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Time to be proactive as nearly two thirds don't support horse sport

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NEARLY two thirds of the public do not support the involvement of horses in sport as things are - and we must “be brave” and proactive to ensure equestrianism has a future.

These were key messages from the latest independent survey commissioned by World Horse Welfare to assess public perception of horse sport.

The YouGov research asked the same questions as last year's survey on the same topic. There were more than 4,000 responses, representative of the UK population as a whole.

The results showed that, as in 2022, some 60% of the public are not happy with the status quo. Two in five, 40%, would

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