The Truth of Totilas || Rollkur
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- Опубліковано 1 тра 2022
- @feichannel
"Between the fall and the creation, is the condition of there being life"
RIP Totilas, you deserved so much better.
None of the footage is mine, neither is the audio. I only claim ownership of the editing. - Домашні улюбленці та дикі тварини
to this day edward gal still does not wanna talk about totilas and what happend to him and why he died so young. that horse had so many problems when they used rolkkur and blamed the germans. the germans ruined him , that's what all people say in the netherlands, my home country, nobody get's why i don't like anky,edward etc. because they used rollkur and then people tell me that they don't use it anymore? look at all of totilas his sons that are being ridden by edward, he's uses they same 'training' style he used with their father. taking 1 of them to tokio when that horse was only 7 years old. just like totilas just tell mee that son of totilas is not walking the same unhappy path as his father had to . but almost nobody cares. because that son is just like his father and can even better then his father. it would not suprise me that his sons now walking the same path do not have the same outcome as their father. they will . edward still thinks that what he does is good. he's still out there doing this stuff same as all the other's because its easy to do. it's just a shame. they never learn. and never will because of the fei is doing nothing about it.
No one gets to the top levels in dressage any more without Rollkur, because the type of movement they reward requires those methods. There's nothing graceful or correct about it.
@@karilehman9882 That's why it's still used the fei just wants fancy movements and not happy horses . there are riders that don't use it and they are so underscored everytime. wich is just sad and not fair. but hey! the fei doesn't care about that.
Does that really surprise you !?? Look at the evil in this world. What is being done to people ..... Of course, animals are being abused. They have no recourse. Only some people, who may be able to draw attention to their plight.
@@LizTapken like natural moving flat shod TWH next to Big Lick. That's why I left competition. It's happening with eventing too - more emphasis on dressage scores with flashy movements so people are bringing in heavier warmbloods with less endurance while they're simultaneously making cross country more and more technical. It's basically become show jumping with solid objects which is more demanding and more dangerous so there are more falls and more retirements. And they think the answer is to make more jumps breakaway so there's less chance of injury when the horses slam into them instead of changing things so that doesn't happen 🙄 Meanwhile you have non-competitive classic riders as well as disciplines like working equitation proving that you can have top level communication and athleticism without all the cranking and yanking, and with horses staying happy and sound for far longer.
@@lauravonutassy1919 agreed with you, and it’s sad what it’s come to we’ve forgotten that the sport is for the horses not for us. but i’m so happy that this video is getting the views totilas deserves, maybe fei will even see this video if we get enough voice. and i’m humbled i was able to get his story out
The fact that that horse was so perfect and they felt the need to do this to him and put him in one of the strongest bits they could find/ a double reined bridle is just so sad and it breaks my heart what they did to him. You can tell his neck muscles must be in so much pain and his mouth looks like it gonna break 😭😭😭
All GP dressage is performed with a double bridle
All upper level horses show in the double bridle..You sort of use it as Power stearing in your car. It has nothing to do with putting a horse in pain or torture.
@@brigittepeterson8677 yes I know that but he really didn’t need it
@@brigittepeterson8677 it's required by the regs, not a necessity to perform at that level. But you're not allowed to compete if you can go beat their ass in a bitless because they don't want that to be known.
@@karilehman9882I will sign for bitless
His story is such a sad one. Yet another example of how animals, God's beautiful creations, can be exploited by people.
Fully agree. Its disgusting. Poor Totilas., such an incredible animal. Wasted and ruined
And another reason why I hate them. Poor horses they deserve better than this shit we give them
@@majajungleclover6396 yet again another example of animal exploitation to only become slaughtered by people who only want money and a reason why I hate them for their exploitation of animal abuse
@@bertinebourque2099 totally agree.
@@bertinebourque2099 most horses are treated better then this i hope you dont think there's anything wrong with riding or dressage because of totilas's owner nothing is bad till someone or some people make it bad
A horse soon becomes a prisoner of its own talent. When a horse no longer loves its job it shuts down. We are seeing more and more horses throwing the towel in during higher level tests. They are telling us something... We need to listen!
couldn’t agree with you more, we really need to sort out the “standards” of our horses like horses jumping insane heights. dangerous dangerous cross country courses, over the top dressage movements and bend etc, speed of racing horses is just unrealistic it’s just all too much and not realistic for a horse and not fun for them either. we need to sort human greed
@@blackequine.official absolutely. I attend high level show jumping competitions as a spectator. The amount of horses that are lead to the arena entrance by their grooms.... They nap if they are asked to go alone. Why.... Not enjoying the job anymore.
