And he won the World Cup even after this video was posted. I got so angry watching that poor horse w/its tongue dangling out the corners of its mouth. New judges and less Kittles and Dujardins!!
Clueless people applauding to the sight of a miserable, pained circus animal being forced to perform for human entertainment. How deep have we fallen....
A huge thankyou for your vital work. I know horses. Your pictures and videos expose the abuse and total iron-fisted dominance over a beautiful animal. I see pain- the horses pain
And people are laughing and having a good time while the horse is being whipped. Horrible people. The man with the branch wanted to whip the horse, he only waited for an opportunity. He has obviously done this many times before. There are too many like him who should never be allowed to come near a horse.
HOW TO CRUSH "MODERN" DRESSAGE: Require that Olympic judges be trainers at the classical schools of dressage in Vienna, Saumur, Spain, and Portugal. That will force the World Cup and other prestigious competitions to accept the restoration of classical dressage themselves. No more medals for "Modern" dressage ANYWHERE because the Olympics will have restored the ideal.
Rollkur at its finest! Gotta love those "choke holds" of hyperflexion that make breathing difficult! So this is dressage?????? I bet you can't find "lightness" here anywhere! Worse yet, the judges score them higher!!! This is the FEI and Olympic Dressage World!
Ive been bitless for 2 years and my horse loves it. I get a beautiful natural head carriage expecially in trot with hands forward and just a little leg (no spurs), but ironically bitless isnt permitted in dressage.
Is there a greater form of evil than that which is displayed in plain sight while being labeled as humane? I think not. But you at Epona are the change makers and the heroes daring to remain brave for the sake of only one - innocent horses world wide and the people who believe in defending their rights to live free from pain and fear. I pray for the day this blood ‘sport’ is abolished and these glorified animal abusers will have to find another hobby that doesn’t involve the exploitation and torture of sentient beings
You need a better video camera, I hope since 6 years have passed since this post, that you have upgraded to the best quality, therefore your footage cannot be disputed because it is clear and crisp in image quality! Thank you for sharing this footage and for the work you do for the horses and the industry. We need whistleblowers like you.
And this shows expesive well cared for horse ghastly treatment. Think of what millions of work horses go through with no one advocating for their care or treatment😢
It’s 2024 and I’m watching the Paris Olympics. I’m a total novice when it comes to Dressage, but after learning what rolllkur is, it’s absolutely obvious to me that people are still using it. Shame on these so-called horse guardians. What hypocrites. In it for the money and win.
I took a class in. college on perceptual psychology. The focus was on the limits on witness testimony and the role of bias in perception. Basically, perception is greatly affected by emotion. There were many criminal justice majors in the class and it was observed that a group standing around after an accident immediately begin to affect everyone’s memory of the event. People at the horse event form a bias audience. This terrible bias has created an abusive sport for the horse.
If I'd been there I'd have got a bigger branch and beaten Mark Todd with it. I used to admire him many years ago - what a vile excuse for a human being you are Mark Todd 🤬
I hate to think if he bent ovr to talk mean to the horse. Sometimes i take for granted or forget that not all people tht can ride or are in th horse world actually LOVE th animal like i do; they're more abt th prestige it brings. Please Lord, i hope this horse is with a better owner/rider now ❤️🐴❤️
These poor horses are being placed in a pressure cooker. Think about it, they are being constantly spurred (the signal to GO), while at the very same time being reined in (signal to STOP) to the max....just look at the type of bit, a head position that it totally flexed, if not overflexed, with heavy saliva and foam from the mouth. Like driving a car with the accelerator down while at the same time applying the brakes!!! The horse is being given totally mixed signals, strongly, while being asked (commanded?) to perform at tip-top levels. The stress is enormous. Dressage is asking more and more of these horses, which is why we are seeing so many dressage disasters in the last year or so. The horses are simply saying "Too much, I've had enough". When are folks going to listen?
