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#1 ·
So y'all remember some weird nutty chick telling me that I was abusing my horses? The one that is against bits, spurs, shoes, whips, riding, and just about anything to do with horses? Well, she's back! She took some pics off my friend's page and put it in one of her albums. (Facebook)Here is the album description : "Examples of traditional equestrian "sport".
Many of these photos are collected from just, around. I do not necessarily own the rights to all of them, but hey...once they are online, they are fair game ;)I went to Mozart Festival, July 15, 2007, to watch the dressage performance with new eyes....If you see yourself or anyone else that you know in these photos, please take a closer look, not only at the photo, but at the motivation behind the actions in the photo."

If that isn't entertaining enough, check this out: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php...33534730241&set=a.18882245240.36585.689810240

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php...5240.36585.689810240&pid=1894660&id=689810240

Even her profile pic is ridiculous :lol::lol::lol:.......http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs1244.snc4/157498_689810240_7423864_n.jpg
 
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#14 ·
Apparently everyone else thinks she's a little "off" too ;)
Annie Gillian's Photos - Equestrian "Sport" -- Is this you?

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http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...240.36585.689810240&pid=1894660&id=689810240#Yeah, I love how they use tie-downs, so the horse cant throw up his head for balance.

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Yeah, I love how they use tie-downs, so the horse cant throw up his head for balance.







Added December 23, 2007
    • Shaelynn Scovil Some use them to keep a horse from whacking u in the nose, too. My friend's ex got a broken nose once from it May 7 at 4:14pm ·

    • Annie Gillian Serves them right..this is awful...so brutal, so thoughtless. May 7 at 8:44pm ·

    • Beth O'neill i use a tiedown for the horses safty and my own Saturday at 11:15pm ·

    • Annie Gillian If it's unsafe for both horse and human, then perhaps the activity needs to be rethought.
      Why endanger a creature we love? Yesterday at 3:40pm ·

    • Beth O'neill how is it unsafe for the horse and rider?? My horses love running barrels so dont go bashing the people that do this when you dont do it yourself for even know about the sport! 23 hours ago ·

    • Jennifer Ryan Okay, so I used to run barrels as well, and I have seen many wrecks over the years. Tie downs do not allow the horse to properly use their natural balance to keep from falling in certain situations. That alone endangers both horse and rid...er. I can go anywhere on the internet and find videos and photos of horses going down around turns, and right into barrels, over barrels, and riders going down under their horses. Horses ARE NOT MADE for these sports. They just aren't. People created these games, with no honest consideration for the horse's health. Falls damage horses beyond belief. Spinal injuries, tendons, necks, hips, etc. Sometimes the damage will not be immediately apparent, but if a horse has a backache, or a neck problem, that is similar to one you might have, they cannot tell you. It settles in, you comntinue training, the problem goes deeper, and you don't know it until one day your horse is lame and eventually is retired early because they can no longer run fast enough. This is not directed at you, but it is a sad and undeniable truth for so many horses.
      I do not speak from inexperience Beth. I have many, many years experience to draw from. I have seen it, I have lived it, and I have learned and left it all behind for what I now see as right.See More
      22 hours ago · 1 personLoading... ·

    • Beth O'neill I agree the people that push their horses to the limit is not right and i dont. i dont make her do anythng she doesnt want to do. I can feel in the saddle when she is off balance just a little and i slow her down she tells me when i am asking to much and i respect her boundries. I dont go to practices and shows to win i do it to have fun with my horse. if we do a horrible run i dont care because we had fun if we didnt have a fast time i still thank her for the ride because we had fun. about an hour ago ·

    • Jennifer Ryan But have you ever really thought about what horses are born to do?
 
#17 ·
Apparently everyone else thinks she's a little "off" too ;)
Annie Gillian's Photos - Equestrian "Sport" -- Is this you?

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Yeah, I love how they use tie-downs, so the horse cant throw up his head for balance.

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Yeah, I love how they use tie-downs, so the horse cant throw up his head for balance.







Added December 23, 2007
    • Shaelynn Scovil Some use them to keep a horse from whacking u in the nose, too. My friend's ex got a broken nose once from it May 7 at 4:14pm ·
    • Annie Gillian Serves them right..this is awful...so brutal, so thoughtless. May 7 at 8:44pm ·
    • Beth O'neill i use a tiedown for the horses safty and my own Saturday at 11:15pm ·
    • Annie Gillian If it's unsafe for both horse and human, then perhaps the activity needs to be rethought.
      Why endanger a creature we love? Yesterday at 3:40pm ·
    • Beth O'neill how is it unsafe for the horse and rider?? My horses love running barrels so dont go bashing the people that do this when you dont do it yourself for even know about the sport! 23 hours ago ·
    • Jennifer Ryan Okay, so I used to run barrels as well, and I have seen many wrecks over the years. Tie downs do not allow the horse to properly use their natural balance to keep from falling in certain situations. That alone endangers both horse and rid...er. I can go anywhere on the internet and find videos and photos of horses going down around turns, and right into barrels, over barrels, and riders going down under their horses. Horses ARE NOT MADE for these sports. They just aren't. People created these games, with no honest consideration for the horse's health. Falls damage horses beyond belief. Spinal injuries, tendons, necks, hips, etc. Sometimes the damage will not be immediately apparent, but if a horse has a backache, or a neck problem, that is similar to one you might have, they cannot tell you. It settles in, you comntinue training, the problem goes deeper, and you don't know it until one day your horse is lame and eventually is retired early because they can no longer run fast enough. This is not directed at you, but it is a sad and undeniable truth for so many horses.
      I do not speak from inexperience Beth. I have many, many years experience to draw from. I have seen it, I have lived it, and I have learned and left it all behind for what I now see as right.See More
      22 hours ago · 1 personLoading... ·
    • Beth O'neill I agree the people that push their horses to the limit is not right and i dont. i dont make her do anythng she doesnt want to do. I can feel in the saddle when she is off balance just a little and i slow her down she tells me when i am asking to much and i respect her boundries. I dont go to practices and shows to win i do it to have fun with my horse. if we do a horrible run i dont care because we had fun if we didnt have a fast time i still thank her for the ride because we had fun. about an hour ago ·
    • Jennifer Ryan But have you ever really thought about what horses are born to do?
the top comment is mine :mrgreen: so yeah, just blew my identity LOL but not like I care:lol:
 
