The engagement of the hindquarters is superb, so unlike the hindlegs dragging behind as usually seen with the 'Spanish Walk'. The suspension of each stride and the overall lightness projects a harmonious relationship with the rider, great athletic ability, and a joy of life. Ole!
Its like a grey version of Totilas... Although Totilas looked natural in extended trot, this spanish walk looked trained, and it looks nicer in walk i think
I cant wait for the "dressage under the stars" in LA Equestrian Center. One of the best things to experience in LA next to Cavallo show (spelled right?)
Not really what I would call Haute Ecole S; But it looks nice though.. I don't think the horse suffers very much.. Though I think bit will always hurt a horse.
this used to be a special "trick" or way of movement (sorry for my bad english or incorrect expression), but soon all dressage horses have to learn to move like this, after Totilas. thanks a lot, professional judges...
Well said, Enlighteneduk. I've marvelled over the unchanging tempo from the one passage to the next - spectuacular achievement - only wish there was more!
Juan Diego is also an OLympic show jumper, as well as a superlative classical rider. When any of you who are criticising, can ride a fraction as well, and train these exceedingly difficult movements better than him, then, you have the right to comment!
Absolutely amazing! For yoy guys, wou are trying to split hairs about - how to call this figure - I could not care less, it is great performance, looks terrific, and I wish I cold do it with my horses. Sure I can't, and I am a bit overaged to ever get close to that, never mind, my horses also do well Hihi!
im training my horse the piaffe and passage and she lifts up her front legs once or twice than stops and keeps walking normally. How do i get her to lift all the legs off the ground and im i teaching it right. When the horse starts to do it you realease the preasue right????? im confused a bit on this one. help me out k
You would do well to purchase the book "Schooling horses in Hand" by Heinrichs. He was headmaster of the Spanish riding school for over a decade, and it is a great road map to how to develop this movement.
Also if you spell it "PIAFFER" and google, there is a great article on a Spanish horse website about how to develop the Piaffe like Anky, as a "Passage in place" which is better suited to sports horses rather than the traditional route of teaching it from the ground up.
Basically if you spend some extra time developing it from the Passage (which can be achieved by doing A whole lot of transitions from collection to extension at the trot, Start BIG and OBVIOUS and then slowly ask for more subtle changes, but basically transitioning a HUGE swinging extended trot down to a collected one and then back again repeatedly... will get the gears going between the horses ears and after a period you will see the most beautiful Passage develop that way!)
Once you have Passage (from extended trot transitions) you simply (which is conceptual, the IDEA is simple the exicution of it takes time!) you can begin to slowly rein it in to a beautiful Piaffe. Before you do that however, it helpls to have the Passage be ROCK SOLID and exicuted on cue easily. SIX months and you can have it, if you train it every day, in many short sessions. I do it on a trail! and can get 5 good trainings in, over less than an hour, all while crossing country
Also, BIG HELP, use MUSIC! Horses are surprisingly musical (their feet make a rhythm every time they move, of course they would be!) if you give a steady rhythm with your voice (or a Metranome) the horse will learn to time its footfalls to your beat. You can then manipulate the speed and scope of your horses motion by altering your beat (speeding it up or slowing it down) Its the simplest thing and it works SO remarkably fast! But youd be amazed how few people will utilize it to reach their goal
ok, bits are NOT evil!! theyre there to communicate with the horse. yes, some people do use bits as torture-devices, but not everybody does this. in the right hands, bits are a gentle and effective means of communication
to go completely at liberty, with NO bridle, bit, or restraint of any kind is extremely dangerous and irresponsible in practical terms.
To ride along the side of the road like that, and if the horse gets spooked or stung by a bee, and panicks... there is no way to prevent the horse from dashing into traffic and dying in a very ugly way.
It is a romantic idea that has no place in the reality of a dangerous world. And to an animal that is evolved to have as high a flight response as horses...
the econemy of phrasing there is a thing of beauty.
It also needs to be said that when one takes the time to teach the horse the subtlties of the bit, one does not need to use much pressure at all, I have known and trained MANY horses to the stage where you can ask for transitions simply by closing your fingers on the reins and not moving the hand at all... a motion so subtle most cant percieve it, and it becomes a private conversation with the horse rather than a display of motions.
Some people can't use bits not because of their horse it is because of the people who do not know how to use them correctly, and who do not know how to properly do bitting training.
When you approach it, the introduction of the bit, properly, in a slow and controlled manner, the horse does not fear or rebel against it. It is all a matter of how you introduce the subject, and approach the subject. If it is a horse who has been mistreated or allowed to become disrespectful and out of hand, those are another matter, but you CAN do anything if you aproach it properly. Which means slowly, gently and CONSISTANTLY.
well it also depends on what ur doing with the horse like if ur working him out in a field or barrel racing him its all different there for the horse will respond differently to the bit soo apparently u dont know what ur talking about all this dressage stuff is totally different from doing cows or something that requires work
Actually, I have eight consecutive years of junior state barrel racing and all arround rodeo titles, as that is the world I grew up in. My current interest is for the MASTERY of the animal that requires artistry, patience, and far greater levels of skill.
I play polo also, as that is far more demanding of technique and precision as well as speed, and many of my clients do barrels, and have me put on clinics for it based on my own past achievements with it, and the very same principals aply.
Which is to say, when one experiences a problem, or wishes to improve... sometimes you just have to go back to basics.
And for the record, in barrels, it is also the most precise horse who wins, not the one with the highest throttle speed.
Even world champion barrel racers start it slow, and often go back to basics on their top horses, because it is POLISH and not the gas pedal that wins, and a polished horse gets that way SLOWLY and steadily! They arent machines, you have to teach them.
