The judges awarded extreme scores to a horse and rider which should have not scored so high. As a matter of fact most of the horses in "Dressage" training today hardly ever really develop the gaits and especially the extended trot correctly.... Sadly our Spanish horses are being wrongfully bred to compete with this pantomime of movement turning the "Horse of Kings" into nothing more than just another warmblood for the market of competition riders.
Riders and even breeders recently boast of the "incredible movement" of their horses. They focus however on exaggerated movement of the front limbs and think what they are looking at is not only beautiful but correct. Some breeders focus only on the trot of a colt/filly at liberty but ignore the walk or canter, which are even more important than the trot. Many judges in todays era are nothing more than a joke in competitions, and riders boast of being experts because they BUY a certification through the USDF or other such institutions and by riding a set of patterns on horses which they themselves did not train. The Classical art of riding is more than ever in a sad and steep decline because of the huge ignorance in the world of riding and training horses. An ignorance that awards super high scores on incorrect moveme todaynts, and that dismiss the classical riding methods of the ancient times. Few of us ever get the chance to learn from a real expert, even fewer of us try to not take it for granted. Stupid handlers, to say the least resort to unnecessary punishment of their horses while in training, and many more resort to all kinds of artificial aids to produce a result that their natural abilities and talents would not permit them otherwise. On the other hand, some riders believe that the spur and whip must never ever be used, they too are wrong.
You might disagree with me, and that's fine. We all have a right to have an opinion, but I warn you that what you sometimes think is beautiful or correct, often times is not. If you agree or disagree let me know and please do tell me why. For those of you who try to follow the classical principals I urge you to continue. for those of you who are more into ribbons and competition I urge to reconsider, for when you understand the real meaning of riding, nothing but the well being and correct development of the horse matters.
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Riders and even breeders recently boast of the "incredible movement" of their horses. They focus however on exaggerated movement of the front limbs and think what they are looking at is not only beautiful but correct. Some breeders focus only on the trot of a colt/filly at liberty but ignore the walk or canter, which are even more important than the trot. Many judges in todays era are nothing more than a joke in competitions, and riders boast of being experts because they BUY a certification through the USDF or other such institutions and by riding a set of patterns on horses which they themselves did not train. The Classical art of riding is more than ever in a sad and steep decline because of the huge ignorance in the world of riding and training horses. An ignorance that awards super high scores on incorrect moveme todaynts, and that dismiss the classical riding methods of the ancient times. Few of us ever get the chance to learn from a real expert, even fewer of us try to not take it for granted. Stupid handlers, to say the least resort to unnecessary punishment of their horses while in training, and many more resort to all kinds of artificial aids to produce a result that their natural abilities and talents would not permit them otherwise. On the other hand, some riders believe that the spur and whip must never ever be used, they too are wrong.
You might disagree with me, and that's fine. We all have a right to have an opinion, but I warn you that what you sometimes think is beautiful or correct, often times is not. If you agree or disagree let me know and please do tell me why. For those of you who try to follow the classical principals I urge you to continue. for those of you who are more into ribbons and competition I urge to reconsider, for when you understand the real meaning of riding, nothing but the well being and correct development of the horse matters.
Thank you for visiting my page.
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