How much a horse can change over the years. Totilas was a horse with full potential when he was with Edward. Now he is not even close to 50%. With Edward he gave pretty much everyone goosebumps. The horse was so powerfull. Now everyone only feels sad for him. He gets pulled to hard in his mouth. The person riding him even gripped the reigns shorter when they arrived, while they already where pretty short. Poor Totilas, it's so sad what has happend to you.
+Thomas F Thank you for this, I think everyone here is trying to be self-righteous and not really watching the horse with calm detachment. it's easy to get swept up in the emotion. Honestly, the most I could see was his hind quarters was lagging behind, but it would make sense, he is getting older, you can't expect a horse to work like a perfect machine until it dies. But yea, thanks for this, it was so much more sensible than the rest of the over-emotional comments. :)
I was there in Aachen in 2015, i saw this live, and i still asking to myself how all the German Team including the Rider were joying and smiling after a perfectly clear irregular Horse, i think this has been really inaccetable.
A part of me hates that they rode Totilas to the ground, simply because he was the record breaking horse with Gal. Even when his condition worsened they rode him till he couldn't compete. I wish they had done something for him like Valegro, and retired him at his prime instead of showing him to the world, a lame horse. It's tarnished Toto's good name, his wonder image, and has left him a broken shell of what he was years ago. And it's sad because at the end of the day, he was an unknowing horse brought into the world and wrung out for all he was worth because of his natural talent.
This poor Totilas has been totally destroyed by Schockemöhle, Rath AND Gal who are all rollkur users. Gal himself confessed it was one of his dressage methods. He had no problem at the beginning because Totilas was young, but now the horse gets older, he's always injured. But we only have to look at his head and mouth to see that he's suffering.
He was broken before Germany bought him. Blame Edward gal, he rides all his horses in the same manner. He broke that beautiful stallion Totilas, NOT the Germans.
Armer Totilas... ausgenutzt und mißbraucht. Mir kommen wieder die Tränen. Ich war damals dabei und habe es live erlebt. Wie hat man sich an diesem großartigen Pferd versündigt! Das fing ja schon mit dem Verkauf an. Wie kann man ein so einzigartiges Lebewesen verscherbeln wie ein Bündel Aktien! RIP, wunderschöner Hengst, jetzt bist du frei...
According to German websites, the horse was diagnosed with bone edema in the pastern joint. This injury is usually caused by either excessive stress or trauma.
Poor Totilas. Lame on the left hind, almost the entire test behind the vertical, trying to open his mouth... Why did no one pull him?! If we can see it at home, how did he pass a trot up? Let alone complete the test?!
absolutely disgusting! poor horse. I hope we get answers as to why he was allowed to compete and to receive a score that high whilst being so obviously lame behind
Mallory Equestrian Simple the judges are either knowingly condoning it or they are just as cruel as the people who are forcing this horse to work lame.
Mallory Equestrian - It was NOT a high score for him. 75+. I think the judges were correct. He was not "officially" sound but hid it well. Much of his movements were brilliant. Scored from 11th place to 1st. Guess it depended on your angle of view.
if it was any other rider or horse he would have gotten scores in the 60th percentile. If I was judging, I would have given him 4s on a lot of movements which would have brought his scores down to the 50s. The only reason why he got such a high score is because he is Totilas and the judges can't see past his popularity and score him correctly.
too bad he became even more iregular in his hindlegs then he ever was. In the extended trot he walks lame even with his hind legs. I feel for him; if he wasn't so damn famous the bell to dq him would have rang. Sad day in modern dressage; a lame horse is allowed to compete...well forced would be a better word ofc
I just don't understand why everyone is so happy at the end of the video. doesn't they see it?? poor totilas. he's a amazing horse but this doesn't work. As horse and rider you have to be a team, rath and totilas will never be. not like toto and Edward gal used to be. And I even don't understand the judges, the vets. This horse is not ' fit to compete'. and I also can't believe rath, why? its clear to me rath doesn't give a shit about a healthy totilas. Pfff..I'm glad they took him out of the competition. and sadly I don't think he's coming back. hope he can have a good old day and this tv soap is finally over. again : poor poor horse
Ganz, ganz schlimm! Der ging hinten deutlich lahm! Die einer Wechsel fast alle parallel, es sah so aus als könnte er gar nicht. Im starken Trab auch sehr deutlich! Ich bin wirklich geschockt...
I'm not very good at spotting lameness when it's subtle, but this horse is CLEARLY lame. This isn't what Dressage is about. I hope he was pulled from the competition and his handlers questioned as to why they'd allow Totilas to compete.
