Opinions on riding/training - should you only have them if..

[amandap]

Ahem, I think I need to clarify a bit more: by accidental hyperflexion, I didn't mean that the horse puts itself there, but that the rider unintentionally holds the horse there As in, by bad/unskilled riding rather than deliberate attempt at rollkur. I thought that my digression into SJ clarified, but obviously not

I missed your point completely. lol

Mmmm, well, unintentionally holding a horse over bent isn't imo unintentional ever is it? Unaware in the sense that the horse isn't considered maybe.

 

[martlin]

Have you been watching me ride or summat

I know what you're saying I think. Cruelty committed in ignorance is every bit as bad as deliberate cruelty in my book. I am not particularly keen on rolkur but I also am not particularly keen on watching people try to saw their horses head off when I go to unaffiliated dressage. I'm not going to get outraged about one more than the other as they're just as bad as each other IMHO

Lol! No, I trotted past some mirrors
And yes, that was my point exactly!

 

[amandap]

On the subject of ignorance here's, sadly, only part of an article (you have to subscribe to read it in full) but still some points in there.
http://horsesforlife.com/content/view/2226/1722/