Thank you for posting! This is a fine specimen of the breed. :) I'm so glad more and more people are becoming acquainted with Lusitanos and what exactly they are capable of doing.
@lykkebianca im comparing to a quarterhorse i ride western,sow to see tehse lusitano's move this way is amazing specialy cause they are heavier build and most time's bigger
@lykkebianca huh, well apologize then. See people can learn something new everyday. Forgive my iggnorance lol. He is still a good rider though I wasnt being sarcastic
well thats ok- she got it eventually.the horse and rider is portuguese ;). I know U americans think europe is just one big unity, but there is actually a very big difference of culture between countries - even countries close as Spain and Portugal. The riding culture and the horse type og those 2 countries was seperated more than 300 years ago (actually much earlier) because of what work they where supposed to do.
But fair enough-im not sharp at your history either..;)
@katieskritterskorner Spanish equestrians were once considered the finest in the world. Being a vaquero was the ultimate for a horseman. Look at this riders balance and posture. He is truly one with his horse.
@Meredith25600 I am aware of that and I never said he wasnt an awesome rider and it that it wasnt a good ride. I just don't respect how aggressive some nationalties are with there animals. I live in Texas I have seen ALOT of mistreated horses being ridden rought by not only white people and I am sure it happens everywhere but I do not like how abunch of mexicans train there horses or ride them...some people are just iggnorant
@katieskritterskorner Do you know that only in the area of Houston 7000 (!!!) horses are being rescued every year? How the hell is that possible? Here we get questions by the government when several horses are being rescued at the same time. And it's all over the newspapers.
Awesome eqitation and soooooooooo much fun...love it. Wish it was me. So good with his body and subtle movements...his horse sooooo tuned in to him too.
This is really amazing, it seems so easy and the rider and horse really work together. The horse thinks:'What should I do know boss?' He really helps by thinking and trying to do the right thing. I love it.
WOW that's amazing! So cool! I had my first WE lession at my riding school last wednesday, we did it all in walk, and I thought that was pretty hard! This is... OMG! Someday I wanna be as good as him 8'D <3
I have a quarter mare who's brother is my soulmate and has been with me for 13 years and I origianally wanted to breed her to an Andalusian and looked at the Lusitano as well and immediately fell in love with their versatility and looks and now I think I want to breed her to a Lusitano. I got the Horse of Kings magazine and that pointed me towards Lusitano. This video is AMAZING. I love their body, movements, everything. WOW.
Wow. This is the first exhibition work I have ever seen that looks like a real working cow horse. The quarter horses in US have been wrecked by the show breeders. Couldn't work a cow to save their life. So happy I have a Spanish Mustang/Andalusian cross - he can do anything!
@ViAzula I don´t think you can call one horsebreed more intelligent than an other, every horse have an individual charakter and so individual intelligents, like we human have. In my opinion a horse with a strong charakter and will is more intelligent than an horse who does everything what is called from him/her. Of course you can train your horse better when its not challenged your idias of riding, but I like it when they do it, makes more fun at riding.
@EquitationChampion because what you're looking at is dressage. Look at the balance of the horse and rider. Look at the muscling of the horse. It's dressage - just not in a sand arena.
I love the Lusitano. The breed came to existence to be used in the battle field. The classical dressage sport is just pretty talk for training war horses.
@crazzyjesus Yes, most if not all of the famous riders like Joao Ribeiro Telles are Lusitano horse breeders. But you know that so I'll quit pointing out the obvious :-)
Incredible! This rider and horse are a fantastic team! I will look into this in Canada.. looks similar to Jeopardy Trail but much more difficult with more maneuvers! Excellent! :)
Ya, this i call RIDING! Classical dressage at its best practical use... And all the so-called "dressage" riders can go somewhere - they are just horse-destroying puppets! This is a true art! ;-)
In all fairness, impressive: both the horse and rider are supreme! I am a rider myself and humble enough to say, that I wish I would be capable of developing such a unique "Centaurous" bond with a horse, congratulations, many hours, training, and talent wow!!!!!the Lusitanos!!!
What kind of bits do they typically use in this riding, and for different levels of it? Not here to say they are being abusive if they use curbs, I'd say it's even more incredible then.
I've been there and ridden the horses and I can assure you they are not dangerous and we do hack out. They have the best nature of any stallions I have ever delt with.
At one point all riders aspired to ride one handed, riding w/ 2 hands meant your horse wasn't trained enough. Same reason the double bridle (depending on the country, the curb ) was what everyone would use and only an untrained/green/poorly trained horse wore a snaffle
At one point all riders aspired to ride one handed, riding w/ 2 hands meant your horse wasn't trained enough. Same reason the double bridle (depending on the country, the curb ) was what everyone would use and only an untrained/green/poorly trained horse wore a snaffle
@georgiabates Andalusians and Lusitanos are ridden in curb bits when they finish their training, with the left hand, (when rider is right handed) so that they can do the Garocha (long pole rider picked up and stabbed at bull with), the other hand is to lie quietly on the right thigh when not being used for something.
