The Three-Minute Window: USEF's Defibrillator Rule Explained
USEF passed a rule this year barring any horse that collapses in the ring from competing for a week. The rule requiring a defibrillator at every show ground -- the...
Standing in the Yard: A Vet's Fitness-to-Compete Dilemma
A Saudi rider's suspension this month is the sport's most visible fitness-to-compete decision of the year. The far more consequential calls happen upstream, made by a treating vet whose paycheck...
The Fifty Percent Problem: Inside the Equine Vet Shortage
Half of all new equine veterinarians leave the profession within five years. For hunter/jumper owners, that shortage is no longer abstract - it shows up as a slower callback, a...
The Six-Month Rule: What the UK's Flu Crisis Means for US Riders
Britain is living through its worst equine influenza outbreak in years, and the data trace it to a vaccination gap in exactly the population American hunter and jumper riders touch...