Cheltenham Festival Round Up 2021
Last week’s Cheltenham Festival was dominated by the Irish. The Irish trainers managed to win 23 of the 28 races, a record breaking number! But it was also a week… Read More »Cheltenham Festival Round Up 2021
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Catch up on the latest news from the equine world. Everything from competition results, law changes and new research. You can find it all here.
Gordon Elliott Scandal puts Tiger Roll’s 3rd National at risk
Over the weekend a distressing photo appeared on social media showing racehorse trainer Gordon Elliot posing with a dead horse on the gallops. While at first it was unknown whether… Read More »Gordon Elliott Scandal puts Tiger Roll’s 3rd National at risk
Do horses view all humans the same? Horse attachment behaviour
Ask anyone who works with dogs and horses, most will say that horses are less stressful because they don’t worry about where their owner has gone. Typically dogs stress and… Read More »Do horses view all humans the same? Horse attachment behaviour
How could cloning save breeds, species and diversity.
Cloning as a technology has been around for a long time now. The first animal, Dolly the sheep, was successfully cloned in 1996. The first horse was cloned in 2003… Read More »How could cloning save breeds, species and diversity.
Mark Todd Racing
Last year we said a sad farewell to Sir Mark Todd, the eventing legend as he retired from eventing for the last time. He is my all-time favourite rider. Not… Read More »Mark Todd Racing
More lameness research into riding horses could help prevent ongoing issues.
A few years ago Sue Dyson did a study which found that 47% of sports horses had pain related gait abnormalities. She has recently done a second study looking at… Read More »More lameness research into riding horses could help prevent ongoing issues.
Jump Racing Returns to the UK
A month after flat racing returned to the UK, we are now set to see the return of National Hunt racing too! This is particularly exciting for me with the… Read More »Jump Racing Returns to the UK
Horse racing returns to Newcastle tomorrow
In line with Government guidelines, racing closed it’s doors back in March and racing fans have been eagerly awaiting news of it starting up again. From April there were rumours… Read More »Horse racing returns to Newcastle tomorrow
Owning horses during Covid-19
It was announced last night that stricter measures are being put in place to try and stop the spread of Covid-19. These measures include only leaving the house for essentials… Read More »Owning horses during Covid-19
Why don’t we back Oliver Townend?
This is a post I have considered writing for quite a while but struggled with how to get my message across. But after having had this same conversation with multiple… Read More »Why don’t we back Oliver Townend?
