Julie TaylorOct 15, 20146 minVertical limitForget nitpicking over the definitions of rollkur and LDR. A guest editorial in the latest edition of The Veterinary Journal is called ”B...
Julie TaylorOct 9, 201414 minRound and round we goOne 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 jo...
Julie TaylorOct 7, 201415 minJoining up the dotsThe other day a photo of some cute mules popped up on my Facebook newsfeed. It was a caption competition from The Brooke, and hopeful jok...
Julie TaylorJun 8, 20144 minMoments of truthDid you make an unfavourable comment on the pictures of Akeem Foldager's blue tongue when they were first published? Did you share them? ...
Julie TaylorMay 19, 20144 minThe gold standardI spent today in the Gredos mountains in Spain, following a small band of feral Pottoka ponies together with a couple of ethology student...
Julie TaylorApr 29, 20145 minThrown to the curbWhile we wait for the Danish Equestrian Federation's board of appeals to decide what kind of nothing to do about Andreas Helgstrand, let'...
Julie TaylorApr 25, 20143 minHestens Værn: Far from abuseWhat is shown in the photos of Akeem Foldager is far from horse abuse, is the official stand of Danish horse protection group Hestens Vær...
Julie TaylorApr 23, 20146 minWhere do we go from hereAs always when we break a horse welfare scandal, somebody points out that "this guy is not the only one doing this stuff" - and then they...
Julie TaylorApr 20, 20144 minAndreas Helgstrand blames bridleThe blue tongue in recent photos of Akeem Foldager was down to a badly fitted bridle and a curb chain which had inadvertently been adjust...
Julie TaylorApr 17, 20143 minDanish federation reacts to Akeem photosThe massive, international reaction to photos of the horse, Akeem Foldager, from an open house event at Helgstrand Dressage has forced th...
Julie TaylorApr 14, 20149 minReply from Horseman's CallingTwo days ago, Stephanie Oliver, the marketing coordinator for Horseman's Calling, contacted us through Facebook. She was not very happy a...
Julie TaylorApr 11, 201410 minHorseman's CallingDo you remember the movie Annie? Do you remember the scene where Annie recues Sandy the dog from street kids who have tied empty tins to ...
Julie TaylorFeb 5, 20146 minSubject to scrutiny (Objects of desire part 2)In the last blog post, I argued that most horse owners objectify their horses in one way or another. And then I asked the question: does ...
Julie TaylorJan 31, 20146 minObjects 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 me...
Julie TaylorOct 10, 20138 minNatural Inclinations”Oh lets just turn all the horses loose and let them starve to death.” ”Or better yet, let's leave them in the tiniest mud hole we can fi...
Julie TaylorAug 24, 20135 minFlogging a sick horseWhat would you do if you had a big event coming up and your horse fell ill? Imagine that he needed medication to deal with a respiratory ...
Julie TaylorAug 16, 20132 minPosadowo: Byrialsen speaks out"There is no excuse. It's my own fault. I should have stayed there. I should have spent more time there" a po-faced John Byrialsen told D...
Julie TaylorAug 14, 20132 minSkals: investigation continuesThe Danish police is still processing evidence found during yesterday's raid on John Byrialsen's Viegård Stud in Denmark. The police is a...
Julie TaylorAug 13, 20131 minPolice raid Byrialsen's Danish farmDanish police and veterinary authorities are now searching John Byrialsen's Danish farm, Viegård, for neglected and abused animals. The s...
Julie TaylorAug 12, 20131 minPosadowo update: only 50 horses takenThe expectation of the volunteers we talked to on the first day of the Posodowo evacuation was that about a hundred horses would be remov...