Nice piece on Kauto....

[KautoStar1]

I for one am pleased to see he is happy and doing well. whatever the rights & wrongs of him leaving Ditcheat, he certainly seems to be having the best of care and you can't ask for more than that.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ho...oof-forwards-in-his-new-life-in-dressage.html

 

[Dobiegirl]

Thanks for the link, I am very glad he seems so happy and long may it remain so, it was always obvious he would be looked after by Laura.

 

[MadisonBelle]

A lovely piece..... brought a (happy) tear to my eye!

I agree whole heartedly with this..........."Collett agrees. The idea for dressage was to keep Kauto’s body and brain active. “People trying to belittle the dressage discipline are very small-minded,” she says."

So very true.....for even those wo don't "do" dressage usually do some form of flat work on a daily basis. My old trainer said if worked correctly it was less stress all round for the horse and could keep them comfortable and happy to a good age.

Would love to see a photo of him working........

Best of luck to them all!

 

[teapot]

There's a better pic too here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ho...r-Kauto-Star-learns-to-dance-in-dressage.html

 

[Daffodil]

That's brought a big grin to my face He looks terrific.

 

[lottiepony]

Lovely to see, there seemed to be a lot of doubters when his career change was first mentioned fingers crossed all keeps progressing well

 

[Echo Bravo]

Perhaps it was his owner that prompted the 2 page spread, for myself I wasn't impressed.

 

[Marydoll]

What a good article, i think he looks great and he seems to have settled in really well he looks to be in good form

 

[Welly]

What a lovely article,

 

[Clodagh]

It did come across a bit Clive Smith getting his side of the story in but whatever, Kauto looks great. He is such a beautiful horse.

 

[Luci07]

Interested that she was in a jump not dressage saddle. Wonder why?!

 

[Marydoll]

Interested that she was in a jump not dressage saddle. Wonder why?!

Who cares as long as the saddle fits, the horse looked good and has a new string to his bow, a successful racing career and looking well on his way to making a nice riding horse

 

[Luci07]

Who cares as long as the saddle fits, the horse looked good and has a new string to his bow, a successful racing career and looking well on his way to making a nice riding horse

Dont be so snotty. It was a genuine question. She certainly has a lot of saddles and I had ASSUMED there would be REASON for it.

 

[Scarlett]

Barnsby posted on their FB page a couple of weeks ago to say they were going out to measure him and make him a custom fit dressage saddle, maybe it's just not done yet?

 

[Luci07]

Barnsby posted on their FB page a couple of weeks ago to say they were going out to measure him and make him a custom fit dressage saddle, maybe it's just not done yet?

THANK YOU! there was obviously a reason and I was interested.

 

[Nosey]

Quite sensible to keep him in a gp saddle I'd say...its prob a step too far for his back to go straight from a racing saddle to a dressage one whilst she's trying to build him up.