BUCKHARO (1999-2024)
So many firsts and so a few heartbreaking lasts…There is so much I can say thru tears today…Bucky…
Posted by Beth Leggett Sokohl on Tuesday, July 9, 2024
We spend a lot of our time oohing and ahhing over the big guns who win World Championships and Olympics and 5*s. But today, we’re honoring a horse from the heart of our sport, a schoolmaster and confidence-builder, a teacher, experience-giver and friend to many, Buckharo, who has passed away peacefully at home, aged 25. ‘Bucky’ was the kind of eventer who “never said no”, competing at 4* with Australian rider Kate Chadderton before taking up his ultimate role teaching “so many how to run and jump, and have fun, and not be scared”. Fittingly, his last student was Kate’s daughter, Mia. We salute you Bucky, a true eventing great.
Bucky adorned with the colors of his many students, partners and friends.
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Thursday News and Reading
Eventing’s own Tik Maynard earned his hat and belt buckle when he won the Road to the Horse World Championship in March – and it’s been confirmed that he’ll be back in 2025 to defend his title. If you missed out on watching this fascinating competition, you’ll find the videos here.
Registration for British Equestrian’s Podium Potential Pathway 2025-27 is open. Click here to find out more.
World Horse Welfare has launched a new video series aimed at equine professionals and horse owners. Horses Explained will cover all aspects of horse welfare with information and advice from professionals in each field, and new videos will be released every Friday for the next two months. Find out more here and tune in here.
Hay or haylage – haylage or hay – choices, choices. There are seemingly no simple decisions when it comes to horse care. We’re always weighing things up – and out – and working out what’s best. The debate between hay and haylage is a common one, and of course, there’s no simple answer – here’s a handy list of pros and cons to bring a bit of balance to the discourse.
Queen of Eventing Lucinda Green is a huge advocate of conditioning horses on different surfaces and terrain. And who wouldn’t listen to Lucinda? Here’s the science behind the benefits of getting out of the arena and changing things up.
Video Break
Behold Queen Ingrid being her legendary self in the Aachen warm-up:
