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you wouldnt need to recreate it to prove it. Proving it would be incredibly easy. But theres no money for research like that, especially...

I want to be clear that this is not my analysis, but that of a collaborator whom I absolutely trust. Obviously analysis of these images...

Yup. I'm sure that anyone officiating at an event for the clueless, amateur, never-competed-at-high-level bods out there would have...

I thought this! Blue is wrong. I'm yet to see a blue tongue at amateur levels / riding club / fun rides and I'm pretty sure the...

If you're checking mouths then polo... I exercised polo horses and the state of some coming back from a weekend competing made me cry...

I view tendons a bit differently since doing the same injury myself. I had a fall a few years ago where I tore all the tendons in my...

Maybe not but the horses welfare is just as important even if the cause is different , it’s still abuse

I think there is also a lack of hypocrisy. Nobody says a SJ round should be harmonious or relaxed, just fast and no faults. Same with...

And not only allowing all the metal work but removing the automatic blood disqualification rule as well 🙄 people actually voted in...

They seem to have enough trouble checking the nosebands can’t imagine they would do much more. Seems odd that dressage horses must have...

Can any of these people actually ride? Im really starting to wonder, given i dont count sawing and spurring as skilled...

Think that's a lot of the problem. It seems that many top riders don't care about the partnership, just the wins. Otherwise why would...

If welfare was front and central they'd ride in a way (or learn to ride in a way) that doesn't have a risk of leaving marks.

I have ridden several Van Olst horses and they are an acquired taste. In simple terms they were the hottest temperamented horses I’ve...

If they wanted to do better, they already would be.