The FEI official who reported Anders Uve Sjøbeck Hoeck for abuse says the court ruling ‘shows the outside world that the rules matter’.

FEI Tribunal suspended the athlete for 20 months in a horse abuse case after launching an investigation and imposing a provisional suspension in January.

The FEI's legal assessment of rollkur – which is not banned under FEI rules – seems at odds with the stance of its sport departments.

FEI draft rules for 2026 take a stronger approach to sanctions, but there are still mixed messages over how seriously the FEI will handle horse abuse.

A video captured a couple of years ago surfaced showing the Australian dressage and eventing rider repeatedly whipping a horse.

Researchers provided a large number of images from the recent Amsterdam and Neumunster horse shows of top-placed dressage riders and horses.

While Andrew McConnon competed at Burghley last weekend, images of him allegedly abusing horses on private property were going viral.

Following accusations of leniency, the Dansk Ride Forbund has taken the unusual step of rejecting the decision of its own disciplinary panel.

Denmark hastily regroups after a leaked video sees Carina Cassøe Kruth replaced as reserve; rider admits her 'clear error'.

Photographs surfaced on social media of his groom apparently using a pole to strike a horse during schooling in Valencia.