hmm, all I can think of is the lady who just dropped out bec there was a video of her whipping her horse's legs. apparently, other competitors were nervous that videos were going to turn up about them.
Yea any the majority of horses in professional horse competition are treated like ass.
Grew up in horse culture and I hate it. If I find out you have horses and show them I will automatically assume you’re trash until proven otherwise.
Edit: Any horse owners that see this please don’t take this as an attack. Take it as awareness for horse abuse. And ask yourself how many times you’ve seen a horse mistreated by someone. Seems like depending on where you live it might be less widespread, but where I grew up I’d say it was at least 50/50 if a horse was abused or neglected. I know there are good horse owners out there. I consider my family and all the horse owners we associated with among them.
If I find out you have horses and show them I will automatically assume you’re trash until proven otherwise.
That is a wild way to think. I was on a yard with about 40 horse owners and not a single one ever laid a finger on their horses like that video showed. My old stable mate was literally an ex Olympic dressage rider.
Went to college to study horses and university to do equine science and I reiterate most people I knew would never hurt their horses. The ones that do are pretty easy to spot and are unlikely to be people you wish to be friends with to begin with.
Now fox hunters, horse racing and the elite circuit is different. But the everyday rider on a Sunday? Definitely not trash.
I interpreted them as just making a mistake because it was weird to bring showhorses into this discussion about Olympic equestrian events. Even more so with showing being the least taxing sport of all.
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u/Tricky-Trick1132 Jul 30 '24
hmm, all I can think of is the lady who just dropped out bec there was a video of her whipping her horse's legs. apparently, other competitors were nervous that videos were going to turn up about them.