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Well why not try anything to make improvements thats how desparate it is A show of the horse being set up to perform movements outside...

I think quite clear it wasn’t CH?

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 think the issue is, CDJ is not really doing anything differently in her riding than she’s always done. It’s just that now it’s being...

I have seen her in many press posts today. Many people calling it a "Witch Hunt". I have to agree with all who have commented before...

This this this this this. It is literally worthless.

I agree. Also, it was apparently he who gave her the name of Edwina Scissorhands wasn't it :( . I think it's more likely that he...

That sums up everything that is wrong- that we have allowed dressage judges to be so ill educated that they genuinely think that is how...

I feel this comment summarises a lot of issues with modern dressage and horse sport…

Nah, if you can't ride the big powerful horse without causing clear pain and conflict behaviours then you cannot ride the horse.

Lottie Fry was also filmed. The horse is so tense I can't even decipher what half the movements are supposed to be.

Is it wrong that I'm glad the Mail has picked up again on CDJ (although I doubt with other current world events it will get as much...

It wasn't that long ago that the return of CDJ was being heralded by certain shows and SM accounts. She received a year's ban for...

I'm afraid this isn't a witch hunt, she was a highly decorated individual who fell to earth in a very public way at a very public time...

In what sense a witch hunt though? She is certainly not the only rider being picked up on for these types of issues. I'm not sure...