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Perhaps be transparent in her current training methods?

I’m shocked at the amount of people welcoming her back with open arms on the FB H&H post. If i ever (I won’t) went to watch a...

I’ve had to stop looking at or reading any comments regarding it. It is so depressing and makes me want all horse sports banned.

Well, I've just watched the GP test up until the canter zigzag on YouTube. I didn't want to watch any more. It got 73% and won the...

I use stubben string girths, they get used regularly & for hunting etc never had one wear out and I've been using them for 15 years...

Virtually every photo shows btv to some extent, and incorrect muscular development in the neck, which we see in every sport, so it's no...

I think that's somewhat fair, but we see overdeveloped splenius, fetlocks too low (the compression of the pasterns revealing lack of...

Especially if judge ridden. Although I'd say it's still less about conformation, it should be, and more about way of moving, balance...

A trained dressage horse should be light and mobile, effortless to ride

Ours were all taught to work through properly and I don’t think they would be alone. As above when I got mine straight off the track, he...

Ok, no need to be so snippy. I was just providing a response. I.e. it's training. I thought this was a discussion where any thought is...

For some, not all, they have learnt the neck position that is expected of them. There's many a tale of showing horses tied into position...

Would also agree that reining back or at least moving back is pretty basic schooling in as much as you need it when opening gates or...

Rein back is still done in individual show hack shows but you should only do it if it’s actually going to enhance it. When you see how...

c. mid eighties, a well-known, elderly judge (also breeder of some repute) at a decent agricultural show, told the riders what she...