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The owner is hardly the nicest person, the fact his rep was so quick to come out and defend the jockey, no comment to acknowledge how...

I’m not. I blame them for the entire sodding, corrupt industry. Just like I blame the jockey for whipping a horse with a broken back. I...

I’ve not watched it, as a former keen dressage rider who trained under a List 1 judge I can’t bear to watch modern top level dressage at...

Much as Palo has already said. In the extended movements, his frame doesn't noticably extend and in the collected movements there's...

You’re right; no one is interested in the well-being of the horse - money must always come first. And that’s exactly why it must be banned.

Actually by the time I started writing the comment I thought, menopausally, I was on one of the other dressage threads. But that's by...

You put it better than I did. This is the among the best that modern dressage has to offer, which is nice for those who enjoy dressage...

I know very little about the higher levels of dressage but I didn't think it was beautiful at all. Technically accurate, I think, yes...

As someone else has already pointed out on one of these threads, his not knowing (for the sake of argument) doesn't necessarily make...

I do not believe him 🤷🏻‍♀️. And honestly, I’m so surprised any experienced riders do. I am not “kicking”, I am criticising...

Maybe, the jockey would have lost his job but maybe not. Besides, he might ride for others trainers and owners, I don't know if he only...

Okay so nobody is allowed to say its good then either? If they can't do it? 😂

And in the real world where humans insist on putting horses in these situations, the jockey could have simply not whipped a horse with a...

I don't have to enjoy something if I don't find it enjoyable. I don't find dressage beautiful anymore, seriously or otherwise. Yes, it...

Tidy stable management and the basic biological needs of equids are often confused :rolleyes: