Charlotte Dujardin scandal is a WIN for horses

[@CaRa_MiA_SnOwCoNe_FrOsTy]

Thank you for talking about the Charlotte case, it needs to be talked about. I don’t know who has it in their heart to abuse horses. She didn’t mean that apology, at least I think, because she abused so easily. She just tried to salvage her reputation.

[@amber_matthews]

Screamed just sorry she got caught in my opinion.

[@jeno264]

Right on; It doesn't matter about the timing of this, abuse is abuse. She was so comfortable with that behaviour that it was clearly typical of her so she can't claim it was not her style. I was so distressed to see that film, both by the confusion and fear in the horse, and by the self-entitled viciousness of that lady. But what has stuck with me is the the person behind the camera who was laughing at the abuse the whole way through. Laughing. They seemed so satisfied to see that pain inflicted. I found that really really disturbing.

[@adppositiveapproachtocare45]

Dressage has spiraled out of control over the last 20 years. It is stiff, too exaggerated, forced, and it has become ultra elitist. Change has to happen.

[@CelineZhang-pf1on]

Thank you Amber for talking about this! It has to stop and it is not okay!❤❤❤

[@Horse-xm7ef]

18:54 my horse sweetie had 17 years of just dragging her owners hands to wherever she wants and now we after many months of training (not abusive) she can go on the bit for a couple of strides in the trot

[@amber_matthews]

So many horses are taught just to get their head down and not actually taught how to use the whole body to create a shape that not only looks good but actually serves them and creates ride ability. Sounds like you’re doing an amazing job!

[@Horse-xm7ef]

@@amber_matthews thanks

[@Honeyfrog56]

​@Armando_Aranda I mean she probably has a life unlike you 💀

[@AKM8829]

As a fellow horse girl when I first heard about I thought she might have gone overboard with tapping legs but that was just outright whipping the horse. Completely insane

[@AmeliaSeel]

Early! Love the long formats and I’m glad someone with logic is actually talking about this in the right way

[@jennybeattie5063]

Great video. You are so down to earth. Love your videos. You and Luke are so funny. ❤❤

[@amber_matthews]

Thank you 🥰

[@l0v3_am3lie]

3 minutess! hi amber i love your videos and content. you've come so far with your journey and i'm so proud. (ignore me sounding like a mother with her son that just went into primary school for the first time) xx

[@amber_matthews]

Ohh this is so sweet 🥹

[@Gulia116]

​@@Armando_Aranda I must ask why you were asking these same questions to a minor

[@Anna-gb6vd]

I’m so excited I saw my name in both lives!!

[@CAVU123]

Let’s face it: there are many outside of the horse world whose only exposure to dressage or equestrian events is the Olympics, and the only names they know are the big names that participate in the Olympics. News about this atrocity during such a high-profile event will get more eyes on what happens behind the scenes of some dressage trainers, and hopefully the collective outrage both from inside and outside the sport will drive change. Horses need protection from such abuses, and the only way they’ll get more protections (and regulation) is if these things are brought to everyone’s attention.

[@amber_matthews]

Yes!

[@WoundedWarrior2012]

I've never owned a horse that loves dressage. I hate it, too.😅

[@Hollywoodedcat]

this is worth a wine glass

[@brianstarbird7278]

I love your videos so much!! They always make me laugh everyday. :)

[@belle_grace2010]

So true. I know someone (no names) who is in the professional dressage circuit and said that this isn't the first time of Charlotte doing this.

[@thehorsegirl_77]

I love your videos Amber💙

[@Hanna-Equestrian]

Sorry this is kinda random but where do you get your half pad from? I’ve been searching for a good one but no one fits my jump/ all purpose saddle well? Also love the videos and that your an Australian KZbinr all the KZbinrs I watch are English (not that there’s anything wrong with that) your just so relatable!!!! ❤❤❤

[@colette_equestrian]

Charlotte is definitely abusing her horses, because if someone is doing it in front of a camera, and not shy to do it in front of people also, then she is definitely abusing her horses

[@ichallengelife]

By the way, also a happy subject question: do you shear your horses in winter at some point, or do you let them keep their winter coat until spring?

