Whatever the rights or wrongs of this, I was delighted to see kauto star full of beans at kempton on Boxing Day looking like he was enjoying what he was being asked to do. As I said before he looked like a different horse. Some just find dressage dull. My old horse was the same. In a dressage...
I totally agree a completely different atmosphere that the horse clearly enjoyed! Yes he may have been in hand rather than ridden in a way totally alien to him but the horse was relaxed happy and enjoying himself , surely this is better than being forced to be something he is clearly not?
I saw kauto star at kempton on Boxing Day. This horse did not have stage fright ! He played to the crowd on Boxing Day and loved every minute of the atmosphere . At Olympia he was ridden badly and was just bloody miserable! Find something this amazing horse enjoys doing , dressage is not for him!