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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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?
Earlier this week British Dressage announced that they were changing there vaccination rules from 12 months to 6 months. While this rule was already in place for the FEI and… Read More »BD 6 Month Vaccination Rule
