Katie Price Dressage test video

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Who said the horse was a schoolmaster? or didnt I read the article properly?

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Peter bought it for her a while ago, and then it said it was a schoolmaster. Paid a lot of money for it, i think it was in double figures in the thouand bracket.

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And in another post it says ..

"Her horse used to belong to my yard owner! She's actually a PSG horse who was called Northern Blaze! "

That's through in comp riders.
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To be honest I cant see the video because i am at work and its blocked, but I am not sure what some people are expecting from a first unaffiliated dressage test.......bear in mind when it comes to riding she is just like the rest of us and those trying dressage for the first time on this forum are generally very well supported...why should she be different?
 
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To me there was a lot of moving around and shifting weight in the saddle, her legs too, and the horses head was swinging and lifting all over the place! it almost looked to me that the horse was too much or too big for her?!

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I did! see my earlier post above!
 
hum...just thinking now....the hores has 156 dressage points and has not been downgraded. I hope her first unaffiliated test was not run under BD rules!
 
VictoriaEDT I have to agree with a lot of your points!

Spaklet I don't think it's case of not being well supported, people are just giving their honest opinions. If there is any reason "why she should be different" then I suppose not all of us are quoted in the media as saying we want to be in the next Olmpics etc and buy very expensive horses to compete on - things that set peoples expectations into thinking she may be better than she is. As I say I'm not knocking her at all, I like her and think good on her for having a go.
 
I guess I am quite a critical person generally - But I didn't think this was very good. Having said that I don't know how much dressage exp she has had, how long she has had this horse for, etc.
There was a lot of resistance from the horse and that's what put me off. Don't think her riding was great either. *Runs and hides lest anyone sees my own riding as it currently stands*!!
 
Fair play to her for getting out there. Horse looks like it has a big action and Katie's not use to it yet. Sure, hands aren't great at the moment (dark gloves would have been a good idea!) but all in all a good effort for a first outing.

I felt a bit guilty watching the 'paps' video but it looked like there was another camera man on site so no doubt it'll turn up on her TV show in due course.
 
I am not knocking her at all, it was just from all the hype I was kind of expecting a bit more from her! I think it is just the unhorsey media talking crap making everyone think that she is the next carl hester!
As a person she makes me laugh and I like anyone who loves horses like she does!
 
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VictoriaEDT I have to agree with a lot of your points!

Spaklet I don't think it's case of not being well supported, people are just giving their honest opinions. If there is any reason "why she should be different" then I suppose not all of us are quoted in the media as saying we want to be in the next Olmpics etc and buy very expensive horses to compete on - things that set peoples expectations into thinking she may be better than she is. As I say I'm not knocking her at all, I like her and think good on her for having a go.

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Ahh...so its not about her riding but about the quote in the paper????
 
Well, I don't know how long she's been riding, how many lessons she's had, what those lessons focussed on, how nervous she was, how much pressure she felt under, whether she knew the world's press would be there, how difficult this mare is to ride nor even how long she's been riding her, so I don't think it's fair for me to either criticise or compliment her riding. It does usually take nerve to perform something you're new to in front of a big audience, though, so if nothing else, I think that showed some courage and I'm very thankful it wasn't me in her boots.
 
Oh dear, not seen the video but i suspect my tests at the weekend were much the same as hers!
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I too struggle to keep my hands still in trot
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, especially it seems actually in the test (possibly something to do with being a bit nervous
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Would hate any of the people criticising to watch me do a test (bear in mind i've done 3 in my life!)...
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At the end of the day, it doesn't matter whether she rode well or not. She did DO well because she came 6th. People can impose their opinions on her riding as much as they like, but I just think it's pointless - she isn't going to see the so called 'constructive critiscism', and it's so unlikely that she actually cares what people think - otherwise she probably wouldn't have made her debut at Hickstead!!

The horsey world should be grateful that she is promoting the sport well and publicising it. Who gives a stuff what her standard is (which IMO is good!) Who does ride perfectly in their first dressage test on a big horse like that?
 
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............. but it's not like she is a novice rider.

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Nor am I. But many of us on a big striding horse like that, that has that bit of cadence and elevation that many of us very rarely get to sit on, and you'd be swinging around on your hands too.

Everyone that can do better - I'd like to see it.

Stop knocking her and give her some credit for goodness sake. All you're doing is reinforcing the fact that the horse world is full of 'I can do better b*tch*s'!

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bloody well said, there really are some pathetic people that look for ANY fault in another just to try and make themselves out to be a better rider. Really gets up my nose.

well done katie, you rode much better than i could have done...
 
It was a good effort for a first unaffiliated dressage comp at prelim level. As I understand she is not a dressage rider, but has done more sj and dressage is an ENTIRELY different ballgame. The horse was also taking the Pi** a little (in a nice way). I would have thought it works medium level or above with a dressage rider. However, the majority of dressage schoolmasters are just that - they will not go nicely unless they are ridden appropriately. The contact, balance etc has to be just right - and when it s they say 'thank you' and suddenly engage and become light and wonderful. But as a non dresage rider you need the time to sort these things out.

