Just doesn't care anymore

[jaydrain]

This rider used to have a solid position and a very admirable attitude with her horses but I feel like now she just kinda flings things together and puts it up on youtube without a second thought. Her legs slide around all over the place and she jabs her horse in the flanks with her spurs. What makes this bad_riding worthy isn't the fact that her

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Re: Grow Up

[alaxe4lady]

i don't know if you know but a degree isn't a program......(clearly a nationality barrier)
and i don't consider how i care for my horse to be luck, its called management and the horse had to begin jumping at some time she isn't at Badminton or even putting the horse under a large amount of strain, the horse is as everyone keeps telling my "big" 16hh 3 the height of jump is big but it is a big horse there is no point jumping the horse over pony jumps as everyone keeps saying she should the horse needs to be subjected to an appropriate height for its size one to prepare its body for competition. The video is one day in the horses life she hasnt as far as im aware posted plural (if she has i take this back) videos of her competing in x amounts of classes on young horse, and since you all appose to "babies" in england we back horse at the age of 4, and in the racing industry 2 and 3 year olds are raced if this is such a major concern to people stop ganging up on one person and get off your bums and protest at big racing events which is where the true damage to horses is done.....?????

Re: Grow Up

[dark_stormhawk]

no one is condoning racing horses at young ages, but jumping them this young is equally as damaging. And yes the height of the horse DOES matter, larger horses like this fellow actually need MORE time than smaller horses because their bodies mature slower. Horses live for a long time, there's really no reason to rush a 4 y/o into jumping big jumps. You work him up slowly until he is physically and mentally capable of jumping at the height you want to compete him at.

and here in the US, most (responsible) people also break/do W/T/C their horses at 3.5/4 years old. But jumping anything larger than a caveletti should wait until the horse is physically developed and also until he is mentally ready for it- the horse in the video can't even trot a straight line, he shouldn't be jumping 2'3". Also, if she's competing him at this height, it's safe to assume she's schooling him at this height or larger, which is very damaging.

Re: Grow Up

[jaydrain]

Apparently finding a scientific article on the matter is as hard as a google search.

http://www.equinestudies.org/ranger_2008/ranger_piece_2008_pdf1.pdf