IS there a future for our sport? As a combined industry, racing and sport horse, we need to start truly evaluating how the general public perceives what we do.

In years gone by, it was easier to explain away a poor moment like a horse being behind the vertical or the use of a whip but now everyone has a smart phone camera in their pocket. Everything that we do is now open for scrutiny and the big question is do the justifications of what we do stack up in the eyes of the non-equine public?