The photos show a tongue that is being completely mashed by the briddle (kandar) and is blue as a result of the lack of oxygen, and if that isnt bad enough, there is marks on the flanks left by hard usage of spurs, which has been used hard enough to break the skin. They have covered this up, by using black shoe polish. Another thing I noticed are stripes which appears on the hind quarters of the horse. Which indicates it has been hit by the whip enough to leave marks behind.
This has all ocured in this big open house event and the horse was shown like this in the open arena (with the marks "covered up") with people applauding.
If this is what shown to the people at big shows, I dont event want to know what goes on behind closed doors.
Enough talking, I will let the pictures speak for themselves:
When did this kind of treatment of animals become okay?
Is winning really everything, and does the methods we use to achive our goals mean nothing?
Dont we as riders have a moral and ethic responsibility towards the animals we use for our sport?
I think several top riders have shown you do not need these harsh methods to become a winner in the top of the field. (just look at Carl Hester, and Charlotte Dujardin, top of their field, and not using these kind of methods, where horses are bleeding and have blue tongues.)
The Danish Equestrian Federation has reacted here: http://epona.tv/blog/2014/april/danish-equestrian-federation-reacts-to-akeem-photos
I really hope this will get taken very seriously, and AH will get much more than just a quick reprimande. Though sadly, I doubt it....
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