I have not been able to watch dressage for over 10 years. What I see in this video is exactly why. This isn't dressage - it's abuse. I feel so bad for the horses 😢❤

@eponatv

5 ай бұрын

Many, many people feel the same as you do. I even named my book 'I Can't Watch Anymore' because that is the reality for me and so many others when faced with today's realities of the sport

@sydneybro4571

5 ай бұрын

I can only watch certain people at the medium level.

@2005Kohl

4 ай бұрын

I hear you I have been seeing abuse like this everywhere for years especially competitions and they just dont care no matter what you say.

@BestHorseInTheStable

3 ай бұрын

It's the same for me with show jumping - I'm a show jumper, my horse gets love-hearts in his eyes when he sees anything "jumpable" and is a superman in speed events. We both LOVE to show jump. And yet, I can't watch show jumping events that are broadcast on KZread channels, because the abuse, lack of riding skill, lack of readiness of horses for the level they're competing, and the horses not enjoying themselves like they should be, the block 'n' tackle bits and sadistic mechanisms they use on the poor horses... It's all disturbing and distressing to try and look at. It's tragic that we can't even watch our beloved sport because of the show of sadism it's become... and the bastards are all trying to keep it hush hush. But it's even more tragic for the horses, having to endure what they do.

@nancybraybrooks5509

3 ай бұрын

ya those pics are disturbing. why can’t they just use good old training. i could never put a horse thru that.

Thank you, for your dedication, grit and determination, thank you for your strength, integrity and morality. Please keep being you ❤❤❤

Imagine how they ride their horses at home, if this is how they ride in public. Please don‘t stop your documentation. Add the names of the riders. It has to end.

When I was a teenager, I left my regular lesson barn which closed in the fall to take dressage lessons over the winter. I took everything in from my new instructor without question, mostly because nothing was really explained, just ordered. When I returned to my old lesson barn next spring, very first ride, my normally very kind instructor had a melt down and told me to DROP my reins IMMEDIATELY. After asking where I had ridden over the winter (and nodding knowingly) she explained to me in no uncertain terms that warm up is for long, low riding to loosen the horses muscles and prepare them for riding. Unbeknownst to me I had been holding my horse's head in ridiculously short (yet still not rollkur), but it just felt so normal to me because its what I had been trained to do (my other instructor was always after me to shorten my reins). One of the most mortifying yet enlightening moments of my life. I was a kid, but these riders should darn well know better by this stage in their career. The fact that this is allowed to go on is completely unacceptable. 💔

thank you for your work!

@eponatv

6 жыл бұрын

You are welcome. Stay tuned for more videos. We are moving our back catalogue to KZread for people to watch for free.

It's a shame for the whole horse sport. Thanks to hold the camera long enough despite the attempts of intimidation to reveal what's really going on. Even the police becomes an instrument of the system of reprisals. 🤢

OMG you had me crying. I have been following the controversies and discussions around what is FLAGRANT ANIMAL ABUSE in the sport of dressage as you have so effectively photographed and documented . I admire and stand with you for EVERYTHING you are doing for these magnificent equines who want nothing more than to please but the look of pain in their eyes shows confusion and despair This has to stop ! It is time for ALL Professional dressage equestrians to stand up and take responsibility for the sport. You either stand against this abuse AND SAY SO or your silence shows acceptance. Time for # movement for the horse ! 🐴❤️ from 🇨🇦

So scared of their lack of actual talent being exposed. Where’s the ‘relaxation’ that’s part of the training scale? Horses are capable of dressage movements even without a bridle at all, so this level of force and misused gadgets can only be seen as hideous. Disgusting behaviour from the show organisers. Thanks for helping to expose this sort of thing.

Thank you for being advocates for the horses!

Thank you, this is so educating and enlightening

As usual the horse suffers the most. Thank you again for bringing this to the publics attention. 😮😢

it's honestly embarrassing how they have to do that cute little tapdance of coming up with reasons to stop them from documenting the truth. if they so confidently think that those horses are treated well, they shouldn't be so stressed about people seeing this footage in the first place. thank you for documenting the "ugly parts", even through the pressure of people trying to silence you.

@2005Kohl

4 ай бұрын

THis is the beginning of how you have to STOP this cruelty.

The pain is in their eye. Stop this abuse. Thank you for your part to expose their BS.

That poor horse with the swollen mouth, it's so obvious the whole lot of them dont want to be transparent about what is going on or they wouldn't mind being filmed at all, good on you & isnt it sad that 5 years later it is just being made public & wealthy trainers being exposed at how brutal they're production line is.

