
Eleanor Jones
News editor
Eleanor joined Horse & Hound as news editor in March 2016, having spent eight and a half years working for local and national newspapers. During her time with H&H, Eleanor has attended numerous industry conferences and events, including the FEI sport forum, the British Equine Veterinary Association annual congress and the National Equine Forum, and has spoken at the NEF and the Saddle Research Trust conference. She has reported on all disciplines and aspects of the industry, from Brexit to anti-bullying campaigns and from dressage rules to dressage mules. She spent time travelling across Europe with World Horse Welfare to see first-hand the experience of horses being transported thousands of miles to slaughter, producing reports for print, online and in video format, and has also reported on showjumping events from national qualifiers to international grands prix, as well as the 2021 and 2023 Europeans and 2022 World Championships.
Eleanor has been riding since she was seven, and was given her first pony, a £300 Welsh section B mare, at the age of 12. She worked for dressage and showjumping riders, and now has two warmblood mares who she competes at British Showjumping events, although one mare is out of work having given birth to a beautiful filly in summer 2023. She has competed in dressage but since her mark sheets have contained phrases such as “unexpected manoeuvre between C and M” and “well sat”, tends to stick to the jumping.
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New calls for urgent action to prevent ‘blue tongues’ and signs of pain in dressage horses
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Foal dies after paragliders fly ‘low and erratically’ over horses’ field
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Horses may learn by ‘eavesdropping’ on humans’ interaction with each other, study finds
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‘He went everywhere with me’: farewell to tiny ex-racehorse who went to the top
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The perfect teacher: tiny pony rescued from neglect finds his niche training vet students
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Drones and search dog find missing elderly pony stuck – and invisible – 12 feet deep in blackthorn hedge
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‘Together we can change lives’: group of neglected ponies highlights impact of living costs on horse welfare
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‘They make each day better’: donkeys who spent years serving community help heal a broken heart
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Olympic rider’s recovery from serious injury and other things the horse world is talking about
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Whitaker and Stockdale switch saddles ahead of Royal Windsor's exhibition polo match
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Soldier’s grief at horse’s death shown 1,800 years later as Roman skeleton found with grave gifts
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‘I couldn’t believe she’d done it’: owner’s shock after fellow livery pleads guilty to trying to give her horse rat poison
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New AI system gives horses a ‘digital voice’ to tell us if they’re in pain
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Are you game? Sign up for theatre's first ever pantomime horse (or cow) race this summer
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Five-time Funnell eyes the one derby title missing from his collection
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A legacy of hope thanks to ‘determined and courageous’ rider who died aged 30
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‘He proved that healing is possible’: horse rescued from ‘heartbreaking neglect’ dies surrounded by love
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‘Mud on his boots and sunlight in his soul’: equestrian world mourns true horseman who died after warm-up fall
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Olympic venue confirmed, sniffer dogs and other things the horse world is talking about
