The moral issue

The moral issue: is it fair to use horses for sport?

By Angelo Telatin

Modern theories concerning how horses learn oblige us to make unavoidable changes to keep up with the times. Relationship between human beings and horses.
These are important words that represent different schools of thought but all with the same fil rouge: establishing a relationship that totally excludes methods involving coercion in favour of a relationship based on listening, on ethological knowledge that results in communication based on reciprocal respect.
What is certain is that nowadays we have all the scientific means and the knowledge to guarantee harmonious coexistence between horses and riders.
One starts from the bottom to reach the top. Instruction and training, should not be referred only to equestrian techniques but even more to knowledge of horses and the principles regulating their lives in nature.
We must all be creators, supporters and agents of change.
Let us start with all that is extraordinarily beautiful in equestrian sports.
There are many excellent examples to be followed: riders, grooms, trainers, instructors, personalities, horse people in general who, regardless of the discipline they compete in or the method they represent, know ‘how it should be done’ so as to ensure riding also means awareness.
We could make a list of names… but luckily, it would be too long.
Let us start with them, let us start from there.