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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-21T17:37:13.000Z",
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  "textContent": "G2N8R4 Close up of a dark coloured horse with its eye closed in the summer sunshine. Alamy Ref: G2N8R4The creator of a new framework to be used to train horses hopes to challenge traditional thinking, calling for riders to “stop blaming the horse”. Marcel Olivé, whose aim is to combine natural horsemanship with the latest behavioural science to improve equine welfare, has published the “Horse hierarchy of needs” as a free resource. The […]",
  "title": "‘Stop blaming the horse’: new training framework aims to help achieve potential by listening to what horses tell us"
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