Missouri Dressage Classic 09 - Shire Dressage

[Vorallem89]

i was in apassionata and there was that big majestic black shire horse...

oh my gosh...i swear it was like a dream! his movement..totilas can go home

[AshesSanders]

love this, i am currently looking far a shire for Dressage. having a hard time finding one that isn't on the other side of the country.

[rmcdaniel423]

I've done a grand total of 3 commercial "pleasure rides" at horse riding stables, so I'm a noob who doesn't know anything except that horses are cool as hell and I'm jealous of everyone who gets to spend lots of time with them!

My question: would it be correct of me to guess that a BIG horse has BIG movements, requiring BIG abs-of-steel in the rider, in order to keep a strong yet fluid core up in the saddle?

[Divadoodaa]

Thats lovely! Ignore some retards they dont no shit all , for all they no a shetland pony could do dressage...

[moodymare5]

gorgeous

[LoveHazienda]

Represent!!!!!! :D

[Rose2Mystic]

They look good to me. I had a Percheron mare along with other draft breeds that I used for carriages. But my mare loved to go out and run barrels and poles at well. She may not of won anything but she loved to do them. So if your horse likes what's it's doing who cares about what breed it is.

[animelover462]

That was great, I wish there were more draft horses being used as dressage horses; generally speaking they have good balance and aren't too difficult to control even for a smaller rider, if trained properly.

[cheeksdriver]

your horse was amazing. want him give me your horse now. i have always wanteda shire or clydesdale but i have never been able to find one in ireland. :( but i do have a lovely mare who is an irish draught shire cross an she is amazing, i dont show her because she cant take all teh horses and people, etc that are at them she has a spaz attack so we just do it at home.

but way to go by you and your horse did brill.

[CaitlyDangerSummers]

the feathers make his legs look so good!

[AriellSolo]

awww mister hale looks quite fancy!

[TwiggyXstarsXgSm]

Awesome, and what a beautiful horse.

[l317537w]

Beautiful!!!!

[TheWormwood]

Absolutely lovely! Thank you for posting this video; its made me feel a little less silly about taking my own 'plow beast' to a dressage show.

[99FeeBee99]

@TheWormwood nahh if you want to get out there and take your horse to a dressage show then do it! I know a plough-type horse that my friend took to a dressage show- and he win against 14 others! Some of them were "classic" dressage horses!

[99FeeBee99]

@TheWormwood Oh and good luck! =]

[Bunnyluver09]

Is this the test one?

[EiffelForParis]

Oh la la! That is a nice looking Shire!

[bighorses1]

Beautiful horse! I have a Belgian that I have just started under saddle. I can't wait to try dressage on her. I love the heavy horses!!

[miri15389]

der läuft schön, echt schick:D

[desilvano]

this is incredible. Please enter my draft draft x contest.

[skinnywannabe121]

this video just confirmed the horse I buy is defo a Shire....and this vid has just made me want to persue Dressage with a shire even more so....lovely to watch, well done

[universalradio]

ALL horses are capable of doing dressage. The word "dressage" means "training', and it improves life for any horse. Dressage riders have to get over themselves, and get over the notion that only certain kinds of horses are "dressage worthy". A mustang can be trained dressage.

Kudos to Shire Riders for doing this -- after all, these horses would have been doing this in the Middle Ages, it's not new for them.

[wtfnameisnttaken]

:-) a little scoot there at your first canter transition but very very lovely. Nice balance and quiet hands.

[gryphonkeen]

Lovely horse. I had a shire x that I used to event. People gave me crap for it, but they dont realize that the first foxhunters/steeplechasers were DRAFTs... Farmers only had their drafts to ride to town on. Nice horse!

[Sanchara]

and the very first warmbloods were the offspring of shires that had been kept in the same feilds as racehorses. :)

[universalradio]

I don't think that's the way it goes at all, it wasn't accidental. Warmbloods are the product of deliberate breeding in many European countries, although Thoroughbred blood was certainly introduced.

[Sanchara]

I dunno, I read that on a website that was selling shire sporthorses so I don't know how true it is. But it would make sense that the very first ones would be some kind of shire cross and that could have been what gave people the idea to refine them over the generations. *shrug*

[universalradio]

Hard to say. I would think that coach horses had a big role to play - like the Cleveland Bay; that's a semi-heavy that was created in the same area as the Thoroughbred. You'd have to examine the pedigree for each Warmblood breed to really know - but definitely heavy horses are in there. There are a lot of native heavies in each European country though.

Gorgeous horse - I'd love to have one.

[universalradio]

Yes - the Irish Draught was expected to do it all - pull carts, pull a plow, go to the fair - jump, everything. They're not as big as a Shire though. I used to hear criticism that jumping was too much for such a heavy horse, but they seem to enjoy it.

[Sanchara]

I'd love to lean to jump some day - but it's a really bad idea to jump vaulting horses...so It would have to be after I stop vaulting or on a lesson horse...

[universalradio]

Why can't you jump vaulting horses? I'm curious - because our trainer is also a vaulting coach. Have to say I've never seen the vaulting horses jump; but I must ask her if I think of it. I do know they're working on having vaulters go in the *other* direction. . .

[Sanchara]

It's not that they're physically incapable of jumping (and keep in mind I am talking about upper-level vaulting and upper-level jumping) - it's just that both sports have a lot of wear and tear on the horses joints, so doing them both at the same time is never a good idea. It's for simmilar reasons that we always work a horse equally both directions.. and never vault in canter more than three days a week on the same horse. :)

[universalradio]

I would think that a bit of jumping - not high - would relieve the possibility of boredom; or trail riding, good for their minds. Reiner Klimke advocates in his book "Cavaletti", the training 3 days a week, but several long rides a week - outdoors; as being very good for any discipline. In fact - says that his cavaletti training benefits any discipline. Too many horses do nothing but train.

[Sanchara]

Agreed, our barn is right near the dikes so we take our horses out on the trails most days the're not being vaulted on. They also get some basic dressage training. :) I'd like to learn how to jump it looks like a lot of fun.

[snickers149]

B. E. A. U. T. I. F. U. L. ******

[CoolCassis89]

Amazing, I hope my little shire baby do it some day like yours!

[dravenization]

Beautiful!!!! I just bought a three year old full shire for dressage.

[bootsandsaddles]

Sorry, but Shires and dressage? NOooooooo. Leave them some dignity, and cherish their poor legs.

[ponniryttare]

what's wrong with a shire doing dressage? i think draft horses ae lovely dressage horses. i know this horse is a shire but i know a clydesdale that does psg.

[belgiansr1]

What are you talking about? Cherish their poor legs? They have better built legs than a majority of the light horses out there, give drafts a chance...they're still horses. I have a Belgian that I ride dressage...she does great.

[craziifarmgirl]

@belgiansr1 I agree, I also have a Belgian that I use for dressage. I have been been told that she is a better mover than many of the warmbloods out there. Drafts are great, people just need to give them more credit.

[sarah2108]

You dont know anything about horses do you? xD

[shamuluva]

@bootsandsaddles That's funny. Dressage is something that ALL horses and riders should be made to do. Not only does it help with fitness in a horse and patience in both but it increases the bond and creates more flow between the two as one mind.

[frogladyme]

Way to Go! you both look great, relaxed and balanced.