dressage
In a sport obsessed with transparency, it’s remarkable how quickly the shutters slam shut the moment a camera appears. So if and when dressage ever falls, it won’t be the critics who take it down, it’ll be the people guarding the warm-up like it’s a classified military space.
eventing
This week’s “Future Star” award went to a rider with more eliminations than clear rounds, because apparently ambition now trumps results. After 15 starts and seven walk-of-shames, two soft wins were enough to spark dreams of Aachen 2026. If this is the future of eventing, buckle up.
animal welfare
I don't believe in coincidences. Never did, never will. So seeing this third Trazodone case make me wonder. Cause even though the first two cases were tossed out. Why are we now seeing a third one... P
rules & regulations
At the 2025 GCL Super Cup in Prague, a rider’s loose helmet strap led to a retroactive disqualification that wiped out an entire team, raising bigger questions about fairness, consistency, and what safety really means in our sport.
animal welfare
There’s a familiar rhythm to these stories by now. Someone loses their temper, a horse absorbs it, officials step in, and suddenly the community is shocke, again. This latest case is no different, except perhaps in how clearly it shows what the real problem is.
horzing around
Two ancient horses from northern Europe have yielded 300,000-year-old DNA, uncovering a previously unknown lineage in horse evolution and proving that valuable genetic material can survive even outside caves and permafrost.
eventing
Consequences of starting something before being ready vary by the situation but commonly include a higher risk of failure, substandard results, and negative impacts on well-being such as increased stress and burnout.
This article has absolutely nothing to do with the tragic events that occurred over the weekend. Nothing, as in it was already done and ready to be published as a follow up on a post that was published on Friday morning.
It’s always telling when someone downplays a major championship, which is exactly what happened to two the showjumping Euros the other week. For some it was basically considered a “stepping stone” for bigger goals. Read the World Championships and the God all mighty Olympic Games.
It began like it so often does: a perfectly ordinary class at a local jumping show. The horse jumps clear. It is all smiles, at least till someone check their phone and realise the official time is co
Let's be honest, it should never be allowed nor possible to buy a five star show jumper and head straight into the highest level of the sport without any previous experience. However, sorting the problem out with the help of MERs, as being discussed right now doesn't feel like the right way to go.
Stories, and quiet reflections, straight from the horse's mouth
Sometimes one come across things that leaves nothing to analyse, nothing to debate, but only a cold, heavy feeling in your chest. Like yet another reminder, in how far, some parts of the equestrian world still are from the values we claim to stand for.
In horse sport, organisers and officials dodge accountability while riders are left to shoulder the fallout. Here’s one more example of how that story plays out, and why the status quo is finally starting to feel unbearable.
Truth of the matter is the ranking is indeed benefitting both stallions with a lot of competing offspring as well as the ones with a few top ones making ranking points.
I’d planned for months to visit one of the last horse markets. But after the week I’ve had, I realised I simply didn’t have it in me.
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The other day, a casual chat with another equestrian professional turned into something heavier: the uncomfortable truth that our sport is in real trouble. Scandals pile up, the elite drift further away from reality, and too many people defend the indefensible.
When I was young, we looked up to the top riders in show jumping. We followed the events on the tele, and the great tamale was when one could actually go to one of the big international competitions to watch them live. Today my generation basically lost all respect for
Last year I was being told I was negative and could not appreciate the new five star of Maryland. I never felt any inside struggle or even hit by those comments. Cause I knew I was right. I know I know the state of eventing that well I even started
Do you remember the other week when I said there was something fishy about a result where a rider came home without a warning, even after the rider in fact should have had one? Well guess what, it happened again...
I have a couple of horsey friends I believe should make use of the option to change their nationality and start competing for another country. A move that most likely would benefit their international competition careers for the better. That said, do I believe it should be allowed? No way José!
Every year, I find myself circling back to the same question, as in why on earth are national senior championships allowed to run inside international classes?
Let's talk a bit about the social license to operate. And I am not referring to the FEI rules, regulations, stipulations or whatever. I am talking about the actual social license to operate. In daily life, in interactions with other human beings. Cause what they see Is what We are...