Your fearless leader and the driving force behind this galloping (ad)venture 🐎 I'm an eventing and pedigree nutter. A passionate advocate for animal welfare, and into most things equestrian sport.
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Dressage seem to keep delivering serious cases of horse and animal abuse to the table. What the heck has gone wrong with dressage the past 10-20 years? Please feel free to share in the comments
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If riders had not got away riding with overly tight nosebands for all those years. In all, any of the bad officials out there have helped pushing the boundaries in a bad direction for the sport.
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Or maybe not. According to my calculations Vitalis is the winner of the dressage ranking while Zavall VDL would be the uncrowned king of eventing. Read the post and you'll find out why.
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Things I wish I had known part 3. The Threats! This is an article series about things the author wish she had been aware of when starting out her professional career within equestrian media.
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It’s neither rocket science nor “secret information,” especially not for a competition official! Such as the president of the ground jury, the course designer, a steward, or like the technical delegat
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Things I wish I had known part 2. Censorship! This is an article series about things the author wish she had been aware of when starting out her professional career within equestrian media.
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On the current list of the FEI table of suspension list (dated Oct 24th 2024) there are no less than 30 ongoing cases. Of those 30 cases 18 belong to the glorious world of endurance. Eighteen! That is a staggering 60% of all the cases on that particular list. My
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Call me old school but I like to hang out on various internet forums. Some of these forums are completely bonkers and over the top. Others are more horse friendly. At least if one believe horse friendly means a gathering of horse people talking about horses. Today I came across
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The prestigious state-of-the-art facility that is Stal Tops in Valkenswaard, attracts wealthy equestrians worldwide, who stable their prized horses here or in nearby private stables, including high-profile individuals like Athina Onassis. Equestrian entrepreneur Jan Tops has set a high standard, not only with his luxurious facilities but also by launching
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There are some things I wish I had known before entering the stage of equestrian journalism. Some almost 20 years back in time when I took up writing and created my first horsey news site I was completely clueless. Maybe not about the world of equestrianism itself, but about the
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I love you always forever. Near or far, closer together. Everywhere I will be with you, everything I will do for you..
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An equine pain face comprising low and or asymmetrical ears, an angled appearance of the eyes, a withdrawn and or tense stare, medio laterally dilated nostrils and tension of the lips..