Welcome back to Season 4 of This Equestrian Life! In this episode, Rhi and Miri discuss their own recent updates - including Rhi's musings on going barefoot and the dread it has been causing her, Blondie's visit from the vet and the disturbing case of Cesar Parra, who has been banned from competition for 15 years following an FEI tribunal.

Read the Horse & Hound article on Cesar Parra: https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/a-former-olympic-riders-15-year-ban-900665

Read the FEI statement: https://inside.fei.org/media-updates/fei-tribunal-imposes-15-year-suspension-cesar-parra 

[Rhi can't find the showground poster social media post she mentioned, but will update here if she does later!]

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