Page 24 | To think that equestrian events are ridiculous

CarlottaValdez · 03/08/2021 15:36

Hyperflexion has been banned for a decade now

Surely no need to ban it as you can’t make a horse do anything it doesn’t want to right? I expect they love having their heads twisted until their tongues go blue.

Bryonyshcmyony · 03/08/2021 15:34

@Germolenequeen

So much abuse in dressage please Google Rollkur for further info.

I've ridden horses for 55 years

In the UK? Rolkur has been banned here for years.

gwenneh · 03/08/2021 15:31

@Germolenequeen

So much abuse in dressage please Google Rollkur for further info.

I've ridden horses for 55 years

Hyperflexion has been banned for a decade now.

Pericombobulations · 03/08/2021 15:27

I love watching the equestrian sports at the olympics, its all I do watch! None of the other sports interest me.

I have tried over the years to learn some of the most basic dressage (rein-back & half pass) and have learnt just how many different things to do those simple things the rider has to do. Also learnt very quickly, if the horse isnt willing, they are not going to do it. Its definately a partnership event.

Have to say, I was having a riding lesson this morning at a school who one of the paralympians trains at, who left last week with their horse, and had to take over a ton and a half of extra feed and equipment with them. I suspect the horse is more pampered than the rider.

Germolenequeen · 03/08/2021 15:20

So much abuse in dressage please Google Rollkur for further info.

I've ridden horses for 55 years

LemonFantaGin · 03/08/2021 15:19

Watches an hour of a highly skilled dressage horse probably worth more than you house and declares it ridiculous.

Well I find you ridiculous, you clearly have zero knowledge into the hard work and dedication it takes to get a horse and rider to that level of skill and the rider to build a relationship with the horse to 'dance' to music.

Try to sit back and enjoy the horsemanship and the beautiful are behind it, how the right music is found to match the horses rhythm, grr.

Bryonyshcmyony · 03/08/2021 15:17

@BFrazzled

In the Olympics.

Poor horses. This ridiculous dancing in dressage, who the hell thought of that?

There was one winner of the dressage contest who supposedly also won in the nineties. No mention of the horse, guess it was with a different one then

The best thing about owning and competing horses is that you are so busy and involved in the horsey scene you never have time to meet people who are this idiotic.

I hope I never meet anyone who thinks this in RL.

JudgeJ · 03/08/2021 15:15

@BFrazzled

In the Olympics.

Poor horses. This ridiculous dancing in dressage, who the hell thought of that?

There was one winner of the dressage contest who supposedly also won in the nineties. No mention of the horse, guess it was with a different one then

I'd stick to Love Island type of programme, sounds more your type of thing, you clearly have no appreciation of skill!

gwenneh · 03/08/2021 15:14

My absolute favourite to watch is Blue Hors Matine the world dressage games .

But her tail, though! :D

My favourite will always be Edward Gal & Lingh. They had a few iterations of the trance/club music freestyles and they were just incredible. I had the great good fortune to be able to see one in person.

Unfortunately this was right around when Lingh was approved for the studbook and sold out to the US, but then Edward Gal went on to partner with Totilas and that was a world beating pair.

ActonSquirrel · 03/08/2021 15:01

@LobotomisedIceSkatingFan

Well, I'd be tremendously surprised if a horse spontaneously decides to jump over an obstacle. Possibly one that's already been 'taught' (viz, made) to jump.

I don't think any 'sport' which requires a sentient but ultimately non-consenting animal to be pressed into service is at best incredibly self-indulgent, and at worst, barbarous.

You're a vegetarian then?

rantymcrantface66 · 03/08/2021 14:56

@MotherofPoodles

The winner of the individual gold medal at the Olympics signals a really positive new direction for dressage. For a long time now dressage has been a bit "sick". It's been taken over by very extreme moving horses that are very difficult to keep sound and ride. Jessica is a breath of fresh air and her training style is such a positive one.

To be fair that's true of all 3 individual medalists this year.

MotherofPoodles · 03/08/2021 14:53

The winner of the individual gold medal at the Olympics signals a really positive new direction for dressage. For a long time now dressage has been a bit "sick". It's been taken over by very extreme moving horses that are very difficult to keep sound and ride. Jessica is a breath of fresh air and her training style is such a positive one.

OneTC · 03/08/2021 14:51

Don't love dressage so much but show jumping is 🔥🔥🔥

NotMyCat · 03/08/2021 14:43

@rantymcrantface66 I think that's why I like it so much. The enthusiasm and the music and how happy/proud the rider is even if it's not technically perfect

RemoteControlledSheep · 03/08/2021 14:42

[quote Polkadotties]This will always be my favourite.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=zgxnpXH-pB0[/quote]
Come one - that's a horse dancing! 😂

rantymcrantface66 · 03/08/2021 14:42

@NotMyCat I've seen many a better test ridden but what I liked about that is that the horse was so enthusiastic and happy. He was really having a ball

atlastifoundit · 03/08/2021 14:40

[quote DroopyClematis]@atlastifoundit
Why would I ? It's a stupid idea. [/quote]
There really is no need to be so dismissive of something that many people dedicate their lives to.

Polkadotties · 03/08/2021 14:38

This will always be my favourite.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=zgxnpXH-pB0

NotMyCat · 03/08/2021 14:30

This is one of my fave to music

HotPenguin · 03/08/2021 14:26

Dressage is very skilled and takes excellent control to make the horses move in very precise ways. I don't feel sorry for the horses because the risk of injury to them doing dressage is low, much less than when competing in a race. Perhaps you object to all forms of horse riding, as at the end of the day it is about an animal serving humans, but there would be very few horses around if equestrian sports were banned.

rantymcrantface66 · 03/08/2021 14:13

Mine love a bit of Classic Fm to snooze to on a wet afternoon . Many a day I’ve brought them in early due to miserable weather , turned the radio on and found them snoring gently half an hour later . Tbf , it has much the same effect on me…

An old boss would only allow radio 2. Apparently it's calming 😆

rantymcrantface66 · 03/08/2021 14:12

@plominoagain yes that's the one that I remember the most. Absolutely stunning and so suited to the horses gaits. I do remember thinking perhaps they could have picked the radio edit though 😆

Demelza82 · 03/08/2021 14:05

You're not wrong but horse obsessives are ridiculous

MyAnacondaMight · 03/08/2021 14:05

@BFrazzled

Some horses go best for a small, female rider - others are brilliant in the right hands but require a lot of physical size and strength to keep controlled.

Sorry to hijack your comment but this kind of contradict other horsey posters claiming that horses want to do it all by themselves and just love dancing to music.

Paralympic dressage is a thing: people with limited or no arm or leg function compete at dressage. Watch that and then come back to the thread and tell us that the horse is being forced round the arena.

In the cross country phase of eventing, however, you can get scenarios where a horse moving at 30mph needs to be slowed down before a particularly tricky jump - so that both horse and rider make it over safely. In those scenarios, on some horses more than others, it requires a lot of strength to physically get back in the saddle and put the brakes on (which you do mostly with your core and your legs). It’s easier to do that if you’re 6’6 and have big quads than if you’re 5’ nothing and don’t. Hence the need to match horse and rider.

plominoagain · 03/08/2021 14:02

@rantymcrantface66

I've seen some great dressage to hip hop too. Not suited to every horses movement though.

My absolute favourite to watch is Blue Hors Matine the world dressage games .

Brilliant .