@@kimsutherland977 the way jumpers are trained is miserable. No manners, no flat work, just revved up and pointed at the jumps on pure adrenaline. I used to exercise one (no jumping) who was so hot that you needed to let him run it out for half an hour on the lunge line before even thinking about getting on, and some days all we did was walk because he was still on the verge of exploding if I tried anything more. It IS possible for them to compete at that level and still be capable of going calm and relaxed when they're off course, but trainers don't care. That's supposed to be the point of doing dressage first in eventing - to prove that they're capable of that with good balance and communication before setting them loose on the high risk cross country. Of course that's when cross country was about endurance and just doing simple jumps at speed, not a triple coffin drop bounce twist back handspring.
@@karilehman9882 Couldn't agree with you more. Any performance horse foal with breeding for whatever discipline it is marketed for fetches insane money. Doesn't mean to say it will excel, that depends on who produces it, and if they take the time to bring it on slowly in a calm relaxed manner. Nowadays they come out of the stable, do the job, back in the stable. No life, super protected, no turnout in case they harm themselves and can't compete the following week. Nothing is traffic proof and road safe anymore. My ex eventer is literally bombproof in heavy traffic not many folk can say that. Prize money needs to drop way down, soon competition will cease to be.... Horses need to be horses... Socialize, roll in the mud.... and people need to realize that.
@@kimsutherland977 they also miss the fact that standing around in a stall 23 hours a day makes them MORE prone to injury because they are not meant to be stationary. Turnout keeps them limber and builds strength in a more complete and balanced way, whereas if you pull them out of a stall and take them straight into piaffe of course they're going to do things like bow tendons. The risk of injuring themselves playing in a safe, level turnout is much lower than that.
I test rode a mare once who was 4 and just started under saddle and had spent her entire life in a stall. Her hocks were so wobbly it felt like she was about to fall over because the connective tissues hadn't gotten any use to develop the necessary elasticity during the critical growth years. I doubt she could have stayed sound at any significant level of performance. Vs said 33 year old I mentioned who I got at 25 and always had pasture access (at least as long as I had her) and never took a single lame step - even galloping over hard terrain and rocks barefoot! Obviously she had great genetics in the first place but at that age if she hadn't been able to move and stay limber 24/7 it would have been a different story.
Absolutely horrific. I thought Edward Gal was a thoughtful and generous person with that beautiful horse but he abused it horribly. We can't let this happen again!!
This is actually a really great video! To watch the before and after parallel is very painful to watch. There is nothing that could defend an abuse of horses in any way. Using Rollkur has to stop to save horses from suffering so much!
Rolkur=torture
If you watch the dressage with Tortilas closely, I believe he is in pain, the eyes and ears talk loudly, and dont get me started on those harsh bits. Beautiful horse cut down in his prime, and the humans wont admit they did wrong by him.
I 100% agree with you, he looks like he is in pain, the poor horse. The human is still doing this to Totila’s offspring and it’s ever so sad. i wish someone did something about this. he loved his job until he was abused. RIP angel and Thank you for your comment.
@@blackequine.official Best we can do is educate people, make them see horses are living feeling creatures, they deserve better then tortured for human entertainment, not just in dressage, in many so called sports.
@@blackequine.official why is it that dressage horses are all so sadly overbent and must be in discomfort
@@pixie706 They aren't supposed to be overbent. They used to be penalized for it. Yes, they are in discomfort, as it prevents them from using their body correctly. There is a video from a veterinarian showing the skeletal deformaties that result from the use of rollkur. It's absolutely disgusting!
@@user-fe7mg5ot9z one of the causes of kissing spine according to my vet. The lumbar bones are so compressed
How people even do this? Like would you like your neck that tight to your shoulders? People think “ Oh it’s fine” But no it’s not this poor animal get his neck pulled back to his shoulder
The fast they thought they needed to put Rolker on him is just horrible he was so good and he enjoyed it and then they but the 2 bridles on him and the strongest bit u could tell he was in so much pain and hated what he was doing there was no need for this pain he was a natural dressage horse we love u Tortilas your in our hearts
The horse was not ever ridden in two bridles, I think you mean 2 bits... Which is normal in GP Dressage. I don't agree with rollkur AT ALL. I have worked in Germany at GP level dressage yard. There are far more issues with horses being yanked in the mouth by novices who use the reins to balance with, and barrel racing, rodeo, and big lick events where a vile single shanked bit is used on a horse.
