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100,000 signatures. Ear hoods. Noseband gauges. A renamed collective mark. What is actually happening in dressage welfare right now — and is any of it enough?
Read → 17 Feb 2026Horses cannot consent in any meaningful way. Does that mean anything goes?
Read → 18 Feb 2026Love is not the threat to horsemanship. Unexamined hierarchy is.
Read → 15 Feb 2026A poem about Totilas — and what we were watching.
Read → 13 Feb 2026The mouth belongs to the horse. It is not sporting equipment, not a training interface.
Read → 13 Feb 2026Classical Dressage has surged in popularity. But is the premise it rests on correct?
Read → 12 Feb 2026No, definitely not — and that might not be the right question.
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