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Horse & Farm Management
A guide to choosing safe, ethical equine activities for your children
Helen Sharp
Horse Sense have complied a checklist that every parent can use if they are introducing their child or vulnerable person to new equestrian activities
10 July 2026 General
Author of the Katie Simpson Review to speak at cross-sector symposium
Leaders from the equestrian, safeguarding, veterinary and welfare sectors will come together to explore the links between coercive control, animal cruelty and community protection
29 May 2026 General
Safeguarding Must Be “Embedded”, says HSI Chief Executive
HSI's Denis Duggan responds to questions following the Katie Simpson Review and outlines how it works with affiliates to promote child welfare standards across the sector
Equuip responds on safeguarding policies
Elaine Burke, Equuip Manager at Horse Racing Ireland, shares the policies, training and procedures currently in place within Irish racing
22 May 2026 General
SUBSCRIBER ONLY: An uncomfortable truth?
For many within racing and the sport horse world alike, safeguarding may remain an uncomfortable or overlooked subject
20 May 2026 General
Is the equine industry facing a safeguarding crisis?
Safeguarding must become central to how our industry operates, not merely how it appears to operate when scrutiny arrives, Helen Sharp writes
15 May 2026 General
Bullying on the livery yard and what to do about it
Helen Sharp discusses bullying on the livery yard, a topic familiar to many but rarely discussed.
20 March 2026 General
NEWS: Abuse links to fore at conference
Helen Sharp reports from The Links Group and BHS workshop on 'The Link' Between Animal Abuse, Domestic Abuse and Child Abuse
13 March 2026 News