Yep, just some big spurs! Lol

@@taybarrett2893 unfortunately we can't really see the spurs nor her leg to really see how she's using them, so can't judge whether or not they're being used appropriately. And, yes, you CAN use spurs "appropriately" - light touching, and slight adjustment to placement is how high-level riders give advanced cues to their horses (dressage is an amazing example of this). I'll keep hoping western-style spurs can advance to blunt-ended, non-rolling spurs (which are what dressage uses and safer overall), but I don't think they're *always* bad tools to use.

@@taybarrett2893 No big ass spurs

@@taybarrett2893 I don't see any spurs. Would you leave a time stamp? Though if there are any I doubt she uses much pressure at all. Watching her lower leg she is very good at keeping it off of her horse and calm. An archery horse of this training is usually sensitive enough to feel the brush of your pant leg closing in for a leg cue before the leg even makes connection. Almost all of our riding is done from the lower half since we have our hands full. We will tie our reins in a knot up short where you would hold them for a canter and let them rest on the horses neck to keep them out of the way and also in an easy to reach spot.

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I think if the horse could vote, he'd rather have a snaffle in his mouth than those giant metal spurs she has digging into his ribs.

@@taybarrett2893 I didn't notice those. Sad. 😔

!!!! My old ‘trainer’ said my horse, kassadin needed a harsher bit. No she just needed to know how to use her seat. I ride him bitless + bridleless all the time now :))

I never got a saddle for the first three years I rode. A bareback pad, no stirrups. When you feel every muscle, every tendon you can become one with your horse quickly. Bravo to these two beautiful examples of trust and belief in each other. Truly inspiring.

Beautiful!

It's a reining horse and she's using spurs, does that change your mystical view on her? I bet you wouldn't call her those things if she was riding in a bit even if she wasn't using it.

@@introvertedequinesamsara6593 so...

@@introvertedequinesamsara6593 Sorry your pre-conceived assumptions are not accurate. Spur use is NOT allowed.

Wie willst du das auch sehen? Wenn sie "eideidei" sagt und ihm Küsschen gibt, oder wie?

Kann ich dir nur zustimmen! Verstehe die ganze Begeisterung dafür ehrlich gesagt überhaupt nicht. Diese ganzen unnatürlichen Bewegungsabläufe... Alle jubeln und klatschen... Weil es ja so toll aussieht. Keiner dieser "Pferdefreunde" denkt wirklich an die Pferde. Hab selbst eines dieser kaputt gerittenen Showpferde... Mit zwei Jahren zugeritten und dann bitte fleißig Geld verdienen. Sehnen, Bänder und Gelenke sind hinüber und ohne Schmerzmittel ist kein Schritt mehr möglich. Die Schlachtereien sind voll mit solchen Sportgeräten... Aber (fast) alle jubeln fleißig weiter...

@@erdbeerle8714 Ja, auch das Pferd wirkte wie fremdgesteuert. Die Reiterin hatte überhaupt keine Zuwendung für das Tier übrig, Hals klopfen nach getaner "Kür" z.B. Wie ein Gebrauchsgegenstand... Show must go on.. Nur traurig. Schau auch ganz am Anfang des Videos, wie die Dame "rumzickt"!🙄

why? nothing wrong here

Agreed. Ever tried to tell a cat what to do? Horses are essentially a blend of cat and dog...in a one-thousand pound body. I've had a horse step on just my toes with enough force to bruise them without breaking them because he thought I was tightening the girth too much. (Crafty little lesson Morgan. Did the balloon trick too. Had a talk with him and made him realize that I actually knew how to tack up properly. He quit doing it after that, and I got to keep my toes.) If the horse did not want her up there, she wouldn't be up there. They DO have ways of making their displeasure known.

That's is pretty obviously a fantastic connection between rider and horse. No nonsense. The horse's head is low. This is a sign of relaxation. But I guess you would have to know horse behavior or horses in general to know that. This horse is very well handled. And I agree. If the horse didn't want the rider on him..... She wouldn't be up there. She'd be in the ground.

@@missys take a look at his ears they tell you something else and what about those big ass spurs she’s wearing?

@@Myella1703 the horses ears aren't back. They're relaxed. No signs of irritation or annoyance. No tail swishing. That's a content well behaved horse. Most spurs have dull points. They're an extension of your legs. Like whips are extension of your arms. Just my opinion...