They didn't make the horse lame, the horse was sold to them lame because the seller probably knew there were issues and as a horse gets older and it's lame it just gets lamer. This poor horse has been push-me-pull-you'd all of his life and the damage was done by not only his current team but by his former team too. You can't rolkur the bejeesus out of a horse and use force in training and then be surprised when the body just can't tolerate the pressures of abhorent training. Rath & Co. were had, and they let themselves be had because they so wanted the glory. Only victim here is this poor horse. If his sperm is viable and he tosses out some good babies with any luck he'll be spared the all too famous "pasture accident".
DressageForTheRestOf of course this is my opinion. For those that think Gal didn't contribute to this horse's condition, think again. I know it's hard to admit when your perceived hero isn't one, but sad to say he's not. He is just another spoke in the broken wheel of today's competitive dressage.
DressageForTheRestOf IThat's not correct. The horse was bought to prevent the competition. Schockmohle admitted that they had the horse breed and then it was injured. For good order, a horse can't be sold when there is a remark of injury. It is about making a fast buck of a huge investment.
Amazing how you can destroy such a fantastic horse, all for money…. Edward Gal you did an amazing job and I miss you and Totilas together. Mathias cant handle the horse like you did.
I'm ashamed on my country. Yes, Totilas is amazing. Yes, he's probably the most famous dressage horse. But no, torturing him isn't okay. I'm ashamed that this is my country. He's such a wonderful horse and I bet he would've been happier if someone actually listened to him and stopped them.
Dressage was never my thing ... Until I first saw Totilas with Edward Gall ... or should I say Edward Gall with Totilas?!Totilas can't do anything more for this rider. Poor rich boy!Please give it back to Edward Gall so that Harmony and Excelence returns to Dressage.
Este caballo me ha robado el corazón, desde que lo vi con Edward Gal. Es simplemente espectacular, brillante, bello, inteligente y aunque hay montones de hermosos caballos como Valegro o Salinero, Totilas es el número 1 para mi. Pero lamentablemente su actual jinete, personalmente no ha logrado entenderlo, no hay química o una conexión. Me entristece un montón. Desearía que el volviera con su antiguo Jinete y verlo brillar en la arena de nuevo con Edward, como hace 5 años atrás. Best team forever.
Maria, estuve viendo los juegos en Aachen y fue terrible para mi ver a Totilas en ese estado, él no es feliz. Vi a Edward con Undercover (Fritsie) y es algo espectacular, lamentablemente tuvo que ser descalificado, porque sangró, la inspección veterinaria anunció que el caballito se había mordido el labio, salieron de la arena y se detuvo el sangrado. Edward ama los caballos y se nota su pasión y su amor hacia ellos, tengo la fe de verlo en la cima de nuevo (aunque Charlotte me parece fantastica, pero solamente se le acerca a él). Sería muy feliz que Totilas volviera con él, pero si tu lo vez, desde mi punto de vista, tu le das a Edward un caballo bueno, él hace magia con él. Siento que al igual que yo, Edward tuvo que sentir mucho dolor en su corazón, al ver al hijo de Gribaldi, como hoy en dia es tan solo la sombra de lo que fue :(
I see a horse that wants to move, that wants to do its best, but is only pulled in the mouth, has pain... but wat you want, filled with stuff in his legs and hod knows what with injections, sad! daddy has money thats all no love here
das pferd ist doch lahm! unglaublich. solche taktfehler dürfen nicht auftreten. aber das kommt davon, wenn man von einem pferd so unnatürliche bewegungen fordert. es ist traurig mit anzusehen.
Stef Reinhold Sogar ich (reite "nur" in einem Reitkurs ohne eigenes Pferd), sehe das dieses Pferd lahmt.... Schrecklich... Das ist Tierquälerrei! Was muss eigentlich passieren, damit Pferde im Leistungssport gut behandelt werden? Ich habe nichts gegen Leistungssport, aber dem Pferd muss es Freude bereiten! Hier geht's nur um Geld....
TierFreundin3 ja es is echt schlimm.. Er wurde so kaputt geritten! Ich hab sofort gesehen, dass dieses "Wunderpferd" lahm ist... sowas sollte garnicht erst vorkommen dürfen! ! Die richter hätten abbrechen müssen finde ich! Aber es geht ja eh immer nur ums geld... !!!!! :(
es war einfach nur pure Geldgier und Tierquälerei, dieses Pferd überhaupt starten zu lassen!! jeder Richter hätte Totilas sofort rausnehmen müssen, aber eigentlich hätte das beim Vet-check bereits auffallen sollen.. Tja, Geld lässt mache Vets wegsehen...
and the judges have nothing to say, no opinion this is an corrupt sport, if you open your mouth youre out. this has to change the most. no souple horses no softness I never see that anymore
Thanks for the upload. I'm a little surprised he scored that high, the two just can't quite get it together. Hopefully they will have better luck tomorrow, or whenever the Special is.