I will be extremely selective WHOM l will watch! Thanks for for being there to capture such atrocious methods being applied

Poor horses. It will never ends😢

Good lord this is terrible ! I would never do this to my horse or any horse 😢keep doing your work for the horse ! I believe there are good riders in the sport who would not torture horses in this way ! This is not classical dressage 😢this is torture 😡

I'd be happy if someone recorded me. If you have nothing to hide you should be fine with it since most things on Falsterbo are live sent anyways.

Thank you for your work. These people dont know what they are doing. Dressage Like that has lost all meaning and relevance.

Warm up arenas are so sickening

@2005Kohl

4 ай бұрын

In every discipline too. I have even seen it out trailriding.

all the public should take photos and videos where they can & submit, anonymously if necessary, to a site where this crap can be investigated

2023 and nothing much has changed. Horses are used and abused for a variety of 'reasons'. Dressage like this, racing worldwide and tradition like you see with the UK's Royal Guards whose heavily bridled horses are constantly uncomfortable, shaking their heads, ears back at the idiot tourists, pawing and moving on the spot as asking a horse to stand still for hours is unnatural and cruel. But the late Queen Elizabeth 2nd said it must be so, and so it is. And we dont question tradition, do we? Shame, King Charles, shame.

@2005Kohl

4 ай бұрын

I agree and they always talk about how great a horsewoman the Queen was. Why she allowed this to go on I dont know.

@lynnhexler-haan3357

2 ай бұрын

@kalayne6713 The Royal Guards do not have their horses stand for long periods. They change up every two hours, they are also ridden out in Hyde Park. Plus, the horses are changed up regularly, you can differentiate between them ! Don't run your mouth about something you don't understand.

It burns me up every time I see a flash strap!!

Sad that filming a public space is "terrorizing". I shouldn't be laughing at this but I can't help it, it's pretty sad.

Furchtbar diese Aufnahmen was tuen diese Reiter den Pferden an meine tiefste Verachtung so was muss bestraft werden .Ein Horor für diese armen Pferde.

Thats not riding thats sitting there abusing! It is that simple!

so sad to see this pictures!

There’s a new one out. It’s not stopping

I would like to see the names of all of these riders !

@eponatv

5 ай бұрын

Hello. We chose not to make a big deal out of the names of individual riders because none of what you see here is considered against the rules of the FEI. It’s a structural, systemic issue.

There is no love anymore for the horses. They only want to win something. Look at the classical dressage, this is riding and not abuse and pressure! Poor beautiful horses!

E k e l h a f t und b e s c h ä m e n d😢 diese Branche diese '''Menschen'''😢😢😢schämt E U C H

May they reap what they sow... What goes around comes around.

I am not a dressage rider but I do some low level dressage with my green hunter. I cannot even fathom how dressage enthusiasts tolerate this deviation of riding technique and really think it is excusable. Every sport has its bad actors for sure, but this is very prevalent in dressage by its definition should be the least impacted by "bad riding".

This happens at the big lick in the states.

@2005Kohl

4 ай бұрын

YEs I have seen their feet at barns. I was shocked.

Thx for documenting the shit about certain horse buisness This is not sport, this is buisness

Bless you for what you are doing by exposing their cruelty to an animal that does not have a choice. If they did have a choice they would most certainly not be there. THese so called elite horse riders feel they have every right to do whatever it takes to to force the horse to comply or submit no matter the cost. HOrses are extremely sensitive and smart and if you really know anything about them you would not have to use these harmful methods to train them. Educate yourself no reason for this treatment in this day and age. How arrogant they are!!! Put a dressage bit in the riders mouth and apply pressure for hours at a time and see if this changes their mind. THese horses are GOD'S creatures keep that in mind while training them.

the rider at 12:55 made my jaw drop- the position, bit, spurring, etc is horrible

Cette monte est honteuse et barbare. Cela dure depuis trop longtemps

Die armen Pferde !!!

More maddening yet is they KNOW they are doing wrong! Anyone owner/rider doing right would gladly want to have their horses videod! And yes, now what used to be an art form is now a caricature. Not even sport!

Same thing happens at Tennessee Walking Horse shows. they try to say you can't film the abuse.

When I think of someone riding one of my horses and treating them like that, I know I would be arrested for what I would do.

Håber det dyreplageri stopper!!!

😢😢😢💔💔💔

Equine cruelty.

The real riders are the bittless riders. A real equestrian has a good relationship with their horse and doesn’t need to rip their mouths up for a ribbon.

Send to: Catherine Wendt PETA DIRECTOR Equine Dept of Abuse. At their Office in Virginia USA Give her facts dates, location, pics all documentation. She will get Investigation started

Not good though I met some over here as well 😭😭

I would call these riders disgusting bullies...they are the polar opposite of what horsemanship is all about.

