Julie Taylor
The owners' circle
Last month, animal rights demonstrators gathered outside Gothenburg International Horse Show to protest. But they weren't protesting...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Julie Taylor
- Nov 26, 2014
- 11 min
The butterfly effect
I am glad I brought my wellingtons as I walk up the hill towards the meadow where Tulla, Luca, Jack and Buddy live. It's a bright...
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Julie Taylor
- Oct 9, 2014
- 14 min
Round and round we go
One of the best things about writing the blog posts on Epona.tv is the feedback I get. Both the positive and the negative. The post on...
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Julie Taylor
- May 19, 2014
- 4 min
The gold standard
I spent today in the Gredos mountains in Spain, following a small band of feral Pottoka ponies together with a couple of ethology...
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Julie Taylor
- Jan 31, 2014
- 6 min
Objects of desire
”Feminism is the radical notion that women are people.” So goes a famous quote by the feminist writer and editor, Marie Shear. What it...
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Julie Taylor
- Aug 9, 2013
- 3 min
The dark side of performance breeding
The idea of breeding performance horses is to create a shining star to wow the world. If such a star is one in a million, then that begs...
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Julie Taylor
- Feb 2, 2013
- 6 min
Obsoletely fabulous
The dressage judging is under attack. So what else is new? Judges are awarding points based on how they expect a combination to perform,...
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Julie Taylor
- Dec 16, 2012
- 3 min
Let's see you do better
Whenever horse welfare is called into question, those who do the asking are met with the counter claim: ”Have you ever ridden a Grand...
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