Latest words from the Maestro. My take is what not to do…!
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“Her pole.” Good grief.
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The broken saddle?
Whaaaa?
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He looks like…nevermind.
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How can that even happen? 
:eek:
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A lone canoer?
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Oh, the drama of the “big crash”! I had typed out a big response, refuting NP’s post of today with the “facts” as posted (and deleted, natch) by him right after the event. I even posted the screenshots of what he originally said and how his response back then conflicts with that of today. However, I deleted it all as we all know by now how his story and facts change day by day. Falling is never fun, but making up lies about it is just stupid.
OP, you should know that a true dressage person will never ride anything other than a real warmblood. Breed bias and all that, ya know.
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Well, you know he has to impress the new barn he is at. “Canter zig zag half pass exercise” instead of she spooked and I fell off.
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He wouldn’t know a canter zig zag if it smacked him on the back side. It was that exciting flying change that did it…lol! That horse told him off! He was pushing her. I saw those photos of his saddle/helmet too! That pic of him on a crutch trying to lead his horse was rough. He was totally shaken. It was evident by the heavy bits he put her in for his next few rides. Typically she appears to be very lazy OR not ridden forward to her full potential.
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That mare is truly a saint. He is lucky to have a horse that is as tolerant as she is. A lot of horses would have given him actual injuries.
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I have not seen the photo of his broken saddle
How do you break a saddle unless it’s fallen on or otherwise crushed? Did he canter half-pass at high speed into a wall?? Was he practicing a backwards canter half-pass (An imaginary movement worthy of James Fillis} and the mare flipped?
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Friend of mine’s dressage saddle tree broken when her powerfull stallion bucked/kicked out violently.
She was not ejected and doesn’t remember if she hit/sat on the cantle or pommel at some point during his antic but she heard a big crack. It wasn’t a used saddle, a few years old at much.
re: the saddle: “My spur cut it as I went over. The seat part is broken as well. Hopefully the tack shop can fix it!”
“We did a bunch of changes and she was fine. Out of no where she bolted and bucked like crazy! She really took me off guard… After I saw she was ok, I immediately got right back on and rode the same exercise!”
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In that last screen shot that I posted, np states that the seat is 100% absolutely NOT broken. So not only does he embellish things, he gets all mixed up and then contradicts himself. He really needs to take notes. Or just state that he was hacked.
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Saddle was not broken but he did lacerate it with spurs. If I recall I did see a photo. Funny how keeping things for posterity allows us to see through someone altered version of the truth. 
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I think she’s got an excellent sense of self-preservation. Which is a good thing; she needs it!
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His photo caption tells the whole story. You just have to be able to read between the lines:
The infamous “Nick Piaffes In Sneakers” picture
The ‘please let me believe I’m famous for the right reasons’ Nick p’s off his horse picture.
Here’s what happened: I was coming off an injury. 2 weeks prior Carpathia had bucked me off during
Here’s what I think happened but it’s hard to keep track of my story… You all have goldfish memories, right? I was coming off what would have been a best actor award if there weren’t so much breed bias in the Academy. The fake news Chronicle of the Horse has clearly corrupted the Oscar judges… 2 weeks prior Carpathia finally got fed up with my nonsense during
a canter zig zag half pass exercise. I’m not mad at her, she’s a thoroughbred and gets excited during
a crooked canter and botched attempt at a change. Let’s call it a half pass. A canter zig zag half pass. Yeah that sounds awesome. I totally should have ridden I-II at that schooling show last year … I’m not mad at her; in fact I’m kinda scared of her. She’s a non-warmblood, you know, and usually she takes care of me, but I’m pretty good at testing her saintly patience when we work on
flying changes. But she bucked me so violently that I broke my saddle and cracked my helmet when
my trademark saddle-humping, late-behind changes. She bolted and must have bucked. Yeah, let’s say it was the biggest buck that’s ever been bucked in the history of bucks. A saddle-smashing buck. Luckily my saddle was fine except for a torn seat, but really it’s more bad-a$$ to say it was TOTALLY DESTROYED by the bucking force it takes to unseat a maestro. Oh and helmet awareness is cool now so let’s say I cracked mine. Each scuff is essentially a crack, right? It’s a lot of damage if you add it up. Bring on the sympathy ‘likes’: It split open like an easter egg
I hit the ground! I was on crutches and could not walk. I have permanent nerve damage in my left leg today because of the accident.
but really the worst part was eating a bit of arena dirt! I found myself some crutches to really get in character for my best-actor hobble, but maybe It’ll get more sympathy votes to say I couldn’t walk at all! Yeah I couldn’t walk. Is a wheelchair too much? A coma? I died and came back to life as Nuno Oliveira. Too Days of our Lives? Ok … let’s go with nerve damage …
Anyway, so on the day this picture was taken, I was so excited to ride again that I forgot my riding
Anyway, that day I was too busy visiting justice on the world as a part-time bounty hunter and full time harassment specialist to change out of my sad sack sweatpants and find my riding boots. Besides, is there anything like a faceplant to remind you
boots at home! And wouldn’t you know it, she was an absolute star that day! It was as if she was
that you don’t have the finesse to be riding in spurs?! And after a couple weeks’ reprieve she was back to babysitter mode
saying “I’m sorry”…
It’s as if she were saying, “Oh, you again?”
I love this picture! My hands are low and soft. Shes light and in self carriage. Shes using herself
This is the image I want to project to the world. Look at my groin region – my hands are hanging there so soft you might even call them flaccid. She’s closing her eyes and thinking of England. Doing her best to figure out what I want and approximate it with her undermuscled body
properly with her pole as the highest point and her haunches tucked under herself.
let’s throw in some dressage things I’ve heard people say: ‘pole’ up and haunches tucked under.
And yes, I am riding this perfect moment in sneakers.
And yes, I am lucky she didn’t decide she’d had enough of my ‘perfection’ at this particular moment.
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You win the internet again today!:applause::applause::lol::lol:
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:lol: :lol::lol:
Laughing, crying, DYING!! OMG.
Will you marry me, please? 
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