‘Dujardin is the tip of the iceberg’: Inside the brutal world of dressage

11 comments

1. I’ve said this for decades. It’s an inherently cruel sport, and you only need a pair of eyes and half a working brain to see that.

   Even just the ‘correct’ position they force the horses neck into. Cruel and unnecessary, like most toff sports.

2. Horse racing and dressage in general is a cruel and unethical sport. Its just a shame its taken **This** Long for people to realise.

3. I’ve been kinda wondering what the big deal is. This kind of thing was super common when I worked a summer at a riding school. I don’t see what she did as at all unusual honestly.

   Not justifying it, just confused that everyone didn’t expect it.

4. She was just very unlucky, had a lapse in judgment, first and only time ever, and someone happened to be filming it.

5. No wonder the person who filmed it wants to be anonymous, she’s laughing the whole way through, she should be named as well and both banned.

6. Closing down yet another opportunity for working class kids to better themselves.

7. I hear that they races horses too with small lads on their backs but it’s an underground thing.

8. Shock horror as people who enjoy ripping foxes apart do abuse their own animals too.

9. How many people play Dressage in the world? Like 1000? and who would even watch them? It’s absurd that it’s even an Olympic sport when the nature of dressage is just rich people and royalty’s showing off their well groomed horse, it’s no different than driving a 10million pound customised rolls Royce in 5 mph around except dressage involves animal cruelty.

10. A) why is everyone so shocked? Do people think horses move like they do in dressage because they like sugar cubes?
    B) no one would know who Dujardin was if this hadn’t happened
    C) clearly someone has a problem with Dujardin rather than doing this out of a concern for animal welfare.

11. What are they actually getting awarded for and why isn’t it the horse getting gold medals instead for doing the tricks