@Peppermint0598 ah ok, well im in Vic so haven't seen it around here, there has recently been some discussion about it on VicHorse Forum though so maybe it is becoming more popular which would be cool
maybe you have it already. try contact the IALHA and ask. if not it is easy: just make a clinic and have a trainer come. But i actually think you have it.
@TheDixieDolphin We have something very similar. It's called the Extreme Cowboy Race, but it is for women and men on every breed of horse, with different divisions.
this sport is also for both men and women and all breeds - but this video is from portugal where mostly men ride on their national horse - the lusitano. and as stallions. in other countries it is ridden on all breeds - also cold bloods and ponys. WE is also divided into 3 ( or 4) divisons that each equipage has to do. a dressage test, a meneability test and a speed test. and then an optional cow test.
@lykkebianca Sounds very cool. This sport seems to have more of a working base than the Extreme Cowboy Race. I love it! Maybe I should visit Portugal! :)
@TheDixieDolphin They just brought it into the States. Check out wwwdotworkingequitationusadotcom So far it is only on the East coast though. I am one (of a few I would imagine) that is trying to bring it over to the West Coast. :) Also, Extreme Cowboy race isn't quite like this. This requires more agility whereas the Extreme Cowboy race you can do more at flat speeds. It doesn't require the agility needed from the horse nor the finesse.
That looks like so much fun. LOTS of training goes into that. What a great team, that horse and rider are!
Nags2bitches, I ride western too, but it doesn't have to be dreadfully slow (unless you do pleasure). I compete in team penning, barrels, poles, gymkhana and obstacle courses. I trail ride for fun. My horse can slow it down when I want her to, but we never go that slow. Western can be lots of fun.
well - if you are from Germany you should know thisport. There is some very good competitions in germany - top level and international. And i think you might have a team also. There is a big international competition in germany real soon. Sponsored by Bentaiga.
nags2bitches, we do have this in the UK- we have our own WE team, and in fact in 2007 we hosted the EU WE champs at Hartpury and it was FANTASTIC. But it had not a jot of publicity. A disgrace.
Looks like either and Andalusian or Lusitano. They're commonly 15.3h, not big like American sport horses, smaller & naturally rounded to accomodate that athleticism like human gymnasts are smaller, comparatively.
Really? Dressage is pointless and boring? So does that mean every horse sport is pointless and boring, cause dressage is at the base of every single riding sport.
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Dressage as an end in itslf is utterly pointless, what is the point in learning to walk sideways if you NEVER meet any obstacles that require you to negotiate them by going sideways ? What is the point in a canter pirouette if you are NEVER in a tight spot and need to get yourself out of it quickly and go back the way you came ? What is the point in capriole if there is no-one pursuing you ? Do you get my point ? As a sport, dressage is pointless.
what is you learning how to handle youre horse so he would finally listen to you at the right moment without forcing him to?
i think you are someone who is pulling its horse and forcing it to do things he just don't want to do .. try to ride it at the right way .. you will understand my point off vieuw and that of others who know what i'm talking about ;)
No I think you are missing my point; dressage as in training your horse to perform well is good, but dressage as an end in itself is bad IMO Dressage for its own sake, where the horse learns stuff that it never gets to use because it only does dressage, thats bad. What is the point in having a well trained horse if you never go out and ride it but spend all your time in a sand school ?
What's the point of riding your horses around barrels, jumping over flower boxes, or roping cattle for show? None whatsoever?
Why do people do it? Because it's fun and challenging. Is there really any logical reason to spend thousands on an animal that we don't actually need anymore? No.
Because, we do it for real. We ride our horses over trails, round up cattle /sheep and encounter the same obstacles out and about as we do in the show ring. The show ring is a reconstruction of what we meet out and about and we are supposedly marked on how we react to it.
So how is dressage any different? One might show and train horses in dressage as part of the military tradition. Officers used to compete in the Olympics in full uniform.
Although riding the horse into battle is out-dated, so is riding trails, rounding up sheep/cattle, and everything else people do with horses. We have other less expensive options to use instead of 'wasting' money on keeping ineffient animals that get sick, go lame, and die on us.
Anyone who dissess any discipline in the horse world and doesn't know the real meaning of why each discipline exists shouldn't ride horses. If you don't have respect for other disciplines, then why should anyone have respect for what you do? You could stand to learn a lot from other disciplines instead of blatantly bashing them. Don't knock it until you've tried it.
