@Mom2vegan
I checked some pictures of competitive trail riding, and what I noticed was that often they seem to be using bits. What is your take on that? I mean, even if the rider has "soft hands", the horse still has a pain causing device in its mouth, desinged to control the horse with fear and pain, doesn't that make you uneasy?
I'm sure that you would never cause pain to your horses deliberately, but can't that happen accidentally, when using bits?
I'm not trying to guild trip you, I'm honestly dumbfounded, and would like to know what YOU think.
I don't know much about the physique of horses backs, but I'll take your word for it that a
lightweight human can ride a horse every now and then without causing severe damage, but I still don't like that...
You seem to know so much about horses, you have been in the horse world for a long time, I presume?
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I really enjoy reading your opinions, and experiences...and I do agree with a lot of that what you said, like with the breeding, how people should rescue horses from the kill sales, the gentle build of trust between human and horse, and that there are good horse people out there. These atrocities, like track racing, gives horse people a bad rep, but that, thankfully isn't the whole truth of the horse world. Horse world, and the people inside of it, is a vide spectrum.
I love it how the CTR horses can roam on the pasture, and are kept good care of. I bet they have much better lifes than many other horses, like for example, track racing-, back riding-, and show horses.
It's good to know that some humans actually care about their horses, and let them be as free as possible.