Eleanor Jones

1 week ago | horseandhound.co.uk | Eleanor Jones

Tributes have been paid to a much-loved rider and mother who died “doing something she very much loved” after a fall at a competition. Katie Hacche, 25, was treated by first-aiders, paramedics and air ambulance personnel after her fall in the warm-up at Little Mill Equestrian Centre in Carmarthen on Saturday (12 April) but all attempts to revive her were unsuccessful.

1 week ago | www-horseandhound-co-uk.translate.goog | Eleanor Jones

Tributes have been paid to a much-loved rider and mother who died “doing something she very much loved” after a fall at a competition. Katie Hacche, 25, was treated by first-aiders, paramedics and air ambulance personnel after her fall in the warm-up at Little Mill Equestrian Centre in Carmarthen on Saturday (12 April) but all attempts to revive her were unsuccessful.

1 week ago | horseandhound.co.uk | Eleanor Jones

A tiny filly discovered with hundreds of ticks “sucking the life out of her” and on the edge of survival has been given a second chance at a happy life. Elouise, an 11.2hh three-year-old cob, was found alone on a fell in Northumberland by a World Horse Welfare field officer, after concerns were raised about her condition. “She had only recently appeared on the land and the charity believes she had been abandoned,” a World Horse Welfare spokesperson said.

1 week ago | horseandhound.co.uk | Eleanor Jones

One of the world’s most influential showjumping stallions has died aged 35 – but he will “always have a special place in our hearts”. VDL Stud in the Netherlands, where Indoctro had lived almost all his life, announced on Monday (7 April) that the legendary sire had died that morning, a day after he had been “enjoying all the attention at our annual stallion show”.

1 week ago | horseandhound.co.uk | Eleanor Jones

A “free-spirited” mare who served her country for over a decade, then embraced her retirement has died at the age of 19. Former Household Cavalry recruit Longbow had settled beautifully at The Horse Trust, to which she was retired last year, but had to be put down owing to a serious injury. “It is with great sorrow that we share the passing of our beloved Longbow,” a spokesperson for the charity said.