Show Or Dressage? Help!

[tracyandtokyo]

I do not want to do anything major as he is still young, recently back in work too just some fun really! I have been told by a few people, including a showing judge to show him as he has paces to die for but i suppose if his paces are to die for (everyone that meets him loves his paces, especially his trot!) then surely he will do well in dressage too?!
just some pictures Thoughts and CC please

Last summer^

Winter 2010 three months after purchasing

And now

Headshot

 

[DressageGroom]

I don't understand why you can't do both? Surely it's mostly transferable skills so the disciplines will improve each other and create a well rounded (and, if it comes to it, more marketable) horse?

 

[Kallibear]

I don't understand why you can't do both? Surely it's mostly transferable skills so the disciplines will improve each other and create a well rounded (and, if it comes to it, more marketable) horse?

Ditto. They're not mutally exclusive?! They both require them to be well schooled and well behaved.

He'd make a really nice Hunter.

 

[tracyandtokyo]

I Did not mean to say he can't do both, becuase he can.
I just wanted peoples opinions on him and his movement.

 

[Dizzydancer]

Show for summer, dressage in winter?! Then decide which u prefer and he does better.

 

[Dizzydancer]

Meant to add- i would do dressage the politics in showing does my head in unless only going low level ie below county

 

[Kat]

For a first outing dressage would be less exciting as there would be no cantering in a big group.