In 1878, the year after Sewell wrote Black Beauty, Muybridge captured the first-ever sequence of a horse galloping in motion. This early gait analysis revolutionised the way we perceive the footfall of a gallop, forever altering our understanding. Nearly 150 years later, our naked eye … Read moreEP36: Groomed to Violence?
This podcast episode aired on April Fools’ Day, but I assure you; This is not a joke. Equestrian sports are currently under scrutiny. While it’s easy to point out the problems the sport faces, it’s more important to search for solutions. This is the ambition … Read moreEP35: Judgement Day in Equestrian Sports
In this week’s episode, I revisit Sue Dyson, one of the initiators Horse and Hound referred to as top equestrians when we launched our petition New Era for Equestrian Sports? #LetHorsesSpeak in December 2023. Sue Dyson is a specialist in veterinary medicine and rehabilitation, a … Read moreEP34: #LetHorsesSpeak
Equestrian sports have several severe welfare issues that needs to be addressed… Just before Christmas 2023, TV2 Denmark released the documentary “Operation X: Secrets of the Horse Billionaire,” where a journalist, using a hidden camera, exposed highly questionable conditions at one of the World’s most … Read moreNEW ERA FOR EQUESTRIAN SPORTS?
When my pocast hit 450.000 downloads I asked my brilliant colleague Ove Hals to help me design a visual presentation of my Norwegian podcast – and so he did! WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW! Opening title reads “The Enigmatic Horse”. The rest is self-explanatory – no … Read moreTHE ENIGMATIC HORSE
A horse can certainly be forced to do whatever we want it to do because they are sensitive flight animals seeking safety and survival. And if events organised by the FEI do not crack down on ugly riding on warm-up arenas, or displayed conflict behaviour … Read moreEP33: OPEN LETTER TO THE FEI
– Sometimes the horse exhibits behaviour that we mistakenly interpret as disobedience, but it’s actually a cry for help. In such cases, it’s not effective to ride for a trainer who instructs you to look straight ahead, keep your hands still, and use your legs, … Read moreEP32: MEET ELAINE BUTLER
– I really call this disruptive technology because from this point on there is no excuse anymore not to measure lameness objectively. It’s practical, it’s scientifically proven and it’s validated, says doctor in veterinary medicine Filipe Bragança. Today I have invited doctor in veterinary medicin … Read moreEP31: BIOMECHANICS MEETS AI
– We need to start with the assumption that animals aren’t looking for conflict. They don’t want conflict any more than we do. But animals will become aggressive if they become frightened. So the number one point is never to scare them, says Professor Emeritus … Read moreEP30: MEET JAMES SERPELL
– Good ridning means that you stop disturbing the horse, and that is one thing I find it important to tell everybody; get out of the way, cause you are the problem, says Arne Koets, who during his five years as a rider and curator … Read moreEP29: MEET ARNE KOETS II