Scuderie San Martino by NYX fotografie.

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Instagram is the place where you can literally provide someone with a study concluding that what they’re claiming about ethical horse care is wrong and they’ll just say “well that’s just your opinion”

Sorry for the inactivity

Moving house meant that I had to give up riding for a few months but I’m going to go and see a mare on Sunday so hopefully I’ll be back in the saddle (and on tumblr) again soon!

the mare is nice, I've agreed to take her on a part loan basis. I really want to switch things round with her tack/feed/living arrangements but as I'll only be seeing her a couple of days a week I'll just have to grin and bear her owner's preferences 😅

西塘汉服文化周Hanfu Cultural Week in Xitang| part 1|traditional chinese armor| via 大师兄天道酬勤 and 萧何国甲工作室

One of Ali Al Ameri’s horses, Allure, overshooting her target. 

Video source. 

Adorbs

Love seeing horses hyped about training

A trainer is not a good trainer if they are incapable of understanding the differences of perception between species and instead choose to blame the animal for intentionally “being bad” or “disrespectful” and discipline accordingly as though the animal has a personal vendetta against them or is acting in this manner to spite them.

Golegã © Bianca McCarty Equine Photography

Christofer Dahlgren ©Therese Hübner

a drawing about trying to look at stuff you’ve made or written or done or another verb

watching videos of yourself riding tho

Quickest ways to get put on the “not ever allowed to ride my horse list” : 

- “I use Clinton Anderson’s training techniques”

- “You need to show the horse who’s boss”

- “Your horse did that because she doesn’t respect you.”

- “Don’t worry, nothing we can do to them hurts as much as another horse kicking/biting them would!”

Złoty ogier PRE Danzante  by Katarzyna Okrzesik Photography

sweet sweet lord

Laureano (Holsteiner)

wtf

When the Olympics come around and you try to explain dressage to muggles.

Photographed by Michel Comte, Vogue Italia November 1998