Dressage Disaster: Caroline Chew Eliminated For Blood Again.....

Caroline Chew was eliminated during the Olympics in Tokyo for blood. With an abundance of fluff to cover it up she failed to fool the judges. Caroline Chew was once again eliminated from the Grand Prix dressage test in Wellington Florida at the Global Dressage Festival.

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[ineskucharz]

What concerns me here is a bigger issue: not only these very obvious problems like blood in the mouth, but the general ´decay´ of classical dressage at the international and even the Olympic level. You see riders jabbing their spurs into the horse´s flanks, riders with high hands (breaking the straight line from elbow to mouth of the horse), riders giving aids that are obviously exaggerated and also very inelegant, at worst horses that refuse to go into the arena ... and the judges do not reflect this in their marks?? What are these judges looking at?

[medelle]

I've ridden for over three decades, and not once have I caused a bloody mouth ( or anything else).

[amazon]

His whole carriage is “help me”
She spurs excessively on one side and the horse only slobbers on one side of its mouth. He looks sore somewhere and slightly unsound before the blood. When did dressage stop being about harmony?

[caleighrutledge]

I legitimately do not understand how bit-blood incidents are common. I genuinely would like to understand how it can happen, especially to a rider/horse combo multiple times. Is it that she has the wrong size or shape of curb/snaffle combo for that horse's mouth shape? Is he biting his tongue/cheek, and if so, why? Like, let's get to the root of the matter here.

[DudaMeras]

The horse in trotting moves seems terrible. In robot mode, not in Harmony with his movements. The constant chewing is very visible, this horse is not well. When they gonna add bitless in dressage? We already have in Show Jumping.

[jonjonwp]

Honest horse but clearly unhappy in his mouth all the way.

[shadykatelynn]

Goes to show if something's wrong whether you know it or not, your horse is going to out you. The lack of self diagnosis is concerning here. Either she has diagnosed the problem and doesn't know or doesn't care? Both are issues 💅🏻

[janethill]

How can a person think this looks good? The horse looks horribly uncomfortable. These are not horse lovers at all. Torture.

[reasondora]

Klimke himself always said that the freestyle would be the death of dressage . As a purist I always prefer to watch the Grand Prix and the Special . Double canter pirouettes and piaffe pirouettes are an unnecessary addition, as seen in freestyles .

[marleneanderssonlundin]

The horse tilts its head to the side and that could be an indication that something's wrong with its mouth...

[bonnierose]

I think twice is more than enough, but how about a 3 strikes your out for a year or two rule?

[annabrowne]

Pitty is no criminal charges for it. Second time 🤔

[Toofee]

It seems to me that this horse has no energy...his steps and movements are lackluster...and sedate...he's hardly lifting his back feet and he looks like he's on his forehand along with moments of him being above the bit....there is NO excuse what so ever for blood around the bit...yes I know horses can bite their toungs and other such injuries....but I ride 2nd level and have never had any blood. Anywhere...!

[melwhetstone]

Poor, abused animal. Who actually enjoys this crap?

[peacetoallx]

disgraceful ban anyone this happens to for life if it occurs more than once

[mauram]

That horse was obviously in extreme physical pain and was doing everything he could to avoid contact. This rider is a disgrace

[valerierowlett]

This is cruelty to aninals. The whole sport is wrong. Tennessee Walking horses have suffered because people want to see the high steps. When a sport ruins a animal it should be banned.

[archiecat]

Nothing attractive about any of this. Just horrible. Poor horse. 😢

[JayJay_Farrell]

Kann er nicht einfach endgültig gesperrt werden? :(

[sarahwagland]

When I was young the wrestling I watched was with Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy but there was never any blood involved.