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| goneriding |
Posted - Feb 18 2007 : 06:38:42 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NrUqeCiykY
I'm not really into dressage but I thought this was pretty incredible. However, people who are into this discipline tell me that's it's not a big deal how this horse is performing it.
Still it's pretty spiffy in my book!
Happy Trails :-)
Don't sweat the small stuff... |
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| Horseyrider |
Posted - Feb 18 2007 : 2:52:27 PM
Sandy, the three legged canter is not one of the classical movements; you'll never see it in the tests. It's just showy stuff for fun. So if you haven't seen it before, you're pretty normal. 
Oh, and it's nice to know someone else's horses enjoy airs above ground out in the pasture! |
| ponyexpress |
Posted - Feb 18 2007 : 1:29:18 PM
I had never seen a three legged canter in dressage movements. I would likely have been on the phone with the vet in a heartbeat without knowing the horse was "supposed" to do that!
Becky, my horse had his own style of freeform dance in the pasture....it was called, "jump six feet sideways if I hear a rustling in the bushes." Entertaining when watching from a distance, not so much when experiencing it while riding!
I've tried to find a suitable exercise video for women my age...but they haven't made one called "Buns of Putty" |
| Horseyrider |
Posted - Feb 18 2007 : 07:41:05 AM
You bet it's spiffy! I've seen this California trainer before at the Friesian Extravaganza there. She has a knack for turning the classical stuff into something really flashy and fun. While this is not technically a great performance (bad transitions during the half pass at canter, an attempt at levade that was merely a rear, lack of separation of the hocks during some canter pirouettes, stiffness in the back during piaffe, yada yada) it still nevertheless reflects years of careful training. Not all horses can do the whole enchilada with excellence, and few can do it with perfection. This is still outstanding work in both horse and trainer.
She did cheat with the three legged canter though. First of all, it's not a classical movement, and if it was, she only does it to the right. It's not hard to train with some care, trust, and a one legged hobble strung to the offside through the circingle. |
| beckels |
Posted - Feb 18 2007 : 07:24:10 AM
I can't imagine the time that spent to train this beauiful horse......but I always wondered if the horse had music piped to the pasture would he still do his own freeform dance....
beckels
(we sometimes play music in our rabbit barn to keep them calm and use to voices they usually tolerate country and classical but not rock - rock makes them really jumpy sometimes) |