#15 · (Edited)
Im glad all of you can control yourselves not to post nasty comments back, I'll probably be posting some lengthy, well-written posts back >.> pfft asking about if she ever thought about what her horse was really born for *rolls eyes* Yeah, they're bred for us as companions and things along those lines, it's not like they're snagged off an imaginary range and forced to do things, ha.

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Took too long to post lol, my bad :p
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#20 ·
Here's another one...am I the only one who sees NOTHING wrong with this photo? Not to mention the horse is wearing protective boots and the rider is releasing enough to not even come close to hitting the horse in the mouth...but STILL she comes up with some crap to say about it...unbelievable lol...





http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150333534730241&set=a.18882245240.36585.689810240#All the horses weight plus the riders, is on one leg in this photo. Imagine doing that every day for 15 or 20 years. Talk about sore.

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All the horses weight plus the riders, is on one leg in this photo. Imagine doing that every day for 15 or 20 years. Talk about sore.







Added December 23, 2007
    • Alla Podkopaeva You forgot to mention the slack in the reins. Obviously, this rider has very light contact, which is why the only thing that's stopping the horses mouth from being wrenched open in the fact that its strapped together by the lovely flash noseband. December 23, 2007 at 9:11pm · Report

    • Annie Gillian Plus, the fact that bit guards are thought to be necessary to prevent sores and such???? How 'bout not yanking your horse about by his mouth? January 6, 2008 at 11:33pm · Report

    • Jennifer Ryan Another "use" for bit guards is to keep the snaffle from pulling through the horse's mouth. November 7 at 11:39pm ·

 
#27 ·
They would need lots of discipline, something they never get. She has a video on youtube with her pony trying to bite her and she giggles and says no but yet does nothing to prevent it. She believes in 50/50 relationships when in reality, she is on the very bottom of the totem pole....
 
#26 ·
I guess there are extremists on either end of the spectrum...I much prefer the people in the middle range somewhere. I won't say much more. I did agree with her thoughts on SOME of the photos(such as when she showed the rollkur)...but a lot of her comments are overcritical, and very extreme. I'm thinking she may have had the right idea at some point along the way...then she kept going, and going, now she's gone batty.
 
#29 ·
I did agree with her thoughts on SOME of the photos(such as when she showed the rollkur)...but a lot of her comments are overcritical, and very extreme. I'm thinking she may have had the right idea at some point along the way...then she kept going, and going, now she's gone batty.

Ditto... I was thinking the same thing
 
#28 · (Edited)
Wait, What!!!! In one of those pics she has the horses SHOE outlined in red?!? Now shoes are cruel and unusual? WTF!?! This lady is clearly on something. Edited to add: Is she going around stealing these pics from other facebook members or something? Alot of them look like someones personal pics? How nuts do you have to be that you would spend so much time looking for what you classify as cruel in the horse world?
 
#32 ·
Katesrider: yes, they are. Not all horses need them...so for my mare I prefer not to use them. For a horse whose feet are sensitive or chip easily, the shoes are there to help.
 
#34 ·
OH, and would just like to add: I know a lot of horses who get upset and downright sulk if you don't take them out for a ride!!! (even horses with cruel shoes on their feet and horrible bits in their mouths) I hope that the girl comes to some realization soon before she gets hurt. It's dangerous to let 1,000 pound animals boss you around. I do believe in respecting them, but they need to respect you as well. MUTUAL RESPECT.
 
#36 ·
I would just like to say, I think it is rediculous what she has posted. There are several pictures in which she posts as "this is clearly a horse who is pain cause of the bit" but you can tell that the horse is whinnying and what about horses that chew their bits? Of course this is in my opinion.
 
#37 ·
WOW!!! thats all i can really say.... she is kinda crazy and mostly wrong about her opinions on what is hurting the horse... I also find it childish she would do something like that and use pictures of people she knows... they talk alot about educating people in their comments but to me it seems like they need to be educated themselves ( just my opinion on the matter)
 
#38 ·
I love how everyone is talking about the event in the first pic you showed as being "poles"...that's not poles OR pole weaving...that's KEYHOLE, or Keyrace, whatever you are used to calling it...Lol!
 
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