Because that’s how horses act here at Nihi Sumba – they’re encouraged to follow their natural instincts and act wild and free ...

Charles Walks had walked away from horse training for about a decade, but he couldn’t stay away. Now at the Terry Bison Ranch ...

Allegations of horse abuse and mistreatment were submitted ... and some of those shortcuts could indeed involve training tools like whips or spurs. When used in the manner Dujardin did on video ...

Across the organisations whips may only be used to back up leg aids, never as discipline or punishment of the horse – and in Pony Club, spurs may only be worn by riders who have passed the C+ ...

The former was the subject of a documentary aired in November 2023, exposing harsh training methods, and the latter was seen hitting a horse with a whip in a training video. Andreas’s father Ulf ...