Double bridles are REQUIRED at GP. It doesn't matter if your horse can go exceptionally well in a simple snaffle or even bitless - gotta shove all that crap in their mouth and crank the noseband to keep them from showing how much they hate it or you're disqualified.
@@kimsutherland977 if you didn't see crank and yank with rollkur-style training either you weren't watching or they weren't winning. It's industry standard now.
@@karilehman9882 I couldn't agree with you more. That's why a lot of horses are saying NO in a test these days. I witnessed some eye watering stuff working in Germany. That's why I am not a fan of high level dressage.... I know first hand what these horses go through. I've seen two hands tightening the crank noseband, the piece of sheepskin pad placed between it and the horses skin so as not to rub raw. I've seen mouths ripped open at the corner from rider temper tantrums. Still remember after 30 plus years.
@@kimsutherland977 I went to USDF regionals with my old trainer years ago and when I saw someone using rollkur in warmup I asked her if we should report it since it's technically prohibited and she basically told me that I didn't know what I was talking about and to shut my mouth. In other words, she endorses it and didn't want me embarrassing her by complaining about some well-known rider. She was good with green horses and riders but the more I watched her high level work (and got more advanced myself) the less I wanted anything to do with it. It's getting hard to be able to compete at all if you want to actually enjoy riding your horse and treat them fairly.
This video is so important. Show the truth of how these brilliant horses are being tortured and ruined just so trainers can produce s grotesque caricature of a dressage horse. The epitome of evil, greed and senseless cruelty. Their shame is real and can not be erased or unseen. They should not be allowed around animals nor should judges who award them for this cruelty.
Ein strukturelles Problem, gäbe es nicht, hörte ich den Sprecher der FE im Radio sagen😡
Mehr als 60000 Mitglieder hat die FE in Deutschland.
Ich höre sie weder heulen, noch schreien !😡
Warum bringen sie die FE nicht auf
Zack ?
Ohne Pferdesport ist der ganze Pferdebereich völlig unkontrollierbar, das ist m. E. auch kein Weg.
1. Videobeweis, ist im Fußball möglich, also geht das auch im Pferdesport.
2. Sportler müssen sich ständige Kontrollen in den Trainingsphasen aussetzen.
D. h. für mich:
unangekündigte Checks in den Trainingsphasen bes. in Ausbildungsställen.
3.Videoüberwachung auch auf den Abreitplätzen
4. Richter werden zugeliost, nicht mehr eingeladen.
5. Stärkere Saktionietung bei Fehlverhalten bis hin zum Tierhaltungsverbot,
und Entzug der Trainer- bzw Richterlizenz.
Oh gosh I cried so much watching this. Beautiful, sensitive, devoted, absolutely amazing horse being so horribly exploited by griddy, talentless humans. How many more horse souls are they gonna have on their conscience? When this is gonna stop? How many more animals need to suffer? Meanwhile Olympics is going on and we see the circus continues... No lesson learned, I see no hope - the horse sport needs to end.
I cannot Watch this without tears:(
Me Either .,,
I was in tears when i saw him as a foal......
This is incredibly sad. Rest in peace Totilas! I know a woman who has worked with Anky van Grunsven, luckily this person is not like her, she is very good with her horses and does not use rollkur. Thank God her teacher didn’t rub off ob her!
This is so sad and painful to watch. All I can see in his eyes is pain 😔
Oh by the way i follow you on Pinterest! Your edits are amazing !!
Just look at how Gribaldi was under Gal. Absolutely horrific that Gribaldi suffered, only to have his children follow the same suffering. So tragic.
