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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...

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...

I may not have got the pony but..A happy update to share with you guys! Remember how you all convinced me to indeed go to Arizona after...

Yes, a horse can absolutely push from behind with a drape in the rein/very light contact. It is clearly demonstrated in good Western...

Kings forest today

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...

There just seems to be one underlying concept/argument: Whether all beings have the right to autonomy, protection of self, desires...

An emergency is not training. I can pull a child forcibly from the path of an oncoming car while knowing putting my hands on a child I...

You use your big human brain to figure out why they don't want to. Is it scary, is it uncomfortable, have you set them up successfully...

Personally I think if you're at the point of even having this train of thought, you will probably notice when your horse is only doing...

Mostly it starts out quite well, though there are already licensing requirements for riding schools... Interestingly, a few things that...

Actually, unfortunately for the type of sudden death we saw yesterday, there is very very little notice at all. Horses have dropped dead...

Hellllloooooo Felix, Myka and Mylo. Big sis and her little brothers. Though actually only Mylo is related to both of them. Plus pic...

Failing to provide raw images is a problem but most of us who are trying to make a judgement with the evidence available to us, and are...

Racing gets a lot of both deserved and undeserved bad press. It's certainly got a lot more power in regard to whip use (and no spurs)...