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At 11:42:37 on 10.03.10, Dazzle wrote: With so many postings stating that what happens in dressage warm up arenas is cruel, is the sport of dressage becoming a non-starter? If you do not ride at advanced, judge or spectate at this level do you have the right to critise what you may not fully understand ie, there IS a difference between banned rollkur and LDR which is frequently but incorrectly posted as being the same thing on this site.
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At 17:23:10 on 10.03.10, Flicka wrote: I think all sports go through a spate of bad publicity. Show jumping has had it in the past and racing gets it all the time LOL! People should be free to express an opinion even if they are not part of the elite. I love show jumping and disagree with rapping etc but just because I'm not a top class show jumper does that mean I shouldn't be able to say what I think? Nothing is perfect but it doesn't put me off jumping the way I want to jump. And the same is true for dressage I'm sure.
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At 20:08:44 on 11.03.10, Emma Mccombe wrote: I agree. Yes there are things which shouldnt be done like rollkur as this is proven to be too strenuous for the horse and creates injuries but at the end of the day the majority of people don't do this. Every competition I go to there are still loads of entries (even in the lower classes) because people enjoy it. The same goes for watching international GP. The stands are always full. Both of these things tell me that its not a dead sport ;)
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At 04:32:23 on 24.03.10, kaleerose wrote: I would have to say, everyone should go look at all the different training methods from all different levels of trainers, ( the good , bad and ugly of them all) western trainers tie their horses to posts, tie their faces to the stirrups , but the bit, arabians, have every piece of leather with all different hooks and port bits, i have seen andulsians in stalls for days!! and then get lunged with their heads tied to their chests because they are going to run off. You can find all kinds of bad and sad things in every aspect of "the love of horses"( labeled training). Good Dressage is Good, just as good trainers in other horse training is good too. Look at Horse racing??? OMG. that is another entire scary topic. Dressage is not dead. I just think trainers should look at smaller type horses for women. Big horses are hard to handle for amatuers. A lower level rider does not need a warrior size horse and a full blooded german warrior warmblood that costs 100,000.00 . You need the uphill, but you don't need the expense to keep regular horse loving people from getting into dressage. I have had the dutch warmblood 17 '"1 hand horse that trainers were leary of. I have had a quarter horse that i did western reining, and that lead me to a 16 hand NA oldenburg registered half hanoverian half american thoroughbred . He is perfect. I am having the time of my life!!! Dressage is not easy!!
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At 20:40:54 on 25.03.10, JessAndGrenville123 wrote: I do think many training methods used are cruel but i love dressage and don't think it is a dead sport. If people did natural dressage and showed a bond (which is what dressage is all about) then it is great fun and great to watch :)
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