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I was going to wait, but updating this now for my own mental health and because I think if anyone else googles horse hiccups this might...

How about banning nosebands and huge thigh blocks? It might not fix everything, but it would be a blooming good start, by making it...

Dressage should just ban all nosebands. Sorted.

Laura Tomlinson's Dressage op-ed in last week's H&H made interesting reading. She basically was saying that in order to ride more...

I wouldn't go to the USA right now either - that's where the finals are being held.

If stallion is EE aa black the bay was coming from the mare. A (agouti) is dominant to a so only needs one copy to express

You lose the true curb action when the bit is jointed. I would try a plain mullen mouth, which gives tongue room.

Well, from my own experience, when my cats meow it's when they are looking at me, there are no other cats around, and they want...

Dressage is at the pointy end because the point of it, the origins of it essentially, are supposed to be about improving equine welfare...

We’ve done this in the past bees are fab.

Pony sized kimblewick would be my first go to

Beekeeping. Every bit as complicated as horses but slightly cheaper. And you get some honey(sometimes).

Mullen mouth pelham with two reins? If you are able to ride with double reins and understand the different actions. You can always put...

Sodashi’s family are, they’re not greys but a white mutation. Basically a big white spot over the solid coloured base.

Although you could rug, feed and ride a cow on it. It's beyond about time that horses were counted as large grazing animals like cattle...