Dressage Trainer Cesar Parra Suspended by FEI for Horse Abuse

[shortstuff99]

Just how do you qualify for the Olympics by registering the score from one test allegedly performed in front of one judge with no spectators?

I think I can guess the answer to that and it won't have been making noises like a little bird!
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And why people are shocked that no one has done anything about him and even now the response is lukewarm at best. Hmmmmmm

 

[Maddie Moo]

Another video has emerged on SM Link

 

[Surbie]

Another video has emerged on SM Link

That is, again, just horrific. I can't watch the William video. The ones I have already seen, and this one, will haunt me enough.

 

[Burnerbee]

Has the Daily Mail got hold of this yet?

I loathe the paper but once they shine their light on something it can make a positive (or often negative - but I don’t think that would be the case here) difference

ETA: checked and looks like no, he and his behaviour are only mentioned in the horse press…matter of time until the broader press take note

 

[Gloi]

What a nasty piece of work

 

[CanteringCarrot]

This guy

Add alleged human trafficking to the list of things that make him a shite bag human...

FBI Launches Investigation of Cesar Parra on Allegations of Human Trafficking Involving Working Visas for Foreign Employees - Dressage-News

The FBI--Federal Bureau of Investigation--has launched an investigation of Cesar Parra on allegations of human trafficking by imposing controls on foreign employees on visas in violation of both U.S. and Florida laws. As many as 40 complaints are reported by sources to have been received

dressage-news.com

Happy to see him spectacularly fall, tbh.

 

[splashgirl45]

Let’s hope he gets punishment for everything

 

[ladygreytea]

The horses are not misbehaving, they are obviously trying, and they have no idea what those people want them to do, or why they are being punished so severely.

It's heartbreaking.

Parra and Helgstrand are of the same ilk. Both are so apologetic in public. "It only happened once" or "it was the riders not obeying our rules".
I wasn't born yesterday nor did I just fall off of the turnip truck. They are sickening human beings, but the FEI and USEF have let this sort of thing go on for so long, that they are complicit in this abuse.

Fully agreed, these horses are being very sweet about the torture they´re enduring. It´s really depraved to consider only the suspension of Parra and not a full prosecution.

 

[Boots*McGruber]

This is sadistic, nothing short of torture. If you treated a human this way you’d be jailed.

 

[Beausmate]

This is sadistic, nothing short of torture. If you treated a human this way you’d be jailed.

He should be jailed for treating a horse that way. Poor William - that was absolutely horrific and should definitely have resulted in criminal charges. As should the rest of that disgraceful behaviour.

 

[nutjob]

This is sadistic, nothing short of torture. If you treated a human this way you’d be jailed.

I agree he's a sadist and should be in prison. Hopefully, his behaviour towards his employees will get him some jail time.

 

[Boots*McGruber]

He should be jailed for treating a horse that way. Poor William - that was absolutely horrific and should definitely have resulted in criminal charges. As should the rest of that disgraceful behaviour.

Agreed. There is no place in society for someone who treats animals this way.

 

[Breather]

This is terrible. Be forewarned the videos are painful to watch if you love horses.

Reports of Cesar Parra Abuse of Horses, Humans Expanding With Law Enforcement Involvement - Dressage-News

Videos posted on the Internet of training by American Cesar Parra has finally blown open one of the worst kept secrets of horse sport--abuse of horses and riders--to prompt "immediate" reaction from the sport's governing bodies after years of inaction. Florida's Palm Beach County Sheriff's...

dressage-news.com

Updated: USEF And FEI Investigating Training Video Of Cesar Parra - The Chronicle of the Horse

www.chronofhorse.com

Hannes Müller: "Where is the Respect for the Animal?"

In the wake of the Cesar Parra alleged animal abuse case, the German Federation of Professional Riders (DRFV - BBR) issued a statement as two German professionals are seemingly involved.

www.eurodressage.com

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=942489840828947

 

[ycbm]

Those videos are what this thread is all about. They are in the first post.

 

[reynold]

‘The whole world has witnessed terrible cruelty’: open letter to the FEI describes abuse in dressage as ‘a wake-up’ call

Dressage stakeholders have described recent cases of horse abuse in the sport as “a wake-up call for the vulnerability” the discipline faces – as a meeting is set to discuss how to address the challenges. On 14 February the International Dressage Riders Club (IDRC) published an open letter on...

www.horseandhound.co.uk

Maybe something will be done.... maybe

 

[reynold]

and this from USEF...

‘There is no place in our sport for abuse’: rules to be strengthened after ‘abhorrent’ training videos - Horse & Hound

United States Equestrian (USEF) is proposing to strengthen its rules to cover horse abuse outside competition, and mandate reporting of such incidents. USEF released an extraordinary proposed rule change days after it emerged that US rider Cesar Parra was being investigated in relation to videos...

www.horseandhound.co.uk

 

[misst]

I am sceptical that anything will change quickly. Long term attitudes may change but given that someone like I.W. is happy to be associated with Helgstrand and known abusers are still out there I suspect it is all lip service from the FEI.