Mental Health Awareness Week: ‘We need to look after each other like we do our horses’
‘If there’s a horse not looking right, we pick it up in 10 seconds, but it would take you 10 weeks to notice that your mate working beside you isn’t’
Mental health
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‘I’d had everything, and it had all been taken away’: Charlotte Dujardin opens up about her mental health struggles
In her new autobiography, The Girl on the Dancing Horse, Charlotte Dujardin reveals the struggle with mental health she went through following her double gold with Valegro at the London Olympics in 2012
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Grooms face shocking mental health issues, survey shows
More than 98% of respondents felt the equestrian industry needs to do more to support grooms’ mental health and wellbeing
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Grooms urged to talk about their mental health
The British Grooms Association has launched a mental wellbeing project to tie in with World Mental Health Day
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Tackling depression: Jockeys speak out in new video
AP McCoy, Daryl Jacob, Mark Enright and Leighton Aspell speak candidly about the mental health challenges they’ve faced in a new video to mark World Mental Health Day
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Depression forces Kieren Fallon to quit race riding
The six-time British champion Flat jockey has retired due to ongoing mental health issues
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‘We want to break down the stigma’: racing bodies sign up to mental health charter
The decision was revealed on day two of Mental Health Awareness Week (16-22 May)
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Report finds athletes are afraid of admitting mental health problems
A report by Mind has revealed that elite sportspeople fear that admitting a mental health problem will affect their career
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Vets at risk of mental health issues and suicide [H&H VIP]
The mental health of vets has been put under the spotlight in recent months, with suicide and depression figures higher than in other professions. But further support is now available.
