The International Dressage Riders Club, International Dressage Trainers Club, International Dressage Officials Club and Dressage Organisers met on 5-6 November to discuss a range of topics including a review of the Paris Olympics, the use of artificial intelligence in judging, an FEI update on its dressage strategy and challenges facing CDI organisers. Although the media were not allowed to attend the meeting, there was a press conference the day after during which important questions on welfare concerns and how to regain the public’s trust in the sport were raised by journalists, giving rise to some unexpected responses.
In an exclusive interview, available only to H&H subscribers, Paris Olympic team bronze medallist Becky Moody has taken a look back on her journey to the top and reflected on the highs, lows, and lessons she’s learnt along the way.
Becky Moody pictured at her home base in Sheffield.
(Image credit: Steve Dawe)
On the subject of social media, Becky told H&H dressage editor Oscar Williams: “It’s one of the things that frustrates me the most about the sport at the moment. I’m pretty useless on socials in some ways, but I do always try to be myself – for me, that’s really important. And currently, I’m having a really lovely time on social media, it’s been a really supportive, and positive place for me – but it hasn’t always been.”
A three-bed detached house with stabling and grazing for two horses, plus an unusual back story, is on the market for £600,000. The house was used as part of a 1907 social experiment conducted by the Daily Mail newspaper. The experiment sought to see how feasible it would be for families living in burgeoning urban areas to abandon life as they knew it and start a new one in the country. Readers applied for the chance to live and work on the farm in rural Lincolnshire; applicants had to be living in a town, and the less experience of country life they had, the better. The successful applicant won the opportunity to live and work from the then 14-acre farm, free from rent or costs for a period of three years – longer if they made a success of it.
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Carol is an experienced journalist and editor, who is also a passionate amateur rider and dedicated horse owner, having ridden since childhood. She has a particular interest in the emotional well-being and ethical training of horses, alongside veterinary matters, having garnered extensive first-hand experience of numerous equine health conditions through more than 30 years of horse ownership.
