Enjoy the H&H team’s top tweets from the equestrian twitterverse this week.
That’s a good looking prize haul, but we’re marginally more interested in the whereabouts of the €339,500 Scott Brash won in Saturday night’s final of the Global Champions Tour in Doha?
Tried to take these home with me but grudgingly accepted Scott Brash deserved them slightly more than me @GCT_events pic.twitter.com/XSootoRFhH
— jen donald (@donaldjdonald) November 16, 2014
Eventer’s problems…
#m25 argh.Don't want to be sat in traffic out of season and in the car!! Much easier being in the truck and stuck on traffic. #toilet&food
— Francis Whittington (@FWeventing) November 14, 2014
This horse looks slightly embarrassed by what his owner has put him through. Still, at least it was all for a good cause.
@horseandhound Charlie Vivian and Phil raising money for Children In Need out hunting with the Wilton today! pic.twitter.com/H5W6acPdtu
— Megan Lockyer (@megan_lockyer) November 15, 2014
Is this fine looking beast destined to join Louise’s 2014 number one British Eventing points winner Whitson at the top of the leaderboard in 2015? We’re just grateful we’re not the ones having to plait that mane…
Has Louise @HarwoodEventing found her new eventer for 2015? http://t.co/W0IKCHfYLz #eventinglive pic.twitter.com/WNAmXTNnar
— Uptown Eventing (@UptownEventing) November 17, 2014
Jilly Cooper + Toast = Amazing
Perhaps the most celebrated 'Toastie'. Sorry Bo! pic.twitter.com/5GQnfKeUFJ
— jamie osborne (@osbornejamie) November 17, 2014
This little filly foal looks thrilled with her new hair-do
Opportunity B's foal wearing her wig! #sillyfoal pic.twitter.com/j7ZnJIhCtu
— Helen Tredwell (@Tredderz) November 18, 2014
And the cutest picture of the week award goes to Noble Mission and his furry friend saying farewell to each other.
PICTURE OF THE DAY: Noble Mission says goodbye to a close friend as he sets off for a new life at stud in America. pic.twitter.com/6vC79w1Vb4
— Racing Post (@RacingPost) November 19, 2014
Vere Phillipps’ great Coral Cove, who completed several four-stars and amassed 1,293 British Eventing points along the way, looks to be enjoying his retirement
CORAL COVE in the sun! 27 years old and looking good! @EventRidersAssc pic.twitter.com/3092YcXlFm
— Vere Phillipps (@VerePhillipps) November 19, 2014
Rower and London 2012 Olympic gold medallist Helen Glover would argue that the sport of newly crowned Sunday Times and Sky Sports sportswoman of the year Charlotte Dujardin isn’t the only one involving sizeable partners.
.@CSJDujardin said hers is the only sport in which you work with a three quarter ton animal.She hasn't met my pairs partner. #riding #rowing
— Helen Glover (@Helenglovergb) November 19, 2014
And finally, this is the moment a Frankel filly sold for an eye-watering €1.8m yesterday (20 November) — could she be a future champion?
@FARRINGTON_D Buys the sister to Ole Man River by Frankel for 1.8m @Goffs1866 #IrelandsBest https://t.co/YSAHBaWZsu
— Joey Cullen (@Arazi75) November 20, 2014
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