OK...Obviously we do not have this sort of thing so I am looking at this with a fresh eye. I see a man sloppily dressed, with HUGE spurs, riding a horse with a very, unnaturally low, head set, looking rather unhappy and loping around an arena. Oh, Yes, the horse has no bridle on but, from the set of his hands, the man obviously has some sort of lead round the horses neck.....So????
Sorry, I don't buy it. I've seen Dressage without a bridle- now, that is something. What he did?? I could have done all that, in an open field, including the sliding stop, on Ayisha, any day, and did. Not, maybe Amira, she was very strong willed, but I never rode Ayisha in a bit anyway, and regularly schooled her with nothing on her head. I have also seen cutting horses actually cutting without a bridle- that is awesome. This was...well, ordinary. I hate the way they carry their heads- it must affect their backs terribly in later life.
