Ashkal Way and the cruelty of man
 

Excerpt, HP stable notes.....

Mettee said Ashkal Way was retired and is being converted into a dressage horse :eek: in Maryland by television racing commentator Jeanine Edwards.

For the love of God, why? He's a racehorse. :(

This is kind of an old story.

Didn't he have a tendon or suspensory injury?

You would think Jeanine Edwards would know better than to do that to a RACE horse!



Not that there's anything wrong with dressage... if you like that kind of thing

Something like that... I honestly can't remember and that he went to her is old news but dressage?

If given the choice between watching that or falling into a coma?

Oh wait..... same thing!

now which one is dressage? the one where they prance around, or the other one where they jump over fences?

The one where they prance and you're waiting for something to happen and you wait.....

..... and wait.....

..... and wait.....

That one!

Methinks there's at least a little hypocracy being bandied about in this thread.

Oh I'm sorry!

I don't think I'm being a hypocrite but if i've said anything wrong, I apologize.

I just think it's a waste..... he was a really nice horse and it's, well... I won't say anything more.

I don't care about Dressage one way or another but someone who lectures others who mock some of the things you feel strongly about has perhaps built a glass house.

Not that it matters, but it doesn't appear that you understand dressage at all, and are mocking it out of ignorance.

Okay you're right and I'm wrong. I don't feel like fighting.

I'm not fighting...nor am I even mildly annoyed. In fact, I'm on the phone. I'm just pointing it out. Maybe I'm wrong....but it seems that way to me.

tough crowd in here tonight. if it wasn't clear i was poking fun at myself for not knowing anything about the subject.

it is as much a sport and athletic event as racing....parhaps more in some cases because a horse must be trained to do a lot more than go forward and swap leads.....and certainly requires a more capable pilot.

It's frustration built up from lack of posts from BBB.

Come on guys.....it's Thanksgiving.

:D :D

There are far worse fates than being a dressage horse ... Those that mock have little idea of the skill it takes to do it well ... To the uninitiated it may be like watching grass grow, but it is hard ... Maybe a little like Zen ... Many do not get it ... But it is nothing to be scoffed at ---and at a basic level helps all horses with soundess and coordination ... Seattle Slew was a klutz as a baby, and Paula Turner asked him to do a surprising amount and level of dressage to balance him ... I am sure it helped ... Mock not from what ye do not know ... That said, Miss SC, of course we are still friends .....

lets not forget that giving a horse a second career is what keeps them from being dinner....or breaking down on the track because they were forced back into a job they were no longer capable of doing after injury.

After reading through this thread I still don't know what a dressage horse is.At first I thought it was some version of a chinese thanksgiving.Where do they prance around? On the track near the starting gate during the races?

If you can't bet on it - what good is it really?