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Big Debate
IN this week's dressage special, we look at one of the talking points in the sport - whether or no t snaffle bridles should be allowed at international grand prix, instead of a mandatory double bridle (p30). The suggestion is that double bridles shou
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Concern As Nearly Half Of Grooms Employed Illegally
Share your news story Call 0330 390 6386 Email [email protected] @ jones_eleanor_ NEARLY half of grooms are not paid in line with the law, a survey found, which is pushing people out of the industry. The Equestrian Employers Association (EE
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Court Rules In Totilas Semen Legal Battle
THE exclusive breeding rights to the late record-breaking dressage star Totilas are held by Paul Schockemöhle, a Dutch court has ruled in a dispute over the dead stallion's semen. The case involves Totilas's past owner Kees Visser and Mr Schockemöhle
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In Brief
COMPETITORS at Luhmühlen CCI5* (15-18 June) will now be vying for more prize money and riding the cross-country in a different direction. Organisers have announced that the winner will take home €125,000 (£111,000), up from €100,000, and course-desig
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Telling The Story Of Horse Wellfare In A Better Way
RACING and rehoming must tell the story of equine welfare much better to promote the positives and counterbalance the voices of those against the involvement of horses in sport. That was a key message from the 2023 International Forum for the Afterca
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Obituaries
THE former Olympic event rider died on 6 March, aged 63. The Canadian suffered a ruptured aneurysm and brain bleed and fell from her horse during an international jumping competition. She was airlifted to a specialist neurological unit, but died in h
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Riders Asked For Views On Equestrian Forest Permits
FORESTRY ENGLAND is asking equestrians for their views on riding permits as part of a review to ensure protocols are “fit for purpose”. Conversations have been taking place between the British Horse Society (BHS) and Forestry England (news, 10 Februa
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Chief Executive's Aims For Charity's Next 50 Years
THE new CEO of the Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) has said an “enormous thank you” to all involved - and urged others to get on board. Kathryn England replaces Paul Ringer, who had been leading RDA since Ed Bracher stepped down last year.
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Letters
Email to [email protected] Name and address must be included. Letters may be edited. FURTHER to Graham Fletcher's column (opinion, 2 March), I'm a French showjumper who has been living: in the UK, near Northampton, for the past 15 years. We use
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‘They've Let Down The Equestrian World’
[email protected] @jen_donald THE biggest problem we have right now in the horse industry, not just racing, is Brexit. We're all feeling its impact and politicians, Brexiteers and its implementers have let the equestrian world down massiv
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You Learn So Much From Watching
[email protected] @pollyrose21 GOING back 30 years or so, the British Dressage Convention was a cause of annual excitement. Dr Reiner Klimke and Herbert Rehbein were just two of the legends to have offered their wisdom there. The events were
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Mark Sartori
BRITISH EVENTING (BE) has often come under the spotlight in recent years, and at times the governing body has faced some harsh criticism. So when Mark Sartori threw his hat into the ring to become the new chairman, he was taking on a challenge. When
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Take A Second Look
MARES are often wonderful to own as they can be loving, and enjoy company and attention. However, caring for a mare can be difficult at times. Unpredictable and erratic behaviour, which may interfere with a mare's performance, training and management
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WHAT'S NEW In The Veterinary World?