The apparently inhumane treatment of such a talented horse is sad. I only hope his suffering brings change to the sport. I wonder what Edward Gal thinks and how he feels about what has happened to this innocent horse.
Thomas F Let's stick to the facts here. The trouble started with the change of owner. An injury after a breeding session. Failed surgery in an attempt to fix the injury. Dressage in my opninion is a symbiosys between horse an rider. If the rider isn't capable of getting the best of the horse he has to accept that the combi may be bad, instead of forcing to perform. I agree that in this condition ( a bone inflamation) the combi should never have started in the first place.
+Lucid Is a real "rat" rather than rath.... this thing who pretends be a human...and a horseman, on top of it all .... is nothing but a freak of horsemanship! Must be banned out of these activities.
die Pferde die wirklich noch s schwungvoll gehen,bekommen schlechte Punktzahl...und Totias sollte nicht mehr starten durften,damit dieses arme Pferd endlich nicht mehr gequält wird.
That horse is HOPPING lame on the near hind. Brentina was disqualified in Beijing in 2008 for showing a far less dramatic 'unevenness'. This is a disgrace to our beautiful sport. Don't think that PETA aren't watching us for exactly this type of failure to self regulate. The IOC wants equestrian sport out of the Olympics... why are we giving them fuel to suggest we are cruel, unfeeling and abusing our horses?
Tortilas needs to be returned to Edwars Gal Before the best dressage stallion the world has ever seen is ruined anymore then he already has. When are you giung to realise no amiunt of money can buy or replace a connection between tortilas and edward gal. Hes not lame, hes over ridden, not allowed to just be him and is simply not supported by the ridsr , not connected and not happy. An uneven robot whos lost his expressive brilliance. Please return him before its too late
this was one of the worst tests of the whole championship. I could tell that horse was lame from the first stride the video showed. the poor horse's back, hips and hind legs hurt because of the use of rollker in his training. No wonder why he has been hurt so many times. Just look up his young horse stallion show when he was around 5. His movement was correct and swung unlike his movement today which is stiff and has no power from behind. They need to go back to the german way of riding (classical) instead of the dutch way (roller) if they want the horse to live past 14.
Das verstehe ich auch nicht! Wie können die Richter tolerieren, dass der Arme so durch die Prüfung gequält wird? Er hat sicher starke Schmerzen und dann sowas!
What happened to this horse? They took him away from his best rider, Edward Gal. The horse is only one part of that special golden and once in a lifetime-combination... the rider is the other part. Gal rode this horse with no pressure at all, you could see air between his legs and the horse. Gal never “drove” him, he “carried” him. That’s the difference
After Edward Gal won the dressage in london, the owner, Moorland, sold him in 2010 to the stables of Paul Schökemuele for €15.000.00. Mathias Rath tried to ride him but it never went anywhere. Shortly after, totilas got hurt during a breeding incident and never rode dressage again. Last i know is that he was used as a breeding stud.
Wie kann man so egoistisch sein. Das Pferd geht lahm und taktunrein. In der Klasse ein absolutes No-Go das Pferd so starten zu lassen. Hauptsache "man hat Totilas"...
Wie immer bei Totillas.....nur Show mit der Vorderhand......die Hinterhand läuft hinterher.......das wird nicht gesehn im größten Dressursport 👎👎👎👎 Das arme Pferd hat keine natürlichen Gangarten mehr. Aber auch UNDERCOVER , geritten von Edward Gal, zeigt sich so👎👎 Was ist eigentlich los, im so großen Dressursport? ??
Andrea Bellingrodt Ich bin ganz deiner Meinung. Edward Gal hat Totilas auch Rollkur geritten und den Undercover auch. Das ist ja das schlimme. Heutzutage sieht man Bilder die man eigentlich nicht sehen will. Meistens sind das die Männer die mehr mit Kraft reiten. Kristina Bröring-Sprehe, Helen Langehanenberg, Jessica von Brendow Werndl oder Isabell Werth reiten die Pferde nicht so eng!!!
