Category: Equestrian Dorset

All the latest equestrian news from Dorset, including Blackmore Vale, North Somerset and the surrounding region.

If you are a fan of horse racing, eventing, show jumping, pony club, dressage or Thoroughbred breeding then this is the place for you.

With regular columns from The Glanvilles Stud (always with stunning photography, and yes, many many foals). Up-and-coming three day eventer Toots Bartlett shares a monthly diary from her yard. Along with a wide variety of Pony Club, driving, RDA … as many horse-related articles as we can pack in.
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Equestrian Dorset

Rodney’s rough ride

This month, Sally Cooper shares Rodney’s recent medical saga, with a stunningly swift, unexpected diagnosis and treatment This month I was contemplating what to write...

Editorial team - 20 May 2024

Equestrian Dorset

The grass that’s too green

Ever-hopeful of an end to the wet weather, Lucy Procter has her work cut out with poached fields and the dangers of spring grazing Wet...

Editorial team - 11 May 2024

Equestrian Dorset

From dissertation to dressage

As the 2024 event season gets under way, Jess Rimmer finds herself balancing books and bridles as it coincides with exam season I thought I’d...

Editorial team - 5 May 2024

Equestrian Dorset

A therapeutic partnership

An equine therapy centre in Blandford is creating transformative connections for those most in need of healing – Sally Cooper reports It’s a return trip...

Editorial team - 24 April 2024

Equestrian Dorset

Mud, rain, mud …

Lucy Procter is in the midst of the highs and lows of managing a rain-soaked foaling season ‘I’m just so over this wet weather! When...

Editorial team - 20 April 2024

Equestrian Dorset

Naughty Newt and the Lisnaught ladies

We’re excited to welcome Team Rimmer to the BV equestrian section, kicking off a new monthly column sharing life in a busy eventing yard Team...

Editorial team - 9 April 2024

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Bucked in the Yarn

Editorial team - 11 September 20240

Three small Somerset villages had a huge impact on global exploration and trade – Rachael Rowe talks to Professor Terry Stevens “Nothing much ever happened...

Blackmore Vale What's on

Railways on the Air at Shillingstone

Editorial team - 19 September 20240

On the weekend of 28th and 29th September, Shillingstone Station will host the Flight Refuelling Amateur Radio Society of Wimborne (FRARS) for the Railways...