The Hoofbeat Chronicles is a personal blog about horses, horse business and equestrian sport. The good, the bad and the ugly. Hope you'll like it!
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The kid still held on to the reins of her pony after the unflattering departure. When she got up from the ground, the very first thing she did was to whip her pony in the middle of the face.
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It is also a known fact that during the first ten years with these risk capitalist driven companies heading into the field of animal health care. The costs for the animal owners blew through the roof!
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Yesterday evening my only breeding mare left standing changed owners. Part of me am heart broken. The other part is happy as a clam. The latter cause I now know she has a great forever home, and she is also in good hands. In all this sale will not make
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Things I wish I had known part 4. Friends for life! This is an article series about things the author wish she had been aware of when starting out her professional career within equestrian media.
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Freedom of the press gives individuals and organisations the right to express, publish, and share information, ideas, and opinions without fear of censorship or government interference.
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Dressage seem to keep delivering serious cases of horse and animal abuse to the table. What the heck has gone wrong with dressage the past 10-20 years? Please feel free to share in the comments
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If riders had not got away riding with overly tight nosebands for all those years. In all, any of the bad officials out there have helped pushing the boundaries in a bad direction for the sport.
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Or maybe not. According to my calculations Vitalis is the winner of the dressage ranking while Zavall VDL would be the uncrowned king of eventing. Read the post and you'll find out why.
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Things I wish I had known part 3. The Threats! This is an article series about things the author wish she had been aware of when starting out her professional career within equestrian media.
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It’s neither rocket science nor “secret information,” especially not for a competition official! Such as the president of the ground jury, the course designer, a steward, or like the technical delegat
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Things I wish I had known part 2. Censorship! This is an article series about things the author wish she had been aware of when starting out her professional career within equestrian media.
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On the current list of the FEI table of suspension list (dated Oct 24th 2024) there are no less than 30 ongoing cases. Of those 30 cases 18 belong to the glorious world of endurance. Eighteen! That is a staggering 60% of all the cases on that particular list. My