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Honestly, I think I’d prefer to be a racehorse than a dressage horse. The race yards I’ve seen over the past couple of years do seem to...

I would just like to put in a word for trainers of 'low value TBs' mentioned above. Not all trainers think the less of them. My OH and I...

Bsnning the whip in flat racing would definitly benefit the horses !

Id bet a fairly large amount of money that most people wouldnt recognise mild lameness in a gaited horse. I used to ride a standie that...

I am exactly the same. That terrible photograph. Increasingly the sight of the beautiful, generous, intelligent animals being driven...

Yes, rider pulled it up fairly quickly horse couldn't put leg on ground.

I said one of not the. I think banning of the whip would make. A lot of people happy. And personally don't see it would effect the sport.

"but didnt realise how few people cared." And I think, herein lies the problem.

Not helping, one of the first things shown on itv - 100k bet in the national

No, the UK isn't the country with the strictest rules..... Switzerland has banned the whip in flat racing, racing didn't stop and...

To look after the horse first of course. Then assuming this is accomplished, to win the race. But never the second at the expense of the...

It was stated that the horse became wobbly and collapsed behind the screens. I would think once stationery the horse could not stand...

I took some time to speak to an ex jump jockey at my yard this morning about this. She is horrified and cannot imagine that the jockey...

Why not? The jockey was in charge of the horse at the time, he should have pulled up immediately. I've been a fan of racing and horse...

They also, like the traditional Mongolian horses who are similarly small and hardy and expected to carry grown men, typically live a...