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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-25T09:32:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Carl Hester riding En Vogue at Carl Hester yard at Oakelbrook Mill near Malswick in Gloucestershire in the UK on the 3rd September 2020\n\n**Carl Hester shares his views on the importance of the give-and-retake in dressage and the need for collective marks**\n\nSome 18 months ago, I wrote about introducing give-and-retake of the reins at small tour and grand prix level – an idea that came out of a conversation with Kyra Kyrklund. That initiative gained great support at the FEI General Assembly last year, tabled under “changes in the rules that cannot await because of their […]",
  "title": "‘The FEI seems to be moving at a collected walk rather than an extended canter on things that “cannot wait”,’ says Carl Hester"
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