2015 Horseblr Drama Recap
January: horseback riding: How expensive it really is, backyard riders vs privileged A-circuit riders, colored tack, RICK GORE: a drama, and the weight debate.
February: the great saddleseat controversy, ANKY, what constitutes a piaffe?, tricks vs ‘real training’, and bridless western pleasure abuse.
March: this month on the big debate: letting your horse step on the lead rope.
April: stud chains and their uses, bitless dressage: is it possible?, The baucher snaffle: poll pressure or nah?, the ban on lip chains, cultural appropriation in the show ring, and ‘bobos’.
May: that HUGE thing that went down between people that should have kept their personal disputes in privet, halter horse conformation vs warmblood conformation, Quarter Horse collection: what it is and what it isn’t, those horses that ‘just don’t like being outside’, and rope halters.
June: George Morris: effective trainer or douchebag?, people asking for advice in public but pull the ‘you don’t know my horse or the situation” card when advice is given, the ‘is western pleasure jog collected’ debate, quarter horse conformation: when its shitty, and horse racing: IS IT ABUSE?
July: stallions: why America sucks at handling them, kids riding stallions, weird looking yet innovative saddles, this week on “you can’t learn stuff on the internet…”, Edward Gal and Totilas: an ongoing debate, shoulder-ins vs leg-yields, and on geldings and their erections.
August: the Uta Gräf dispute, horseblr plays the ‘holier than thou’ card, the ‘lets see you do better than the professional’ debate, that $475 crop, the Edward Gal rollkur scandal, LDR vs Rollkur: are they the same?, and the “I can’t question rollkur because I’m not a grand prix rider” debate.
September: that one girl that rollkurs her horse over jumps, bullying vs. criticizing abusive riding techniques, how to longe your horse: aversive vs. attractive stimuli, why Pareli sucks ass, barefoot vs. shod… yet again, and western vs. english: WHICH ONE IS BETTER?!??!
October: passive aggressive posts: the hypocrisy of horseblr, Drugging the show horse: who came up with the best excuses?, and standing martingales.
November: when to start riding a young horse, jumping a 3 y/o, mustangs: save or slaughter?, helmet girl strikes again, ‘salty’ equestrians, discussing the piaffe: when is it appropriate?, the horseblr post police, does your horse approve of your riding attire: when to dress up and when to dress down, racism in dressage, and Is Bubs lame?
December: that vegan who said riding was bad, stabling horses in the winter: whats best for the horse?, posting christmas gifts, asshole trainers, prothetic legs for horses, elitism… again, whether or not calling a rescue horse a ‘warmblood’ is ok, 2 y/o reiners, horse slaughter… again, and subtexing.
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