horzing around
💰 Why is the Horse Industry Still Begging for Sponsors?
From 2025, Germany’s prestigious Bundeschampionate will be known as the Al Shira’aa Bundeschampionate, thanks to a new title sponsorship from the UAE-based stables.
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horzing around
🤠 [not so] welcome to the wild wild west…
Every day when I drive out on my daily round I pass my neighbour's horses. Every day when I drive home I also pass my neighbour's horses. The neighbour runs a boarding stable, if one could call it a boarding stable when the horses are actually out on the fields 24/7 all dirty and muddy.
horzing around
👓 Stay focused!
I lost focus. The complete story is I felt I started to drift away from the main goal which is to provide my readers, old timers, new comers and anybody else out there with an interest in equestrian sport an easy to read and follow online experience.
rules & regulations
👩🏻⚖️ Rules are Open to Interpretation
In 2019 a trio of Ground Jurors at Blenheim Horse Trials broke the rules when letting a name worthy rider mount her horse after taking a tumble on fence number one in cross country. The punishment for the judges? Basically nothing.
rules & regulations
What kind of culture are we actually reinforcing?
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
dressage
🪞 Ethics, Tension, and a Missing Mirror
At the 2025 FEI World Cup Finals in Basel, the independent Equine Quality Control team (EQC) was tasked with monitoring horse welfare on-site. But what was meant to be a collaborative quality check turned into a revealing look at just how far elite sport will go to avoid scrutiny.
eventing
🐴 All Hope is Not Lost!!
On Sunday I finally came out to walk some courses and see some horses in action. We decided to target a national event with 90cm, 100cm and 110cm eventing on the schedule.
rules & regulations
🚩 The Problem With the CCI1*-Intro Format
Let’s talk about the issues with the CCI1*-Intro eventing format. The main problem is it should never have seen the light of day. At least not in its current format.
horzing around
Big plans, modest calendar...
Yes, there have been medal wins and flashy arenas. But for a sport that claims tradition, transparency, and values as its cornerstones, this push into heavily choreographed territory is interesting. Is this genuine growth—or just a well-lit stage...
animal welfare
Veterinarian Sanctioned for Possession of Banned Substance
A veterinarian has accepted a four-month suspension and a $4,165 fine after investigators discovered a banned substance in his veterinary vehicle during a compliance search at the Thoroughbred Training Center in Lexington, Kentucky.
social(media)
#️⃣ I'm Gonna Die...
In the horse world, social media has made it easy for influencers to create a picture-perfect version of their lives, but a lot of it just isn’t real. Some riders exaggerate their skills, horse management and so on.
horzing around
Do We Really Need a Study to Know This?
Apparently, Agria, the insurance company, needed to commission an external survey to figure out something that’s been common knowledge to horse people since like the dawn of tack rooms, which is a lot