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13/12/2025

Great story - and of course the beedy eyed will spot that the horse is bit free. So! Question? If you can ride endurance Bitless then why are we all still waiting for British Dressage to change their rules. What pray could be the reasons they refuse to listen and refuse to change?

✨ 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗖𝗨𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗡 – 𝗠𝗘𝗘𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗫𝗬 ✨
If you read one story today, let it be this one. 💚

When South West member 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁 first met Foxboro Tortuga—known to his friends as Foxy—he was a terrified, underweight rescue who could barely cope with gentle grooming. He’d been removed from an overcrowded stud, received months of veterinary care from the RSPCA, and arrived with trauma that made even the simplest things feel overwhelming.

Victoria didn’t choose him because he looked like an endurance horse.
She chose him because he needed someone. And that’s where their story begins. 🌿

𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁-𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, and Foxy has just completed an incredible novice season, finishing with a Grade 1 at the iconic Red Dragon Festival of Endurance. A horse who once couldn’t bear to be alone… calmly corralled on a Welsh mountain. A horse who might never have been backed… loving every mile.

It’s a journey built on patience, welfare-first training, and the quiet, steady magic of partnership—everything that makes endurance such a special sport. 🐴✨
Because here at Endurance GB, we know every horse and rider has a place with us, whether they’re a purpose-bred athlete or a rescue just beginning again.

If you’ve ever wondered whether a rescue horse can find a home in endurance… Foxy is your answer.
If you need a story to remind you why we do what we do… Foxy is your reminder.
And if you just love a happy ending… well, this one’s still being written.

👉 Read Foxy’s full story on our website – https://www.endurancegb.co.uk/Cms/Spaces/NEWS/News/From+Rescue+to+Red+Dragon+The+Remarkable+Novice+Season+of+Foxboro+Tortuga
We promise, it’s worth every word. 💚🐎

12/12/2025

🤷‍♀️ My husbands says …. is that real time or horse time ⁉️🤪

10/12/2025

✨ Symptoms include:

✨ Sudden bank account distress
✨ Owning 12 rugs per horse

This is not a phase.
This is a hormonal equine awakening.

06/12/2025

If you get it …. SHARE …. if you don’t then read 👇

Recently the FEI passed a change to the blood rule in show jumping where blood on a horse used to result in elimination.

The rule change now means that horses may continue competing despite visible blood as long as they are deemed ‘fit to compete’ after the fact.

Bleeding is never going to be OK, a zero tolerance rule is the only way that horses can and will be protected. The FEI have opened the flood gates to a subjective world of what constitutes ‘accidental blood’. Now you understand why they can be called stupid …… a sad, sad state of affairs.

05/12/2025

The Five Domains framework for horse welfare flips horse care on its head, because the model shows us that welfare isn’t about what we do to horses… but about what life feels like for them.

And the foundation domain?

💫 Nutrition 🐴

If you’ve ever wondered why your horse struggles with behaviour, topline, hooves, or energy, this episode is for you.

Comment NUTRITION to get the link and start watching or listening. 🎙️🐴

05/12/2025

No spurs 🤩 it’s great to see people thinking about taking the spurs away so you train smarter. Spurs are equipment that hurts so it makes sense that someone who trains to get the basics so good you don’t need the pain to coerce the horse will have a softer more relaxed horse. We must consider how equipment which works through discomfort and pain really feels to the horse. This is horse welfare advancing into the 21st century rather than hanging on to its centuries old myths and norms. Great job 💥we salute this rider 🫡

05/12/2025

It’s so damn obvious. Why FEI are you taking so long to give riders the choice to compete bit free. AND why is the noseband and flash so tourniquet tight!

05/12/2025

🤷‍♀️ my horse obsession has no expiry date 🐴