The point is, I think the AT Association needs to have someone re-write their website!
Daventry I did get your point and even acknowledged that the wording wasn’t the best; but I do understand the how and the why behind it.
I also understand why you’ve had nothing but good experiences with the welsh cobs, knowing who you have; but, that doesn’t change the fact that some are less forgiving of ignorant handling and/or overfacing.
Melyni, my friend use to ride Senetir way, way back when. I think I still have an old picture of the two of them together going over a jump at a local event.
Much of what I remember seeing in terms of conformational issues was chocked up to poor nutrition or probably a better way to put it, ill advised practices. Again this was more than two decades ago (closer to three). I’m willing to bet that much has improved since then.
One mare in particular, I actually told the owner I wouldn’t ride her as she was too dangerous and basically wrote her off. But, after some interesting discoveries with her, I completely restarted her under saddle - her brain was absolutely fried from bad training and handling. She, along with all of the others, had 110% heart and eventually turned into lovely riding and competition horses - all have become amateur and junior mounts. But, the ones we’ve had in, I attest it to bad training, not so much a breed thing, as even “easily trained” breeds came out of those two farms completely bonkers. I found them no harder to fix than the other wrecked breeds we’ve had in over the years.
And who is about to move up to Advanced in eventing. 