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I think that many of those 'top' riders have been trained in the kick it, pull it method. I wonder how many of them have ever sat on a...

And that's the problem. Once you see blue tongues and blood, then that horse has quite likely been suffering for a while. The idea...

Unfortunately you seem to be forgetting this is the FEI, the organisation that wants to see "happy athletes", but also removed the rule...

It’s been a few pages back but the debate over Lottie Fry… I think she’s harder on the horses than Charlotte. I have ridden several Van...

Do both ponies have a tendancy to toe-in? As Smolmaus said, can you get a photo from the front showing both hooves on level ground...

She's as far from Olympic dressage as you can get but my 13h native x just adores turning up at competition venues. I took her showing...

One of mine was like that. Hell, one of my dogs is like that. I dont think that its uncommon at all. Horses arent stupid or all the...

Oof. My first thought was hyprmobility (sorry, kyboard having issus so no lttr aftr 'd' ;) and warmbloods ar crtainly brd to b...

No comment on the training, but this is what I see on very first look at the video. Having owned a hypermobile horse, who showed a...

I'm another who swears by hoof armour. I've used it on mine for a few years. He is barefoot but it really helps his feet to resist wear...

If you've ever had one that "lived" for competitions, you wouldn't doubt it. I had one, an event horse, bought young and stayed with me...

That is realy interesting. One of my RIs had what she described as an 'out and out' competition horse. At home she was a spooky mess and...

I definitely saw him come into arenas looking a lot happier than many others and I don't see the same level of enjoyment in Glamourdale...

So true! At prelim judges reward relaxed and rhythmical and deduct for tense and irregular.

The biggest advantage she had with him was he loved to perform. It is a very different feeling (at any level!) being on a horse which is...