Equine images with Crispin Johannessen, part 4: Farewell Falsterbo
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- čas přidán 26. 02. 2018
- At Epona.tv, we don't just know that we're not welcome at horse shows. We also know why. We know because years ago, show organisers, stewards and riders used to be honest enough to admit that they didn't want us to show the ugly images from the warm up. Eventually, they learned not to say that. It doesn't sound like a very good reason to prevent journalists from doing their jobs, and major media outlets were becoming interested by all the secrecy. So the sport invented a new reason: Broadcasting rights. The IOC tried it in 2012. The FEI European Dressage Championships tried it in 2013.
In 2017, Falsterbo Horse Show decided to introduce a hasty photo ban when it became clear that Epona.tv was documenting what was happening in the warm up arena. Here's the story of how we managed to get thrown out by the police for simply showing the world what equestrian sport really looks like.
All still images used in this video are courtesy of Crispin Parelius Johannessen.
This feature was originally published on www.epona.tv in 2017
Copyright Epona Media A/S - all rights reserved
I have not been able to watch dressage for over 10 years. What I see in this video is exactly why. This isn't dressage - it's abuse. I feel so bad for the horses 😢❤
It's a shame for the whole horse sport. Thanks to hold the camera long enough despite the attempts of intimidation to reveal what's really going on. Even the police becomes an instrument of the system of reprisals. 🤢
I am not a dressage rider but I do some low level dressage with my green hunter. I cannot even fathom how dressage enthusiasts tolerate this deviation of riding technique and really think it is excusable. Every sport has its bad actors for sure, but this is very prevalent in dressage by its definition should be the least impacted by "bad riding".
thank you for your work!
After this take a look at the saddle horse and walking horse competitions in America. Just the shoeing is abuse, causing lameness.
Sad that filming a public space is "terrorizing". I shouldn't be laughing at this but I can't help it, it's pretty sad.
The horse in the thumbnail looks VERY uncomfortable… even in pain! 😡. I never realised how much abuse is in dressage. It’s terrible! There would be no problem with filming if they had nothing to hide. Very upsetting to see.
OMG you had me crying. I have been following the controversies and discussions around what is FLAGRANT ANIMAL ABUSE in the sport of dressage as you have so effectively photographed and documented . I admire and stand with you for EVERYTHING you are doing for these magnificent equines who want nothing more than to please but the look of pain in their eyes shows confusion and despair This has to stop ! It is time for ALL Professional dressage equestrians to stand up and take responsibility for the sport. You either stand against this abuse AND SAY SO or your silence shows acceptance. Time for # movement for the horse ! 🐴❤️ from 🇨🇦
When I was a teenager, I left my regular lesson barn which closed in the fall to take dressage lessons over the winter. I took everything in from my new instructor without question, mostly because nothing was really explained, just ordered. When I returned to my old lesson barn next spring, very first ride, my normally very kind instructor had a melt down and told me to DROP my reins IMMEDIATELY. After asking where I had ridden over the winter (and nodding knowingly) she explained to me in no uncertain terms that warm up is for long, low riding to loosen the horses muscles and prepare them for riding. Unbeknownst to me I had been holding my horse's head in ridiculously short (yet still not rollkur), but it just felt so normal to me because its what I had been trained to do (my other instructor was always after me to shorten my reins). One of the most mortifying yet enlightening moments of my life. I was a kid, but these riders should darn well know better by this stage in their career. The fact that this is allowed to go on is completely unacceptable. 💔
The pain is in their eye. Stop this abuse. Thank you for your part to expose their BS.
Thank you, for your dedication, grit and determination, thank you for your strength, integrity and morality. Please keep being you ❤❤❤
Imagine how they ride their horses at home, if this is how they ride in public.
So scared of their lack of actual talent being exposed. Where’s the ‘relaxation’ that’s part of the training scale? Horses are capable of dressage movements even without a bridle at all, so this level of force and misused gadgets can only be seen as hideous.
That poor horse with the swollen mouth, it's so obvious the whole lot of them dont want to be transparent about what is going on or they wouldn't mind being filmed at all, good on you & isnt it sad that 5 years later it is just being made public & wealthy trainers being exposed at how brutal they're production line is.
Good lord this is terrible ! I would never do this to my horse or any horse 😢keep doing your work for the horse ! I believe there are good riders in the sport who would not torture horses in this way ! This is not classical dressage 😢this is torture 😡
As usual the horse suffers the most. Thank you again for bringing this to the publics attention. 😮😢
Thank you, this is so educating and enlightening
Thank you for being advocates for the horses!
it's honestly embarrassing how they have to do that cute little tapdance of coming up with reasons to stop them from documenting the truth. if they so confidently think that those horses are treated well, they shouldn't be so stressed about people seeing this footage in the first place.
I'd be happy if someone recorded me. If you have nothing to hide you should be fine with it since most things on Falsterbo are live sent anyways.