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    Won't somebody think about the horses?
    Julie Taylor
    • Jun 27
    • 9 min

    Won't somebody think about the horses?

    In the debate about the use of horses for sport and other human entertainment, one argument pops up again and again: horses would be...
    468 views0 comments
    A switch in time
    Julie Taylor
    • Feb 20
    • 10 min

    A switch in time

    If we’ve learned anything from the past couple of weeks’ Sir Mark Todd debacle, it’s that different cultures exist under the umbrella...
    4,650 views3 comments
    Why the Olympics?
    Julie Taylor
    • Dec 7, 2021
    • 8 min

    Why the Olympics?

    Since announcing my plan to write a book to equip the International Olympic Committee with the arguments it needs to discontinue all...
    2,259 views2 comments
    Blue tongue back from the dead
    Julie Taylor
    • Feb 26, 2021
    • 8 min

    Blue tongue back from the dead

    It's been more than 11 years since Luise and I published the infamous Blue Tongue World Cup video on YouTube. So it was with some...
    5,434 views3 comments
    The owners' circle
    Julie Taylor
    • Mar 19, 2018
    • 6 min

    The owners' circle

    Last month, animal rights demonstrators gathered outside Gothenburg International Horse Show to protest. But they weren't protesting...
    1,659 views5 comments
    The Path of Most Resistance
    Julie Taylor
    • Jul 27, 2017
    • 11 min

    The Path of Most Resistance

    The other night as the Farewell Falsterbo video was going viral, I was in my kitchen trying to make a vegan version of a classic, Danish...
    1,110 views2 comments
    A certain lack of feeling
    Julie Taylor
    • Jun 16, 2017
    • 6 min

    A certain lack of feeling

    There are many opinions about the practice of bringing chronically lame horses back to competition by cutting the sensory nerves to their...
    664 views0 comments
    De-nerving: is it doping?
    Julie Taylor
    • May 27, 2017
    • 3 min

    De-nerving: is it doping?

    “Doping is treatment with a substance or a technique which improves or detracts from a horse's natural performance ability. It can also...
    187 views0 comments
    Vetting the vets
    Julie Taylor
    • May 25, 2017
    • 6 min

    Vetting the vets

    In other sports, anti-doping is a matter of fairness to one's competitors. You dope, you cheat. In equestrian sport, there is a darker...
    370 views1 comment
    No pain, lots of gain
    Julie Taylor
    • May 22, 2017
    • 6 min

    No pain, lots of gain

    Yesterday, the 16-year-old KWPN gelding, Never Say Never jumped in the finals of the Danish Showjumping Championships. He even placed and...
    1,353 views0 comments
    Unnerving facts
    Julie Taylor
    • May 19, 2017
    • 7 min

    Unnerving facts

    Imagine a doping test where – instead of sending the sample to an independent laboratory – the rider's own vet as well as the team vet of...
    356 views0 comments
    Holding one's tongue
    Julie Taylor
    • Mar 30, 2017
    • 3 min

    Holding one's tongue

    “If you want things to change, you have to stop being so aggressive.” “Be more polite if you want people to listen to you.” “I see what...
    377 views0 comments
    Ugly motives
    Julie Taylor
    • Mar 27, 2017
    • 5 min

    Ugly motives

    For a few days I have been pondering the meaning of the word “motivation” and the way it is used by horse people. In our latest video...
    741 views1 comment
    Flights of fancy
    Julie Taylor
    • May 10, 2016
    • 3 min

    Flights of fancy

    Why do we call horses flight animals? Even I say it and I have witnessed how decidedly unflighty free living horses are and how little...
    250 views0 comments
    The bare necessities
    Julie Taylor
    • Feb 5, 2016
    • 6 min

    The bare necessities

    Have you ever done something you didn't want to do because your riding instructor told you to do it, while your conscience told you...
    142 views0 comments
    DAP for beginners: where to land
    Julie Taylor
    • Jan 21, 2016
    • 10 min

    DAP for beginners: where to land

    The debate about DAP – or Diagonal Advanced Placement – is happening again on the internet. A video by long time horse breeder Barbara...
    1,205 views2 comments
    Danish federation backs up FEI stewards in Falsterbo scandal
    Julie Taylor
    • Oct 2, 2015
    • 4 min

    Danish federation backs up FEI stewards in Falsterbo scandal

    The Danish Equestrian Federation has finished its investigation of the controversial photos of Tørveslettens Stamina and Andreas...
    533 views0 comments
    Witch hunt
    Julie Taylor
    • Aug 31, 2015
    • 7 min

    Witch hunt

    "Why do you always publish this type of pictures of Andreas Helgstrand?" That's a question we get sometimes and only one answer is...
    437 views0 comments
    UPDATED: Falsterbo moments
    Julie Taylor
    • Aug 26, 2015
    • 7 min

    UPDATED: Falsterbo moments

    In July, the traditional Falsterbo International Horseshow took place as usual. These photos are of Tørveslettens Stamina who has...
    809 views0 comments
    Supply and demand
    Julie Taylor
    • Aug 16, 2015
    • 7 min

    Supply and demand

    What passes for a good dressage horse today is far removed from what used to pass for a good dressage horse. In fact, I'm not even sure...
    418 views0 comments
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