Horse & Hound

Are young horses pushed to their limit?

polly.bryan@futurenet.com

@pollyrose21

OPINION

I RECENTLY had the privilege of riding our seven-year-old home-bred Full Moon II at the World Breeding Championships in Ermelo, and it was indeed an experience. The standard of horses there was unreal. I found it a little scary that most of what I could hear being called across the collecting ring was “more” and “poll up”, as some very young horses were being pushed to

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