Bent Branderup - The Academic Art of Riding

[dewilderoos]

true art of riding.... so beautiful when horse and rider become one...

[TheShelbzy]

why do use hold ur whips in the air thats kinda stupid

[laureah21]

His spotted stallion is 26 and blind!! amazing trust

[bundarrahbabe]

They do??? Not the ones I know.

[MrCalanog]

@bundarrahbabe

Yes, many of them-it is much easier to train it this way. When you carefully look on the preparing ground at dressage competitions, you can see it very often.

[bundarrahbabe]

looked like the canter was becoming 4 beat.

[MrCalanog]

@bundarrahbabe

Thats called "School Galopp" in German...! This cante has to be a 4 beat. Even many dressage riders, who don´t go the classical way of riding, use this to train the canter pirouette.

[Vipratten]

@bundarrahbabe

It would be impossible for the horse to do a pirouette without the canter becoming four beat... You see the Grand Prix horses with four beat canter in their pirouettes too :)

[Elerian17]

Aahh, I wanna a trainer like this... :)

[gsukrw06]

what a stunning spotted horse.....and was that a counter pirouette???

[444malefic]

Wonderful, and those Knabstruppers are especially stunning!

[FlaviaLivia]

Wenn man nicht wüßte wie schwer die Hohe Schule ist, könnte man beim Anblick Branderups meinen es sei ganz einfach..

[copenhagen1966]

where can you buy the dvds and books????

[copenhagen1966]

where can you buy these videos and books, do the come in english???

[egasserd8888]

I don't like the way his legs are wiggling at the horse 's tummy, he puts a lot of pressure on the stirrups which makes his legs stiff ... what is the point of that ???? must be awful for the horse to feel that on his tummy

[miloismyhorse]

it's called leg cues.

[equinechick569]

I don't think so. The horse would be alot more still in his back and barrel. I think this guy knows what he's doing too

[ubrilliant1]

The slight swinging of his legs to give leg cues to the horse for a specific movement. Also when one can sit all gaits,Sitting the trot gives the rider optimum control because he or she can use the seat and weight to influence the horse, asking for upward or downward transitions, turns, and to decrease or increase impulsion. It is also a test of equitation, proving that the rider can quietly move with the horse.The lower legs remain relaxed and only come into play when the rider gives a leg aid.

[ubrilliant1]

Look @ all the oil paintings in the Renaissance period. Riders had straight legs because they would sit all gaits. Sitting the trot gives the rider optimum control because he or she can use the seat and weight to influence the horse, asking for upward or downward transitions, turns, and to decrease or increase impulsion. It is also a test of equitation, proving that the rider can quietly move with the horse.The lower legs remain relaxed and only come into play when the rider gives a leg aid.

[joy3993]

I'v got 2 books (in swedish) and 3 videos (danish) made by Bent Branderup. They must be translated to other languages to. Verry verry informative, and totaly beutiful.

No rider should be without them.

Christina Drangel sells the books in swedish. Just google her.

[SoarinRockies]

Beautiful!! Really admire the saddle. What kind is that?

[shadeofteal]

Must be the "Écuyer" by Deuber. A saddle inspired by baroque saddles, for baroque/academic riding.

[girl87654]

I've seen the full film of Bent's Art of academic riding about ten times and still did not got enough of it! I strongly reccommened it to everybody!

[skaelcomssk]

Is there more? Where did you get it?

[artofhorsemanship]

Bent Branderup and Arne Haugaard just publihed a brand new DVD called "A study of movements". It is absolutely brilliant and highly educational when it comes to gaining knowledge about basic gate movements, training your eyes watching gate and tact - and it is very inspirational. You'll find the trailer here on YouTube: Search for the title and you'll find it!

[BeacheeBaybee]

omg his is a great video

[SilverSammet]

Thanks for sharing. Nice to see more and more people sharing their Bent videos.