I'm speechless. I found this photo on Facebook with this text:
Beautiful horse, he is waiting for a show no doubt, and his head collected helps build muscles in his neck makes him carry himself from his hind end which makes him less likely to injure himself , also helps stretch the back muscles. I bet they has it like that just long enough for the picture. If he really had a problem with it he could rip the reins apart.
You have to be an idiot if you can't see nothing's wrong in this picture! And you have to be an even bigger idiot if you think that a forced position has any beneficial of building muscles correct. I'm still surprised at how many naive and ignorant people lives in this world. It just shows that science hasn't yet made a breake trough regarding training of horses.
If I quickly analyze this pictures I can see that the horse is over bent in the neck and the head goes too far back. So I would call this a "mild" Rollkur. In addition the reins are very tightly tied to the saddle so it pulls the horse in it's mouth. As it stands tied here the back can't carry it self natural and I can almost assure you that the back certainly is swaying. And funny he says it can easily tear the reins in pieces. In this position the horse can't do nothing, as soon as he moves his head too much the reins will pull him hard in the mouth and with this sharp bit it's gonna hurt a lot. So if the horse starts to fight back he'll get his own strength right back straight in his mouth.
Now I'll let you judge the analysis of what appears most correct.
I can only say that I feel sorry for this beautiful horse. It deserves a better and wiser owner.
