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Show horses are produced in a very particular way. They generally don’t have the range of movement and elasticity of a pure dressage...

Total generalisation…The successful show horses I have ridden for others over the years are a push button but fixed ride … mannerly and...

Many show horses are over bent and mostly behind the bit…? (And stilted through the back compared to dressage horses. That’s by design...

Because they aren’t working forward into the contact, over the back . It’s often just a “ pretty picture” and you don’t actually have a...

Because show horses are quite ordinary horses doing the equivalent of prelim dressage?

I'm with Lady Gascoyne a little bit. Whenever this discussion comes up I kind of think what's the alternative? Horses as non ridden pets...

Life is difficult on all creatures. Wild animals have different challenges but their lives are not without struggle and suffering...

I dont think its that complicated, people want to see her, probably for a variety of reasons, but whatever the reason lots of people...

What did everyone think would happen? She’s served her ban was not found guilty of any criminal offence.

Grim. But probably not all that surprising really.

Who had said this 🤯🤯 People are rightly criticising awful treatment and also questioning whether certain practices are harmful to...

Those times when they poop but it clings and you have to chase them about to clean it before they wipe it on you/you're...

They have a shorter life expectancy than humans so you’ll probably outlive them. That’s the worst.