You could tell he loved it back then but now he’s destroyed he looks so happy with his ears always forwards then with it he’s obviously not happy poor legend
Fly high legend 🕊
good that you show this so clearly. all the movement of this horse is artificial and circus like show, by far not classical dressage. unfortunately judges reward such spectacel up to now, and there are a lot of very successfull riders who use these rollkur methods up to now.
fortunately there are others who ride their horses in the classical way like von Bredow-Werndl and Dujardin, and win with naturally moving horses and are a pleasure to watch.
precisely, the expectation from judged and the “standard” is so exaggerated and almost un achievable. like in jumping also the jumps are so incredibly high and sometimes there has to be abusive training methods to reach the standards. people take greed over welfare. it’s a big problem within the equestrian industry. but i agree with you 100% valegro was incredible
Unfortunately, Charlotte also uses a rollkur/LDR. The comments are full of defenders. It's funny to read. You just need to carefully switch your attention from what she says to what she does. 🥲
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@@overdrive9356 Wow! What a way to spread a lie. She never rode that horse before. Her hands were soft and the reins were slack. The horse did not choose to relax into the loose reins. Who knows why. Maybe he was trained that way *BEFORE* Charlotte rode him for the *FIRST* time. She also said, tongue in cheek, that the audience response made the horse "hot." Have you seen her ride Gio? NOT A TRACE OF ROLLKUR!
@@blackequine.official yes Valegro AKA Blackberry was amazing. Lot of respect for Charlotte and Carl. 🇬🇧🇬🇧
@@kimsutherland977 Although Carl never practiced rollkur I think he may have supported it at some point if Im not mistaken, I may be wrong tho?
It seems to me, that if you have to resort to things like Rollkur to win competitions, you're anything but a good rider. Short cuts always do more harm than good. If you're entering competitions for the prize money and fame, you have no business competing at all. When the FEI refuses to uphold the standards for the safety of the horses and honest riders, it is time for them to be replaced. All they are doing is lowering standards and supporting horse abuse. Judges who reward the abusers are equally culpable.
The comparison is what broke me. Totillas on the right looks relaxed, with his head up and ears forward, he seems curious and like he's actually enjoying the exercise. Totillas on the left looks like something produced by Boston dynamics. 😢
This is so sad....😢....but I love how you added Alan Watts commenting in the beginning ! 👍❣
These people should not be allowed to own animals!!!! NO place on this earth for them!!!!
What a great recipe! And very well presented, THANK YOU!
The biggest issue with roll-kur, besides the physical and mental issues for the horses, is ; that only 1 of 100.000 riders are strong enough to still ride the horse uphill to a vertical nose line after using roll-kur. And only 1 in 100.000 horses has the physics and temperament to stand the physical strain and torture. And the two rarely find each other. It's absolutely not for normal riders or even most professionals.
I feel so bad he had to live like that. He left as a legacy that will live on for many years. R.I.P Totilas. You will be missed. 🕊️😓
Such an horrendous practice.
This was so sad to watch rest easily Mr
A tortured prisoner that had no choice but to submit until his body could do no more. If only the heartless could experience such torture...
Step up FEI or? and do something so no more will suffer! Time to set them free to enjoy their job once again.
he deserved so much better. The people who did this to him should be imprisoned. No horse should have to go through this. Ling live the legacy of totilas, fly high 🕊🤍
Bustards
am sorry totilas he did not deserve this!
So very sad to realize that this is still going on!
A beauty
It has been two years without you we miss u!:(
It’s sooo sad 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️
Wow, I've never seen early videos of him. Still an incredibly talented horse but he's so much more relaxed and natural looking. And they consider that lower level training 🙄😡 As if it's impossible to perform more complicated movements without cranking them in. I believe the SRS would beg to differ.
He’s a 4/5 year old on the right hand side, so bubbly, so lovely. loved his job, loved his people. eager and then turned and tortured by his new owners, it’s so sad how people just change a horse and how much power we have and we abuse it
@@blackequine.official imagine how he could have looked if they kept training him in that style to perform higher level movements lightly and correctly, instead of using that weird unnatural movement to redefine scoring standards. It really is turning into Big Lick with the goal being how high their knees can get 🙄
Oh, and that whole thing where they claim that the horse flinging slobber all over is a sign of how "accepting" they are of all the hardware jammed in their mouths. Uh, no. No other discipline will EVER say that. A horse that's content with their bit in quiet hands has a quiet mouth.
Betrayal
This video really needs to be getting more views. The before and after side-by-side is so striking, and so heartbreaking.
I find it so frustrating that his movement was so much more beautiful _beforehand_ - and there is nothing beautiful about an animal being forced into something so unnatural and uncomfortable.
