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If riding in groups provokes feelings of fear and inadequacy, here’s how to turn that to your advantage

Stand and deliver to stay top of the line-up – why stillness in the show ring matters more than you think

Could changing how you hold the reins improve your contact? Become a more independent rider with Charlie Hutton’s rein-handling techniques

Does the prospect of riding alone fill you with dread? Follow these top tips to fill you with confidence and inspiration instead

Want to improve your balance in the saddle? Try these simple but not easy international eventer-approved exercises on the flat, with poles and over fences

Fancy a beach ride, but feel nervous riding in open spaces? This expert advice will help build your confidence so you can enjoy it

Charlie Hutton’s 3 simple no-stirrups exercises for building balance in the saddle

Expert tips to help you ride your horse on the roads with confidence

7 expert tips on training your show hunter to thrill and delight the ride judge

Set your horse or pony up for in-hand showing success by mastering these 8 key skills

‘Fat doesn’t equal fit’: how the show ring is shaping up with tackling overweight horses

*Exclusive* Is now the time for the barefoot trimming industry to be regulated?

*Exclusive* Are uniformly loose nosebands the answer to horse sport’s image problems, or ‘the beginning of the end’?

*Exclusive* Are horses any more traceable since the shocking ‘Horses – Making a Killing’ TV documentary... and what else needs to be done?

*Exclusive* Are the blood rules in FEI horse sport working – and how can we move forward?

*Exclusive* Showing our love of horses – what we can all do to help secure equestrian sport’s future

*Exclusive* Why we are seeing blue tongues in dressage arenas – and what needs to be done about it

*Exclusive* The history of hyperflexion in dressage training – and how the sport can move away from it

*Exclusive* The double bridle debate – the facts, the opinions... and the politics

*Exclusive* How horse abuse is penalised in sport – and the challenges of bringing a case before the FEI Tribunal

‘I’m a horseman before I’m a showjumper’: the horse-first mentality that underpins Matt Sampson’s success

‘A horse needs to feel like a conquering king’: why Matt Sampson’s showjumpers want to perform for him

Meet Matt Sampson’s string: find out how he spots an equine star and which top horse spends three months a year out in the field

‘To win on one you’ve known from a foal adds to the whole value’ – the thrill of competing home-bred elite horses

*Exclusive* Daily learning, diligence and why you need to jump on grass – inside the mindset of a top-flight showjumper

*Exclusive* ‘If I could build a horse, it would be him’: Yasmin Ingham on the ingredients of a perfect eventer

*Exclusive* ‘I only ride her two or three times a week’: the work routine that propelled hot dressage mare to Olympic final

*Exclusive* ‘The more time you “waste”, the better your relationship’: how less is more for Olympic ‘mare of all mares’

*Exclusive* Which of Ros Canter’s five-star aces is she tipping for next season – and her new dream for the future

*Exclusive* ‘Walter was telling me he thought it was a good idea!’: Ros Canter reflects on winning her first Burghley title