It’s official, Writing Of Riding is now bilingual… or at least a small piece of it. My article, “A Beginner’s Guide To Rollkur” has been translated into Polish and included in a special anti-Rollkur campaign that is being run by hipologia.pl
I’m feeling in a critical thinking mode and decided to put it out there why Hyperflexion is here to stay and no matter how much protest goes on abusers will exist – and publicly. If for some reason this changes I will *gladly* eat my words!
I was shocked in a conversation some time ago, which so pointedly encompassed the naming of names of certain ‘celebrity’ equestrians. To be honest there was no point in the naming of names and I didn’t know what to do with the information given to me or how to respond to it. It was as [...]
It is “easy” to talk about Rollkur from a distant point of view – perhaps not with a clear-cut opinion, but certainly a disjointed and ‘objective’ one. What isn’t easy is to address Rollkur when you’ve seen the effect it has; not on the horses who are succeeding and making money for their international-celebrity riders [...]
What is it to be a real horseman? Can you be a horseman even if you’ve never before been involved with horses? Can you be involved with horses every day and still fail to be a horseman?
If you haven’t been ‘in the know’ regarding the latest assualt on horses and the sport of dressage thanks to Patrik Kittel aboard his horse Stanic at the World Cup Qualifier this will hopefully fill you in a bit more.
No, I’m not talking about the figurative interpretation of Kicking A Dead Horse, but the theatre/stage version! I found this when looking for images for a blog post… and couldn’t pass it up.
What are your thoughts about horse slaughter?
Horse slaughter is a hot topic, coupled with the recent BLM removal of mustangs which was met with much protest, and it seems as if it has been raging since I began working with horses over 15 years ago. I know that my own thoughts on the issue have [...]
I was checking my blog statistics today, seeing how much traffic is coming to my blog and where they arrive from, and it came to my attention that many of my visitors arrive from searches relating to rollkur. When I did a search on some of the keyword terms that are bringing traffic to me [...]
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You may be surprised to learn that Aspartame isn’t just a low-calorie alternative to sugar, and it isn’t *just* a potential link to cancer. Aspartame is derived from sugar, but the information we are marketed about the benefits of Aspartame are misleading and also help keep us in the dark about our health.
