Horse racing and equestrianism
For the second year running, Amanda Edwards and Addie Garrett represented England at the British Dressage Home International championship. Edwards, riding Mercurey, and Garrett, riding Missdemeanour, were the only riders from Norfolk chosen to represent England as part of the Eastern Region Squad.
Jockey Richard Johnson and trainer Tim Vaughan recorded a short-priced treble as Fakenham Racecourse, bathed in sunshine, staged its first National Hunt race meeting of the season yesterday.
Course-specialist Cool Roxy and jockeys Richard Johnson and Barry Geraghty will all be vying to grab the headlines as Fakenham Racecourse stages its opening National Hunt meeting of the season today with a cracking seven-race card.
Work on a £5million equestrian and animal welfare centre is now complete at Easton College, giving it some of the best facilities in the country. The official opening, on Saturday, is creating much excitement among students and staff at the college as it will see displays from Pippa Funnell MBE (Olympic medalist), Alistair Hood (show producer and rider) and Simon Laurens (Olympic para rider).
Canny punters always keep their eyes on young horses running at Yarmouth in the autumn, for a number will go on to bigger things in their careers. And they weren't disappointed yesterday, with the two divisions of the European Breeders' Fund Maiden Fillies' Stakes being landed by high-flying Newmarket yards.
Matt Bundock of Banham Zoo is celebrating his most successful showing season in 20 years with his his Suffolk Punches Bazoo Riley and Whatton Chiefton.
Twin sisters Amy and Emily Harris enjoyed a double success at the Buckenham House RDA fun family show.
Amy and Emily were supreme ridden champion and reserve supreme in-hand champion respectively with their ponies Bureside Autumn Mist and Waxwing Rigmarole.
Norfolk's Piggy French was the unexpected success story as Great Britain landed team and individual gold at the HSBC FEI European Eventing Championships at Fontainebleau.
Over 55 riders took part in this year's Sandale Dressage League, held from May to August at Sandale Training Yard at Laxfield, which is managed by Tammy Ruffles, a British Dressage instructor.
Clive Brittain's Nashmiah won her fourth Listed contest of the year by taking Yarmouth's feature race of the season, the EBF attheraces.com John Musker Fillies' Stakes.