I am incredibly pro turnout. I personally hate the idea of horses being coped up in their stables all day, only coming out for exercise. Yes the exercise is good, but it’s not the same as turnout. Even in individual…
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News
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.
Trimming whiskers is something what has always been considered common practice. Certain disciplines, such as showing, it was almost a requirement to remove your horses whiskers. But with more and more people starting to think that trimming whiskers might not…
This years Randox Grand National was one for the history books. There was not one, but two incredible firsts thanks to the fantastic team of Rachael Blackmore and Henry De Bromhead. Queen on jump racing, Rachael Blackmore Rachael Blackmore made…
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 of surprising results. Such as the super reliable jumper, and…
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 the image was genuine or fake, Elliott has since admitted…
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 worry about where their owners have gone, when they are…
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 and since then the equine industry has found a use…
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 only was he hugely successful, he rode what looked to…
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 60 sports and riding horses and found that 73% of…
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 majority of my Owners Group horses being National Hunt horses.…
