Horse & Hound


Horse & Hound is the oldest equestrian weekly magazine of the United Kingdom. Its first edition was published in 1884. The magazine contains horse industry news, reports from equestrian events, veterinary advice about caring for horses, and horses for sale. Fox hunting has always been an important topic for the magazine, as are the sports of eventing, dressage, show jumping, horse racing, showing, carriage driving and endurance riding. The magazine includes commentaries from top riders and trainers including event rider William Fox-Pitt, top eventing trainer Captain Mark Phillips, top show jumper William Funnell and Olympic dressage rider and trainer Carl Hester, among others.
Among the major annual equestrian events reported by Horse & Hound are Badminton Horse Trials, Burghley Horse Trials, The Horse of the Year Show and the Olympia London International Horse Show.
The magazine is published by TI Media. The latest copy reaches shops every Thursday, while press day is Monday.

Sister publications

Horse & Hound is one of a number of specialist publications produced by Future Publishing.
In the past Horse & Hound had two sister equestrian publications 'Eventing' magazine and HORSE magazine. Eventing magazine was incorporated into Horse & Hound in 2015 and HORSE magazine was sold to MyTimeMedia in spring 2013.

''Horse & Hound'' online

Horse & Hounds online edition is updated daily with equestrian news and reports from horse events. The site includes a forum where horse enthusiasts can share their experiences with others and ask for help with horse related problems. The website also publishes details of major horse events, biographies of riders and also has picture galleries.

In popular culture

Horse & Hound was shown and mentioned in the 1999 film Notting Hill, which starred Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts.
In the 1995 film Circle of Friends, Celia Westward is shown reading Horse & Hound.