Ummm, in that photo, Oliveira is using a double bridle. Note the contact with the snaffle rein.
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Itās because we swamp creatures of COTH told the judge to give him that score. You are SO out of the loop!
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Also Nuno had an independent seat and hands AND a strong core, even though he was a little heavier in his later years.
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One doesnāt develop a core riding lawn mowers. 
Or slouching on horsesā¦
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@SillyHorse And you just know he is going to read this and take that as an admission that we influenced the judges, right? LOL!
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Do you think he really thinks that though??
Thatās so wild, like Iām used to people lying a lot but actually being that delusional and confident at the same time is really something.
Super interesting in a psychological sense.
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I do. I think his eye is so uneducated, and his delusions of ability so real that he literally compares the photos of him and Nuno and thinks they are the same. I think he genuinely believes Carpathia was āschooling FEIā because he trained her to shuffle (which he thinks is piaffe) in hand. He looks at those show pictures and sees a horse with its head down, and thinks thatās on the bit. He literally doesnāt see the drop in front of the withers, the lack of top line, the hollowing, zero engagement, contact, or self carriage. He doesnāt even recognize the late behind changes because he doesnāt know what heās looking at. So he looks at those photos and sees what he thinks is a great example of classical dressage, and think we are all just jealous meanies for not seeing it too. Or even better, he thinks we donāt understand classical dressage, and thatās why we canāt see it.
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I am thinking he changed the privacy settings to āeducateā his FB āsupportersā without comments from the peanut galleryā¦I mean swamp creatures.
Containment strategy. āNickwasWrongā. 
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Speaking of those late changes, of which he posted 3 separate video grab photo examples showcasing his FCs, not seeing that they were indeed āclassicallyā late behindā¦he has never publicly addressed that leedle problem with his training and his claims of 58% at GP and also the 70+% at 4L freestyle, not to mention his claims of judging bias being responsible for his miserable scores at 3rd and 4th level.
Hey Nick, how about an explanation for why you canāt recognize a late change on film or video? And before you claim lying liar who lies or I was hacked, know that I have screenshots of all 3, as well as your own video from Bucks County that you keep showcasing where every single change was late. How can you claim Maestrodom comparable to Nuno when you canāt even see a late change much less feel one?
I await your answer on this conundrum.
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Hw made such a big deal about driving out to his two clinics, in Iowa, this is the kind of lies which make him such a clown. I think he said he rented a car to drive out. He may have used the money he made to fly home, though. I mean, that wrinkled old shirt looks like it came from the bottom of a back pack. No one would wear that mess to meet clients. I canāt imagine he wouldnāt wear his stolen logo shirt to meet them. The
se kind of posed photos are just bizzare.
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Soā¦ waitā¦ Who took the picture?
Nuno.
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I have a feeling that he is unaware of what the muscle development of a properly ridden 3rd or 4th level horse looks like, let alone that it takes proper riding to get that development. I wouldnāt be surprised if he has no idea that the muscle development of a horse is even a thing, let alone how to train one that reflects proper riding.
Iāve seen the pictures of the horses heās claimed to have trained, his āGrand Prixā Appy and the lesson horse Carpathia that he said heād trained to 3rd or 4th level. While both seemed like sweet natured triers, neither horse had the muscling of a horse trained to those respective levels.
While most horsey people read books on riding and training they know that you canāt learn to ride just by reading a book. Hours/years in the saddle, and eyes on the ground, are required to train a horse to any level, not to mention Grand Prix.
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Pretty sure heās reading that book not to actually learn, but to find phrases to parrot that will make him sound dressagey. 
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Exactly. According to him, heās never spent any of his life past his teenage years (and very little then) having any riding instruction, and it really shows.
Read and parrot, and try to con beginners into believing you are a ātrainerā. That business plan didnāt get him far.
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If Iām interpreting what is being said, correctly, Lil Nicky is a āMary Sueā of Dressage.
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Iām not familiar with the term.
I just wish he would leave it alone and stop trying to continue the delusion. I think it would be better for him to just let it go and to get some help.
He could just move on with his life but no, he has to self publish a bizarre book about how the horsey world has not recognized his importance.
Itās sad, but there are enough unqualified people trying to fake their way as trainers and taking unsuspecting peopleās money as it is, and it doesnāt reflect well on the many good horse people, judges, and riders and trainers who do know what they are doing and know their limitations.
Whatever pity I have for him, my greater sympathy is with the people he is trying to fool.
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