CastleMouse
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Reiner Klimke and Ahlerich with their Gold Medal Ride at the 1984 Olympics...
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=tKbqokuTzh8
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=tKbqokuTzh8
Reiner Klimke and Ahlerich at the 1984 Olympics...
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MissDeMeena
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A joy to watch!!!
And i'm sorry, but it makes me agree with the article posted in 'latest news' from the Gardian.. I feel sorry for todays dressage horses!!
That looked like a very well schooled horse, on the aids and working with it's rider.. today they look like circus ponies performing tricks!!
I wonder how that test would be marked against todays tests???????
And i'm sorry, but it makes me agree with the article posted in 'latest news' from the Gardian.. I feel sorry for todays dressage horses!!
That looked like a very well schooled horse, on the aids and working with it's rider.. today they look like circus ponies performing tricks!!
I wonder how that test would be marked against todays tests???????
Gonetofrance
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I remember watching this at the time when I was desperate to learn, and what I took from it then was how easy it seemed to him, and I was too in awe of what he was doing to figure any of it out.
I watch it now and realise what incredible hands the man had. You could probably, (churlishly) pick some holes in the piaffe and passage, but at what price have these been improved?
I was quite choked watching that, the horse was so joyously forward.
Hmmmm........not sure how to resolve this with my admiration of today's riders...........
I watch it now and realise what incredible hands the man had. You could probably, (churlishly) pick some holes in the piaffe and passage, but at what price have these been improved?
I was quite choked watching that, the horse was so joyously forward.
Hmmmm........not sure how to resolve this with my admiration of today's riders...........
josephinebutter2
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Its amazing to see the difference in breeding over the last 10-15 years of the top dressage horses.
I watch Reiner's test and think - wow - what a fantastically schooled horse, I want to be able to ride like that - I watch Anky's test and think, well I could never get a horse like that, and even if I did, I probably wouldn't be able to ride it. Uninspiring if you ask me.
Is it all becoming a bit of a circus act of who's horse has the flashiest paces?
I watch Reiner's test and think - wow - what a fantastically schooled horse, I want to be able to ride like that - I watch Anky's test and think, well I could never get a horse like that, and even if I did, I probably wouldn't be able to ride it. Uninspiring if you ask me.
Is it all becoming a bit of a circus act of who's horse has the flashiest paces?
Grumbledor
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Thanks for posting this, really interesting and enjoyable to watch
custard
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Well done finding this, the horse looks fit compared to some of today's 'bloaters' and something else you seldom see, loppy relaxed ears, wonderful!
volatis
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P & P are not as expressive as some of todays horses but I loved the canter work, really forward in the changes and he went for it in that extended canter, totally confident in the horse.
RachelFerd
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lovely to watch
and on a related note, for a fit and healthy looking horse, here is Rembrandt back in the day... http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=RWCv5BxwaCU
and on a related note, for a fit and healthy looking horse, here is Rembrandt back in the day... http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=RWCv5BxwaCU
Baggybreeches
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You could probably, (churlishly) pick some holes in the piaffe and passage, but at what price have these been improved?
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You took the words right out of my mouth. Do you think that we are becoming so obsessed with accuracy that we are losing the 'true' objective of the movement.
I was fascinated watching him working around the arena before the test started.
You could probably, (churlishly) pick some holes in the piaffe and passage, but at what price have these been improved?
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You took the words right out of my mouth. Do you think that we are becoming so obsessed with accuracy that we are losing the 'true' objective of the movement.
I was fascinated watching him working around the arena before the test started.
SJFAN
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Thanks so much for the link. The best dressage performance I have ever seen came from this pair rehearsing for their HOYS display. The perfect partnership - poetry in motion.