Well quite right dear, maybe you should practise what you preach ? Dressage is the TRAINING of a horse in order for it to perform a task. It means what it says, from the french dresser, to train,teach or prepare. In other words, it is what you do to train your horse for a task. Western riders do dressage, show jumpers do dressage, gymkhana ponies do dressage . To make it an end in itself is IMO a waste of time , especially for the horse who doesnt get to put all that practise into real work
While the horse has been replaced by mechanical contrivances in many areas of the globe, ... it has not done so universally. There are still real cowboys that use real horses to do real work, even in the mechanically obsessed United States, especially in the western regions. They use the horse because it has abilities in certain terrain that a mechanical vehicle can either not maneuver, or is too costly to operate. Try and tell one of those cowboys that the horse is no longer useful.
Im sorry you didnt have animals when you were a kid, or if you did they probably hated you and your parents didnt love you either. Whats the point of having a lab ( you know the real name is labrador retriever) when no one actually uses them in an urban city to hunt and feed their families with? Trying to argue modern use of equine is a moot point. Tests like this are some of the most admirable challenges of equestrian skills, and at the very least preservation of a culture and times past.
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I don't know why this has got thumbs down as I completley agree, dressage - yes, is amazing to watch and those horses move like the wind! But they live in a stable, all winter, and go in some fields in summer, the rest of that time is in training, they never hack out as they're seen as 'dangerous' horses on the roads and there hack out is a 'horse-walker' which is basically someone that walks them round a school, nice life - all they see is 4 walls and sand underneath them! :) So i agree!
Where did you get that information? Yes, stallions have to be handled with skill, but those who are really dangerous are either not sold, gelded, or put down, to keep the bloodlines 'safe'. Plenty of them I've ridden are brave and not as inclined to spook, which makes any horse dangerous. And we do hack them.
I think you are the one who doesn't get the point. Dressage is the ultimate in communcation between rider and horse. The point is to refine your skills and create an athletic partnership where both the rider and the horse use their bodies to their full potential. The strength and discipline required is phenomenal. Dressage is also the foundation of riding. Do you use leg aids? Sidepasses? Then you are using the basics of dressage, whether you like it or not.
For sucsessfull jumping you NEED the flatwork, dressage doesn't just mean doing fancy movements.
In dressage you have to be able to extend or collect the canter or trot, if you needed to do that in jumping to adjust your stride, how could you do that if dressage is so pointless.
Who said dressage is pointless ? Dressage is the training of the horse, all I say is that it isn't an end in itself. How would you like it if you spent your entire life in school and were never allowed to go out and get a job ? Thats what its like for a Grand Prix horse .
Well that is a complete lie to be honest. SOME Grand prix horses do also do a fair bit of jumping, they won't do the same set of movements every single day ; Like Carl Hester for example ; he said that he jumps his horses occasionally to give them something else to do, and not to mention the fact that they HACK their horses out -.-
wow, that's amazing!
xDjickox 2 days ago
That horse is beautiful. He moves like I imagine a war horse to move :P
spunkyrabbit18 5 days ago
1:33 worlds smallest barrel race lol
highhorsejumper19 5 days ago
My God that was amazing.
toughlove80 5 days ago
The Spaniards are such amazing horsemen......!
BridgetKroger 5 days ago
@BridgetKroger
as said before. the rider is portuguese, the horse is portuguese. means: from portugal. not from spain.
big big difference. ;)
lykkebianca 5 days ago 5
Now thats what i call AGILITY
1002Lollipop 1 week ago
He couldn't have done it any better than that!
countrygirl999999 1 week ago
Now that is a connection!
aurora20XX 1 week ago
Thank you for posting! This is a fine specimen of the breed. :) I'm so glad more and more people are becoming acquainted with Lusitanos and what exactly they are capable of doing.
violiner2000 1 week ago
@violiner2000 As long as they don't do it in the arena I'm ok with it. And it also looks like the rider doesn't use those huge spurs.
Saartje05 6 days ago
Very nice to see.A big horse yet sow agile..
jessthark 1 week ago
@jessthark
the horse is actually just 158 cm i think. The best WE horse are not big.
lykkebianca 5 days ago
@lykkebianca im comparing to a quarterhorse i ride western,sow to see tehse lusitano's move this way is amazing specialy cause they are heavier build and most time's bigger
jessthark 5 days ago
my gray horse and I should be half as good......
firecat6232 2 weeks ago
Ok...First SPANISH I saw riding a horse that was actually not abusive! I give em props
katieskritterskorner 2 weeks ago
@katieskritterskorner
Not spanish either ;) portuguese - from Portugal. Another country. A big difference. Horse is not spanish either - Lusitano is a portuguese breed.
lykkebianca 2 weeks ago 7
@lykkebianca huh, well apologize then. See people can learn something new everyday. Forgive my iggnorance lol. He is still a good rider though I wasnt being sarcastic
katieskritterskorner 2 weeks ago
@lykkebianca haha poor katieskritterskorner you can't win lol
kristinbaylis 1 week ago
@kristinbaylis
well thats ok- she got it eventually.the horse and rider is portuguese ;). I know U americans think europe is just one big unity, but there is actually a very big difference of culture between countries - even countries close as Spain and Portugal. The riding culture and the horse type og those 2 countries was seperated more than 300 years ago (actually much earlier) because of what work they where supposed to do.
