Comments on: Anky van Grunsven, Patrik Kittel and the horse’s blue tongue

By: Iris Shields

Iris Shields — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:06:07 +0000

I am embarrassed Anky is Dutch… unfortunately in Holland and the rest of Europe a lot of people put Anky on a pedestal and follow her way of riding.
Her trainer and husband is also very arrogant, not a nice person, not to horses not to people who don’t agree with him…
Last year I started a discussion about the rollkur and ‘modern’ dressage on a popular Dutch horse forum… Boy did I stir up a lot of dirt!! There were some very arrogant and stubborn people there. Luckily I did have positive reactions as well and I also made a lot of people think about the split between ‘modern’ and classical dressage that there is nowadays. I got some question from people who were truly interested because of my topic and I was able to guide them to books and websites: mission accomplished!

By: The Horse's Advocate

The Horse's Advocate — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:30:18 +0000

I am sure if there were a Hanoverian or crank noseband for people, some top dressage riders would firmly crank a few commentators’ mouths shut!

By: Molly

Molly — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:19:59 +0000

A horse who puts his tongue over the bit is a very bad sign where I come from in the horse world but Anky feels “People who clearly do not know what they’re talking about, give their unvarnished opinion”
Sheesh. A not very graceful or convincing rebuttal to the cruelty allegations if you ask me, though I am sure she would not!

By: The Horse's Advocate

The Horse's Advocate — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:46:29 +0000

Thanks Iris, obviously ‘losrijterrein’ was confused in translation. Thanks for confirming that for me.

By: Iris Shields

Iris Shields — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:09:52 +0000

‘losrijterrein’ means ‘warm up area’
I’m Dutch from origin…