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Where I come from, it's cold..
When this incident took place it was winter, the kind of winter that us, who live in the Benelux area, normally can only dream about. The outside temperature clocked in on some -10°C.
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The Hoofbeat Chronicles is a personal blog about horses, horse business and equestrian sport. The good, the bad and the ugly. Hope you'll like it!
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One year older already!
Anyhow, today was the first day I was really out and about with horses for a long time. Kind of weird though since I have plenty of my own, and horsey business have been my business for so many years.
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Yippee ki-yay
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There is no escape from the Dujardin suspension
The kid still held on to the reins of her pony after the unflattering departure. When she got up from the ground, the very first thing she did was to whip her pony in the middle of the face.
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Brace for impact!
It is also a known fact that during the first ten years with these risk capitalist driven companies heading into the field of animal health care. The costs for the animal owners blew through the roof!
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And then they were three..
Yesterday evening my only breeding mare left standing changed owners. Part of me am heart broken. The other part is happy as a clam. The latter cause I now know she has a great forever home, and she is also in good hands. In all this sale will not make
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Things I wish I had known: Friends for life
Things I wish I had known part 4. Friends for life! 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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Dressage, dressage, dressage..
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Second Trazodone case in eventing
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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Shut up and ride!
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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God bless the world ranking for breeding stallions..
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: The Threats
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.