But fair enough-im not sharp at your history either..;)
lykkebianca 1 week ago
@katieskritterskorner Spanish equestrians were once considered the finest in the world. Being a vaquero was the ultimate for a horseman. Look at this riders balance and posture. He is truly one with his horse.
Meredith25600 1 week ago
@Meredith25600 I am aware of that and I never said he wasnt an awesome rider and it that it wasnt a good ride. I just don't respect how aggressive some nationalties are with there animals. I live in Texas I have seen ALOT of mistreated horses being ridden rought by not only white people and I am sure it happens everywhere but I do not like how abunch of mexicans train there horses or ride them...some people are just iggnorant
katieskritterskorner 1 week ago
@katieskritterskorner Do you know that only in the area of Houston 7000 (!!!) horses are being rescued every year? How the hell is that possible? Here we get questions by the government when several horses are being rescued at the same time. And it's all over the newspapers.
Saartje05 6 days ago
Very impressive
GrullaBarrelRacerFL 2 weeks ago
First mexican I saw riding a horse that was actually not abusive! I give em props
katieskritterskorner 2 weeks ago
@katieskritterskorner
he is not mexiacan. he is from portugal.
lykkebianca 2 weeks ago
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@lykkebianca Ok...First SPANISH I saw riding a horse that was actually not abusive! I give em props
katieskritterskorner 2 weeks ago
wow great riding!
i wouldn't even remember which way i next have to go :D
Westerngirl96 2 weeks ago
Those flying lead changes are to die for <3 GREAT video!!!
mmac97 2 weeks ago
@mmac97 If you watch closely you will notice that some times he change late in the rear.
ropefast 2 weeks ago
WOOWWWW!!!!
OsAladii 1 month ago
Cool as hell! great horsemanship!
MrsDreWGaLLoWay 1 month ago
Awesome eqitation and soooooooooo much fun...love it. Wish it was me. So good with his body and subtle movements...his horse sooooo tuned in to him too.
tanya2horses 1 month ago
Amazing! and Beautifull horse!
TheMiza1 2 months ago
The horse looks like he is dancing a ballet! Spectacular!
anneturley 2 months ago
This is really amazing, it seems so easy and the rider and horse really work together. The horse thinks:'What should I do know boss?' He really helps by thinking and trying to do the right thing. I love it.
Pippapaard 3 months ago
Awesome!!!
horses1995 3 months ago
Freakin' WOW!
Could maybe, maybe get my horse to do that at a walk.
kamikazedjali 3 months ago
Well done!!
Come train my horse! She will NOT use her hindquarters!
SmallvilleFanatic600 3 months ago
i am in LOVE with this horse!
CruiseBlabber 3 months ago
WOW that's amazing! So cool! I had my first WE lession at my riding school last wednesday, we did it all in walk, and I thought that was pretty hard! This is... OMG! Someday I wanna be as good as him 8'D <3
Idalieeh 4 months ago
Wow that looks like fun!
KnightHawke01 4 months ago
amazing!!!
IcePonyGoddess 4 months ago
My friend rode Oxidado and says he rides like a dream. Pedro gave her dressage tips too :)
amietrutch 4 months ago
amazing
HenrietteElskerNutte 5 months ago
fantastico!!!
workingdogbarney 5 months ago
Wow!! Great horsemanship!!
cowgal58 6 months ago 6
Unbelievable. So amazing I won't let my horses watch or they'll have self-esteem issues! Beautifully done.
IronwoodLeather 6 months ago 22
@IronwoodLeather Hahaha!! This comment made my day :)
I'm not going to let my horse watch this either! Don't want to shatter the inflated ego trip he's always on :)
Pari28 2 months ago
that horse is amazing!!!!
annabanana041876 6 months ago
That is what I a working towards hah ok so I need a little help here please
marcepa48 7 months ago
OMG where can I learn this! That was brilliant!
PaulaEdwina 7 months ago
It's like games mixed with barrel racing
Sniffysmyboy 7 months ago
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Also at the IALHA Nationals!
equineathletes 8 months ago
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equineathletes 8 months ago
the best horse-riding i've ever seen! amazing! i could watch this 5000 times and would still be stunned!!!
HarrysFrau 8 months ago 2
I have a quarter mare who's brother is my soulmate and has been with me for 13 years and I origianally wanted to breed her to an Andalusian and looked at the Lusitano as well and immediately fell in love with their versatility and looks and now I think I want to breed her to a Lusitano. I got the Horse of Kings magazine and that pointed me towards Lusitano. This video is AMAZING. I love their body, movements, everything. WOW.
mrsleapfrog1980 8 months ago
Just Beautiful!!!!
