She looks almost like a stallion so I think a lot of it is genetic. Very big and strong.
This popped up my reels today 
Oh dear. Handler at the awards ceremony got more than he bargained for!
Not sure what we’re looking at - this seems to be an image and isn’t linked to a video?
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Yeah, it is a screen shot. Look from the rider’s boot to the flank…. That isn’t just a blur.
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Thanks for the gift article!
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Thanks for the gift link!
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Thanks for clarifying!
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Am I the only one who’s blind or totally unobservant? I have no idea what I’m looking for or what blur is odd or suspicious!
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You are not alone.
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How does Dressage expect to survive as a discipline if even people on the dressage forum of an equestrian publication are constantly talking about abuse, blood, over-bitting and finding evidence of “something” in some putative “blurring” in a single image? Yes, there most certainly are problems but come on folks! there are enough people who say we shouldn’t even ride horses without those of us that do ride them joining in the parade. Let’s celebrate a successful championships with a lot of very good, harmonious riding. Learn, improve and strive to do the very best by our horses.
Maybe it is a dressage thing, picking on faults rather than building on strengths?
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I still don’t know what this is supposed to be. Instead of making veiled insinuations, why not post an unaltered photo so we can form our own opinions?
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Hint: It’s an image of a stallion. It’s meant to be humorous. Does that make it clearer?
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OK, stallions. I am so glad I wasted much time looking for a (nonexistent) spur mark.
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Fine. Here ya go!
I thought the use of a laughing emoji would indicate it was something… you know… funny. No insinuation, though the handler was definitely at risk of insemination.
Edit: no, I am too uncomfortable posting this. PM me if you feel the need to see it.
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It was blurred because not everyone wants to see a big swinging eggplant. Actually that isn’t true, that was just the best screengrab I could get that wasn’t completely R rated. It’s blurred because it is in motion.
I will start putting THIS IS SOMETHING HUMOROUS at the top of post folks may laugh about, instead of a laughing emoji which was apparently too subtle… unlike Glamourdale’s great big stonking horn.
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It wasn’t funny because it was so blurred that we couldn’t figure out what we were supposed to be seeing. Maybe next time overlay an eggplant 
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Ah - so it was his fifth leg. That is the term many folks in the breeding world use to jokingly refer to those appendages when the dude decided to display his manhood when out in public (such as at a show or inspection, etc.). Stallion handlers and stallion grooms quickly get used to things like that happening, and most horse people who have been around stallions just roll their eyes and say, “Whatever” (unless said stallion starts acting way more interested in mounting something than in behaving).
It is folks who haven’t been around stallions much who find the displays worth snickering about - or are so shocked or offended by the sight that they faint (which actually happened to an 83 y/o great-grandma who fainted at a breed show once when such a display occurred).
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I think it’s hilarious although I will say it took me a few minutes to know what we were seeing. But yes, they definitely got more than they bargain for lol!!!
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The Guardian has reported there were some blue tongues during the dressage competition.
Equestrianism: The equestrian governing body (FEI) in charge of the Olympic riding in Versailles has found pictures of horses with blue tongues caused by oxygen shortage during dressage competition, the organisation’s chief vet said.
Horse welfare issues are under close scrutiny at the Olympics as the sport grapples with the fallout from an incident involving the British star rider Charlotte Dujardin that revived ethical debates and fears about its future.
The six-times Olympic medallist Dujardin was provisionally suspended on 27 July after footage emerged showing her whipping a horse’s legs multiple times during training.
The FEI has reviewed pictures from Olympics dressage events taken by one of its photographers, the FEI chief vet Goran Akerstrom said, adding that some of the pictures taken at the dressage Grand Prix last Tuesday showed scenes of harm to animals.
“The concern on those pictures were the blue tongues, likely caused by high rein tension,” Akerstrom said, adding that the double bridles which are mandatory in top-level dressage tournaments also played a role in cutting off oxygen from the tongue, causing “pain or unnecessary discomfort”. Reuters
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