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Category: Other Blogs
How to Judge Equine Welfare Research: What Horse P...
Horse people are often told a practice is “evidence-based” — but how can you tell whether research truly puts horses’ welfare firs...
Equine Ethology: The Horse In Context
Wild and free-living horses offer vital reference points for hoof health, showing how terrain, movement, and social life shape bot...
So You Think it’s a Moment in Time?
When uncomfortable images of horses are dismissed as “just moments in time,” photographer Crispin Parelius Johannessen asks what h...
When welfare becomes culture: patching the leaky b...
Why do welfare problems persist in horse sport despite growing knowledge and regulation? Drawing on a webinar by Lisa Ashton, this...
From Principles to Practice: How Riding Schools ar...
Across the UK, riding schools are rethinking welfare from the horse’s perspective. The Riding School Futures Project shows how int...
The FEI’s Blood Rule: Are We Really Willing to Jum...
Next month, the FEI is expected to approve a rule change allowing horses to continue competing after visible bleeding — reversing ...
A Reply to Response to Comments on ‘Noseband type ...
This letter, declined by the Equine Veterinary Journal, responds to MacKechnie-Guire et al.’s defence of their noseband pressure s...
A Reply to Response to Comments on ‘Facial pressur...
In academic publishing, critique and reply are essential to scientific progress. This letter—declined by the Equine Veterinary Jou...