Xander Brett

A while until the sales, but Scandinavia’s racing season gets started soon… Swedish jump racing has faced a 30% cut to its prize money and my interview on that with Anders Herlin of Skandinavisk Hindersport, recorded in Malmö, formed part of yesterday’s Nick Luck Daily episode.

On @Monocle_Radio twice today. My piece on 🇳🇴 🚘 EVs in Norway, where last year nearly 96% of new cars sold were electric, formed part of The Globalist. And as 🇩🇰 🗳️ Denmark went to the polls, my piece on its election aired in The Monocle Daily. Election results are arriving…

🏔️ Fascinating visit to Greenland.

🇸🇪 I enjoyed attending the Sweden International Horse Show in Stockholm a couple of years ago, and am at the Gothenburg Horse Show this weekend. 🐴 @FEI_Global Jumping World Cup sänds nu på SVT2.

The words the world waits for… Italian President, Sergio Mattarella declares Milano Cortina 2026 OPEN! 🔥🇮🇹 LET THE GAMES BEGIN! 🎉 #OpeningCeremony | #MilanoCortina2026

I’m looking forward to taking @RacingBreaks customers to 🇸🇪 Stockholm for a fourth time in September. This year’s trip is exclusive to @IJF_official members. More information below. 👇 horseracingsweden.com/news-and-featu…

The ⛷️ ski slope in a capital city built partially of construction garbage… I enjoyed my time on 🇸🇪 Hammarbybacken last year, as my Monocle article explains. 👇 monocle.com/travel/hammarb…

Fun to be at ‘Tolvslaget på Skansen’ in Stockholm tonight. Live on SVT1 from 23:25 local time. 🎆

It was nice to do some sightseeing in Hong Kong, and to pop over to nearby Macau and Shenzhen, alongside attending the @HKJC_Racing IJC and HKIR. 🇭🇰 🇲🇴 🇨🇳

After a trip to the ⛰️ Harz Mountains in July, my article on the Harz Border Trail is in the latest issue of Discover @GermanyMagazine.

🇩🇪 I received a tour of Cologne’s Gestüt Röttgen in January, and it was fun to attend the Cuxhaven mudflat races further north in August. You can read my piece on the latter via the @TRCommentary website… thoroughbredracing.com/articles/6704/…

It was lovely to attend the 🇫🇷 Arqana Arc Sale in Paris last weekend and I’m looking forward to another trip to 🇩🇪 @BBAG_Sales next week. Before that, I’m delighted to be reporting from today’s 🇸🇪 Swedish Yearling and Horses in Training Sale…

A ‘shining light’ has gone out: farewell to national treasure Dame Jilly Cooper, aged 88 horseandhound.co.uk/news/farewell-…

It was nice to catch up with former Norwegian prime minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, founder of the @oslocenter. My interview with him is in this month’s edition of Scan Magazine.

I enjoyed a visit to 🇸🇪 Rävdansens Stuteri to write a feature earlier this year, and I’m happy to be in 🇩🇰 Denmark this week to report again from the Scandinavian Open Yearling Sale.

I had a good time at the Goffs Yorton Sale last Thursday and enjoyed a research trip to 🇮🇪 Gilltown this week, having visited the @AgaKhanStuds 🇫🇷 Bonneval in January. Sur un autre sujet, mon reportage sur un nouvel hippodrome proposé en 🇸🇪 Suède est dans le magazine GALORAMA.

As Norway goes to the polls, my report for @Monocle_Radio aired during today’s broadcast of The Globalist. 🇳🇴 🗳️ monocle.com/player/?uuid=e…

I completed the 59-strong set last month and can now say I’ve been racing at every course in Great Britain. Read more in the latest issue of Racing Ahead magazine, for which it has been fun to contribute a monthly column…

Very interesting to delve into 🇸🇪 🇺🇸 ‘raggare’, having investigated the 🇩🇰 🇨🇦 ‘Whisky War’ over Hans Island (near 🇬🇱 Greenland) for Monocle Radio earlier this year.

It was lovely to catch up with Sissela Kyle for a cover feature in Scan Magazine…