I kind of hate some of these comments. Everyone's either assuming or going "Poor horse"... of course I don't agree with allowing him to compete, but I must agree to one of the comments saying he simply seems to have a bit arthritis, and its probably simply time for him to retire. If it was a legit injury, there's no way they would have been allowed to let him compete. And arthritis is nothing but an inflammation, nothing to do with outer causes. But there's no reason to be shaming anyone or jumping to conclusions especially if you don't know the true story first at hand
Katarina Dusk-starI feel the need to comment on such a stupid comment! arthritis is a very good reason not to be doing any form of dressage let alone grand prix dressage, it is not just inflammation of the joint but also damage to the joint, if you had severe arthritis in your knees you wouldn’t be running at all let alone run a marathon.
This has NOTHING to do with Dressage. It is a circus act. The horse is unsound. A sad state of affairs. Please follow facebook.com/HDV12Book to see what dressage is meant to be about.
Das ist einfach nur noch peinlich. Wer soll Rath denn bitte glauben, dass er während des Rittes nicht gemerkt haben soll dass Totilas unrund läuft?! Diese arme Pferd, ich wünsche ihm dass er endlich aus dem Sport genommen wird.
Mathias Rath is not the rider for Totilas, he has talent but not talented enough to show this horse properly, watch Rath's legs, like a rag doll, you should not be seeing this nor queues. Put Eddie Gal on Totilas and you'll see a different horse and a winner. Sorry, but Rath is not half the rider that Gal is.
I just don't understand why everyone is so happy at the end of the video. doesn't they see it?? poor totilas. he's a amazing horse but this doesn't work. As horse and rider you have to be a team, rath and totilas will never be. not like toto and Edward gal used to be. And I even don't understand the judges, the vets. This horse is not ' fit to compete'. and I also can't believe rath, why? its clear to me rath doesn't give a shit about a healthy totilas. Pfff..I'm glad they took him out of the competition. and sadly I don't think he's coming back. hope he can have a good old day and this tv soap is finally over. again : poor poor horse
I just don't understand why everyone is so happy at the end of the video. doesn't they see it?? poor totilas. he's a amazing horse but this doesn't work. As horse and rider you have to be a team, rath and totilas will never be. not like toto and Edward gal used to be. And I even don't understand the judges, the vets. This horse is not ' fit to compete'. and I also can't believe rath, why? its clear to me rath doesn't give a shit about a healthy totilas. Pfff..I'm glad they took him out of the competition. and sadly I don't think he's coming back. hope he can have a good old day and this tv soap is finally over. again : poor poor horse
How could the officials at Aachen allow this LAME and hurting horse to complete his test? I am thoroughly disgusted.
My heart cries for this beautiful stallion :(
Der Reitsport hat mit deisem Auftritt definitiv einen neuen Tiefpunkt erreich unglaublich wie kann man so etwas nur verantworten!!
How much a horse can change over the years. Totilas was a horse with full potential when he was with Edward. Now he is not even close to 50%. With Edward he gave pretty much everyone goosebumps. The horse was so powerfull. Now everyone only feels sad for him. He gets pulled to hard in his mouth. The person riding him even gripped the reigns shorter when they arrived, while they already where pretty short. Poor Totilas, it's so sad what has happend to you.
at 7:41 you see his left hind leg... makes me sad to see this, this was the day he was retired....
I feel so bad for that horse.. poor Totilas.
+Thomas F Thank you for this, I think everyone here is trying to be self-righteous and not really watching the horse with calm detachment. it's easy to get swept up in the emotion. Honestly, the most I could see was his hind quarters was lagging behind, but it would make sense, he is getting older, you can't expect a horse to work like a perfect machine until it dies.
But yea, thanks for this, it was so much more sensible than the rest of the over-emotional comments. :)
I was there in Aachen in 2015, i saw this live, and i still asking to myself how all the German Team including the Rider were joying and smiling after a perfectly clear irregular Horse, i think this has been really inaccetable.
A part of me hates that they rode Totilas to the ground, simply because he was the record breaking horse with Gal. Even when his condition worsened they rode him till he couldn't compete. I wish they had done something for him like Valegro, and retired him at his prime instead of showing him to the world, a lame horse. It's tarnished Toto's good name, his wonder image, and has left him a broken shell of what he was years ago. And it's sad because at the end of the day, he was an unknowing horse brought into the world and wrung out for all he was worth because of his natural talent.
This poor Totilas has been totally destroyed by Schockemöhle, Rath AND Gal who are all rollkur users. Gal himself confessed it was one of his dressage methods. He had no problem at the beginning because Totilas was young, but now the horse gets older, he's always injured. But we only have to look at his head and mouth to see that he's suffering.
It breaks my heart to see what's become of Totilas after he was taken away from Edward Gal. They screwed up big time. Poor, poor horse.