Madrumer 8 months ago
Wow. This is the first exhibition work I have ever seen that looks like a real working cow horse. The quarter horses in US have been wrecked by the show breeders. Couldn't work a cow to save their life. So happy I have a Spanish Mustang/Andalusian cross - he can do anything!
janeinthemtns 9 months ago
SO COOL!!!
sweetsuds91 9 months ago
WOW is all I can say!!
beechfieldord 9 months ago
I want one :)
MandaleaCalico5927 10 months ago
AWESOME!! This looks like SOOO much fun!!!
4seasonsmarchadores 11 months ago
wow amazing wish they had something like this in the states or something similar
horseangel1000 11 months ago
Most intelligent horse on the world, the Lusitano!
ViAzula 1 year ago
@ViAzula I don´t think you can call one horsebreed more intelligent than an other, every horse have an individual charakter and so individual intelligents, like we human have. In my opinion a horse with a strong charakter and will is more intelligent than an horse who does everything what is called from him/her. Of course you can train your horse better when its not challenged your idias of riding, but I like it when they do it, makes more fun at riding.
Esolver 9 months ago
I have an Arab who would have been fantastic at this sort of thing ... we are both a tad old now, LOL GREAT CLIP. thank you for posting
fayskelley 1 year ago
IALHA had it for the first time at 2010 Nationals in Fort Worth.
sfarms4 1 year ago
That is the coolest thing ive ever seen!!
showjumper54 1 year ago
This is amazing! Amzing for the horse too, he looks so dam well concentrated, what a great gymnastic, the rider is bloody fanstastic too!
PoulnabroneModesty 1 year ago
I could probably have done that when I was 9. Now, I am WAY out of practice. Fantastic performance!
HoRseSeNce95 1 year ago
Why do I feel that this horse would be absolutely KICK ASS at dressage? (:
EquitationChampion 1 year ago
@EquitationChampion because what you're looking at is dressage. Look at the balance of the horse and rider. Look at the muscling of the horse. It's dressage - just not in a sand arena.
PaulaEdwina 7 months ago 2
I am jealous of his clean flying changes...
spottie524 1 year ago
wow... I'm stunned... this is just totally amazing and... still I don't know what to say... WOW
SametHorses 1 year ago
AMAZING! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
Liisii09 1 year ago
this makes me want to get up from the computer and go ride my horse!
cgrsworld 1 year ago
Wow!!! Something to aspire to!
cgrsworld 1 year ago
Wow now thats a horse.
EchoHillProduct 1 year ago
what a fabulous horse!
XxXxPrettyPonyxXxX 1 year ago
Wow, looks to much fun! Makes our rubbish "trec" look rather boring...!!
Storm288 1 year ago
I love the Lusitano. The breed came to existence to be used in the battle field. The classical dressage sport is just pretty talk for training war horses.
passingbynight 1 year ago
@passingbynight The Lusitanos were/are used in bull fightings too
crazzyjesus 10 months ago
@crazzyjesus Yes, most if not all of the famous riders like Joao Ribeiro Telles are Lusitano horse breeders. But you know that so I'll quit pointing out the obvious :-)
passingbynight 10 months ago
Damn that was great!
jeverhart99 1 year ago
Incredible! This rider and horse are a fantastic team! I will look into this in Canada.. looks similar to Jeopardy Trail but much more difficult with more maneuvers! Excellent! :)
MsHorselvr 1 year ago
Ya, this i call RIDING! Classical dressage at its best practical use... And all the so-called "dressage" riders can go somewhere - they are just horse-destroying puppets! This is a true art! ;-)
Elerian17 1 year ago
i can watch this over and over again! The horses self carriage is very good and the rider did a great job too! :)
ReinaEquina 1 year ago
I think that my mules would be outstanding in this sport:-)
XLmules 1 year ago
that was cool
fragglesrolf 1 year ago
Lol It was like barrels,poles,jumping and a keyhole combined-only better. Awesome
TheParsonsracing 1 year ago
wow its like all the gymkhana events all in one. we gotta do thishere in cali!
bepoore 1 year ago
dressage will be pointless now since the horse has been trained to do this!!
rodeogirl141 1 year ago
@rodeogirl141 Uhh, no it wont.
ShowjumpingChick94 1 year ago
In all fairness, impressive: both the horse and rider are supreme! I am a rider myself and humble enough to say, that I wish I would be capable of developing such a unique "Centaurous" bond with a horse, congratulations, many hours, training, and talent wow!!!!!the Lusitanos!!!
paganlaw 1 year ago
Wow!
stbdhead 1 year ago
the horse is better than the ridder the horse allways makes the ridder much better evey day they rid :):):) the ridder was still good !!!!!!!
sellygomezrocks29 1 year ago
very nice !
mlbfagundes 1 year ago
Nice speed test!
jerezibero 1 year ago
WOW! What a horse! looks like a fun ride..
