Recent content by splashgirl45

This has been the trouble all along, if any of us rode like the top riders do we would end up being banned again if we didn’t improve. CDJ was banned and doesn’t seem to have changed. Maybe it’s because she sees the others riding the same way and not being banned, some of them seem to have a...

It won’t hurt them to have the winter off as long as they have a decent amount of turnout . I backed mine at 4, and just did a tiny bit of hacking at the weekends during the winter then did more once the evening were light enough, we only had fields and stables and no arena

I would retire her and enjoy having a large pet, if she did well you could try riding gently especially if you have some nice hacking , nothing better than than a quiet plod with your horse in the nice weather or you could just take her out in hand a couple of times a week to give her another...

Maybe not but the horses welfare is just as important even if the cause is different , it’s still abuse

It’s pretty unbelievable isn’t it especially considering how much has been thrown at dressage. The prize money for SJ is much much higher than any dressage , hmmmm could that be why?

They seem to have enough trouble checking the nosebands can’t imagine they would do much more. Seems odd that dressage horses must have nosebands checked but show jumpers can put as much hardware on as they can get, let alone excessively tight nosebands. Surely horse welfare should be equally...

I can imagine how long it’s going to feel , good things are worth waiting for 😊

Exciting !!! When is he arriving?

I’m not excusing her and if you knew me in RL you would know how much I dislike her and what she has done to dressage. BUT if the judges didn’t reward the horses way of going in the test then the people who ride like this wouldn’t get the high marks they get now.. they are rewarding extravagant...

While I agree that CDJ needs to be criticised , it’s a witch hunt and although I personally don’t like her she is a person and her mental health is still important, and the press need to remember that . Also part of the blame is with the organisations that have allowed this sort of behaviour...

Yes I’ve seen this but CDJ gets slated in the press ( not that I disagree ) but the likes of IW and heigstrand never get that sort of adverse publicity. It seems that the British females are being picked on too much. Germany had their own way in dressage for many years and I wonder who is...

While it’s good that she is being criticised by the media I really wish it followed that they do the same for others especially IW!!!!

You look perfect on him , no need to lose weight unless you want to.. he is also looking great

Seems that the stewards aren’t brave enough to stop her. I’m pretty sure if someone rode like that at a lower level the stewards would act… it’s about time those riding at the higher levels were disciplined for that type of riding . I would like to see them eliminated so they couldn’t benefit...

Why not take them from the side as well to get a better idea