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But its not really acceptable is it? I dont care how gleaming their coats are or how deep their beds are. Having no or massively limited...

problem seems to be 67524 reasons not to. :mad:

I know very little about the higher levels of dressage but I didn't think it was beautiful at all. Technically accurate, I think, yes...

Am I allowed to ask whether and why an established GP horse should need pony club kicking throughout the piaffe? But yes, he did have...

Low value is anything that has not fit to race or not worth the training fees, as long as you can get someone to pay the training fee it...

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

They actually owe him, he’s won multiples of the £800 they bought him for….

Honestly the few yards I worked at the jockeys were told get them round safely and pull up if any thing go’s wrong. Not to risk them.

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

If a jockey eases up on or pulls up a horse that is not travelling well in a race they are often themselves hauled up before the...

That's true but humans gonna human. Welfare agencies can and should protect horses so much better than they do. And perhaps cultural...

Indeed. I watched my beautiful TB trot across the field to me looking good. Tacked up, got on, walked 4 steps and got off. He'd had a...

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...

Rather than being defended he should be losing his licence and warned off all racecourses. I can barely believe that a 'top' jockey can...

I agree it's quite plausible that the jockey did not know how badly injured the horse was. But I do think that after a horse made such a...