Enjoy the H&H team’s top tweets from the equestrian twitterverse this week.
The week on twitter
What a superstar Valegro is — from the spotlights at Olympia one day, to a blustery field in Gloucestershire the next
World records mean nothing to me – being in the field does! Thanks 4 all your support, breathtaking don't you think?! pic.twitter.com/0bdIMUrZPP
— Carl Hester MBE (@HesterDressage) December 18, 2014
And his rider hasn’t been doing too badly either gaining fourth place at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards last weekend
Well what an incredible evening and congratulations to Lewis! So overwhelming to see dressage up there! Thank you to everyone for voting x
— Charlotte Dujardin (@CSJDujardin) December 15, 2014
Naturally…
When your day job is musical theatre, what else would you feed your horses? pic.twitter.com/2sdCzG10OE
— GJM Eventing (@GJMEventing) December 16, 2014
We still love you Mad Moose even if you don’t fancy racing
Channel 4 Racing’s presenter Emma Spencer got her car stuck at Cheltenham last weekend…
Oh dear – @EMMA_SPENCER not equipped for the muddy winter car parks #stuck #needsachelseatractor pic.twitter.com/Eyad2DPOPR
— Nick Luck (@nickluck) December 13, 2014
…So she drafted fellow presenter Nick Luck to help her out. Teamwork
@nickluck getting his hands dirty…. pic.twitter.com/XX82I1zlid
— EMMASPENCER (@EMMA_SPENCER) December 13, 2014
Champion hurdler Hurricane Fly doesn’t look too convinced about his festive outfit
PICTURE OF THE DAY: Hurricane Fly and @PTownend getting firmly into the Christmas spirit earlier today pic.twitter.com/6dCF6LJj0i
— Racing Post (@RacingPost) December 17, 2014
It would appear that the labrador of groom, Felicity Roberts, can squeeze herself into any spot for a snooze
Where there's a gap she'll fit! #labproblems pic.twitter.com/UEMfn55RSK
— Felicity Roberts (@flickrobertsno2) December 15, 2014
Ahh yes, the annual descent of horsey people into London for Olympia brings some issues with it — perhaps you recognie some of these too?
#eventerproblems getting on the right London tubeline but going in the wrong direction
— Bruce Haskell (@kiwieventer) December 17, 2014
It was great to see Laura Tomlinson back at Olympia earlier this week — it would seem her horse is happy to be back out too!
So exciting to be @OlympiaShow again! Minnie was a good girl even though she kicked the arena wall and broke the snazzy lights..sorry #mare!
— Laura Tomlinson (@LauraB_dressage) December 15, 2014
Oops
Horses won't be appearing in public for some time. Decided to clip them myself. Too late to rethink that idea.
— Blyth Tait (@BlythTait) December 19, 2014
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