H&H’s editors highlight this season’s moments, events and horses to celebrate in their sports – plus a few shocks we really didn’t see coming

BSHA Rising Star finals

A producer makes a new mark on the history books, and first-timers impress at this most prestigious native celebration

CSI5* classes

International Velvet was broadcast on Christmas Day on the BBC in the 1980s – filming it was like “grown-up Pony Club camp” with a Burghley frisson, finds Martha Terry

Lottie Fry puts a tricky year behind her by completing a London treble, and Charlotte Dujardin makes a high-profile return as British dressage enjoys two stellar days