Dressage has got much worse over the years. It used to be about how beautifully a horse would go with very little obvious direction from the rider. Now the riders seem to be trying to force their horses with very little rider talant. I prefer the way event riders ride in their dressage discipline, much happier horses in general with better riders

Irs horrific watching this blatant and constant abuse to these horses. It should be stopped but nobody, the governing body mainly, has the guts to act. Stop watching this nasty shit. Stop going to these circus shows. If your a horse lover you wouldnt have to think twice about it. Its a disgrace.

GHS NEW FOOTAGE 2024 in warm up it’s on my page in FB

How terrible is this?

Furieuse à cause des images mais d accord quand vous dénoncez la maltraitance 😢

After this take a look at the saddle horse and walking horse competitions in America. Just the shoeing is abuse, causing lameness.

Just love how ignorant, money driven horse "dealets" are telling YOU that YOU are " ruining" the sport... it's not the abusive training by THEIR riders and trainers of course.

Thats pure horse abuse!!!!

This is hard to watch. The level of skillful riding is none. Kick, pulling, overuse of curb bit, overtightened nosebands, distressed horses, ugly riding, rough aids... utterly utterly saddening.

Please please tell me his is trick photography. Please tell me this is doctored. THIS IS EVIL ABUSE

@eponatv

2 ай бұрын

I am sorry to inform you we are not that clever. This is what it looked like. And still does.

@user-bx7cp9xq1l

2 ай бұрын

So so sorry 4 horse..if u know name of the rider and owner send to PETA..People for Ethical Treatment of Animals. They r world-wide and will do something. They r trying to have horses banned from Olympics

@eponatv

2 ай бұрын

@@user-bx7cp9xq1l We are also trying to do that :) It doesn’t matter who the riders are because the international equestrian federation allows this type of riding.

I’m glad things have improved on this subject in th past 4 years . A bit anyways.. much to go still

@eponatv

Жыл бұрын

Not sure why you think things have improved. I’ve seen fresh and very nasty rollkur footage from FEI shows in 2022. In Tokyo, we could se horses hyperflexed directly in front of the judges.

@thewickedwhydah

5 ай бұрын

@@eponatv even not speaking of operation x

@ezire

5 ай бұрын

The only thing that changed is that they are now aware of the changing public perception and they are conceiling the abuse. Conceiling is not eliminating. The reality of the business has no space for improving welfare. They went too far. No empathic rider who actually knows how to ride can make it to the top. This will not change as long as horse dealers are running the sport and churning huge money.

Animal abusers are out there, and in these sports there is little we can do except point it out to others like you are doing. Thank goodness for people like you who are willing to expose them!!

The horse in the thumbnail looks VERY uncomfortable… even in pain! 😡. I never realised how much abuse is in dressage. It’s terrible! There would be no problem with filming if they had nothing to hide. Very upsetting to see.

I have loved horses all my life but I will never go to any dressage again. What a terrible abuse all those riders use against each and every horse…….. if this is dancing with your horse…. All riders cannot ride a horse properly at all. Disgusting…. Leave those horses alone

Terrible riding I think those riders should go back to basic and learn to ride

@AccidentallyOnPurpose

Жыл бұрын

It's done purposefully, it's an abusive training practice called rollkur

@piaogilvie8463

5 ай бұрын

No, No, no, they should be banned from any contact with horses ever again

What exactly makes them professional riders? They sure as hell aren’t horsemen.

@eponatv

3 ай бұрын

Most of these riders will be making a living riding high level dressage. There are even a couple of Olympians in there. This is the standard of equestrianism that passes for world class in an FEI context.

How can these riders think this is fine when the horses face is lashed down, his mouth looks pitiful and his eyes are tormented.

@eponatv

3 ай бұрын

Because they are rewarded by the FEI

IF all riding on these events are correct - WHY not filming it ??? They only do not want it if they are riding against the rules and are mistreating the horses !

comment les soi disant juges peuvent t ils accepter ce

@francinpascaline3750

3 ай бұрын

ces massacres ????

Look at his poor, poor face...

Send to Peta. Everything city in almost every country has office. They will pursue if u tell them lace, event. Horse show with pics. Then give them full contact info of Federation. Trust me. They already shut down horse competition in Olympics Pentatholon. Show this to them..where when occurred. Which country etc

Tell Peta about Federation allows . They went after dressage demon Parra in Florida

@eponatv

2 ай бұрын

I suspect PETA already knows

Why don't u take action with PETA. ? A much more constructive action than waving camera around an antagonizing abusers

@eponatv

2 ай бұрын

With all due respect, you have no idea what action we have been taking for the past 20 years. This footage was filmed in Sweden 7 years ago? What is PETA going to do with it now? They have been spectacularly unsuccessful with their attempts so far to prosecute riders in Europe and we are already directly in contact with law makers and authorities. If you want to send this to PETA, you are most welcome :)

Disgusting!