He was broken before Germany bought him. Blame Edward gal, he rides all his horses in the same manner. He broke that beautiful stallion Totilas, NOT the Germans.
Terrible. Very hard to watch. That horse is a wonder, that he continues to give under those circumstances...
Armer Totilas... ausgenutzt und mißbraucht. Mir kommen wieder die Tränen. Ich war damals dabei und habe es live erlebt. Wie hat man sich an diesem großartigen Pferd versündigt! Das fing ja schon mit dem Verkauf an. Wie kann man ein so einzigartiges Lebewesen verscherbeln wie ein Bündel Aktien!
RIP, wunderschöner Hengst, jetzt bist du frei...
According to German websites, the horse was diagnosed with bone edema in the pastern joint. This injury is usually caused by either excessive stress or trauma.
Poor Totilas. Lame on the left hind, almost the entire test behind the vertical, trying to open his mouth... Why did no one pull him?! If we can see it at home, how did he pass a trot up? Let alone complete the test?!
absolutely disgusting! poor horse. I hope we get answers as to why he was allowed to compete and to receive a score that high whilst being so obviously lame behind
Mallory Equestrian Simple the judges are either knowingly condoning it or they are just as cruel as the people who are forcing this horse to work lame.
Mallory Equestrian - It was NOT a high score for him. 75+. I think the judges were correct. He was not "officially" sound but hid it well. Much of his movements were brilliant. Scored from 11th place to 1st. Guess it depended on your angle of view.
if it was any other rider or horse he would have gotten scores in the 60th percentile. If I was judging, I would have given him 4s on a lot of movements which would have brought his scores down to the 50s. The only reason why he got such a high score is because he is Totilas and the judges can't see past his popularity and score him correctly.
too bad he became even more iregular in his hindlegs then he ever was. In the extended trot he walks lame even with his hind legs. I feel for him; if he wasn't so damn famous the bell to dq him would have rang. Sad day in modern dressage; a lame horse is allowed to compete...well forced would be a better word ofc
Thanks for posting so quickly.
Thank you for getting this up so quickly :D
It's a good job someone saved it given the FEI has taken down their post as the horse is lame!
I just don't understand why everyone is so happy at the end of the video. doesn't they see it?? poor totilas. he's a amazing horse but this doesn't work. As horse and rider you have to be a team, rath and totilas will never be. not like toto and Edward gal used to be. And I even don't understand the judges, the vets. This horse is not ' fit to compete'. and I also can't believe rath, why? its clear to me rath doesn't give a shit about a healthy totilas. Pfff..I'm glad they took him out of the competition. and sadly I don't think he's coming back.
hope he can have a good old day and this tv soap is finally over. again : poor poor horse
Ganz, ganz schlimm! Der ging hinten deutlich lahm! Die einer Wechsel fast alle parallel, es sah so aus als könnte er gar nicht. Im starken Trab auch sehr deutlich!
Ich bin wirklich geschockt...
Julia Wehder und im
Schritt !!!
I'm not very good at spotting lameness when it's subtle, but this horse is CLEARLY lame. This isn't what Dressage is about. I hope he was pulled from the competition and his handlers questioned as to why they'd allow Totilas to compete.
They didn't make the horse lame, the horse was sold to them lame because the seller probably knew there were issues and as a horse gets older and it's lame it just gets lamer. This poor horse has been push-me-pull-you'd all of his life and the damage was done by not only his current team but by his former team too. You can't rolkur the bejeesus out of a horse and use force in training and then be surprised when the body just can't tolerate the pressures of abhorent training. Rath & Co. were had, and they let themselves be had because they so wanted the glory. Only victim here is this poor horse. If his sperm is viable and he tosses out some good babies with any luck he'll be spared the all too famous "pasture accident".
DressageForTheRestOf of course this is my opinion. For those that think Gal didn't contribute to this horse's condition, think again. I know it's hard to admit when your perceived hero isn't one, but sad to say he's not. He is just another spoke in the broken wheel of today's competitive dressage.
DressageForTheRestOf IThat's not correct. The horse was bought to prevent the competition. Schockmohle admitted that they had the horse breed and then it was injured. For good order, a horse can't be sold when there is a remark of injury. It is about making a fast buck of a huge investment.
Amazing how you can destroy such a fantastic horse, all for money…. Edward Gal you did an amazing job and I miss you and Totilas together. Mathias cant handle the horse like you did.
Dieses arme Pferd 😔wunderschön doch durch diese ganze Tortur kaputtgeritten . Traurig und hart mit anzusehen :(
I'm ashamed on my country. Yes, Totilas is amazing. Yes, he's probably the most famous dressage horse. But no, torturing him isn't okay. I'm ashamed that this is my country. He's such a wonderful horse and I bet he would've been happier if someone actually listened to him and stopped them.
