Wedding ceremony bells, Equifest’s new dwelling, and extra issues the horse world is speaking about

1. Wedding ceremony bells

Burghley runner-up Tom Jackson and Sabrina Pryer tied the knot on 3 November – Sabrina’s birthday – on what the blissful couple has described as “one of the best day of our lives”. The couple’s canines, Alfie and Otto, got here to the church, and the Jacksons adopted their big day with a honeymoon in Botswana. “Everybody says it’s one of the best day of your lives, and it truly is. It was wonderful. We had numerous particular household and mates there, and it was simply an incredible day, it simply went too rapidly!”stated Sabrina.

Uncover extra concerning the Jacksons’ wedding ceremony day

2. Rachael Blackmore’s London debut

Cheltenham Gold Cup and Grand Nationwide-winning jockey Rachael Blackmore will change saddles to make her London Worldwide Horse Present as a part of the ladies group within the Markel Jockeys Leaping (19 December), in support of the Injured Jockeys Fund. “I did some eventing in my teenage years, however that was a very long time in the past now!” stated Rachael, assured that “the ladies… clearly” will probably be claiming this 12 months’s title.

Learn what else Rachael is trying ahead to at this 12 months’s London Worldwide Horse Present

3. Equifest’s new dwelling

Organisers of exhibiting fixture Equifest have introduced that the present will transfer to a brand new venue in 2023, following the closure of the East of England showground this 12 months. The present will probably be held at Area UK, some 35 miles north up the A1, from 2 to five August 2023. The choice was made after Equifest’s organisers posted a public questionnaire, which ascertained that Area UK was “by far the venue of selection.”

Discover out extra about how Equifest 2023 will take a look at its new dwelling

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