New endurance rules were so incomprehensible that after a closed debate they were all shelved until 2019 pending further discussions.

International jumpers have come out against the Pay-To-Play model of show jumping competitions in hopes of swaying the vote at the FEI's GA.

More new rules that attempt to slow riders down in endurance will be presented to the FEI General Assembly in 10 days’ time following “official” research.

Like-minded cliques find their specialities so cocooning they can go a whole lifetime unaware that the rest of the horse world thinks they are weird.

No yellow cards have been handed out in para dressage for over a year. The jumpers and dressage riders are also well behaved, it seems.

Even if the FEI is not ready to demand the mandatory use of frangible devices, it is a mystery why the “very strong recommendation” was hidden.

There are misgivings about the “cons” as well as “pros” of pinning among some designers and senior riders. Pins are just one cog in a very big safety wheel.

The UAE desert endurance season is chugging into gear. It is accompanied by the annual spike in FEI horse registrations, and questionable statistics.

Where does a team's success truly come from? Is it the team undergoing management changes? Or, is it team members having access to super-star horses?

Do you get repeats of Blackadder across the pond, the cult BBC TV sitcom starring our beloved Rowan Atkinson? It is set in various historical eras, and in his earliest manifestation Blackadder is the odious son of a medieval king, and his “stooge” a fawning fop called Lord Percy. In one episode Blackadder learns of […]