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A controversy involving one of the world’s best dressage riders highlights the need for more protection of horses in equestrian sports.
For more than 100 years, international sport organizations have executed monopolistic power. Now, one has resurrected the founder of the modern Olympics to promote its controversial politics.
Horses naturally synchronise their running in groups – but ‘racing’ and ‘winning’ are human concepts.
Horses are the supreme athletes of the large mammal world – here’s a look at the reasons why they can run so fast and jump so high.
The treatment of the horse Saint Boy has ignited fierce discussion about horses in modern pentathlon, and reanimated ethical debates about horses’ jobs beyond the Olympics.
Tongue-ties are used in Australian horse racing but are banned in most other horse sports.
There are 16 contenders for the 2016 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award… But who is the best athlete?
The Olympic equestrian favourite is a dangerous business.
How dangerous really is horse riding and sports like eventing? While there are risks, they can be managed, especially if we learn to understand horses better.
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