showjumping
Rider Suspended for Improper Handling of Horses
The decision, follows a formal complaint supported by multiple eyewitness testimonies regarding several incidents observed in December 2024 and January 2025.
Horzing Around
A former riding instructor, horse photographer, and editor-in-chief gone blogger. I love most things horses, and am a firm believer in both freedom of the press as well as freedom of opinion. When not doing this i spend most of my time on our garden.
rules & regulations
💉 The rider, the Substance, Or the System?
Doping control is the backbone of clean sport—but what happens when the setting itself undermines the very tests meant to protect integrity? How can a doping test even be considered valid when collect
social(media)
🧹 What Happened to Paying Your Dues?
Lately, I’ve had this feeling I can’t shake. Like maybe, just maybe, I’m not shouting into the void after all. Because there are more of us now. More voices speaking up. Writers, riders, critics, and fans.
⛔ MER-ly a Suggestion, Don't Do It...
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.
dressage
‼️ When Basic Dressage Went Wrong..
Lo and behold, I am actually an approved lower level dressage judge. I've also taken the initial showjumping course designing diplomas. But it is fair to say I did not build nor judge for many, many years now.
rules & regulations
Expired Drugs Behind Open Doors
An investigation into a high-profile equestrian operation in Scandinavia has revealed troubling details about the management of veterinary substances and stable protocols.
rules & regulations
💉 Eventing Horse Test Positive For Controlled Substance
A Belgian eventing horse has tested positive for the controlled substance Lidocaine, resulting in the case being listed under the Table of Administrative Sanctions.
horzing around
🗞️ I'm All In On Traditions, But...
I admit to be all in on traditions. I love Christmas, New Years, Easter, Midsummer (a Scandi thing) and so on. But one tradition that I really wish for to drop dead on the spot is April Fools' Day.
showjumping
💥 An Equestrian Terror Cell?
This partnership strengthens the continued development of Falsterbo Horse Show, where we always put the horses, the sport, the riders and our fantastic Falsterbo audience first.
rules & regulations
😖 The FEI Nose Band Checker
Remember that timeless wisdom of the two-finger rule? That simple guideline, based on common sense, in which a noseband should be loose enough to allow two fingers to fit in between the bone of the horse’s nose and the actual nose band.
social(media)
Media, for better or for worse
When will media quit Facebook and stop letting others to do their dirty work?Just imagine an equestrian outlet or any other magazine removing themselves from social media and run their own thing instead of keep feeding the monster!
horse breeding
Equestrian dictators..
When one didn't think the world could go more bonkers along came the organisation for the Swedish Warmblood Association [SWB] in an attempt to dictate what media can and cannot say.