Behind each rider is a team that is paramount to any success. Studforlife has decided to reveal the high-level backstage by bringing these actors who are essential to a high-level stable out of the shadows. This month, in our Question of the Month section, we are focusing on the in-house rider, a job analyzed by Fanny Berger, shadow worker for Niels Bruynseels, and show jumping World No. 3 Daniel Deusser.

It is a fact that equestrian sports suffer from a lack of popularity among the general public media. Often little or badly known, they are only occasionally brought to light. This under-representation is paradoxical for a sport that has more than two million participants and is the third most popular sport in France in terms of number of licensees.

New year, new system for the world rankings of show jumpers! Studforlife has decided to take an interest, to inaugurate 2020, in the new system of invitations for CSI events wanted by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI). This system has been designed to fight against the "pay-card" system and to establish a world ranking as fair and transparent as possible. After much debate and controversy about its application, we interviewed two experts, Kevin Staut and Marie Pellegrin, to answer this new Question of the Month!

Winter is fast approaching, and if you haven't already you are probably getting ready to clip your horse. But is it really necessary? At a time when animal welfare has never been so much in the news, this month we have examined one of these themes.

This month we’re looking at the issue of sponsorship. It can take different forms, the most visible of which is the naming of horses, events and even competitions.