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Aug 14 min read

How the Charlotte Dujardin incident can be viewed as abuse and business as usual by equestrians

How has the equine industry responded to the controversial video of Dujardin? Do people agree or is the response more diverse and why.

Feb 1, 20237 min read

Book review: The Racehorse who Wouldn’t Gallop by Clare Balding

How does fiction impact our understanding of horse behaviour, and how acurate is behavioural training in childrens books?

Jan 1, 20236 min read

Are performative trainers fooling us into thinking problem behaviours can be trained away?

How a one-hour demo can distort your perception of behavioural problems and their solutions A large source of income for trainers is...

Mar 5, 20225 min read

Mark Todd and punishment in horse training

A recent viral TikTok has sparked outrage by showing Olympic gold medallist Sir Mark Todd repeatedly hitting a horse with a branch to...

Dec 9, 20215 min read

Consent in horse training and management

On Monday the 6th of December 2021 I did a presentation as part of my BSc (Hons) Equine Behavioural Science degree at Writtle University...

Aug 8, 20215 min read

Saint Boy’s behaviour at the Modern Pentathlon 2020 shows pain not malice

Being a part of the equestrian community while not agreeing with the majority on many topics is a difficult place to be. Focusing on...