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It wasn't that long ago that the return of CDJ was being heralded by certain shows and SM accounts. She received a year's ban for...

Absolutely. And not to get too fluffy bunny about it but the only ones who get no choice on where they work, how they work and how they...

In what sense a witch hunt though? She is certainly not the only rider being picked up on for these types of issues. I'm not sure...

I find it all incredibly frustrating. I love dressage. The feeling of working together with the horse in harmony, so he feels powerful...

This is a great line from that article: "This begs the question: if there were 41 minutes of good welfare and four minutes of bad, does...

There’s a big 2 page spread in the physical paper too

Given they all seem to be as bad as each other, is it time to say "enough is enough" and ban it? Its all just completely ugly, the...

Yes there was. I think a few people here might want to gain a better understanding of what the role and responsibilities of a steward...

Wonder what she could say really, apart from asking the reporter how many GP horses he had produced :rolleyes: It seemed a very...

https://web.archive.org/web/20260301203323/https://www.thetimes.com/sport/article/charlotte-dujardin-special-report-dressage-c837pxwxt?ga...

It's not lack of knowledge. It's not giving a sh....

So, apologies for another lengthy fb video but this just looks like breaking a horse down, not building it up 😕 Btw: I kept wondering...

It's such a complex and incestuous system. At the bottom, most people expect the judges to know more than them and although they may...

I had a clinic with a judge early last year who said amongst their peers (list 3/4 in her case) there's a lot of eye rolling & head...

Why not blame everyone? No one makes the breeders breed hot hypermobile horses. No one makes anyone ride them. These people are all...