Many years ago, I was into show jumping and my coach made us take dressage classes. Until then, I thought dressage was horribly boring, but those demanding classes - and the stronger partnership with my horse that resulted - give me a great deal of respect for the discipline and I started enjoying watching it.
As I said, that was many years ago - before Rollkur became a thing. I find it sad that this gets rewarded, but I find it absolutely heartbreaking that these noble creatures who are willing to do so much for us are so misused, and especially that it is done openly and at the highest levels of sport.
Terrible. Awful. And what for? It's a shame, what these people did to him 😪.
It's barely any better now.
Guys don't be sad. Totlias Of course will keep being reborn until his home will be the best it ever has been! R.I.P. Totlias. You were never supposed to be a toy. Neither a machine. The people that did this to you are clearly not going in heaven. They ruined a life. And hurt one. We love Totlias forever. People that see this comment, Like if you agree. Please DON'T ever treat any animal like this. As it's heart breaking to watch. We will miss Totlias. This is the biggest comment I've made for him. RIP
A sweet horse was gone too soon because of a horrible rider. The FEI really need to crack down on this
In the words of the legendary dressage trainer Fritz Stahlecker: "It is simple: what looks bad, is bad. Rolkur looks terrible, and it is terrible." But Rollkur wasn't the only "technique" used on Totilas and his sons: *Stretchies* were used, too = the way Dutch Harness horses and Hackneys and Saddlebreds are trained to step higher when started as 2yr olds. Stretchies amplify the front leg movement, while the hind legs lag behind. It causes asymmetry in the trot under saddle, especially in collection. ua-cam.com/video/Vu2yQPz2hfQ/v-deo.htmlsi=KTQHRViA16EnfdZf - Sadly , carriage horse trot is the fashion in dressage. The breeders are breeding carriage-trot warmbloods for the market and getting good auction results with high-stepping, hollow-backed 'harness type' warmbloods. What a shame.
How healthy he looked as a normal horse before ….. what a tragedy.
Look at his tail, he seems to be suffering!
Heartbreaking to see, poor little fellow. Little did he know as a little colt.
Fly high totilias you derseved sooo much better what awful humans can do this to a horse or pony
jeder Mensch mit Herz muss doch erkennen dass es egal wie man es macht, es dem Pferd unangenehm ist und Schmerzen bereitet..Totilas kannte es zwar nur so und hatte sich scheinbar daran gewöhnt aber es blieb trotzdem unschön
So painful to watch😢
I was so happy to just find out that one son of Totilas, Toto, has been training with Mia Lykke Nielsen. May he have a better and happier future!
I acruely cryed by this one 😢
what does rolkur do to the horse though like what does it do to there neck or like how does it hurt them?? Xx
@@kylieboettcher7438 omg this is terrible!! i also think can’t it like kinda break there neck as there neck is in that position for so long and they can’t lift there head up
@@indiasecretacc Also, once their head goes beyond the vertical their airway becomes more and more restricted. Imagine being forced to perform/work out while you can hardly breathe. It is torture, in many different ways.
This beautiful creature so strong and beautiful sadly FORCED to succumb to man's greed and abuse. Totilas was gorgeous and I look forward to riding him in heaven❤
Painful and sad
Do anyone know when did they start with the rollkur?
I believe after he was 5years old. there is a video of him before Rollkur; he was such a relaxed and light footed horse
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Poor boy, they killed him.i don't watch dressage anymore.
Once we humans start scoring a sport, extremes are slowly created. And unless that sport penalizes such extremes, the animals will always suffer. Ban nosebands. Then penalize horses that open their mouths in resistance to or pain from the bit.
Do you know anything about horses?
Look at the bit ....
Poor animal's me as a kid thought that rollkur is a tipe of learning for horses but not until i saw one video about it when i was 10
The moment the IOC changed the rules to permit professionals to compete it spelled the utter destruction of the art of equitation.
None of these "methods" would have been conceived of much less employed on talented equines were it not for changing an art form into an entire profit making enterprise from breeding to competition and all between.
I heard on the TV that Jiska (Totilas first rider) used Rollkur in Training on him
love the alan watts at the start
omg, i stopped watching competitive dressage years ago... this is truly shocking, how was it ever allowed to go on much less to win?
They score them way too high. Just watched winning round where horse was switching tail constantly
rip toto :(
NO horse EVER has died from type of bit or a new position of headset.
I want to read the autopsy report. Does it show Ketamine or pain killers of any kind?
