Dressage Carl Hester and Nip Tuck special partnership video

[shortstuff99]

FEI TV are doing a series on special partnerships and today is Carl Hester and Nip Tuck. Thought you might enjoy watching it

 

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Thanks for posting this - my favourite ever dressage partnership And my dodgy rural Scottish internet connection actually played it ?

 

[milliepops]

ahhh thanks for sharing. I was & am a big Barney fan. I was there the day he won at Olympia and I cried! the clips from that night gave me goosebumps again. a real story of training helping a horse to shine, rather than natural talent helping it along.
Had a nice cuddle with him on a yard visit a few years ago

 

[tatty_v]

Really enjoyed this, thank you for posting. Carl seems to have such appreciation for his horses and I love Barney, especially with his occasional spook!

 

[shortstuff99]

He was one of my favourites too, really does show how you don't need the most expensive horse to do well as long as you have correct training.

 

[ester]

It would have been nice to see some pre grandprix stuff but I guess FEI perhaps don't have that footage.

 

[milliepops]

Katie Bailey rode him before carl brought him out at GP I believe

 

[ester]

ahh it just seemed a shame to call it partnership journey's mention that he got him as a yearling then skip a good few years. But I don't know any of his back story.

 

[milliepops]

There's a video of them at my local venue on YouTube doing a medium. Looks like a smart horse but doing a fairly ordinarily competent test ?

 

[shortstuff99]

ahh it just seemed a shame to call it partnership journey's mention that he got him as a yearling then skip a good few years. But I don't know any of his back story.

If I remember it correctly, Nip Tuck was part of 3 yearlings that he bought and then he sold him to a friend. Only that he accidently gave the wrong yearling to the friend and when she noticed he offered to swap but she said no she was attached to that one now ?. I know Carl likes to train behind the scenes and then take over the ride. I've found an early test of him here

 

[ester]

thanks SS

 

[milliepops]

I think there have been a fair few where the younger riders based there have brought the horses out at the start of their competition careers. I can't remember which horse it was but I went to a demo at Hartpury many years ago, and there was a very sticky girl whirling around in the background on one of the young horses that needed some... "exposure" before it would be ready for shows ? clearly a whole system that works

 

[oldie48]

It does show with correct training that you don't need to spend £1,000s of have perfect conformation/the flashiest of paces. I think I'm correct in saying that they paid £4K for Valegro. This pic is taken at Hartpury before the 2012 Olympics, I think but MP may have a better memory. It was such an interesting session as Carl talked the audience through all of the weaknesses and strengths of both horses and the audience was encouraged to make plenty of noise to help accustom Barney to an "atmosphere".

 

[milliepops]

I think that might have been the 2015 convention? as Uthopia went to London.

 

[oldie48]

I think that might have been the 2015 convention? as Uthopia went to London.

Yes I did think that after I'd posted, definitely the BD convention though.

 

[scats]

I enjoyed watching that, thank you.