agricultural show at Cranleigh in Surrey

SCHHA - Ploughing Championships
A glorious day at the annual 'Southern Counties' National Ploughing Championships and Show

Book Review - In a Long Day
A most unusual and delightful book based on some old photographs of rural life in East Anglia in England between the wars

 
COMPETITION

Writer of the Year 2000
Details of how to enter our competition

 

Writer of the Year 1998-99 Winner
We announce the winner of our first 'writer of the year' competition

 

Caption Competition
Introducing our new competiton

 

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