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  • 2025-11-12 18:00:02

    As I write it is pouring with rain, but the work in the Park has been enabled by the good weather that we enjoyed up to last weekend.   The cross-country course, show jumping arena and practice area ...

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    Director’s Blog – November 2025
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  • 2025-10-21 07:00:01

    Next month, the FEI is expected to approve a rule change allowing horses to continue competing after visible bleeding — reversing a welfare safeguard into an administrative warning. The proposal pl ...

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    The FEI’s Blood Rule: Are We Really Willing to ...
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  • 2025-10-14 19:00:02

    In September 2025 Lucy spent a weekend at Veláni Country Hotel in Crete, hosted by Sabine and Manolis. With a direct flight from East Midlands, I arrived in Heraklion late Friday evening. Met by Sab ...

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    A Weekend in Crete – Veláni Country Hotel
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  • 2025-10-14 19:00:01

    Lois tells us about her travels (in June 2025) to the Maasai Mara in Kenya with Offbeat. An exciting journey filled with wildlife, horses, nature and dedicated people who are rightly proud of the per ...

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    The Maasai Mara – A true wildlife-lovers paradise
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  • 2025-10-13 13:00:01

    This letter, declined by the Equine Veterinary Journal, responds to MacKechnie-Guire et al.’s defence of their noseband pressure study. It clarifies key methodological and interpretive issues that ...

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    A Reply to Response to Comments on ‘Noseband ty...
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  • 2025-10-13 06:50:39

    In academic publishing, critique and reply are essential to scientific progress. This letter—declined by the Equine Veterinary Journal—is published here to complete the public record. It clarifie ...

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    A Reply to Response to Comments on ‘Facial pres...
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  • 2025-10-10 19:00:02

    Emeritus Professor David Mellor—architect of the Five Domains Model—explores the biological and behavioural evidence showing that all bits, regardless of design, cause mouth pain. Drawing on deca ...

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    The Perfect Bit for your Horse
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  • 2025-10-09 19:00:02

    Unlike most reports quoting only veterinarians, this analysis comes from Dr James Cooling—a medical doctor, qualified bit-fitter, and rider. He explains why blue tongues in elite horses are not cos ...

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    Think Blue Tongues may be Harmless in Elite Spo...
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  • 2025-10-06 19:00:02

    In this final paper, the late Dr Robert Cook reviews decades of anatomical, physiological, and behavioural research showing how bits cause pain, breathing restriction, and performance loss in horses. ...

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    The Mouth-Iron-Free Solution for Sudden Death i...
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  • 2025-10-06 19:00:02

    As always, when eventing is nearing the end of the current season is when Badminton kicks into full action! What a wonderful summer it was, be it extremely hard work for some organisers making sure th ...

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    Director’s Blog – October 2025
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