Badminton winner Inonothing, who was injured at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, is expected to be back eventing by the end of next season. Jenny Waaler's 14-year-old hit the jump going into the first water, the Salato Wildlife Centre. Rider Paul Tapner realized he did not feel right and pulled him up at fence 13. X-rays found a chip of bone had come off his stifle.
Former European eventing champion Ian Stark has been inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. During his career Ian Stark has amassed a total of 18 medals including four Olympic silver medals, four European eventing team golds and the individual gold in 1991. He also won Badminton Horse Trials three times. He was awarded an MBE in 1989 and an OBE in 2001.
The majority — if not all — of the 40 jumps on the three-star Olympic cross-country course in Greenwich Park will be portable structures, built off-site and installed within four weeks of the Games in July 2012.
Should riders be allowed to compete on horses that have been given a small amount of bute? That has been the subject of heated discussion this afternoon at a meeting of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Bettina Hoy retired top eventer Ringwood Cockatoo in a special ceremony at the Dutch CCI***, Boekelo, last weekend. He is 18 years old.
Ian Stark is currently being taken by ambulance to Borders General Hospital in Melrose, to be closer to home while he recovers from a brain bleed.
Herefordshire student Holly Bradshaw pipped dozens of keen riders to the post to be chosen to ride Mary King's Olympic silver medal-winning horse King Solomon III at the 2009 British Dressage South West Summer Regionals.
Mary King and Tina Cook have both withdrawn their rides from the Rolex Kentucky CCI**** in America (23-26 April) due to viruses. Tina Cook's double Olympic bronze medallist Miners Frolic was due to make his four-star debut at the event.