A MOOR FAR AWAY WITH A LESSON CLOSE TO HOME

This year, the Dartmoor Hill Pony has become the centre of one of the most heated animal-welfare rows Britain has seen in a long time. More than 200,000 people have signed a petition to protect them, members of parliament have weighed in, and the prime minister has said the government will not support a cull. It…

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Horse Health

WHY YOUR HORSE FEELS AMAZING ONE DAY AND AWFUL THE NEXT

We've all been there when we arrive in the same arena with the same plan, but our horse feels completely different. One day our horse is soft and forward, and two days later he is stiff and distracted. Interestingly, this is rarely to do with the situation in the moment. How a horse feels under…

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WHEN IN DOUBT, CALL THE VET – WHAT NEW WOUND RESEARCH SHOWS

A new study from the UK suggests that how we handle the first few hours after a wound occurs matters more, and varies more, than we might like to admit. Researchers at the University of Nottingham, in collaboration with the British Horse Society, asked owners to report on real wounds in their own horses, from injury…

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Artwork for Tamar Gliksman competing in the Toyota Fortuner Challenge

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TAMAR GLIKSMAN ON THE TOYOTA FORTUNER CHALLENGE

She's jumped some of the most demanding showjumping courses, coached a generation of young riders, and this year she added a new accolade to her CV: winning the Toyota Fortuner Challenge. We sat down with Tamar Gliksman to find out what happens when a showjumper goes head-to-head with a Dakar racer, a rugby player and…

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Horse Health

BREWER’S YEAST – THE QUIET POWERHOUSE IN YOUR FEED ROOM

Our guide to what brewer's yeast really does for your horse, where the science is strong, and where the marketing gets ahead of the evidence. Few feed-room ingredients have travelled as far as brewer's yeast. What began as a by-product of beer fermentation has become one of the most widely used supplements in equine nutrition, quietly…

BylizzieJune 25, 20260Comments

Horse Health

YOUR HORSE’S BODY CLOCK

Why the overnight hours matter more than you think We spend a lot of time perfecting the concentrate feeds and worrying about what happens in the day when we're around the barn. For many of us, the ten or twelve hours in between, the overnight stretch, mostly look after themselves. However, new research suggests these…

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Horse Health

WHAT IS A CT SCAN USED FOR IN HORSES?

A CT (computed tomography) scan is becoming a more familiar part of equine veterinary care, but for most of us, it sits in a grey area: more than the X-ray we're used to and less familiar than the MRI we have vaguely heard of. Here is a plain-language look at what a CT does, when…

BylizzieJune 23, 20260Comments

Horse and Rider

THE DSA CHALLENGE – NATIONAL DRESSAGE WITHOUT THE ROAD TRIP

For most South African dressage riders, 'competing nationally' has always come with a catch: the cost, the kilometres and the stress of loading a horse onto a truck and sending it across the country. The DSA Challenge was built to solve exactly that, and more than two decades on, it remains one of the quietly…

BylizzieJune 22, 20260Comments

Giorgia Scribante jumping in her debut Grand Prix with Ultime d'Eliapi

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CONGRATULATIONS, GIORGIA SCRIBANTE

Photography: Megan Wright Media We caught up with Giorgia Scribante after she achieved a double clear in her first-ever Grand Prix! Here's what she told us: HQ: How did you feel before the class? Giorgia: I was rather nervous the night before the Grand Prix, but my parents and riding friends gave me a pep talk before, which…

BylizzieJune 21, 20260Comments

World Cup Qualifier livestream running on Equilive today

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TUNE IN FOR THE WORLD CUP QUALIFIER ACTION

Photography for post artwork: Megan Wright Media Today sees the aQuelle Foresyte Winter Classic host the FEI World Cup Qualifier. Tune in on Equilive to see all the action:

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