Takes talent and dedication to train this horses, and My hat goes off to both the trainers and HORSES. Is beautiful to see what this Beautiful gentle creatures can do.
Honestly, the Ledvade at 1:09 was the most impressive to me... the piaffe was active, but not consistant, but that levade was nice, its rare you see one with such collection
Sky212 i agree totally. The heads are tied so tight that they are behind the vertical. in the thesaurus of equitation, this would be listed as the opposite of the Spanish Riding School and their TRUE classical piaffes and levades!
Please people HUSH UP. These horses have been bred for hundreds of years to be able to cope with the physical demand of such manuevers. Look at how muscular they are! I'm pretty sure the owners of these horses know what they are doing. You're not the horse, you don't know what they are thinking.
The horses are Andalusians, so they have a naturally high/curled neck carriage, but I saw the draw reins on one of the horses, and they don't look like they have any slack. But I agree, the horses look too tense.
@Kathiemin I agree that you can see the tension in these horses as they are being asked for their movements, but honestly, I have yet to see horses that perform these movements look truly relaxed. I don't know if its just that these horses are somewhat hot by nature or they just get worked up. I do notice however that in this video you see the horses completely relaxed while standing on the wall waiting for their next turn to perform.
they are very beautiful horses, though sometimes i wonder whether what theyre doing puts them in distress =[ nevertheless, an art that really expresses the elegance of the horse. May i ask where abouts in Spain this was? I would love to visit!
@SweetJudith12345. Believe it or not all these movements are natural for the horse, in nature they all rear, buck, levade, trot, piaffee, when all when their trying to find and/or attract a mate to breed. this has no stain on their bodies what so ever!. the only strain that is done is on their tendons and muscles and IT DOESN'T hurt them, is a natural expansion and flex that is done in every movement that they do. so before you make a statement that is b.s.. do some research... Please?
If you want to have a winge about horses getting damaged, go onto a jumping vidd or a racing one. Both of those would do more damage to there bone structure than Dressage. None of the tricks are done excessively to cause them and kind of stress, they don't look unhappy, and this is how they earn there keep. There in perfect condition, theye are worth too much to treat poorly. Prity easy life if you ask me.
Gorgeous horses, but excepting that levade that was mentioned previously, it looks like trick training to me. The horses look really stressed and nervous, their necks are always curled... it just doesn't look that pretty to me.
well you can do a lot of research and all that, but one thing you'll only learn of experience and that is correct movement. all these horses are not moveing correctly and there tails are not relaxed at all!!
NO onky in rollkur there is damage to the neck abd poll. is the correct headset (the CLASSICAL headset) is utilized the horse is suprme athelete. reining is harder on the back legs and cutting is harder on the front legs than dressage ever could be! "modern dressage" is what is ruining horses. look up 'worried eyes' vid!
You can EASILY see that at 1:03 the horse is tied ito a rullkur position, his head TIED to the saddlle, behind the vertical. This is cruelty. Look op 'rullkut' or 'rollkur' The FEI does NO condone it. And tail swishing is fine but when a horse 'blows' like the first one did, that IS a sign of mental stress. And their heads being tied behind the vertical proved these guys are ignorant. it permenantly damages tendons ligaments and causees arthritis at the poll. The guys arent professinals!
Takes talent and dedication to train this horses, and My hat goes off to both the trainers and HORSES. Is beautiful to see what this Beautiful gentle creatures can do.
wow...these horses are beautiful!
GoldenOakFarm: Hooray for knowledgeable horse persons with a voice of reason!
Honestly, the Ledvade at 1:09 was the most impressive to me... the piaffe was active, but not consistant, but that levade was nice, its rare you see one with such collection
pause it at 3:30...the horses looks amazing!
very very nice
Sky212 i agree totally. The heads are tied so tight that they are behind the vertical. in the thesaurus of equitation, this would be listed as the opposite of the Spanish Riding School and their TRUE classical piaffes and levades!
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Great horse love to know how they do it
Please people HUSH UP. These horses have been bred for hundreds of years to be able to cope with the physical demand of such manuevers. Look at how muscular they are! I'm pretty sure the owners of these horses know what they are doing. You're not the horse, you don't know what they are thinking.
The horses are Andalusians, so they have a naturally high/curled neck carriage, but I saw the draw reins on one of the horses, and they don't look like they have any slack. But I agree, the horses look too tense.
@Kathiemin I agree that you can see the tension in these horses as they are being asked for their movements, but honestly, I have yet to see horses that perform these movements look truly relaxed. I don't know if its just that these horses are somewhat hot by nature or they just get worked up. I do notice however that in this video you see the horses completely relaxed while standing on the wall waiting for their next turn to perform.
this isn't dressage. Dressage is where you are riding the horse. this is just dancing.
These are definately iberian horses and NOT Lippizans but thx for the comments ;)
they are very beautiful horses, though sometimes i wonder whether what theyre doing puts them in distress =[
nevertheless, an art that really expresses the elegance of the horse.
May i ask where abouts in Spain this was? I would love to visit!
Niiice horses!
Similar to a circus.... These horses are obviouslky very talented and could perform better under less pressure.
Ich bewundere die klassisch-barocke reitkunst, aber diese pferde sind viel zu kurz ausgebunden und wirken hyperaktiv und gestresst
Fantastic video. Was this Jerez?
@SweetJudith12345. Believe it or not all these movements are natural for the horse, in nature they all rear, buck, levade, trot, piaffee, when all when their trying to find and/or attract a mate to breed. this has no stain on their bodies what so ever!. the only strain that is done is on their tendons and muscles and IT DOESN'T hurt them, is a natural expansion and flex that is done in every movement that they do. so before you make a statement that is b.s.. do some research... Please?
If you want to have a winge about horses getting damaged, go onto a jumping vidd or a racing one. Both of those would do more damage to there bone structure than Dressage.
None of the tricks are done excessively to cause them and kind of stress, they don't look unhappy, and this is how they earn there keep. There in perfect condition, theye are worth too much to treat poorly.
Prity easy life if you ask me.
@KalamariSquid. i figured u'd say that, typical...
Your horse is more likely to have leg and joint problems if they are jumped to death, not so much through dressage.
so? i had an ex-carriage horse that had bad leg problems. how often you see a carriage horse gallop?
Gorgeous horses, but excepting that levade that was mentioned previously, it looks like trick training to me. The horses look really stressed and nervous, their necks are always curled... it just doesn't look that pretty to me.
Oh my O_O
Those horses are stressed and totally NOT collected
Just look at the ´piaffe´.
There is really no collection at all!!
Having got one of this breed, I absolutely adore them. However dont like seeing shows like this, they look forced and wound up.
well you can do a lot of research and all that, but one thing you'll only learn of experience and that is correct movement. all these horses are not moveing correctly and there tails are not relaxed at all!!
NO onky in rollkur there is damage to the neck abd poll. is the correct headset (the CLASSICAL headset) is utilized the horse is suprme athelete. reining is harder on the back legs and cutting is harder on the front legs than dressage ever could be! "modern dressage" is what is ruining horses. look up 'worried eyes' vid!
huh?
You can EASILY see that at 1:03 the horse is tied ito a rullkur position, his head TIED to the saddlle, behind the vertical. This is cruelty. Look op 'rullkut' or 'rollkur' The FEI does NO condone it. And tail swishing is fine but when a horse 'blows' like the first one did, that IS a sign of mental stress. And their heads being tied behind the vertical proved these guys are ignorant. it permenantly damages tendons ligaments and causees arthritis at the poll. The guys arent professinals!