His beauty was his curse 😔😭❤ RIP beautiful boy. Shameful to destroy such a gorgeous animal the way they did.
Dressage was never my thing ... Until I first saw Totilas with Edward Gall ... or should I say Edward Gall with Totilas?!Totilas can't do anything more for this rider. Poor rich boy!Please give it back to Edward Gall so that Harmony and Excelence returns to Dressage.
Este caballo me ha robado el corazón, desde que lo vi con Edward Gal. Es simplemente espectacular, brillante, bello, inteligente y aunque hay montones de hermosos caballos como Valegro o Salinero, Totilas es el número 1 para mi. Pero lamentablemente su actual jinete, personalmente no ha logrado entenderlo, no hay química o una conexión. Me entristece un montón. Desearía que el volviera con su antiguo Jinete y verlo brillar en la arena de nuevo con Edward, como hace 5 años atrás. Best team forever.
Bien! Usted me ha robado las palabras
Maria, estuve viendo los juegos en Aachen y fue terrible para mi ver a Totilas en ese estado, él no es feliz. Vi a Edward con Undercover (Fritsie) y es algo espectacular, lamentablemente tuvo que ser descalificado, porque sangró, la inspección veterinaria anunció que el caballito se había mordido el labio, salieron de la arena y se detuvo el sangrado. Edward ama los caballos y se nota su pasión y su amor hacia ellos, tengo la fe de verlo en la cima de nuevo (aunque Charlotte me parece fantastica, pero solamente se le acerca a él). Sería muy feliz que Totilas volviera con él, pero si tu lo vez, desde mi punto de vista, tu le das a Edward un caballo bueno, él hace magia con él. Siento que al igual que yo, Edward tuvo que sentir mucho dolor en su corazón, al ver al hijo de Gribaldi, como hoy en dia es tan solo la sombra de lo que fue :(
I see a horse that wants to move, that wants to do its best, but is only pulled in the mouth, has pain... but wat you want, filled with stuff in his legs and hod knows what with injections, sad! daddy has money thats all no love here
Thomas F yeah they find a way, or undetectable drug promise !, i know the scene to good, I just want bang my head into a wall
Yeah right i know, but there is way more then just 'the best tracking' devices at hand here ..like money and power its not just that c'mon
Er lahmt eindeutig
das pferd ist doch lahm! unglaublich. solche taktfehler dürfen nicht auftreten. aber das kommt davon, wenn man von einem pferd so unnatürliche bewegungen fordert. es ist traurig mit anzusehen.
Ellen Bettina Wolff Schockierend beim Rueckwaertsrichten... Dressur hat anscheinend eine neue Definition.
Stef Reinhold Sogar ich (reite "nur" in einem Reitkurs ohne eigenes Pferd), sehe das dieses Pferd lahmt.... Schrecklich... Das ist Tierquälerrei!
Was muss eigentlich passieren, damit Pferde im Leistungssport gut behandelt werden?
Ich habe nichts gegen Leistungssport, aber dem Pferd muss es Freude bereiten!
Hier geht's nur um Geld....
TierFreundin3 ja es is echt schlimm..
Er wurde so kaputt geritten! Ich hab sofort gesehen, dass dieses "Wunderpferd" lahm ist... sowas sollte garnicht erst vorkommen dürfen! ! Die richter hätten abbrechen müssen finde ich! Aber es geht ja eh immer nur ums geld... !!!!! :(
es war einfach nur pure Geldgier und Tierquälerei, dieses Pferd überhaupt starten zu lassen!! jeder Richter hätte Totilas sofort rausnehmen müssen, aber eigentlich hätte das beim Vet-check bereits auffallen sollen.. Tja, Geld lässt mache Vets wegsehen...
and the judges have nothing to say, no opinion this is an corrupt sport, if you open your mouth youre out. this has to change the most. no souple horses no softness I never see that anymore
To think we cant see what they do with him at their facilities...
Ich seh da nur ein Wunderschönen Engel und ein Seelenmörder oben drauf!!
thanks for sharing!
The poor baby, he just wanted to breathe. I couldn't watch all of that.
thnxs for sharring ! a joke, what a shame :( Hind leg lameless
Thanks for the upload. I'm a little surprised he scored that high, the two just can't quite get it together. Hopefully they will have better luck tomorrow, or whenever the Special is.
The apparently inhumane treatment of such a talented horse is sad. I only hope his suffering brings change to the sport. I wonder what Edward Gal thinks and how he feels about what has happened to this innocent horse.
