Horse & Hound

{{short description|British magazine}}

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{{Infobox magazine

| title = Horse & Hound

| image_file = Horse & Hound 6 June 2024 cover.webp

| image_alt = Cover of Horse & Hound magazine showing montages of photos celebrating the magazine 140th anniversary

| image_caption = Cover of 6 June 2024, 140th anniversary special issue

| publisher =

| company = Future plc

| category = Equine

| circulation = 44,458 (ABC Jan - Dec 2013){{cite web|title=ABC Certificates and Reports: Horse & Hound|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/Products-Services/Product-Page/?tid=178|publisher=Audit Bureau of Circulations|access-date=15 February 2014}}
Print and digital editions.

| circulation_year =

| frequency = Weekly

| language = English

| editor = Sarah Jenkins

| editor_title = Editor In Chief

| founded =

| firstdate = {{Start date|1884|df=y}}

| country = United Kingdom

| website = {{URL|horseandhound.co.uk}}

| issn = 0018-5140

}}

Horse & Hound is the oldest equestrian weekly magazine of the United Kingdom.{{cite news|last=van Gilder Cooke|first=Sonia|title=All the Queen's Horses: Her Life in the Saddle|url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2114386_2114388_2116265,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602132905/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2114386_2114388_2116265,00.html|url-status=live|archive-date=June 2, 2012|access-date=22 June 2013|newspaper=Times|date=1 June 2012}} Its first edition was published in 1884.{{cite web|url=https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/opinion/column-a-tale-of-old-northamptonshire-george-whyte-melville-1-8731118|title=Column: A tale of old Northamptonshire - George Whyte-Melville|work=Northampton Chronicle & Echo|access-date=25 January 2019}} The magazine contains horse industry news, reports from equestrian events, veterinary advice about caring for horses, and horses for sale. Fox hunting has always been an important topic for the magazine, as are the sports of eventing, dressage, show jumping, horse racing, showing, carriage driving and endurance riding. The magazine includes commentaries from top riders and trainers including event rider William Fox-Pitt, top eventing trainer Captain Mark Phillips, top show jumper William Funnell and Olympic dressage rider and trainer Carl Hester, among others.

Among the major annual equestrian events reported by Horse & Hound are Badminton Horse Trials, Burghley Horse Trials, The Horse of the Year Show and the Olympia London International Horse Show.

The magazine is published by Future plc. The latest copy reaches shops every Thursday, while press day is Monday.