Cazino90 1 year ago
Fabulous!
sarahlouisefox 1 year ago
Now that is some impressive riding. How ever do you manage to remember the course?!?!
gmwwc 1 year ago
WOW. Amazing horse, amazing rider :0)
cymrujo 1 year ago
wow, this is a lot fancyer than the working equitation where i go! :P nobody bothers with looking smart there :D
MrMintyk 1 year ago
that's soo cool!! ive never seen something like this before!!
lena3309 1 year ago
Woooow!!!!!!
lixitron 1 year ago
What is the name of the first song?
NaiiLaLeiin 1 year ago
Zumba on horseback!
amyfct 1 year ago
What kind of bits do they typically use in this riding, and for different levels of it? Not here to say they are being abusive if they use curbs, I'd say it's even more incredible then.
Kedgirl 1 year ago
@Kedgirl at the "basic" level they use a normal snaffle. And in the "higher" levels, like this the use a Crub.
In this way is this "kind of riding" very similar to western.
sarah2108 1 year ago
So, did he win? He was so fast!
soappoisoning 1 year ago
Awesome display of horsemanship - just great to watch!
leaowens 1 year ago
WOW! Amazing horse and rider. Looks like FUN!
IcePonyGoddess 1 year ago
I've been there and ridden the horses and I can assure you they are not dangerous and we do hack out. They have the best nature of any stallions I have ever delt with.
mixatosis 1 year ago 7
OOO that looks like fun, wish they had that kind of show here!!
gryphonkeen 1 year ago
That was amazing, takes a horse and rider real trust to get past some of those objects! :)
emaieoghanahally 2 years ago
What an amazing display of horesmanship!
deuceschinagirl 2 years ago
Magnífico cavalo
PIRISHKA69 2 years ago
where can i get one of those??? my andalucian mare doesnt act like that ....
AndreyaPolo 2 years ago
wow awesome horse and awesome rider! very cool :)
just wondering does this comp require riders to ride with one hand?
he was very good anyway :) cool video
georgiabates 2 years ago
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At one point all riders aspired to ride one handed, riding w/ 2 hands meant your horse wasn't trained enough. Same reason the double bridle (depending on the country, the curb ) was what everyone would use and only an untrained/green/poorly trained horse wore a snaffle
roguerider123 2 years ago
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At one point all riders aspired to ride one handed, riding w/ 2 hands meant your horse wasn't trained enough. Same reason the double bridle (depending on the country, the curb ) was what everyone would use and only an untrained/green/poorly trained horse wore a snaffle
roguerider123 2 years ago
@georgiabates Andalusians and Lusitanos are ridden in curb bits when they finish their training, with the left hand, (when rider is right handed) so that they can do the Garocha (long pole rider picked up and stabbed at bull with), the other hand is to lie quietly on the right thigh when not being used for something.
bonnie448 8 months ago
@bonnie448 cool thanks for that :) As you can imagine this kind of riding isn't seen in Australia haha
georgiabates 8 months ago
@georgiabates Yes it is. Ive done it but not at anywhere near that level.
Peppermint0598 7 months ago
@Peppermint0598 really? cool well i've never seen or heard of it in Aus. where abouts have you done it? :)
georgiabates 7 months ago
@georgiabates At a small random comp in Waikerie SA. However, they didnt hold it again this year. :(
Peppermint0598 3 months ago
@Peppermint0598 ah ok, well im in Vic so haven't seen it around here, there has recently been some discussion about it on VicHorse Forum though so maybe it is becoming more popular which would be cool
georgiabates 3 months ago
lovely.
ReinaEquina 2 years ago
This is ridiculously amazing! Fantastic!
Wish they had this in the States, it looks like a blast to do.
TheDixieDolphin 2 years ago 15
maybe you have it already. try contact the IALHA and ask. if not it is easy: just make a clinic and have a trainer come. But i actually think you have it.
lykkebianca 2 years ago
@TheDixieDolphin We have something very similar. It's called the Extreme Cowboy Race, but it is for women and men on every breed of horse, with different divisions.
CaliforniaBlonde000 1 year ago
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this sport is also for both men and women and all breeds - but this video is from portugal where mostly men ride on their national horse - the lusitano. and as stallions. in other countries it is ridden on all breeds - also cold bloods and ponys. WE is also divided into 3 ( or 4) divisons that each equipage has to do. a dressage test, a meneability test and a speed test. and then an optional cow test.
lykkebianca 1 year ago
@lykkebianca Sounds very cool. This sport seems to have more of a working base than the Extreme Cowboy Race. I love it! Maybe I should visit Portugal! :)
CaliforniaBlonde000 1 year ago
No. The IALHA DOES have it. Search for youtube videos from the 2010 National Show. We had all three phases of it.
