Wow, I never thought you would be supporting an avid user of rollkur to this extent. Disgusting.

What do you mean? I always thought Anky loves her animals and never abuse them((

@@user-kw2ks1ij2t she rides Rollkur

Exactly

What do you mean? I always thought Anky loves her animals and never abuse them((

@@user-kw2ks1ij2t no she doesnt, she uses rollkur/ hyperflexion

@@user-kw2ks1ij2t do some research about Anky and rollkur

She is so abusive she shouldn’t be around horses

She probably is one of the few in the world who really had nothing to prove in their specialty anymore… Like a Boss Next Level 2.0 sort of thingy

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Well, not really. They ride in western saddles but reining is a show sport. The ranchers probably have something closer to cutting / work horses. There's lots of different disciplines.

I’m feeling attacked not every one in Mexico rides it’s not a desert and there is many people who ride English encluding me! My friend does reining not everyone rides in western saddles and most horses in little villages are trail ride horses so pls educate yourself before making an opinion pls

B Nice titles and medals are not the same thing, a veteran Olympian has been there before but may not have any medals. A lot like dog mushing, really. You can be an eleven time veteran with nothing to show for it.

Nope

@Nuke 'EmAll she used to win because of rollkur. She was an average rider before. When it was finally seen for the animal abuse that it is, she decided to change overnight. Thank God ppl don't really take her seriously in that. It just saddens me that the FEI covered it up for her and still supports this woman, and they wouldn't have done anything if the public hadn't started to complain.

@@YamiNoPri Fei is the real. Problem

Yes!

Not in competition tho, as far as I know. But she is training a new horse in the high level

It's true. Reining maneuver's are a super controlled and precise. When you put a horse on a cow after doing a reining pattern the maneuver's make sense and it really just let's the horse that thinks for its self while working that cow and you're just along for the ride. It's exhilarating.

Reining is Spanish/Mexican dressage and this is true history. The saddle horn was invented in central México to attach the roping reatas and Mexican riders are the only riders in the world that developed this. It was later copied by Americans when they observed the Hispanic Mexicans

@Runner Girl war and also higher level training. They used arenas because land was more scarce, so ring work was much skill.

Always has to be a snarky on every horse thread posted. Always.

I'm surprised these futurities are not banned, there must be huge money behind it. I can't imagine the amount of joint issues and breakdown percentages there are. No decent horseman would be competing at that age.

@@alsosusieq256 There is a lot of money to be had in them, but you understand where I'm coming from, too. These horses are competing at an age where their dressage counterparts are being backed for the first time. Katherine didn't get that the snark comes from years of watching horses face a plethora of problems because of starting them as early as 18 months. One idiot actually bragged on Facebook in a local group that he started "this colt at 16 months and he's gonna' be a winner". I picked up a 4 month old Quarter Horse 6 years ago, and she's built like a little tank. I waited until she was a three year old before starting her aside from the occasional sprawl over her back and scratch her neck stuff. People around here looked at me like I'd grown three legs for waiting that long. I'm crazy about the little thing, and want her with me for a long time to come, sound and pain free, and yes, I wish that every horse would be given the chance to mature in their own time.

Well, I think I'll have to disappoint you. In Europe, Anky's infamous for practicing rollkur, which, if you haven't heard about, is pulling on the reins so that the horses nose touches its chest, which is really harmful to the horses physical and psychological health. The FEI said that doing that for 10 minutes is ok, whereas german veterinarian Dr. Gerd Heuschmann wrote books about how it clearly isn't.

@@kasnuss Yes, I'm absolutely not a fan of hers personally for just that reason.

Why is it silly, its a sport made out of purpose. Ranch work needs a horse ready for sliding stops to cut the cows and spins to follow them, a horse light on the bit, listening to the seat of the rider. I love dressage, but if you think about it, it's also silly, horses flinging their legs around, dancing and prancing around haha, and don't get me wrong, I do dressage, because it's challenging and beautiful, but anything can be silly if you look at from a different point of view! Different sports for different purposes. Cattle ranching needs specific skills and reining shows them off. Watch Down the Fence on Netflix, i have a new appreciation for ranch work sports!

Actually, I've done both-- dressage is the basis to all riding, you know. Reining horses are trained with a thousand different buttons, it's certainly NOT easy by any means! They respond to very specific pressure, just like dressage horses. They're more alike than you think, only one (dressage) was birthed for showing and the other (reining) out of nessesity.

Maura_The_Rose Dressage was not birthed for showing. It was necessary for the military back when they were still mounted. Also the basics of dressage are necessary to keep the horse healthy

@@johanna3916 I agree completely! Totally forgot abt that. . .dressage is the basis to all riding.

@Runner Girl Okay jesussss someone already corrected me