Did I ever claim he died of rollkur, i gave insight to the life he had, the people who ruined him and what he endured and how the whole world turned its back and didnt protect or help him, including the judges. He died of colic, many people get confused
The position his kneck is in his head pulled to his chest, makes it impossible to breathe 😢😢😢
@@TammySaj-zm6kr
Horses get colic from improper feeding.
@@tessdurberville711 I know that.
Systematically destroyed. Poor poor horse.
Rollkur is torture and unfortunately many countries use it and it is allowed 😔
It reminds me of the big lick Tennessee walker unfortunately
why dont the global organizations forbid this?
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#stoprolkur and #stopbiglick
There are no words that can describe how I detest dressage competions of today and mot of the riders that performs in them. Our national "star" Patrik Kittel time after time show us that he has no compassion for the horses and only wants to win and be famous. All he does is to find excuses for how he and others, like Helgstrand that he cooperates with, treat their horses.
This shit started with Anky
didn’t i say that in the video?
#stoprollkur
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He loved what he did
Rip Totilas your safe in horsey heaven
Rath, Schockemöhle and Linsenhoff are going to rot in hell don’t you worry
But before them all, Gall will rott even more
rolkur should be banned
This needs banned.
He was foaming at the mouth it was all over him poor babby
Horses foam when they eat apples, carrots, peppermints.
quelle honte
Anyone with any sensitivity and perception could see the love that stallion had for Edward.
Anyone who knows what dressage really is, will see the actual abuse Gal put him through
This was a beautiful and amazing stallion until they did the unthinkable and sold him to freaking Germany!! THEY RUINED AND KILLED THIS BEAUTIFUL BOY!! UNFORGIVABLE!!
Anyone who knows what dressage really is, will see the actual abuse Gal put him through
Horse riding is just bad, no matter how you do it. Horses aren't made to ride. So, why can't we stop the blame game, and all just quit riding? For the same reason: selfish
really not true, because how will horses get the exercise? realistically, no one can afford acres and acres to let horses run free. they need the exercise to stay healthy. I ride a halfigner mare who was previously a pasture horse and she was so unhealthy, riding her has improved her health and mentally too! she loves to work i only ride her walk trot and canter. and then there’s the extremes in horse racing, showjumping and many more. I’m not blaming, however i hope you can understand (me as i explained my situation) is no match for totila’s pure animal abuse. i wanted to get his story out. and i do agree with you too some stage. i hope that hackamores and bitless will be more popular, and also less competitions standards are lower (not so extreme) to make horse’s and riders lives better. the equestrian industry has much a journey to go, but the rollkur in totilas was a long time ago and i really hope things get better i hope this makes sense to some degree.
a lot of horses enjoy ridden work, it keeps them stimulated, fit and healthy and as long as a rider is kind and compassionate i see no problem with that. There are bad apples in every sport, therefore we can point blame - your every day honest rider would never ride a horse like this, even uneducated people can tell this is unnatural. I personally love to jump and the horse I ride literally throws herself at them, shes so excited! I never EVER use a whip on her, she responds to voice commands and is bold; how is that bad?
@@blackequine.official so they only get their exercise by riding them? I'm sorry, I can't teach you with the respect you deserve if you really believe that's the only way. But I recommend to do your research on Google or something. Exercise is a great thing to do, and horses like riding but ground work they do just as well with fun. But that doesn't change the fact that ride them will hurt the body because they just aren't make to ride
@@painteddragon8496 I totally agree! But that doesn't mean that it it's a great thing to do. Horses aren't make to ride, you see it when they've become older. Every horse get hurts because of people who ride them.
@@samanthapels4497 tell that to my mare I lost at 33 who did everything I ever asked of her - often at a gallop - and was 100% sound and healthy until the day she died. Correct riding being mindful of their conditioning and biomechanics does not have to be harmful. They're also quite capable of injuring themselves (sometimes permanently) just tearing around the pasture because that's the reality of highly athletic animals.
They also can't exercise at that level doing groundwork, unless you happen to be capable of running 20+ mph. A horse I used to lease broke out of his stall at a competition and ran half of the cross country course loose - a level above what he was entered in! - because he just loved it THAT MUCH. My current mare will run around the pasture randomly jumping bushes and puddles that she could easily go around just because she feels like it. If they hated it they would resist and look miserable the way these GP horses do.