Ashkal Way and the cruelty of man

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by NoChanceToDance

I take it they don't do three day events in America?

Cross country, showumping and Dressage?

I'm not a fan on dressage and because i don't know a great deal about i never really likely to get into it. However, after going to an Equine college, i know several people that have their own dressage horses and ponies and i know how hard they have to work to do it.

Having a thoroughbred to do dressage isn't exactly the easiest thing, although some t-breds take to it really well.

It is a very difficult pursuit for both horse and rider, but not in a physical way, unlike cross country and showjumping. I know i certainly couldn't do it. How some of these riders remember all of the things they have to do in a dressage ring is beyond me.

Ashkal Way has had many problems through his racing career, and if it really was risky to keep racing him, i'd much prefer him to become a dressage horse than being stuck in a paddock somewhere being ridden once or twice a week for the rest of his life.

I hope he goes an wins some good shows for his new(ish) owner.

We have three day eventing here. Wish I had the balls to do it, but I've seen too many falls over unforgiving fences, so I'll stick to the hunter/jumper stuff.