Machinations About Mouth Pain in Dressage Horses
Commonly employed husbandry, training and other management practices used with racehorses and...
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Critique of the film Horses and the Science of Harmony
A critique of the Horses and the Science of Harmony film by Emeritus Professor Robert Cook, FRCVS,...
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Thoroughbred Horse Welfare Challenges: From Rape to Relegation
Written here as a poem, each verse is structured as a three-line haiku. The haiku is a Japanese...
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A Bit-FREE, Pain-FREE Future for the FREE-Breathing Horse
Without food, a horse’s expectation of life is measured in weeks; without water, in days; without...
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Horse Sports’ Options: To ban, or be banned
Firstly, this article is about a basic need of the ridden and driven sport horse, the need to...
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Kiwi’s statue unveils striking welfare statements
Forty years after Kiwi’s remarkable dash to victory in the 1983 Melbourne Cup, a lifesize statue...
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Why not bit-free? Expert says it’s time to draw the equestrian iron age to a close
Dr Robert Cook, a veterinarian, researcher and Professor Emeritus who focused his entire career on...
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The Road to Bridle-less Explained
At the 1998 Equitana, my husband, Dr Andrew McLean, decided he would demonstrate riding...
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Clearing the Air on the Bit-free Debate
Bit-free Despite overwhelming proof that horses can be ridden and driven bit-free, riders and...
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