Exclusives | Interview
Roly Owers: “Change starts with your own self and what actions you are taking on a day-to-day basis”
16 May 2024 - "The horse world can be a fairly conservative community where change doesn't tend to happen quickly," Roly Owers, Chief Executive of World Horse Welfare, tells WoSJ.
Exclusives | Interview
Christian Hagl: “If your starting point is bad shoeing, your horse is always going to improve by taking the shoes off”
14 May 2024 - "There have been different hypes along the years: It used to be aluminium, now it is the barefoot trend, and it will be interesting to see what comes next,” Christian Hagl tells World of Showjumping.
Exclusives | Interview
Louis Konickx: “What needs to be said should be said”
08 May 2024 - "To improve our sport and to protect our horses, I wish people felt comfortable to be open and share their point of view," Louis Konickx tells WoSJ.
Exclusives | FEI
FEI championship review: “Drastic change is needed”
07 May 2024 - Last week, two sessions of the 2024 FEI Sports Forum in Lausanne, Switzerland, were dedicated to a FEI championship review.
Exclusives | Interview
Dr. Emmanuelle Van Erck Westergren: “We have to go back to basics and learn how to read horses”
02 May 2024 - “We don't have any excuses of being incapable of looking at a horse in a very objective way,” Dr. Emmanuelle Van Erck Westergren tells WoSJ.
Exclusives | Rules
Mandatory closure of the FEI stables area: Playing catch with responsibility
30 April 2024 - “It should be the responsibility of the organisers to respect our work and create schedules that are sustainable and actually consider horse welfare," Andrea Hoenack tells WoSJ.
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