Excellent! Thank you

This is a great episode! Wish it could be mandatory viewing and review for all horse handlers!❤

Gemma is awesome.

What a fab new little series. Will keep us going while waiting for the return of webinar Wednesdays 😁. I learnt that horses have the largest amygdala of all species, explains a lot with the dragon snorts!

Too little, too late, too shallow.

Welfare is about not pushing horses and riders beyond their capabilities and levels. We are tired of seeing Grand-prix horses or eventers badly prepared with hardly any muscles. "No muscles, no movement, no movement, not muscles". We have trained eyes and pleasing the sponsor is the wrong way to see things.

It has nothing to do with bits, but to do with riders and their inability to allow from their back? Please talk about training and riders being now unable to ride without MANIPULATING the horses' neck?

Please explain why Rollkur and LDR have taken over most trainers of horses, even eventers now. I am talking for the late great trainer, Pat Manning FBHS, who trained Olympic gold horses and was appalled about modern techniques to allow more to enjoy the sport, without truly being good enough riders.

You can love horses, but there are various levels of love. and one cannot damage the natural paces and go AGAINST natural laws, to win championships. This would harm your soul, I had great friendships with international judges. Not all spectators are untrained. We trained in the mid-last century and can see when a rider put his winnings before the horse.

Truly, riders have lost their compass? The only compass is the horse, or are riders riding to find deals and money now?

The local herbalist I apprentice with uses cleavers for old dogs with lumps.

Lovely talk thank you.

😅 'PromoSM'

Very interesting and informative

Exceptional short video about a subject in dire need of mindfulness! Excellent points of consideration, analysis and very well articulated. Well done.👍

I love the illustration of physical brain responses to trauma! While my OTTB is genetically vigilant, this webinar lends credence to some of my theories about possible acute and chronic trauma in her racing past resulting in long term complex trauma patterns.

Such an important topic, thanks for sharing your knowledge and shining the spotlight here. Fabulous webinar.

A malfunctioning of the stay apparatus for the front legs of the horse can cause the horse to collapse while entering deep sleep while standing up. My horse is over at the knee (does not fully straighten his knees, that are always slightly bent). As a result while sleeping standing up his knees buckle and he often collapses. The same happens when he is under sedation.

Thanks so much Roly, Sam and Richard for a great discussion

Thank you so much! I really appreciate the webinar!

I was pleased to see this being brought to attention and I was going to share this with people. However, I had to switch it off after a while as it was making me uncomfortable. I’m really not sure that taking advice on how to improve public perception from McDonalds and the meat industry looks good on the horse industry. Do we actually care about our horses, or are we more concerned with how we look to the public so we can keep profiting from them? That said, I certainly hope horse sports can be opened up to behaviourists and improvements made for the sake of the horse.

The FEI is totally untrustworthy.

Excellent talk, thank you so much

This is such an important topic. Also thank you so much for addressing the myth that one can solve aggression with aggression and addressing the dominance myth. Really enjoyed the whole webinar! Thank you for sharing

The equine industry and the FEI will definitely not have a sustainable future until it holds responsible equestrian professionals, such as the infamous Leandro Aparecido da Silva, who only a couple years ago received a three year suspension, ironically, at the hands of Mr. Ingmar de Vos, President of FEI, and other decision makers at FEI, and the International Olympic Committee, for the horrific video taped abuse of his daughter’s pony, while his own son maniacally laughed on, in the background. Can you imagine the years and years of abuse, of countless horses and ponies, at the hands of this type of “equestrian professional,” and Olympian (truly someone the entire equine industry can be proud of), that led up this type of brazen public abuse, at a horse show? It doesn’t take much intelligence to understand this type of pattern of behavior. It is great that this discussion is finally starting to publicly take place, even though this is seriously long overdue, and I do agree with Mr. Ingmar de Vos’ comments that the FEI does not always have the authority that we assume that they should have. But, until an example Iike this of equestrian professionals, like Leandro da Silva’s receiving a tiny slap on the hand, and zero monetary fines, and a minuscule three year suspension,and professionals who are not barred from the equestrian industry for LIFE, from which they PROFIT from the very animals they are abusing, then, I believe seminars like this are not much more than hot air unless much stricter measures start to be taken, and processes are put in place to document horse abuse and de-incentivize the greed behind it. All of us, as horse owners need to be concerned about the accountability, or lack of it, that racing commissions, veterinarians, equine organizations, and horse show associations today, such as the FEI, and the Brazilian Equestrian Federation (just to name a couple involved with the specific example I mentioned), show towards horse health, comfort and welfare. Holding these equine “professionals” accountable, for their abuse is only the first step, and accountability means being barred for LIFE, for abuse. If you don’t care for horses, or like them, or enjoy them, or care about the horses’ health or welfare, then don’t be part of the equine industry. We don’t want you here. And, until we start projecting this type of message strongly and truly, I believe that the public’s opinion should be against us. Black Beauty would be ashamed of us for not doing better by all our horses.

