The winter is a time for the main showing societies to review the season just gone by. It’s a period to make plans for the coming new year, amend rules and sometimes make new ones if things haven’t quite gone to plan during the season. All these reviews and adjustments take time, thought and a […]
Changes to governing bodies’ vaccination requirements are among measures adopted as authorities attempt to mitigate the ongoing equine flu vaccine shortage. H&H reported last month that there was the prospect of a shortage, owing to a “significant pan-European logistical problem” being experienced by manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim. The impact of this has hit the UK first, […]
THE recent review of whip use in racing and the blood rule eliminations in Aachen’s dressage competitions remind us how vulnerable our social licence to operate horse sport has become. As Showing Council chair Jane Nixon said in Horse & Hound: “An increasing proportion of Western media believe the horse shouldn’t be ridden at all, […]
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