Recent content by Burnttoast

Reminds me of the acquaintance who declared that she never rewarded her horse unless he went above and beyond her expectations, which left me wondering how the poor thing was supposed to work out what her expectations were...

Photos wonderful and horrific in equal measure but I can completely believe that H&H used the second one. It's what's seen in every competition arena. A lot of people want to get to GP by hook or by crook. They don't appear to have the same ambition to ride beautifully or to make their horse...

As someone put it on fb, "it's about time that this industry was required to explain just what is going on".

Turns out slow motion is *very* revealing about the quality of the movement https://www.facebook.com/reel/4396844077228515

Much as Palo has already said. In the extended movements, his frame doesn't noticably extend and in the collected movements there's constant niggling to maintain the movement. I don't know if you're watching on a phone? On a big screen the niggling is probably more obvious. Dressage used to have...

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 the by. If I'm wrong and ignorant, just ignore me (or educate me, if you feel like it). If I made valid criticisms of things you overlooked or didn't want to see...

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 but still not something I particularly want to see anymore.

As someone else has already pointed out on one of these threads, his not knowing (for the sake of argument) doesn't necessarily make things better. What that means is that even experienced people are insufficiently sensitive to what's going on under them to realise when they're riding out 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 was an impressive floor plan, did the horse care? Unlikely. Yes, the mouth was closed, even if in the collected diagonalised movements the front legs were often...

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

Am I allowed to ask whether and why an established GP horse should need pony club kicking throughout the piaffe? But yes, he did have his mouth closed for the majority of the test so well done for that.

Also according to Racing TV 'And Bradstock is optimistic the fall might not be the final act of her strapping chaser’s career. She added: “There’s every chance he will be back next season, but there is a chip off the wing of his vertebrae so that has got to land in the right place."'

They're fine! They're all fine!!! Stop looking!!!! /s

Indeed. Brilliant, in fact, at riding like a malign f*ckwit. It's a skill set I guess...

As it happens I've just seen this comment and the answer is no. I don't drink. Do you assume that only someone three sheets to the wind would dream of criticising the way you come across on here?