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Hang the Judges: Former US Dressage Team Technical Advisor Anne Gribbons on Dealing with Criticism
Over the past decade, on numerous occasions, both top dressage riders and international judges have come under heavy critical fire regarding the treatment and training of competitive dressage horses. The internet is alight with related controversy, and print articles have not been afraid to label judges around the world as “cowards and ignoramuses who are…
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TSB Author and FEI Dressage Judge Anne Gribbons Admits to “An Affliction Called ‘Jack Russells’”
When I was nine and working my first “muck-for-lessons” detail, I had my earliest encounter with the Jack Russell Terrier. The young woman who ran the barn and gave me said lessons had a pair of crazed little dogs: The black-and-white one was “Pie” (short for Piebald) and the brown-and-white one was “Skew” (yes, as…