Carl Hester: film star, Rupert Campbell-Black and other things the horse world is talking about

The big screen

Carl Hester is to star in a biopic called Stride, it has been announced. As Carl prepares to compete in a seventh Olympic Games, he spoke to H&H about the film, which will tell the story of Carl’s life from Sark to stardom. “The script is written now so we’ll wait and see what happens next – it’s a bit surreal thinking that they’re going to make a movie,” he said.

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The small screen

We’ve had the first glimpse of a forthcoming television adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s Rivals. The second of the Rutshire Chronicles is due to be released on Disney+ this year as an eight-part series. The trailer shows snippets of the glamorous, cut-throat world that was 1980s television, and glimpses of Rupert Campbell-Black, Declan O’Hara, Bas and Tony Baddingham and more. “This is going to be marvellous,” says David Tennant as Tony, in the opening scene.

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Your vote counts

Britain goes to the polls tomorrow (4 July), and there are some crucial issues at stake for the equestrian world. Labour has confirmed to H&H it will ban trail-hunting if it wins power in the general election, and a series of questions covering equine ID, business rates and horse and rider road safety have also been put to potential MPs. H&H asked the main political parties on these key topics.

Find out what the parties said

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