Recent content by shortstuff99

Same rider who's horse fell/collapsed at the last fence due to exhaustion and inexplicably not carded for that.

They are all here https://equestrian-hub.com/public/show/155541

I wouldn't buy an ex racer. I would buy an established horse already doing what you want.

As per Wikipedia

https://www.eurodressage.com/2024/04/23/michele-betti-feis-deafening-silence-while-demand-more-ethical-dressage-sport-grows

Had quite a busy weekend! Took Bean out for a jumping clinic and she was very good! Clearly she just found dressage a bit boring and enjoyed being back to more fun stuff 🤣. I have also been making sure to actually ride her now rather than just constantly babying her which has improved things...

Many years ago pony club used to double the dressage penalties so 60% was 80 penalties, 70% was 60 penalties etc. My horse wasn't the best at dressage but brilliant jumper. My horse was one of only two to jump a double clear and no time penalties. I didn’t even place due to dressage penalties...

Have to say I don't think a rider with a stop XC should beat a rider that hasn't (and hasn't gone ridiculously slow either).

Same with SJ time penalties, eventing has reduced them from 1 to 0.4 so now everyone can creep round the course.

An interesting case study on this is the current discussions to outcross the Lipizzaners with PREs as there is now a too small and too in bred population which is causing real issues.

I'm also annoyed that it means Mr Rolkur Blue tongue, Helgstrand supporter himself got to win 🤐

Yes you make good points but, breeds are not separate species so you could always outbreed a population while still keeping to a reasonable phenotypic expression. Also need to be careful to not allow a deleterious gene to proliferate through a small population and then make it impossible to...

Quite. And not to derail this thread but a horse passed away yesterday after his showjumping round at the world cup finals.

Yes they have to if you want to compete.

If you are competing and your horse started their vaccination course before Jan 2024 then as long as the time periods match the table on the left and you have your annual boosters in time then okay to compete. If you start a new vaccine course after Jan 2024 then it must follow the time periods...