Armer totilas😢
Totilas won't compete anymore this weekend. he is in a clinic in Aachen due healthissues.
i am very sorry for Totilas
Da kann man nur sagen PFUI, PFUI!!!! und nebenbei, seit wann ist die Kandarre horizontal?
This horse isn't half of what i saw 5 years ago, and it's not all about the rider. He looks lame, tense and disconnected.
omgitsracheeel You're so right. Look at the performance before Schockemohle bought Totilas... They completely ruined the horse.
Thomas F Let's stick to the facts here. The trouble started with the change of owner. An injury after a breeding session. Failed surgery in an attempt to fix the injury. Dressage in my opninion is a symbiosys between horse an rider. If the rider isn't capable of getting the best of the horse he has to accept that the combi may be bad, instead of forcing to perform. I agree that in this condition ( a bone inflamation) the combi should never have started in the first place.
Ger Voeten Rath sucks and cant ride him.
+Lucid Is a real "rat" rather than rath.... this thing who pretends be a human...and a horseman, on top of it all .... is nothing but a freak of horsemanship! Must be banned out of these activities.
+Thomas F Thank you! (again) Gal hyper-flexed the horse, he just used up the horse and then sold it before it became a dead weight.
I'll say not the awesome comeback. The horse looks LAME for God's sake!
Gina Tiernan and its really showing too!
totilas is a stunning horse but this does not look good at all!
Was für eine schreckliche Tortur!!!!!
die Pferde die wirklich noch s schwungvoll gehen,bekommen schlechte Punktzahl...und Totias sollte nicht mehr starten durften,damit dieses arme Pferd endlich nicht mehr gequält wird.
Everyone thinks his extended trot is amazing and perfect but his hind leg action is lazy compared to his front end.
You can't call him a 'rider' cause he is actually torturing Totilas ...
Dieses arme Pferd - einst so stolz jetzt so furchtbar traurig.
Danke Rath und Schockemöhle - schämt euch bis zum Lebens Ende 😪😪😪
Poor horse!
This kind of so called sport means cruelty to the animal.
I hope so much that this poor horse can now relax much more than before.
This is a sadistic "sport" - like so many other 'sports' where animals are abused: Torture!
That horse is HOPPING lame on the near hind. Brentina was disqualified in Beijing in 2008 for showing a far less dramatic 'unevenness'. This is a disgrace to our beautiful sport. Don't think that PETA aren't watching us for exactly this type of failure to self regulate. The IOC wants equestrian sport out of the Olympics... why are we giving them fuel to suggest we are cruel, unfeeling and abusing our horses?
Totilas once knew how to dance..now he can barely walk..poor stallion
Poor poor manFor goodness sake let him rest n put a decent rider on him when he is better.Bring Edward back
Tortilas needs to be returned to Edwars Gal
Before the best dressage stallion the world has ever seen is ruined anymore then he already has.
When are you giung to realise no amiunt of money can buy or replace a connection between tortilas and edward gal.
Hes not lame, hes over ridden, not allowed to just be him and is simply not supported by the ridsr , not connected and not happy. An uneven robot whos lost his expressive brilliance.
Please return him before its too late
this was one of the worst tests of the whole championship. I could tell that horse was lame from the first stride the video showed. the poor horse's back, hips and hind legs hurt because of the use of rollker in his training. No wonder why he has been hurt so many times. Just look up his young horse stallion show when he was around 5. His movement was correct and swung unlike his movement today which is stiff and has no power from behind. They need to go back to the german way of riding (classical) instead of the dutch way (roller) if they want the horse to live past 14.
Versteh ich nicht, dass der fertigreiten durfte, wo das Pferd offensichtlich lahmt....
Das verstehe ich auch nicht! Wie können die Richter tolerieren, dass der Arme so durch die Prüfung gequält wird? Er hat sicher starke Schmerzen und dann sowas!
What happened to this horse? They took him away from his best rider, Edward Gal. The horse is only one part of that special golden and once in a lifetime-combination... the rider is the other part. Gal rode this horse with no pressure at all, you could see air between his legs and the horse. Gal never “drove” him, he “carried” him. That’s the difference
After Edward Gal won the dressage in london, the owner, Moorland, sold him in 2010 to the stables of Paul Schökemuele for €15.000.00. Mathias Rath tried to ride him but it never went anywhere. Shortly after, totilas got hurt during a breeding incident and never rode dressage again. Last i know is that he was used as a breeding stud.
Yeah sad that the Gal-Totilas combi was broken by money...
