We don’t believe in pre-exhausting a horse. It is most commonly done so that the horse will be more ridable, but this is not the same as actually training a horse. Same as underfeeding a horse because it has too much energy and is hard to control. Horses need to be able to build muscle, not starve them into submission. You can not develop a horse that isn’t getting enough to eat. To reach the highest levels of Dressage a horse has to have a tremendous amount of energy but be submissive.

If it has learned to be submissive simply because it is tired, or weak, this is not training. I’m not sure why horseowners think their horses are having such a great time. Some horses I see turned out in large areas look terrified as they run around screaming for …