PioMio55 1 year ago
@TheDixieDolphin They just brought it into the States. Check out wwwdotworkingequitationusadotcom So far it is only on the East coast though. I am one (of a few I would imagine) that is trying to bring it over to the West Coast. :) Also, Extreme Cowboy race isn't quite like this. This requires more agility whereas the Extreme Cowboy race you can do more at flat speeds. It doesn't require the agility needed from the horse nor the finesse.
barbhorses 8 months ago
one word...
Amazing
JackAndArora 2 years ago
Well ridden. Very impressive and awesome pair :)
escapade08 2 years ago
What a cool event. It's like agility for horses!
Reddiva74 2 years ago
That looks like so much fun. LOTS of training goes into that. What a great team, that horse and rider are!
Nags2bitches, I ride western too, but it doesn't have to be dreadfully slow (unless you do pleasure). I compete in team penning, barrels, poles, gymkhana and obstacle courses. I trail ride for fun. My horse can slow it down when I want her to, but we never go that slow. Western can be lots of fun.
APHACowgirl5 2 years ago
ommggg this looks like sooo much fun but verrry hard
well great vid
i subbed subb back plz :)
razzledazzle41 2 years ago
I can't get past how the horse responds so well when the rider is barely touching him with his leg aids. I want my horses to do that. lol
Amazing job.
VictorsChick4ever 2 years ago
that's amazing, what a great pair!
lnix99 2 years ago
Never seen something like this before! I m real fascinated!
MementoMonty 2 years ago
well - if you are from Germany you should know thisport. There is some very good competitions in germany - top level and international. And i think you might have a team also. There is a big international competition in germany real soon. Sponsored by Bentaiga.
lykkebianca 2 years ago
Yes, I am from Germany but very new in classic dressage. Till now im riding western. Thanks a lot for your nice answer :o)
MementoMonty 2 years ago
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bootsandsaddles 2 years ago
Hi, does anyone know what the music is on the video?
Thanks
ihkatie 2 years ago
Amazing horse and rider, well done.
whiskey1for1me 2 years ago
nags2bitches, we do have this in the UK- we have our own WE team, and in fact in 2007 we hosted the EU WE champs at Hartpury and it was FANTASTIC. But it had not a jot of publicity. A disgrace.
enlighteneduk 2 years ago
Well if it comes my way I'd love to do it & so would my mare . We do western at the moment, which is ok but so dreadfully slow .
nags2bitches 2 years ago
Nope he isnt huge, I believe about 15.3hh- just incredibly muscled.
enlighteneduk 2 years ago 4
That horse is huge ! . XD
EvaSkemm 2 years ago
Looks like either and Andalusian or Lusitano. They're commonly 15.3h, not big like American sport horses, smaller & naturally rounded to accomodate that athleticism like human gymnasts are smaller, comparatively.
kgbcolor 2 years ago
Now that's real horsemanship!
SylvanFP 2 years ago 2
Oh myyy gooosh ! :D
The rider makes it seems so easy !
I know it are´nt x)
SandiBobie 2 years ago
fiiiuuuu!!!!!!saben los dos....
SPAGHETTIYTANGO 2 years ago
My oh my! LOVELY!!! Just don't let the catty dress-age ones from COTH find this LOL!!
LBsingletary 2 years ago
you have it in UK. Just google the word + UK
lykkebianca 2 years ago
wow, how I wish we had this here in UK instead of boring pointless dressage tests.
nags2bitches 2 years ago
Boring, pointless dressage tests?? Haha.
MoonAndBack27 2 years ago
Really? Dressage is pointless and boring? So does that mean every horse sport is pointless and boring, cause dressage is at the base of every single riding sport.
primetymdressage 2 years ago
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Dressage as an end in itslf is utterly pointless, what is the point in learning to walk sideways if you NEVER meet any obstacles that require you to negotiate them by going sideways ? What is the point in a canter pirouette if you are NEVER in a tight spot and need to get yourself out of it quickly and go back the way you came ? What is the point in capriole if there is no-one pursuing you ? Do you get my point ? As a sport, dressage is pointless.
nags2bitches 2 years ago
dressage will never be pointless!
it's the basics of all horse sports
what is you learning how to handle youre horse so he would finally listen to you at the right moment without forcing him to?
i think you are someone who is pulling its horse and forcing it to do things he just don't want to do .. try to ride it at the right way .. you will understand my point off vieuw and that of others who know what i'm talking about ;)
mikelovershorse 2 years ago 10
No I think you are missing my point; dressage as in training your horse to perform well is good, but dressage as an end in itself is bad IMO Dressage for its own sake, where the horse learns stuff that it never gets to use because it only does dressage, thats bad. What is the point in having a well trained horse if you never go out and ride it but spend all your time in a sand school ?
nags2bitches 2 years ago
What's the point of riding your horses around barrels, jumping over flower boxes, or roping cattle for show? None whatsoever?
