FEI rules contradict "modern" dressage

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FEI rules and how most of todays top combinations do not actually adhere to them. Hyperflexion and hand dominated riding the cause? I've got my opinion, but you be the judge. Website mentioned at end was kinda the inspiration for it. So go for gold people and enjoy. I'm not here to offend, this is just one opinion in a sea of them but I think WE CAN ALL MAKE A CHOICE. I realise many of these pics are of one particular rider, but certainly not all of them, and yes they are only pictures but anyone with a trained eye can spot it in a video, too-that is no excuse. A picture speaks a thousand words. Besides, and just as an example here, how is it that a horse, with his mouth gaping wide open during hyperflexion and clearly not accepting the bridle (could you blame him?) is expected to go out into the ring suddenly accepting the bridle? Whis training does not , and has never, allowed him to do so! And a horse who has tension in his mouth has tension through his whole body..
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[hannahblackwolf14]

source of this idea- is the bad riders that are all well known..lots of people know that anky van grusen uses rollkur. and beginners may think that is what dressage is cause thats all theyve heard of. Lots of people DONT know that Blue Hors Matine was the greatest dressage horse ever!! Or who scored the highest score in the olympics last year. Nope- all you hear about is who used rollkur in the warm up arena. And thats all beginners are interested in. The bad stuff!! this is misleading...

[thecrazydolls]

@hannahblackwolf14 OK, last reply :P That Blue Hors Matine was "The Best Dressage Horse EVER" is opinion. Opinion only. You ask anyone else and they might agree with you or they might say Toto, or Feugo or any number of horses depending on their taste in riders, training methods or even bias in relation to nationality. Adreas uses LDR/RK. There are videos on YT for all to see if you wish to do so. And IMHO Matine was not the greatest dressage horse ever-far from it.

[hannahblackwolf14]

@thecrazydolls so maybe not the best but he was amazing and i disagree with LDR to but i think there are so many people who see videos on youtube like this and think of dressage people as being these horrible riders id just like to see in a video people say its not all dressage riders... thats all i was aiming for... but all the beginners care for and hear about is all the bad things "SOME" dressage riders do.. i love the point your getting across trust me i disagree with the method to.

[thecrazydolls]

@hannahblackwolf14 It's not hard to find the positive stuff, I can share some with you if you like. Riding far lighter and more beautiful than I find many of the combinations who get to appear in the above seem capable of demonstrating.

Just my humble opinion though :)

[kerryfletcher1]

great video....

[thecrazydolls]

@hannahblackwolf14 on the subject remain the same there are certain things I would change about this were I to do it again. But some people seem to appreciate the effort that went into it and if it gets people thinking a little more, questioning a little more, interested enough to do their own research and learn a little more, learn a better way, than what harm is it doing, really.

[thecrazydolls]

@hannahblackwolf14 I don't understand how you can say "beginner's will think badly of us all"-there is good included in the above as well as the bad. If people base their decision not to enter into a sport on a 7 minute Youtube video (not dissimilar to countless other's on here) then perhaps that is a good thing.

Also FYI I made this video over two years ago, I don't think it's an especially great effort, it mostly came about due to boredom when I was injured and although generally my views..

[thecrazydolls]

@hannahblackwolf14 Misleading how? There are a variation of rider's included in the video, I felt, some well known and some nobody would know from a bar of soap. Yes, there are some riders who are included more often, but it's more to prove a point if anything. I don't feel including Isabell was a mistake, she uses LDR, the incident was not an isolated one, not even at that particular competition, so I included it to get people thinking-why was the horse behaving in this manner? Why misleading?

[thecrazydolls]

@hannahblackwolf14 put her or her animals above these questions. It's there to make people think. That's all.

[thecrazydolls]

@hannahblackwolf14 a reason and they are reacting to their immediate situation or surroundings. As humans we tend to be anthropomorphic, we often attribute animals with an ability to think as we do-"Oh, the horse was just having an off day." And off day why? What was he reacting to? And why repeatedly when asked to perform that movement? What happened to him when he did performed piaffe that made him behave and act out in that manner? Just because Isabell has won medals for her riding doesn't..

[thecrazydolls]

@hannahblackwolf14 ridden in a frame not dissimilar to what we call LDR-just not in the hands of experts. Satchmo's way of going was terribly incorrect-in my opinion-and talk that was bantered about immediately after this incident was that the horse was not fit to be competing as he had been witnessed blowing his lid several times when asked to perform a piaffe both during this competition and in others before and after it. The way I see it everything a horse does has a purpose..