[@amber_matthews]

This year I’m leaving them fluffy x

[@Honeyfrog56]

Where can you find the video?

[@Lifewiththisblonde]

On KZbin js lookup charlotte d

[@ichallengelife]

My main fear is that horse abuse in high-end competition has been ignored and accepted for so long, that this won't make a difference in the end. Horse abuse with a whip is very easy to spot and now (finally) will be punished. But trainers can do even more damage to horses with spurs, or harsher bits, and it'll be far more difficult to see on a video. In fact, blue tongues and aggresive spur usage has been blatantly ignored for years. So, what if this (highly justified) disqualification of Dujardin only leads to more abuse at the end of spurs and bits instead of whips?

[@Alainah.G.M]

Did Anyone see Charlotte “apology” it was more like an excuse

[@lukeytrags]

Awesome vid ❤

[@Charlottegunders]

Pilates is the best! I used to do mine first thing in the morning when I was struggling with getting into a routine. I would wake up and go straight to my mat with my coffee (usually still in my pjs) then do 30 minutes and that’s it! Done for the day!

[@_stella_eq]

A trainer at my barn used her crop to aqresibly hit her horses but as he rered and she was yelling at him and hitting him over and over it was terrible

[@vanaaspioti9832]

Well said Amber.Abuse is abuse no matter who does it. Loved Whinies trot❤

[@jonjonwp]

Hope you are vegan then and don't pay for animal abuse and eat them. I'm sure you don't.

[@NoThankUBeQuiet]

Carls response has been so wild. At this point I am so close giving up pure dressage and just focusing on eventing dressage

[@CheyenneFickbohm]

It’s just so wrong! Who would think out and continually do such a horrible thing!

[@CheyenneFickbohm]

No matter who you are, you should have respect for such amazing animals. She should have set a better example

[@CheyenneFickbohm]

Btw, thank you for the positivity! Love your videos ❤️

[@Tgnjksd]

I love your videos

[@amber_matthews]

Thankyou so much ❤️

[@ArloTheIconic]

ALL HER SPONSERS LEFT HERRR(even the charity she supports🤣🤣)

[@Sophia_And_Star_Adventures]

Is this meant to be funny?

[@jonjonwp]

No they didn't., SOME not all.

[@ElenaHazzard]

100% I do dressage I DO NOT wat to compete in demanding shows. I compete for fun not to win.

[@islapark3370]

POV your not “Notisla” in the live

[@HorseyEditzzz]

this is gonna be make me throw up hearing sbt charlotte more. it’s everywhere. before i knew the full thing, i thought she should get a chance to explain herself, but no, NO. she does not deserve to be around horses, or be able to train them. why charlotte. we all thought she was a good rider, but no. she is absolutely an abuser. like why during a lesson especially? with a KID who can’t do anything abt it? ok ima stop now bc i don’t wanna start fights, but guys, don’t support charlotte.

[@bryleigh_eqq]

well hi there

[@HorseyEditzzz]

@@bryleigh_eqq hi bestie

[@looseygoosey111]

rip tripod :,(

[@aq.equestrian]

5th ILY AND UR CONTENT!!

[@Star.s_Editz]

Not only is it a disappointment to the equestrian community, its very embarrassing for us and the whole of England and their team before the Olympics. She needs to let out a genuine apology not just a ''Im sorry blah blah I've pulled out of the Olympics, blah blah''

[@fairyXXmystery]

15:35 exaclty girl ❤

[@amber_matthews]

So many people throw around the word seesawing with absolutely no context of horses like Winnie that need an unconventional less ‘pretty’ ride so he can be the best horse he can be. Also why foundations are so important so you can have that picture perfect look and feel from day 1. This is the reality of this horse and I’m proud to be open and transparent on his journey ❤️

[@ariequine4388]

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE EQUESTRIANS IN THE BACK!!!

[@Sophiada1st]

I love this it is such a terrible thing it really shows how every discipline and how every trainer in every discipline no matter what level can have abuse and how trainers should be checked for mistreatment.

[@spirit.eventing]

Even LeMieux stood up for her, they are an absolute joke!! 2 more abusers got caught out at the olympic dressage qualifiers, one only got a warning ☹What is the equestrian world coming to?!!

