Endurance, this is not sport

Featured, Focus On

   SOME ENDURANCE EVENTS ARE NOT ONLY RUINING A BEAUTIFUL SPORT, THEY’RE KILLING HORSES.   Where to start? With the state of disbelief when you’re faced with the gut-wrenching photos and videos circulating freely on the internet? Or by analysing the fickle consciences of those who allow such things to happen? Whichever way you choose…

Verdi TN and Maikel van der Vleuten

Breeding, Featured

A STELLAR CAREER THE HISTORY OF VERDI TN, A TEN-YEAR CAREER AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL AND WINNINGS OF OVER €2,880,000 Verdi TN is a great champion who went into retirement last February at the age of eighteen after competing for over a decade. His career as a leader in the field spanned more than ten…

Never punish the horse

Ethology, Featured, Sport

THE REQUIREMENTS FOR CORRECT HANDLING ARE BASED ON TRUST AND UNDERSTANDING. In my long life as an athlete, teacher and observer of the equestrian world there have been too many times that I’ve witnessed riders punishing a horse that, in their opinion, has behaved badly instead of correcting themselves and their mistakes. Sometimes even female…