The Ebony Horse Club in Brixton is the official charity of the 2026 MARS Badminton Horse Trials! Working to spread its mission of using horses to raise the education, life skills, wellbeing and aspirations of young people from disadvantaged communities, Ebony Horse Club represents a desire to make horses more accessible for the greater public. We can’t wait to see what’s to come from this partnership, but things certainly kicked off in fine fashion with the help of Grand Slam winner Pippa Funnell during a recent visit!
Visit ebonyhorseclub.org.uk to learn more about Ebony Horse Club, and don’t forget: tickets to the 2026 MARS Badminton Horse Trials will go on sale in January.
News & Reading
If competing at Badminton is your dream, but you’re not *quite* ready for the 5* division, don’t forget about the British Eventing Grassroots Championships! Often dubbed “mini Badminton” and run at BE90 and BE100, this championships offers the opportunity to compete on hallowed ground in a true top-flight environment. This year, the qualification criteria have been broadened to encourage more entries, and you can see if you’ve gotten qualified in their British Eventing Stats Center. Click here to read more.
Could a gait analysis help identify problems before they happen? For some racetracks, this is already in practice. Some tracks in California, New York and Kentucky have begun implementing technology to supplement visual analysis of horses’ soundness, and the results are interesting. Read more on this new tech here.
Many horse professionals juggle two (or more!) identities at once. For #supergroom Ruth Rosendaul, those identities involve caring for the top horses in Hannah Sue and Matthias Hollberg’s program while also attending school full-time. Ruth is completing her business degree online via The University of Kentucky, and it’s her love of the horse that keeps her fueled during the busiest times of the year. Read more on Ruth’s journey here.
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Get all of your equine digestion questions answered in this episode of Dear Horse World’s No Stupid Questions:
