Horse Hero News & Comment - 3rd July
Stop press: The 2* Champs' eventing squad go into the lead after team and individual dressage tests in Hungary, by 0.16 of a mark, their best result to date! Take a look at their team test training video to see their preparation which clearly paid off! Fingers crossed for the cross country! Also, congratulations to Melissa Beer who has been been selected for the Junior European Champs' dressage team.
Filming. This week, on the hottest day of the year, we filmed with polo superstar Mark Tomlinson which was really great fun and completely different to anything we've done so far! Other plans for the next month include a visit to dressage rider Anna Ross Davies and behaviourist Sarah Fisher (two of our amusing bloggers!).
Radio. Horse Hero was recently interviewed on Horse Radio Network in the USA who, it turns out, are big fans of ours! Interestingly, around 30% of our users are based overseas, some 15% in the USA and Canada. Click here to listen.
Blogs. Jo Eccles wins at Aachen and her folks have tea with the Queen, Sophie Wells makes the European Champs' squad, Louise Skelton is busy eventing but her dog Timmy is run over, Anna Weston has a convincing Le Trec win, Nikki Routledge has a dilemma, David Marlin does endurance research 'on the hoof', Jason Webb plays a tournament in Ireland, Melissa Beer goes to her college prom', Georgie Davies does the 2* at Longleat, Vittoria Panizzon is out and about with her youngsters and Laura Becthtolsheimer sets a new British record at Lingen. Plus lots more!
New editorial area! Take a look at the fabulous new Editorial section on Horse Hero. The first interactive guest feature is by David Marlin on a subject relevant to our hot summer - the 'truth and fallacy of electrolytes'. If you are not yet addicted to our blogs, there's a monthly selection to whet your appetite and you'll find a collection of forum answers from the Horse Hero Guru who takes no hostages, has a sense of humour and most importantly is a fountain of all knowledge! Let us know what you think.