My own horse works medium/advanced medium but put a non dressage rider on him (like me when I first bought him) and he goes like a camel. six months with regular lessons KP will be training at an entirely different level with the same horse
 
Ahhh a PSG horse - well different kettle of fish and I am sorry but utterly foolish for her to be riding Prelim on a PSG - totally different way of going and too many buttons - better off to be on an Established Medium horse until she learns the ropes and then get on the PSG for comps (nothing wrong with training on it).

Just my opinion - I am a VERY novice dressage rider and a self confessed speed demon and jumper myself, but I would have been thoroughly disappointed if that had been me - I would be kicking myself for being so tense, which is where most of the faults came from - but they ARE to be expected, as I said previously - she will get there.
 
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VictoriaEDT I have to agree with a lot of your points!

Spaklet I don't think it's case of not being well supported, people are just giving their honest opinions. If there is any reason "why she should be different" then I suppose not all of us are quoted in the media as saying we want to be in the next Olmpics etc and buy very expensive horses to compete on - things that set peoples expectations into thinking she may be better than she is. As I say I'm not knocking her at all, I like her and think good on her for having a go.

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Ahh...so its not about her riding but about the quote in the paper????

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Sorry its been a long day and I'm not sure what you are getting at?
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You said 'why should she be different to any other person on here' and I was pointing out that there are differences the main one being that she is in the papers saying she wants to compete in the next Olympics. Pair that with publicity about her having this uber horse for her birthday and yes I'm suprised she rides like the clip I've just seen?
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I haven't had chance to read through the whole thread, but, for a first ever attempt, i thought it was good dispite the awful positioning of the video camera

Yes there were times her diagonal was a little iffy, yes at times there was opposite bend and her nerves made her ridged and her hands have a life of thier own..... but that was a damn good first attempt on a horse that didn't look the easiest.

How many times have we ridden what we thought was a good test only to see the video and say "oh".

For a beginner at dressage I thought she did very well, and from what I saw I thought there was a good foundation for the future. She now has a dressage sheet with constructive comments for her to work on at home.

as I said I thought she did very well, and I look forward to seeing how she progresses.

Go Katie
 
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Katie used to ride at my yard, as well as riding a lot at the yard that taught me to jump (also where pete had a few riding lessons) she is a very nice rider definetly not a novice.

People say they could do better etc, but could they do better when they knew the pictures would be everywhere, cameras everywhere! and such high expectations. I know not many people could keep concentration
 
There's an awful lot of preciousness on this thread. Yea, I have done better, so bloody what. Anyone would think I was slating her mercilessly. Geez, what I said was fcuk all compared to the vast majority of criticisms you lot give most of the time.

As for the nerves sketch. Bollocks. Katie is so used to the cameras and she has more than enough balls to not be phased to the extent that you're making out she must have been.

Honestly, the way you lot go on anyone would think I'd grieviously insulted the person who'd rescued you from certain death.
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The cameras wouldn't have made her nervous, let's face it, how did they know she was going to be there if it didn't come from her camp
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Competing for the first time makes ANYONE nervous tho!

I do agree with you on the whole tho.
 
i must admit i was surprised watching the video after all the olympic hype i thought she was a much better rider than that, but you gotta start somewhere
 
Well, i've only just managed to get to watch the video, and i'm no dressage rider by any means....

Firstly, i think the selectors have very little to worry about for 2012
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Without wanting to sound like a b1tch, she simply doesn't have the *natural* talent required imo
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Okay, she was probably very nervous, and the horse is clearly several (well rather a LOT actually) grades above where she is at the moment.

The whole test seemed to lack balance, fluidity,
accuracy and straightness...in fact, apart from the fact that it was Jordan riding i struggled to see very much positive in the thing at all.

If that was a 60%+ test then all i can say is there is hope for this ol' jumper yet.....
 
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But many of us on a big striding horse like that, that has that bit of cadence and elevation that many of us very rarely get to sit on, and you'd be swinging around on your hands too.

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I'm not getting involved in whether she rode well or not, but I can't agree with you on your comments Amy; I'd imagine that if a lot of people on here were given the opportunity to ride such a lovely schoolmaster, that they would probably ride it very well indeed. I am no dressage rider, however I was offered the ride on a Prix St Georges horse many years ago - and my riding was amazing (not floating my own boat here, because as I say I am certainly NO dressage rider
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She does have very wobbly legs is all I'll say ... and I'm only saying because I can't stand people wearing spurs when they have no leg control, and not to be bitchy.
 
She might be a passenger rather than a pilot, but didn't we all start there once? She rode that horse quite nicely for the standard she's at (which isn't Olympic!).

And for those who think they could do a great job on the mare, I have a school mistress and she's not easy alll of the time! THere's a difference between push button and school mistress... I think it's great she wants to improve and she's getting out there. Dressage terrifies me and I only do it when I have to (I always forget my tests and I hate being scrutinised like that), so she has my admiration to be able to do it with the world watching.

And while she may not be 2010 material, at least she's raising the profile of the sport! We should all get behind her, not pull her to pieces.
 
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