There have been some pictures posted on other lists taken at the
evaluations held in the USA a couple of weeks ago. I saw nosebands
digging into the soft tissue of the horse's noses - a couple of the
pictures were posted by the horse's owner, who apparently saw nothing
wrong with that. I saw pictures of horses ridden with contact in long
shanked bits (probably broken mouthed) WITH dropped nosebands. The last
time I checked the FEIF rules, that's illegal, but judges have been
turning a blind eye to it for the past couple of years. I saw riders
sitting on the cantles of saddles - saddles that were already placed too
far back. These offenses are not some relic of the distant past - this
was just a couple of weeks ago.
Who are the riders in the pictures?
Judy
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