THE importance of social relationships between horses is now widely recognised; they have evolved to have strong social structure within herds. Keeping them isolated is far from natural. In a herd situation, certain behaviours build bonds between ind
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Cheltenham Artist
I grew up in an Eastbourne townhouse, where I had friends with horses, and took riding lessons when I was 12. My parents didn't have much money and, one day, realising my equine passion was here to stay, I asked my mum if I could have a horse of my o
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The Double Debate
IT wasn't long ago that the idea of safety helmets in top-level FEI dressage sent lovers of the top hat into a tailspin. They've since become the norm. Now, a proposal by the freshly formed Equine Ethics and Wellbeing Commission to the FEI to conside
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Conformation Of Both Body And Mouth
THROUGH refinement of dressage horses, the way they move, their type, conformation and sensitivity have all been altered - and the shape of their mouths has changed, too. “I rode a lot of talented horses, some of whom were more difficult in the conta
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Goals In Green
SPOTTING potential is the very essence of what makes sport interesting. Brick by brick, the foundations of Irish dressage are being laid and the tide of green is rising. Irish riders have made history in recent years - qualifying a team for the Olymp
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Stress Relief
TRINITY FOOT & SOUTH HERTS BEAGLES 25 February Edited by Catherine Austen [email protected] @cfaustenl23 Trinity Foot & South Herts Beagles, Cainhoe Manor, Beds IF you are going to go for a day's hunting in South Bedfordshire, where bett
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Yellow
FOR some horses, hunting is a serious business. “Yellow watched hounds and decided to move depending on what they were doing, not the field master,” says Georgina Perry, jointmaster of the Ludlow. “He thought his rider was pretty hopeless and that ev
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King Is Twice Crowned
HUNT RACE ROUND UP 25 February-11 March CLARE KING and Cesar Et Rosalie got their spring campaign off to a flying start with a decisive victory over Zack Davidson and Crievehill at the Cotswold Scurry, held over the Bailey family's land at Charlton A
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Moody Is Simply Magnificent
MYERSCOUGH PREMIER LEAGUE 7-12 March [email protected] @pollyrose21 Myerscough Premier League, Lancs MYERSCOUGH has always been a happy hunting ground for Yorkshire-based Becky Moody but even she must have been slightly taken aback at the sea
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Triple Whammy For Delamotte
HIGHLIGHTS 27 February-5 March Wellington Riding winter regionals, Hants JESS RALTON secured the elementary, elementary freestyle and medium freestyle silver titles with six-yearold mare Active Delamotte, claiming: “I had the feeling on the last cent
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Bullimore Plays Her Trump card
HIGHLIGHTS 4-5 March [email protected] @pipparoomeorkyle Poplar Park, Suffolk “IT'S very unlike me to have a win at the beginning of the season - I just hope I haven't peaked too soon,” joked the winner of the sole intermediate section, Sarah
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Ward Keeps The Grand Slam Dream Alive
HIGHLIGHTS 4-12 March The Dutch Masters, CSI5* 's-Hertogenbosch, Amsterdam, Netherlands ALL roads now lead to Aachen this summer for US showjumper McLain Ward and the outstanding mare HH Azur after they won a second consecutive leg of the Rolex Grand
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Breen Bids To Follow In Family Footsteps
[email protected] @jen_donald DO YOU WANT TO BE ON THIS PAGE? HAVE YOU WON A CLASS? Email [email protected] within 24 hours of your event and please include a contact telephone number Arena UK laige pony premier, Lines DARCY B
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Two Tickets For A Pair Of Special Stallions
HIGHLIGHTS 27 February-5 March [email protected] @alexrob_journo_ NPS Area 13, Onley Grounds EC, Warks HARRIET GLENN, 15, made a triumphant affiliated debut with the established Welsh section C campaigner, Glebedale Jonny Depp, to win
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Nicholls Is In Flying Form
HIGHLIGHTS 6-11 March [email protected] @jen_donald Sandown Park, Esher, Surrey FEW combinations, or rather British combinations, of trainers and jockeys came into Cheltenham Festival in better form than Paul Nicholls and Flarry Cobden, a
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Yippee Ki Yay Gives Milo Something To Cheer About
HIGHLIGHTS 11-12 March Sir Watkin Williams Wynn & Flint & Denbigh, Bangor-OnDee, Wrexham MILO HERBERT enjoyed a successful day between the flags when scoring a double. The first of these victories came aboard Yippee Ki Yay in the first division of th
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Biddick Closes the Gap
Quantock Hunt, Cothelstone, Somerset WILL BIDDICK did no harm to his chances of securing the men's jockey championship when riding five winners across the weekend, meaning he is now neck and neck on 22 victories for this season. He rode a double at t
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My Small Team
TOM GREENWOOD was “ecstatic” after winning division two of the maiden 5yo&up at the Sir Watkin Williams Wynn and Flint & Denbigh meeting on Torngat, who he owns and trains. “I bought Torngat almost 12 months ago from Nigel Twiston-Davies and it was g
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When In Doubt, Hunt
WITH the children at school and more time on my hands I am trying to get ajob. Something, anything really, that I can do two or three days a week. I went into the search full of enthusiasm. I mean, how hard can it be? Everyone says there is a labour

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