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JUST SAY “YES!!!!”

It is with heartfelt gratitude to the over 41,000 people out there who, under the pressure of just a few weeks, identified what they don’t want to see in dressage, that we dedicate and announce Just Say YES! - which we guarantee will excite and inspire you.

Just Say YES! is designed to make all of us think about what is most beautiful between a horse and a person. It is about identifying what is most beautiful to each of us personally and why that is so. It is about inspiring ourselves and each other to greater heights of excellence in whatever we do with our horses.

We are focusing visual images for that inspiration here at the Just Say Yes forum – video and photographs that demonstrate to you, that speak to you about all the wonderful and beautiful things that dressage and other areas of horsemanship can be – images that inspire you whenever you look at them - and that you think will inspire others. Images that make you shout “YES!” with excitement, “YES! That’s what I want to see!”

An integral part of that inspiration is your comments about the images that you send in – your comments about what there is about this image
that Just Says YES! to you about the beauty and the poetry that a horse and human can be together.

41,000 people signed the petition against Rollkur that went to the FEI in February 2010. 41,000 people decided what they DIDN’T want to see. Imagine the power for change when 41,000 plus people focus on what they DO want to see.

Wow, what a thought…

Thus, Just Say YES! Is born here today.

We are looking forward with excitement to this campaign rolling across the world, emphasising all that is positive out there in the horse world and bringing about even more of the excitement and beauty that being with horses can inspire.

You will no doubt want to say "YES!" to something differently to each of the people who post here and who are collaborating on this campaign - in fact I'll be surprised if you don't. Just Say YES! is designed to celebrate those differences.

But most of all, Just Say YES! is about you - so what do YOU want to say "YES!" to?

Post your photos here or a link to the video footage of those things that demonstrate what you want to say "YES!" to

It will be either a photo or video footage of a horse and person doing some beautiful piece of horse work that you admire. It could be at the elite level of horsemanship. It could be a little kid doing something beautiful with their pony. It may be of yourself and your own horse.

Please don't forget to say who it is (horse and person) and if you have thier contact details have them available, because we may want to ask permission to use these images for an exciting new project that is on the drawing board.

And most importantly, don’t forget to write what it is about this image that inspires you – and WHY you think this is a truly beautiful piece of work.

It is our wish and desire, that Just Say YES! rolls out all over the world, with joyful positivity - emphasising the vast amount of what is already wonderful and beautiful and positive out there in the horse world and escalating it to engage even more people to new heights of beautiful horsemanship.

So be encouraged to take this Just Say YES! idea and run with it yourself. Set up your own websites, your own discussion groups, your own blogs, your own facebook pages – talk about it, laugh about it, be inspired about it, inspire others about it.

Keep it positive. Keep it beautiful. Keep it inspiring.

And do all that … for the horse and for you.