Edward Gal knows this horse so much better....hate to see this !!!!!!!!!!!
Wie kann man so egoistisch sein.
Das Pferd geht lahm und taktunrein.
In der Klasse ein absolutes No-Go das Pferd so starten zu lassen.
Hauptsache "man hat Totilas"...
this video looks as if it has been tampered with!
They had Edward Gal and Totilas should never take apart, they were just a great unit. Mathias Rath is a good rider, but not for Totilas.
Like people, horses can have a bad day.
The horse isn't lame,, Rath is a terrible rider,,, period. He has ruined Totilas, such a shame. SMH.
Wie immer bei Totillas.....nur Show mit der Vorderhand......die Hinterhand läuft hinterher.......das wird nicht gesehn im größten Dressursport 👎👎👎👎
Das arme Pferd hat keine natürlichen Gangarten mehr.
Aber auch UNDERCOVER , geritten von Edward Gal, zeigt sich so👎👎
Was ist eigentlich los, im so großen Dressursport? ??
Andrea Bellingrodt Ich bin ganz deiner Meinung. Edward Gal hat Totilas auch Rollkur geritten und den Undercover auch. Das ist ja das schlimme. Heutzutage sieht man Bilder die man eigentlich nicht sehen will. Meistens sind das die Männer die mehr mit Kraft reiten. Kristina Bröring-Sprehe, Helen Langehanenberg, Jessica von Brendow Werndl oder Isabell Werth reiten die Pferde nicht so eng!!!
+K_ Ponydressurreiterin Von Isabell werth gibt es leider auch Rollkurbilder und auch Videos😕
Poor boy is obviously lame, the judges and Mathias Rath should be fined. This is unacceptable...
I don't like the content at all, but thanks for sharing so quickly!
mathies ofzo hoort niet bij totilas edward wel!!!
I kind of hate some of these comments. Everyone's either assuming or going "Poor horse"... of course I don't agree with allowing him to compete, but I must agree to one of the comments saying he simply seems to have a bit arthritis, and its probably simply time for him to retire. If it was a legit injury, there's no way they would have been allowed to let him compete. And arthritis is nothing but an inflammation, nothing to do with outer causes. But there's no reason to be shaming anyone or jumping to conclusions especially if you don't know the true story first at hand
Katarina Dusk-starI feel the need to comment on such a stupid comment! arthritis is a very good reason not to be doing any form of dressage let alone grand prix dressage, it is not just inflammation of the joint but also damage to the joint, if you had severe arthritis in your knees you wouldn’t be running at all let alone run a marathon.
This has NOTHING to do with Dressage. It is a circus act. The horse is unsound. A sad state of affairs. Please follow facebook.com/HDV12Book to see what dressage is meant to be about.
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Das ist einfach nur noch peinlich. Wer soll Rath denn bitte glauben, dass er während des Rittes nicht gemerkt haben soll dass Totilas unrund läuft?!
Diese arme Pferd, ich wünsche ihm dass er endlich aus dem Sport genommen wird.
Well it was clear that it would come to this. Man exploiting animals....sad..... breedingnews.com/totilas-death-2010-2020-rip/
Mathias Rath is not the rider for Totilas, he has talent but not talented enough to show this horse properly, watch Rath's legs, like a rag doll, you should not be seeing this nor queues. Put Eddie Gal on Totilas and you'll see a different horse and a winner. Sorry, but Rath is not half the rider that Gal is.
Disgusting to do that to any horse
the rider is simply not talented enough! besides if the horse is Lame.
I just don't understand why everyone is so happy at the end of the video. doesn't they see it?? poor totilas. he's a amazing horse but this doesn't work. As horse and rider you have to be a team, rath and totilas will never be. not like toto and Edward gal used to be. And I even don't understand the judges, the vets. This horse is not ' fit to compete'. and I also can't believe rath, why? its clear to me rath doesn't give a shit about a healthy totilas. Pfff..I'm glad they took him out of the competition. and sadly I don't think he's coming back.
hope he can have a good old day and this tv soap is finally over. again : poor poor horse
I just don't understand why everyone is so happy at the end of the video. doesn't they see it?? poor totilas. he's a amazing horse but this doesn't work. As horse and rider you have to be a team, rath and totilas will never be. not like toto and Edward gal used to be. And I even don't understand the judges, the vets. This horse is not ' fit to compete'. and I also can't believe rath, why? its clear to me rath doesn't give a shit about a healthy totilas. Pfff..I'm glad they took him out of the competition. and sadly I don't think he's coming back.
hope he can have a good old day and this tv soap is finally over. again : poor poor horse