In this photo you can see more clearly how the ropes are tied to the side, so the horse can’t turn his head to bite. There is very little a horse can physically do to object to what’s happening to them in cross ties like this. It can seriously damage them psychologically.
It seems to me like this horse is a lot more resigned to whatever is happening.
And of course, just like we talked about earlier, apart from the potential psychological damage, horses tied like this do not learn to stand still and co-operate either.