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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 do remember watching Rembrandt (and others) as a teenager and being amazed at the invisible aiding, and thinking it seemed like magic...

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 suspect not (yet, possibly ever). Because it's not a televised sport it doesn't have that side of the financing so they won't really...

I was trying to quietly disagree here also. I never saw the relaxation or happiness to compete in Valegro that I was told I was seeing...

I'm so sorry to quote directly and disagree rather than just quietly having a different opinion, but I think it's an important point...

That’s what I thought it was supposed to be about and the constant kicking and movement on the riders lower leg is hideous to watch. I...

True. But the pre Joe Midgley version of Lottie who needed to be ridden with a tonne of pressure on her head scored over 70% in a prelim...

I agree to a certain extent but I think she looks more braced, it looks 'more' everything - I am sure she is struggling in some ways too...

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...

Yes, there does seem to be a subliminal feel of 'well, no need for any of that artifice anymore'. And of course she will be fine. The...

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.