NO NO NO NO absolutely not. THeir natural habitat is on open grasslands. No one can change that no matter what they say.

Very long but, I did sit through it all. My take away was the horse industry, including everyone involved with horses, needs to listen and work with the pulbic to address what they see or think or feel. That is how we will improve their perception. One way, I believe is to take responsibility for our actions. If the FEI, for example, states they will not condone behavior that results in the horse showing discomfort then they should not then post pictures or videos of people winning on a horse that is obviously hurting. There is a horrible video from Australia taken by an undercover news crew at a slaughter house. Showing registered racehorses that are still listed as racing being culled. If you want the public to take you seriously, there needs to action in cases such as these. Hold people accountable. If judges are placing horses that are in pain, retrain the judges. Remove the award. Called the owner of the horse that is listed as racing but is dead to account. Be truthful. To the public and yourself.

An interesting debate although to argue “good horse welfare makes good social media content” one has to first define what is “good horse welfare”? For some horse ownership and horses in sport do not equate to good horse welfare. At the same time the FEI have called for “Informed Public and Equestrian discussion” and that “debate should be well informed and balanced”. World Horse Welfare should be informing equestrian social media contributors how to steel themselves and prepare for that debate in order to demonstrate that horse ownership, and their use in sport, is providing a “good life for horses” (while not necessarily a natural one) instead of promoting a sugary sweet, influencer led, “my little pony” view of the world.

Thank you so much for having me. Some really important (and interesting) questions. I really enjoyed it! Thanks to those who spent their evening with us ❤

That gemma is waffling absolute bullshit

Thank you very much for the presentation. I do wish some more time was spent explaining exactly why oozing from the neck associated with strangles and how to manage the discharge. But thank you again.

Thank you… so informative, really appreciate you sharing this valuable knowledge.

Thank you for this information in a very good explained way.

So, the problem these people see is not enough PR propaganda about how much these horses are "loved" behind the scenes? Well, keep doing that and we will see how long this circus is going to survive.

Very interesting thank you

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It's rather simple, IF the sport is killing horses, then the sport has to change. It's not a matter of public relations. It's a matter figuring out if an unacceptable number horses are dying in sport. And if that is the case, how do you lessen those deaths to an acceptable level.

Brilliant information, thank you very much

Yes, I have, and I’m preparing myself to say “thank you, I love you” to my beautiful Xena who is 28. She is my very special friend and I will be forever grateful to you my dear Xena xx

Is mowing your fields and over-seeding helpful to choke out weeds. It stands to reason if you have a good foundation of grass, weeds will have no place to root

Yesterday we lost another horse to Sycamore poisoning, that makes 5 in the last 6 months. We lost 4 in November last year and 1 yesterday. After the initial deaths were diagnosed, 4 within 10 days, the remaining horses were taken off the fields and kept in stables for about 6 weeks. Everyone went round the fields picking up seeds, and this spring we've been pulling shoots. Parts of the fields have been fenced off and some trees have/are being cut down. All the horses that died were elderly, i.e. in their 20's.

I stabled my horse at a trainer friends home for a year. And it had a stall and could see others. then she had to use the stable and put my horse in a Field with 9 of her horses.she had to fight to get food .and be came Alfa to some of them she brought it back to me because she kicked another and broke it's leg and they had to put it down.to dangerous if they have grass and hay the hay eating they get mean now my horse is still the Alfa and i got her a buddy an she bosses the other mare around should never have put her with others she learned to be agressive with other horses.pecking order can be crewel.that was there like people.what happen s in a jail yard same thing ..there no free any more there domestic animals now.sables can't do it it's a liebility she could have swewed me but it was her choice to put mine in with her heard and worms and other things they can catch and you can't save them from a bully horse if you don't live there. Happy horses I have two .🐎🐎🤗💕

I have 2 horses 31/2 acers 2 stalls with small turn outs. And they are out most the day.they are lucky to have the land . I'd never put them in a heard . Maybe if you own them all

If you think the horse is being a pain...............he is not. It is not the horse. It is you.

evolve with your horse and their forage

only time horses need regulating in open foraging is the spring due to sugar contents

? soaking hay 12 hours??

stop feeding so much concentrates!!!!!!! good high quality hay is essential!!!!!!!!

under 4 hours without forage and so few owners follow this !

Can you do one on how diet and nutrition is paramount to hoof care and growth and condition..Shouldn't we be feeding the feet.