[Horse & Hound] Following last week’s wonderful pictures of The Queen riding one of her beloved Fell ponies for the first time since the coronavirus lockdown was imposed — H&H brings readers an exclusive insight into Her Majesty’s relationship with her horses.This week’s (11 June) edition of H&H is a royal special, featuring both The Queen and her granddaughter Zara Tindall, released to coincide with Her Majesty’s official birthday, and available to buy online and in shops.
The Queen reveals through Horse & Hound her favourite horses of all time; those she has ridden and those she has watched succeed in the show ring, on the racecourse and in eventing.
Her Majesty was pictured on Monday 1 June in Windsor Home Park, riding 14-year-old Fell Balmoral Fern. Fells and Highlands are among those revealed as her favourites of a lifetime spent with horses, in a selection that also covers a European Championship-winning eventer, a dual Classic winner, and a stallion whose stable name was The Monster.