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Yep, time limit for the jockey alone to ride the horse into the stalls, and obviously no (excessive I guess, if we have to) use of the...

And not only allowing all the metal work but removing the automatic blood disqualification rule as well 🙄 people actually voted in...

If welfare was front and central they'd ride in a way (or learn to ride in a way) that doesn't have a risk of leaving marks.

This is an excellent idea. Cept with the flanks there has to be blood, not just inflammation, for an elimination to be called for. And...

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

Think we all remember what happened when they tried to jazz up arena eventing in Cardiff...

Gallop flat out downhill, pony stops dead, score me on my impressive mid air somersault??? Yup, got a chance of a medal there 😜

Even to a layperson it's obvious that saddles both old and new vary hugely in their suitability for both individuals and people in general.

Something occurred to me in regard to 'rehab' of these riders that are abusing their horses with so much compression and chair...

You see an exaggerated version of exactly this too in some Arab endurance racing. The extreme leaning back onto the horses loin at...

Those horses winning are bloody horrid to ride. Huge bouncy paces. The very best way to deal with it is to go back into a chair seat...

I'm guessing he also had an innate ability to 'deal with' the pressure she put on him - another thing lots of horses don't have, so they...

I've had comments at intro for tension and relaxation ffs. And yeah it was a problem and no further progress was made until I sorted it...

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...