Turn your horse’s poo into solid gold and 8 other brilliant April Fools’ Day pranks

Take a look at our selection of the equestrian community’s April Fools’ Day pranks for 2025 to put a smile on your face…

1. John Whitaker aims for LA Olympics… in eventing

Our own (fake) news story ‘announced’ that showjumping legend John Whitaker is trying his hand at eventing with the aim of being selected in the discipline for the LA Olympics.

“It was a toss-up between dressage and eventing and I thought dressage wouldn’t be exciting enough,” said John. “Vaulting was also...