Can you piaffe bareback while sipping a drink? Plus 7 other great bits of horsey social media this week

Enjoy some of our favourite updates from equestrian social media channels during the past week. From some amazing skills to some very sweet foals, we saw it all on social media.

Which is your favourite post?

Equestrian social media posts of the week

What a pair of characters

Snacks on the go

Cheltenham Festival Gold Cup contender Santini bouncing in his prep for the big race a week today

AP McCoy’s daughter Eve has a unique dismount style (don’t try this at home)

There’s jumping the top of the wings, then there’s this…

Hitting the snooze button

Swipe for Gemma Tattersall’s five-star campaigner, Arctic Soul, loving being back out eventing at the age of 19

But our favourite social media post this week is…

Skills

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Gemma is an experienced journalist, having been part of the H&H team since 2014, who is passionate about all equestrian sports, including racing and point-to-pointing. She has enjoyed riding out for top trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took part in a charity Flat race at in August 2018. Gemma’s reporting talents have taken her to numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.