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‘We don’t have much humility’ but we can all learn, every week, to improve horses’ lives -
‘If a horse doesn’t perform, we have to look at ourselves and do better,’ says showing producer Gill Thompson -
‘If the public don’t like what they see, they have the power to shut us down,’ warns Laura Tomlinson as she calls for change -
‘We must not be complacent’ warns Mark Phillips as cancellation of Maryland five-star highlights equestrian sport’s ‘fragility’ -
Dressage needs to answer harder questions than just ‘who did what in the warm-up’ to secure its future -
Anna Ross: ‘Everyone’s watching now, and willingness to question ourselves has to be part of the deal’ -
Showing the public – and ourselves – that horses can enjoy their sport -
‘The elite level can’t do this alone’: why horse sport needs independent oversight to thrive -
Exam proposed to own horses – but ‘the best PR is doing the right thing’ -
What the public thinks of whips and spurs – and whether sport horses have good lives -
Richard Davison: ‘Reform of dressage judging is the top concern’ -
Major focus on ethical training and horses’ mental fitness to compete -
Optional double bridles and judges’ alert buttons among measures proposed in dressage -
Rebecca Penny: ‘Changes and challenges ahead for the showing world’ -
‘It’s decisive for the future of the sport’: top stud to withdraw its horses from dressage competitions amid welfare reforms -
Concerns over horses’ ‘blue tongues’ and open mouths pictured at World Cup qualifier -
Gymnastics turned its sporting ‘crisis’ into welfare reform – can horse sport follow suit? -
Are uniformly loose nosebands the answer to horse sport’s image problems, or ‘the beginning of the end’? -
What the public really thinks and how horse sport can gain trust
