#equestrian world

[borderslug]

A little scenery update from both sides of my world: small tweaks I've made while getting back into CAW that didn't feel BigTM or special enough to warrant a dedicated post with multiple angles, but do make me feel a little happy to look at.

Of note: the middle (largest) image is a preview of where the paradressage arenas are set to go. Peeking through those trees will eventually show the back of one of the accessible viewing pavilions.

The left-side image below that is eventually going to be the Counselor-in-Training pool/clubhouse spot for summer camp.

Progress is slower than steady, but looking at these really makes me feel like I can see the finish line: distant still, but imaginable. 🌱

[whenthecuriousgirl]

Horse Lover Mckenna Hellam in Harper's bazaar UK March 2020

ph: Agata Pospieszynska for Harper’s Bazaar UK 

[reine-sigyn]

😨😰😱

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Wahou 😍

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Imagines être une championne d'équitation, ton mari Tom te soutiens dans tous tes concours de CSO, malgré son emploi du temps surbooké...

Imagine being a champion horse rider, your husband Tom supports you in all your CSO contests, despite his busy schedule...

[gjordis]

People are always so shocked when investigative journalism shows how badly horses are treated like be absolutely for fucking real.

Abusing horses is so normalized it’s only because of my own research that I learned that it actually isn’t ok. If I didn’t have the internet and all the information within it, I’d still admire people like Andreas Helgstrand.

I’d think that physical and mental anguish for the horse was an appropriate price to pay for an obedient animal.

I’d think that its perfectly normal for horses to be agressive toward people.

I’d think that it’s fine if a horse constantly displays stereotypic behaviours.

And I think thats fucking sad because I love these animals, always have ever since I first interacted with them. And still the horse industry managed to corrupt the mind of a small child. That they needed to ”show it who’s boss!” by inflicting pain, causing stress.

I guess in a way this is an open letter for the horse industry to wake the fuck up. The equestrian sport is starting to loose it’s social lisence to operate and if we cannot find a way — or more so the will to take that road — to work our horses in a way that is ethical and scientific, we’ll loose it all.

This is also a letter to all the beautiful horses I’ve hurt because I didn’t know any better. I’m forever in their debt for the things they taught me and the patience they showed that I didn’t return. No horse shall stuffer in my hands the way they did, and that’s all thanks to their sacrifices. And for that I’m forever grateful.

[sparkles-and-trash]

this man is such an inspiration to me as an equestrian, and in general, and I really reccomend everyone to give this short video a watch ~

the amazing story of two times national showjumping champion from Namibia, Salom Nghinamito, and how he went from not speaking a word English, to be second in his class at the vetrinarian school, and how he works with his horses in a simple and beautiful way