H&C also commissioned Dean Dibsdall: Model Farrier, a single film about the winner of E4's Playing It Straight 2012.

[9] In October 2010, Horse & Country TV was placed into administration by Chairman Heather Killen after she called in a £400,000 preferential loan on her own company, one day before a dismissal claim by former Managing Director Nick Ludlow was scheduled for court.

Mr. Ludlow, who had been dismissed by Ms. Killen seven days after she completed a takeover of the television channel, alleged that his 47% ownership stake was diluted to 16% following a share issue in November 2009.

This action compelled Mr. Ludlow to abandon his legal challenge and led to investors writing off £200,000 due to the company's collapse.

Within months, Ms. Killen relaunched the company as H&C TV, which secured a global rights deal for highlights from the Badminton trials, thereby ending a 50-year exclusive coverage arrangement with the BBC.