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Well that was hideous. The death grip on the head, her leg constantly moving (to spur?), the tight tucked in head and the disgusting way...

Her hands are horrible. Their is no give, no softness, fingers constantly closed tightly on the reins in an absolute death grip.

It’s not a nice picture, it’s all expression from tension and punishing the horse with a harsh hand and jabbing spur with no obvious...

This is why I keep banging on about training, that what most people consider genuinely abusive is in the same playbook as the normal...

It looks uncomfortable and lame at certain points, she even looks round at one point as if trying to find a reason why it feels like it...

The poor horse looks like a cartoon character. Shameful animal abuse. How is this type of riding and training allowed to continue? :mad:

I'm so out of touch with dressage...I totally stopped engaging after the initial CDJ abuse but this just looks awful - wobbly, overbent...

No one has defined what ‘balanced’ means in horses. Optimal dietary levels are purely guesswork (as they are in humans), so you can only...

'The majority of horses would benefit to some degree from supplementary vitamins and minerals' is probably more accurate than 'All...

As the owner of a forest bred 4 yo now kept on varied pasture, with plentiful hedgerows which occupy lots of his time and atm lots of...

I'm taking that statement as I read it: "regardless of use or breed" to which I respond: " utter tosh".

I’d say it’s a pretty poorly designed animal if it can’t get the nutrients it needs from its natural foodstuffs. Millions of years of...

Yes it doesn’t look good. Haven’t seen the vet yet, but my elderly gelding seems to be showing a lot of symptoms of it. Hopefully...

Well today we had the first glimpse of spring and it was glorious!! Dry all day and I hacked out in a hoodie with no coat :eek: got on...

Some Lapwings arrived here today!