I agree - your experience has also led to your
increased horse mastership in the sport. For people like us, a good part of our
combined experience has been on the race track, in the show ring, hunters,
jumpers, driving, eventing, and other less athletic pursuit:). Having also
shanked for and tech'ed for vets over the years, it would be patently unfair to
now say - if I was just starting the sport - due to the abusive nature of SOME
riders, you now have to ride in a sport you have no interest in CTR - so that we
will KNOW you will not over ride your horse. It would also not be
effective. My experience has been that it is not the LD riders alone who
ride abusively, in fact, MOST of them who I have encountered DID indeed need
some education and were willing students - many horrified that ANYONE thought
they were abusive.
Being more experienced does not necessarily
translate into less abusive.