Why do people do it? Because it's fun and challenging. Is there really any logical reason to spend thousands on an animal that we don't actually need anymore? No.
So your point is?
AlliWalker 2 years ago
Because, we do it for real. We ride our horses over trails, round up cattle /sheep and encounter the same obstacles out and about as we do in the show ring. The show ring is a reconstruction of what we meet out and about and we are supposedly marked on how we react to it.
nags2bitches 2 years ago
So how is dressage any different? One might show and train horses in dressage as part of the military tradition. Officers used to compete in the Olympics in full uniform.
Although riding the horse into battle is out-dated, so is riding trails, rounding up sheep/cattle, and everything else people do with horses. We have other less expensive options to use instead of 'wasting' money on keeping ineffient animals that get sick, go lame, and die on us.
So no, you're not 'doing it for real'.
AlliWalker 2 years ago
Anyone who dissess any discipline in the horse world and doesn't know the real meaning of why each discipline exists shouldn't ride horses. If you don't have respect for other disciplines, then why should anyone have respect for what you do? You could stand to learn a lot from other disciplines instead of blatantly bashing them. Don't knock it until you've tried it.
katphoti 2 years ago
Well quite right dear, maybe you should practise what you preach ? Dressage is the TRAINING of a horse in order for it to perform a task. It means what it says, from the french dresser, to train,teach or prepare. In other words, it is what you do to train your horse for a task. Western riders do dressage, show jumpers do dressage, gymkhana ponies do dressage . To make it an end in itself is IMO a waste of time , especially for the horse who doesnt get to put all that practise into real work
nags2bitches 2 years ago
While the horse has been replaced by mechanical contrivances in many areas of the globe, ... it has not done so universally. There are still real cowboys that use real horses to do real work, even in the mechanically obsessed United States, especially in the western regions. They use the horse because it has abilities in certain terrain that a mechanical vehicle can either not maneuver, or is too costly to operate. Try and tell one of those cowboys that the horse is no longer useful.
windNmane 2 years ago
Im sorry you didnt have animals when you were a kid, or if you did they probably hated you and your parents didnt love you either. Whats the point of having a lab ( you know the real name is labrador retriever) when no one actually uses them in an urban city to hunt and feed their families with? Trying to argue modern use of equine is a moot point. Tests like this are some of the most admirable challenges of equestrian skills, and at the very least preservation of a culture and times past.
jeffbeckton 2 years ago
No, you don't get my point at all.
The majority of people keep pets for companionship, so comparing equestrian sports against each other in regardless to their revelence is stupid.
And everything you're saying is what I have wrote in my last posts. It's called reading comprehension. Do us all a favor and get some.
The school system failed you apparently.
AlliWalker 2 years ago
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I don't know why this has got thumbs down as I completley agree, dressage - yes, is amazing to watch and those horses move like the wind! But they live in a stable, all winter, and go in some fields in summer, the rest of that time is in training, they never hack out as they're seen as 'dangerous' horses on the roads and there hack out is a 'horse-walker' which is basically someone that walks them round a school, nice life - all they see is 4 walls and sand underneath them! :) So i agree!
emaieoghanahally 2 years ago
I don't know what kind of trainers you have around your area but that is not the standard life style for a dressage horse.
Kedgirl 1 year ago
Where did you get that information? Yes, stallions have to be handled with skill, but those who are really dangerous are either not sold, gelded, or put down, to keep the bloodlines 'safe'. Plenty of them I've ridden are brave and not as inclined to spook, which makes any horse dangerous. And we do hack them.
kgbcolor 1 year ago
I think you are the one who doesn't get the point. Dressage is the ultimate in communcation between rider and horse. The point is to refine your skills and create an athletic partnership where both the rider and the horse use their bodies to their full potential. The strength and discipline required is phenomenal. Dressage is also the foundation of riding. Do you use leg aids? Sidepasses? Then you are using the basics of dressage, whether you like it or not.
katphoti 2 years ago
For sucsessfull jumping you NEED the flatwork, dressage doesn't just mean doing fancy movements.
In dressage you have to be able to extend or collect the canter or trot, if you needed to do that in jumping to adjust your stride, how could you do that if dressage is so pointless.
BeautifulLucyful 2 years ago
Who said dressage is pointless ? Dressage is the training of the horse, all I say is that it isn't an end in itself. How would you like it if you spent your entire life in school and were never allowed to go out and get a job ? Thats what its like for a Grand Prix horse .
nags2bitches 2 years ago
Well that is a complete lie to be honest. SOME Grand prix horses do also do a fair bit of jumping, they won't do the same set of movements every single day ; Like Carl Hester for example ; he said that he jumps his horses occasionally to give them something else to do, and not to mention the fact that they HACK their horses out -.-
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