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Compressed Silence: Why Truth Needed Two Book Covers to Stop Being Explained Away
We need to talk about a book that no one has read, yet everyone knows.
Its title: “The End of the Horse As We Knew It.”
And its greatest scandal isn’t what’s inside.
It doesn’t even need an author.
Reality itself holds the pen.
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The Textile Invasion: When Underwear Attempts the Summit
You don’t recognize an experienced rider by their saddle pad collection. You recognize them by the look in their eyes. That fixed, slightly glazed expression that signals:
“I am currently fighting a two-front war - one against/with the horse, and one against my own underwear.”
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Ready-to-Ride: Why Riding Your Own Horse is So Old School
GENEVA / DUBAI – Finally, the solution for today’s over-scheduled billionaire has arrived: the “Pre-Cooked Horse.” Why bother with tedious chores like “building trust” or “gymnastic conditioning” when you can simply outsource the soul of the animal?
The principle is delightfully simple: the professional rider (also known as “The Human Who Does the Work While I As The Owner Of The Horse Make the Money”) conditions the horse to respond with surgical precision.
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WE ARE DEVASTATED.
In light of recent phenomenologies that have maneuvered the ontological core of our mission into a temporary discrepancy with public perception, we find ourselves compelled to pause in a gesture of maximal introspection.
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Exclusive: The "Narcissus Arena" – The Ultimate Solution for Equestrian Warm-Up Controversies
The GEF (Global Equestrian Federation) is running out of ideas. The world elite has had enough. How do you protect the top dressage riders from critical gazes and smartphone cameras while they are just trying to put their horse into “Push & Pull” mode for a few minutes and to prepare their horses for the competition?
The answer is simple, elegant, and - of course- narcissistic: Mirror Walls.
The new “Narcissus Warm-Up Arena” is set to be introduced at all five-star Dress
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Scandal at German stallion show. Spectators in shock.
Dramatic scenes unfolded at this year’s stallion show at the State Stud. Dressage stallions caused utter consternation among visiting “experts” when they entered the arena and - shockingly - used all their four legs in a natural rhythm. There was no trace of spectacular “lamp-stepping” or acrobatic mouth and tongue choreography.
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Alive... and Still Kicking: When a Horse’s Name Becomes a Status Report
In the elite circles of international dressage, names are usually chosen for their poetic flair or their marketability. But at the recent World Cup qualifiers, the horse "Alive and Kicking" provided the world with something far more literal: a real-time status report.
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PerfectaJudge VR: The VR Goggles That Turn Dressage Judges into Objective Robots
In a revolutionary leap for equestrian sports, the future of dressage judging has arrived – and it's completely automated. Introducing the PerfectaJudge VR: a revolutionary VR technology that promises to eliminate subjectivity from the arena, forcing judges to embrace the cold, unfeeling perfection of technology.
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Elevate Your Equitation: Why the New Baboon Equestrian Breeches are the Ultimate Status Symbol
The launch of the Baboon Equestrian Breeches has not only turned heads; it has reshaped the entire riding breeches industry. Priced at a justified €399.00, these breeches are not merely clothing; they are a statement.
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TREND SPORT OLYMPIC? Hobby horsing instead of equestrian sports
TREND SPORT OLYMPIC? Hobby horsing instead of equestrian sports – can hobby horses save the Olympics?
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💩 The Secret Language of Droppings: What Manure Reveals About the Barn’s Social Life
Poop Placement, Consistency, and Shape as the Ultimate Stall Gossip Column.
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“Please Stop Noticing Things”: GEF President Alex Ferreira’s Annual ‘Do Not Perceive Us’ Address
At the latest Global Equestrian Federation Assembly, President Alejandro “Alex” Ferreira delivered a message that could be summarized as:
“Please stop talking about welfare problems. It’s making us look bad.”
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British Dressage: How do you define an unintentional whip use?
While the FEI was preoccupied with blood economy, British Dressage (BD) is grappling with an even more existential problem in its new Equine Welfare Threshold Framework: How do you prove intent? The BD decides on sanctions by distinguishing between ‘unintentional’ (gentle warning) and ‘intentional’ (more serious) use of aids.
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🇨🇳 Exclusive: The Global Equestrian Federation (GEF) Relocates Headquarters to China
In a press conference that began with a PowerPoint titled “Stop Asking Questions,” the Global Equestrian Federation (GEF) announced it will be relocating its headquarters from Lausanne to Beijing, effective immediately.
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New No-Blood Rule vs. Swiss Law
New No-Blood Rule vs. Swiss Law
No Blood Rule is now The Blood Rule
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The New Blood Rule: A Historic Leap Backwards
Today, November 7th, in Hong Kong, the Fédération Equestre Internationale voted 56–20 (with two nations looking politely at their shoes) to approve a rule that will now allow horses to continue competing while bleeding, so long as officials decide it’s the right kind of blood.
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The Parcours of Arrogance
Is the international showjumping elite gracefully pirouetting around Swiss animal welfare law?
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Riders with Backbone: 40,000 Voices Say No Blood
Riders with Backbone: 40,000 Voices Say No Blood
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🩸 The New 'No-Blood Rule': A Stain on Your Record, Not Your Reputation
By: An Officially Uninformed Source LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – In a move lauded by the E.L.I.T.E. (Elite Legislative Initiative for Tournament Exemptions) as a victory for "proportionality" and "equine makeup artists," the GEF (Global Equine Federation) is set to vote on a dramatic softening of the legendary "No-Blood Rule." Previously, any visible blood on a competition horse, whether from a minor nick, a mosquito bite, or an unfortunate encounter with a jump resulted in imm
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From Oats to Overcomplication: How Feeding Horses Became Rocket Science (and Big Business)
Once upon a time, in the quaint, mud-soaked decades of the late 20th century, feeding a horse was simple. Oats. Barley. A scoop of chaff. Maybe, if you were feeling generous, a linseed mash on a Sunday. Horses survived. Many even thrived. And — whisper it — they were rideable.
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