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.
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.
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.
Exclusives | Opinion
Jumping Performance Rating (JPR): A new method to rank horses and riders
20 April 2022 - "Show jumping has evolved rapidly over the past decade and, in my opinion, requires new methods to assess performance beyond what the current Longines Rankings provide," Dr. Tim Worden writes.
Exclusives | The Equestrian Mental Coach
The Equestrian Mental Coach: How to combat those show nerves
08 September 2021 - In the next part of our series 'The Equestrian Mental Coach', Annette Paterakis addresses a topic everyone is familiar with: Nerves, and how to combat them.
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