http://www.youtube.com/user/eponatv#p/u
http://epona.tv/uk/news/show/artikel/blue-tongues-at-world-cup-qualifier/
Someone on EE brought this to our attention....it makes me sick to the core, I have no words to express the depth of my despair....
KWPN Stallion Watermill Scandic ridden by Swedish Patrik Kittel during a two hour session of various degrees of hyperflexion at the World Cup dressage qualifier in Odense, Denmark. Early on in the session, the horse's tongue has turned blue and limp and flops out of the stallion's mouth. Stopping the horse, the rider leans forward and fixes the problem, using the hand furthest from the camera. After this, the session is continued for a minimum of 90 minutes in the same way. This pair is trained by Dutch chef d'equipe, Sjef Janssen, who was present at the warm up arena.
KWPN-hingsten Watermill Scandic under en to timer lang træning i varierende grader af hyperfleksion ved World Cup-kvalifikationsstævnet i Odense. På et forholdsvis tidligt tidspunkt bliver hestens tunge slap, og blå og hænger ud af munden. Rytteren parerer hesten, og ordner problemet med hånden længst væk fra kameraet. Derefter rides der videre i mindst halvanden time på samme måde. Ekvipagen trænes af den hollandske landstræner, Sjef Janssen, som var til stede på opvarmningsbanen.
8 comments:
wow how horrible. That poor horse I have never seen anything like it! wow...
Me too - the ignorant, cruel bastard!!!!
No, this was not fun to watch.
He is based in Germany since many years, and I understand he is now training for Sjef Janssen. It would be too much to believe, I suppose, that they would leave the rollkur out of it.
And the more successful the Dutch riders are, the more tempting it will be for other riders to copy their training methods.
Aaargghhh.
i can't bring myself to watch it, have wimped out, but have seen a still and have linked to it from my blog as well...
I've added an extra link which explains more, can you believe the bastards ignored a complaint that was made???!!!!
Sadly HofC it isn't just the Germans and the Dutch, they are all at it, they already copied...if you can't beat them join them!
I have written a mail to the largest Swedish equestrian magazine, Ridsport, adding the link and asked them to get comments both from the Swedish equestrian federation and from Kittel.
We'll see what happens.
HofC that's excellent!
There is a just-formed group on Facebook, search for Blue tongue video or join up with me (my surname is Dempsey) and you'll find it, if we all work together this can end but we need to work together and use the momentum that this video has created.
Thanks all.
How does someone get world cup qualified with so low regard for the animals they ride. Unbelievable. I personally believe an eye for an eye would be a nice way to point out the fools folly here.
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