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10/24/2026

Grand Prix dressage making positive progress in welfare practices; now let’s see if they hold, or if the horses demonstrate increased stress behaviors with this addition…

Grand prix dressage horses will now have to stretch on a long rein in trot during their test.

The FEI has revealed its new dressage tests for 2027, and the headline change is a 20m stretch circle in the grand prix, carrying a coefficient of two – and riders can choose whether to sit or rise.

The walk has also been rerouted, and the collective mark renamed “harmonious riding”, and although the FEI says the grand prix special is unchanged, there’s a new give and retake of the reins in canter.

The new tests come into force on 1 January 2027 – including at World Cup shows, partway through the season.

Do you think the stretch circle is a positive step? Let us know below...

10/11/2026

10/11/2026

Peeping at you, Whinny! 👀

06/18/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮-𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲

I thought this also fitted nicely for those of us who work with animals . Thanks to Mona Delahooke, Ph.D. for the original . This meme is the very essence of supporting horses and dogs for me .

Co-regulation is the foundation of this both with conspecifics and with us . Both Horses and Dogs are deeply social species .

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04/21/2026

Spring fever around here means that it’s new horse time! 🤭

Welcome home, Mr. Rawhide! What a full circle moment — Dusty Rawhide and Erika spent many hours together in the saddle at Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch nearly ten years ago. When it was time for him to retire from that life, he found his way to Colorado Horse Rescue through the gift of the Annie Project. Now, he’s finally home with his forever herd.

03/30/2026