Horse Welfare: Pony-Painting Parties vs Keeping Sight of the Real Issues
The transportation of horses over long distances to slaughterhouses. Abused and abandoned equines. The poor conditions faced by many working horses throughout the world….
Spicer’s Corner: We’re Going On a Witch Hunt…
When it comes to horse welfare, social media is a blessing and a curse. Spotted a neglected or abandoned horse? Its plight can be…
Olympic Dressage Rider Tackles the ‘Good, Bad and Ugly’ in Equestrian Sport
It takes a brave man or woman to stand up in front of a room full of equestrian experts and analyse what’s good, bad…
Spicer’s Corner: I Need Professional Help
I want to tell you a story about a British dressage rider called Steph Croxford. She didn’t start riding until her late 20s, then…
Spicer’s Corner: How to Succeed in Equestrian Sport
Is talent and hard work all you need to get to the top levels of equestrian sport? After all, we’ve seen it time and…
In Blum: How a Star Was Born In Tryon
Simone Blum was one year old when the first ever FEI World Equestrian Games took place in Stockholm, Sweden. Twenty-eight years later, she has…
Charlotte Dujardin Is Back – But This Is Only The Beginning
Charlotte’s back, tell a friend. Eminem probably isn’t that up to date with the international dressage scene but I’m here to tell him, and you,…
The Burghley Moments That Made Us
This year’s Burghley was generally brilliant – a superb four days of competition, with all three phases playing a part in the final result,…
Spicer’s Corner: Where Do All These Top Male Riders Spring From?
Plenty has been written about the domination of men at the top levels of equestrian sport, and the lack of championship medals won by…