1 five-star winner turns bucking bronco and 8 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 very jolly horses and ponies to dreaming over warmer climes, it all happened on social media.
Don’t miss the exciting competition on this weekly page. Our favourite tweet each week will win either an Apatchy mini tablet case or an Apatchy cosmetic bag, personalised with your own initials. For more information about the competition and to find out who this week’s winner is, go to the bottom of this page.
Equestrian social media posts of the week
Whoops — Richard Johnson’s wife, Fiona, incurs four faults
Homeschooling!
@fijohnson82 pic.twitter.com/YVbDuSIzFe
— Richard Johnson (@dickyjohnson77) January 8, 2021
Reigning European showjumping champion, Martin Fuchs, bid farewell to the Swiss snow yesterday (14 Januray), en-route to the warmer climes of Palm Beach for the Winter Equestrian Festival (we would quite like to be able to join in right now…)
And here is Cian O’Connor and his superstar PSG Final having a school in Palm Beach — scopey or what?!
No rider? No problem
Sound on for this one — Stratagem sprouted wings under Harry Cobden when en-route to winning at Doncaster on Monday
]https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ_lYvuA9Qq/
Superstars Tiger Roll and Envoi Allen were among the Gordon Elliott horses who headed to the beach on Monday
We took to the beach yesterday with 15 horses for a little change of scenery. Safe to say they had a good time
Posted by Gordon Elliott Racing on Monday, January 11, 2021
The snow is beautiful but it’s not terribly practical, still Jedd O’Keeffe’s string plough on, on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales nonetheless
Stunning morning @jeddokeeffe pic.twitter.com/X0tNSbfUxa
— Andrea O'Keeffe (@okeeffe_andrea) January 15, 2021
We think it’s time for another Buttons update…
First snow! Bank holiday fun #BabyB
pic.twitter.com/xnd0jKJ312
— Tracy Vigors (@wickhamwicks) December 28, 2020
And congratulations to this week’s Social Media Post of the Week winner…
London 52, who won Pau five-star with Laura Collett last October, looks like he very much enjoyed his first jump since his holiday
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Tweet of the week competition
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