[@WizzleMcFizzle]

When did Lemieux stand up for her?

[@spirit.eventing]

@@WizzleMcFizzle in their ending their sponsorship post on insta.

[@Equines_and_Animals]

“That’s how you teach a horse to passage” I’ve watched my trainer cue her mustang to passage, even piaffe with nothing but a halter and lunge line, and cues her by moving her body upwards. You teach a horse to passage by teaching them how to engage their core and collect, whipping the crap out of their legs is NOT a piaffe, that’s a prance. So much of what you see in modern dressage is not an actual piaffe or extended trot, it is instead a flashier, “easier” version of it to appeal to a larger audience

[@Vailors_dragons_and_ponies]

I SAW MY NAMEEEE!!! But on another note she was purely abusing that horse for nothing if it was anything that horse was being a horse

[@jonjonwp]

She was trying to get the horses back legs more under him. That ws the intention. I don't agree with this method but noted the horse had bandages on.

[@Equine_Family]

Hiiiiii i lovw ir vidssss

[@XAnnaXDiamondX]

50th view!! 💜💜💜

[@rachaelbelcher4532]

the way i see it that abuse is abuse theres no " oh it was just a one off " or " i didnt meant to " because the effect is still there the horse the victim still suffers regardless i remember 2 years ago when my parents found a pony dumped on the road i remeder how a simple pat would cause her to shiver the mental and physical pain that she suffered can never be undone things like rolkur, big lick, spanish nosebands, starfishing, neglect, sea sawing and the charlotte dujardin scandal are all abuse the fact that even the way that tack has been created to be abusive shows how far the equestrian world has fallen and the fact that the FEI doesnt do enough to stop abuse shows the issuses in the equestrian world. horses are animals that used to carry people into war, work long hours pulling heavy loads and yet they are still the victims to abuse if it was a celebrity whod whipped a chilled over 20 times in less then a minuet then the case would be treated with much morse severity and you wouldnt have any where near as many people on the deffence. this shows that the global population sees animal lives and animal wellbieng to be infireior and we have to acknowlege that the human race wouldnt be where it is if not for the animal lives that we so carelessly used for our own benifit.

[@jonjonwp]

I'm so glad you are vegan and don't pay for animal abuse.

[@rachaelbelcher4532]

@@jonjonwp I'm not vegan

[@jonjonwp]

@@rachaelbelcher4532 Then you do support horrific animal cruelty.

[@rachaelbelcher4532]

@jonjonwp no I don't

[@jonjonwp]

@@rachaelbelcher4532 I'm afraid you do.

[@urfavequestrion]

Second!

[@jessicamcdonald3471]

Charlotte cant get away with this, i dont care how famous she is. Gonzo is on winter rest till i get my licence back. I only put boots on gonzos front legs coz it was recommended.

[@Honeyfrog56]

3rd :))

[@AllieLaRosa]

First! Pin?

[@That_horse_girl-766]

No😊❤😂

[@AllieLaRosa]

@@That_horse_girl-766 no HAHA YOUR SOOOOOOOOO FUNNY

[@That_horse_girl-766]

@@AllieLaRosa I was just kidding about that

[@SAB.A.12]

I'm so happy to watch this Every equestrian around me tries to make me ignore my emotions, but you help me to know that I'm doing the right thing🩵

[@rachelconron2667]

You have a point, and we have all done something we regret in our life time. But should not speak about people like that, i know you may disagree. But its is not appropriate to post stuff like that and she is a way better rider than you so you can not comment on how she choses to ride and train her and other people horses. Even though she could have said more in here apology she really genuinely means it. I do enjoy watching your videos but can you stop posting about Charrlotte, because i don't enjoy watching your videos anymore because of the continuous complaining . Sorry ,but i just had to clear the air thank you🙂😐😡

[@giovannagallottini]

I do not get it. Are you saying that Charlotte is a better rider than Amber because she uses abusive methods and Amber does not?????

[@TrishaBonapace]

I like most of your videos, but, honestly, do you really think we want to watch you put on mskeup over & over & over again?

[@amber_matthews]

So… I think you’re lost… I didn’t do my makeup in this video… lol