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Exclusives | Grooms
Grooms, a dying breed?
15 December 2022 - How do we make the occupation as a groom sustainable? WoSJ spoke with Ludger Beerbaum, Scott Brash, Lee McKeever, Andrea Hoenack, Ken Ruysen and David Honnet to hear their opinions.
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Exclusives | Legal
Schelstraete’s 2nd International Equine Law Congress: Focus on the legal aspects of horse breeding, as well as trade in foals, semen, embryos and oocytes
30 November 2022 - An open letter sent to the WBFSH in 2019 sparked Luc Schelstraete’s – the founder of Schelstraete Equine Law – interest in the legal issues concerning horse breeding.
![Janne Friederike Meyer-Zimmermann on the ranking rules’ maternity leave regulations: “Women should be able to make their own decisions”](/Htdocs/Images/IF_News_770/65760.jpg?puid=75d280c8-4baa-4b33-b91c-6a6721bf11ef&eiplace=IF_News_77097527)
Exclusives | Interview
Janne Friederike Meyer-Zimmermann on the ranking rules’ maternity leave regulations: “Women should be able to make their own decisions”
21 June 2022 - “Any female rider wanting to get back in the saddle earlier than what the rule allows, will lose her world ranking points," Meyer-Zimmermann tells WoSJ.
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Exclusives | Opinion
Cian O'Connor: "In my view, it’s important that we all look at the sport as a whole and not only from our own goldfish bowls"
16 June 2022 - Cian O’Connor shares his thoughts on the new FEI regulations on time penalties. "It's disingenuous for any of us to offer opinion on the sport based solely on five-star level,” the Irish rider says.
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Exclusives | Interview
Henrik von Eckermann: “You have to be ready to ride in a pace that gets you within the time allowed; this is simply one of the requirements at any show, at any level”
15 June 2022 - “I am completely in favour of the rule,” Henrik von Eckermann tells WoSJ about the change in the FEI Jumping Rules article 236.1 (vii) concerning time penalties.
Exclusives | Interview
Santiago Varela on the time penalty regulations: “The core of the discussion is not the rule itself, but how it reflects the underlying issues”
14 June 2022 - “In terms of the sport, it is very simple: The rule aims to make the sport more equal for everyone,” Santiago Varela says about the new time penalty regulations.