Fairfield Farm SYV

12/29/2024

09/26/2024

We were honored to be an inspection site for the Holsteiner Verband North American Tour. The feedback, support and enthusiasm of the judges added to the event's success, and we deeply appreciate their insights. It was a pleasure to host the event and we hope you had a wonderful time. Thank you!

07/19/2024

Yep!

07/03/2024

Can’t say that Greg Parks finds my place boring. 😆

06/14/2024

Greg Parks and Jesus trying to work while this cheeky monkey wants to join the party.

06/04/2024

https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/early-education-and-training-under-the-spotlight-following-german-decision-860221?

Educating horses to cope with the world around them from a young age is crucial to set them up for a happy life

06/01/2024

https://youtu.be/tVBJfr5KUMg?si=okiEUWByseKtNmhu

To aptly describe Fairfield Farm is to deem it one of the most extraordinary, pristine equine properties in all of California. A stunning 20-acre expanse of ...

05/27/2024

Lagniappe F3M

05/25/2024

The Holsteiner Verband would like to encourage all American and Canadian breeders who are expecting foals this year or have mares or stallions for approval to write to our office at  [email protected].  We’d love to see even more breeders attend our inspection tour and want to off...

04/19/2024

03/15/2024

𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁-𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲⁣
Horse welfare has always been the key priority for the EEF, and in the last months, several examples of poor horse welfare in a training environment have been exposed. The EEF has observed with dismay and has made it our highest priority to support our member organisations to take swift action and re-focus on the kind of behaviours we all expect of equestrianism in Europe.

To properly counter these issues going forward, it is important we first assess the current landscape, the attitudes and opinions within the industry and understand whether these issues are widespread. With this information, we can then support our National Federations to create practical initiatives to counter these unacceptable behaviours.

For this purpose, we have designed a survey with the support of World Horse Welfare, for completion by the wider equine industry. All answers are anonymous and will be used to better inform us of the current situation.

The answers will be analysed and carried forward to a panel discussion in cooperation with World Horse Welfare, the International Grooms Association, our member National Federations and international rider club stakeholders to properly discuss and consider how we, as Europe’s equestrian community, can stamp out abusive training practices and any notion that they can be acceptable in today’s sport. This is vital to strengthen trust with those both inside and outside our sport.

EEF President Theo Ploegmakers said “This is a vitally important issue.The horse lies at the centre of everything we do, and their care should be the utmost priority for everyone in our industry. The recent cases in which behaviours at home have been uncovered are incredibly worrying for our sport and exceptionally damaging to the trust we have been building with the wider public. It is of the highest importance that we now understand the depth of this issue and support our National Federations to action against it.”

Further details on the webinar panel will be shared shortly. The survey is now open and will be available for completion until April 5th 2024. Survey link: https://www.surveyhero.com/c/Eefhorsewelfaresurvey op