Police horses have a blast and 6 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 wonderful beach scenes to waving farewell to a Grand National winner, we saw it all on social media.

Equestrian social media posts of the week

2017 Grand National winner One For Arthur leaves for his retirement

An inquisitive hound puppy

Beautiful shots

Hitching a lift

We’ve all been here

Is Ros Canter’s little girl also a future eventing champion in the making?

But our favourite social media post this week is…

This looks like great fun

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Gemma Redrup

H&H features, racing and point-to-point editor

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.