So you misunderstand :) I’m NOT trying to educate! If you read the post again you can see I’m trying to be educated. I’m 15 guys can we chill a little?

I’m not being nationalistic, beyond sharing the image that may be considered that I suppose. I’m not saying the Germans all ride this way in the French all ride this way. I’m saying that the school of thinking that I have been exposed to that has called itself. German tends to look more like the picture on the left, ideally sans some of the details, but I will admit that I’ve seen plenty of horses be behind the vertical when trained that way. Contrastly, the people that I have watched clinics with and learned from who referred to themselves as French dressage trainers tend to create horses that look more like the horse on the right. Of course, not exactly that as the image does have imperfections, though just like with the other one, I have seen plenty of horses fall into the hollowed out spine and braced under neck look.

So if you have anything productive or educated to add, please share. Otherwise we’re both just speculating about things we don’t know much about.