Neat, a Spanish trot. My Andalusian does it all the time, but not so brilliant( when he wants to show off ;) A LOT of response and throttle that team has!!
"Haute Ecole" means litterally "High School", it is classical and dates back to the Rennasaince (17th century) when bits were far more severe. It is traditionally done with a double bridle as such an aid, when properly used, is an exercise in SUBTLTY, and demonstrates the horse's education and assists in communication between horse and rider.
The NEVZORV stuff is the basic concept without a bridle. But its only a "specialized brand" that is generally impractical for anything outside and arena
It is the term used to describe the training of the horse taken to the form of "HIGH ART". It differs from competition dressage in that it is intuitive and interpreitive and based on individual TALENT rather than simple "cold hard math" to quantify the quality and beauty of its movements and achievements.
Just as the term "Dressage" means "to prepare/train" the term Haute Ecole literally means "High School"
It's very pretty. I think the rider just wants to let you know how much action is under the throttle(saddle) if he wants to. The horse is super responsive.
Actually, in the CLASSICAL tradition -rather than the modern SPORT of dressage- the Spanish trot was developed to increase elevation of the front action in other gaits as well as to develop a lightness on the front end. Heinrichs (over a decade head of the Spanish riding school) gives a breif history of it and its purpose in his book on the art of schooling horses in hand to improve their performance under a rider.
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I wouldn't say that's quality movement.. It's not classical dressage.. The front legs of the dressage horse should never be elevated to that extent.. This is as bad as ROLLKUR in my eyes..
Ha ha ha.. That's the kind of remark I can expect from a KID/child.. You've got a LOT to learn yet my dear.. Yes, I am a warmblood (Westphalian and a Swedish WB)owner who also happens to own a Lusitano too.. So what??Exactly WHAT does your snide comment supposed to mean really??
I agree! as light and pretty as it looks, the horse's front and hind legs should be parallel in the extended trot. And the horse in this vid is somewhat uneven in his efforts to flip out his toes.
To that end, no animal is flawless. Sometimes, rather than search for the smallest details in what is not absolutely flawless perfection, we should endeavor instead to take a moment to appriciate when something is extraordinary in its beauty for what it is, and not obsess over what it "isnt quite"
so, since I agree with an opinion that isn't yours, I am obsessive and can't apprecciate anything beautiful? I believe I said that this video was pretty but incorrect. That horses need to be parallel in an extended trot is a fact, not an opinion. stop pontificating.
That is not what I am saying at all, you are fully entitled to your opinion as I am mine, However, what I am saying is, while it is easy to criticise, that is ALL alot of people do, and in the process they loose sight of the beauty of what it IS. YOU may or may not, but if you go back and read some of the long history of comments here, you may be surprised with just how many people try to DISCOURAGE displays such as this.
I will pontificate as I darn well please, it appears you do also.
the author wrote transition from passage to passage... yeah he's passaging in the beginning, but then...? god, you people are so irritatingly argumentative. All I did was agree with *someone else* that this is not "correct." no need for you to pipe in. @_@
As the author, please note that it says Passage to Passage Espangola (i.e. the so-called "SPANISH TROT", which simply is the Passage with extended "Spanish" action of the forelegs)
It looks like passage with very high front legs, or like spanish trot. It's hard to say what it really is, but it's definitely not extended trot, as extended trot is faster and with bigger strides, and this is very collected.
PASSAGE ESPANGLA (please note the second word) IS the "spanish trot"! It says so in the title which as not been altered
I descried it as such because Spanish trot is NOT simply trot wth Raised legs, it is ACTUALLY a Passage with the knees extended instead of rounded. Whch is how it is classically taught.
Hence Passage ESPANGLA is in point of fact the more accurate term for it
yeah, I know. I agreed with another comment like, 7 months ago, who was saying this wasn't classical dressage, and I assumed they thought it was an extended trot. I don't think they were saying a spanish trot is not part of dressage, but its not like its in any usdf test. sorry you looked at my comment out of context, ultimate DQ.
Opinions are like booties... it seems everyone has got one! :)
it is easy for people to condemn something they have little knowledge of rather than simply accept that within the world there are other points of view and motivations. But everyone is entitled to think and feel what ever they like.
Personally i think all this fighting over the internet is alot like that saying: "Fighting on the net is like winning the special olympics, even if you win, your still retarded"... crude but acurate
Those of you criticising this superb rider, clearly know little about training the horse. If you haven't seen stallions showing off to mares, performing all of these airs, then you havent experienced horses!
The art is to train the horse to do it when you want him to, through partnership and trust, still maintaing the air of pride and joie de vivre. This is how we train all our horses, and in fact, just try and stop my Hispano Arab gelding doing Spanish walk when he has an audience!
Firstly, this is an ex-Olympics rider (show jumping), which at the very least qualifies him as able. Have you got anywhere near that level of experience and hard work?
Secondly, watch some other of his videos
Thirdly, have you lived with the people who do this and teach it? Well I have, and to get a horse who reacts like this can't be done by cruelty.
And i don't give a shit if there is 'cruelty' because there really wasn't. People don't treat their 50,000 dollar plus horses cruelly. that horse probablly lives better than most people.
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Well, I am sorry to rain on everybody 's parade but the level of cruelty that was used to train this horse to this level is not even
imaginable. Just make some researches, people, I is very common , and I mean very very common to see bloody horse side due to heavy use of spur ... especially this rider, this rider has a very bad reputation even in his country
Precisely! The "Possitive reinforcement" method is very successful, and often with species that cannot be enticed to perform through punishment or abuse (i.e. DOLPHINS... who can simply REFUSE any time they wish, without any real way to punish them for non compliance.)
It has a very long and well respected history for achieving results.
you realise that most riders in english disciplines use BLUNT spurs right? And that no amount of cruelty could force a horse to perform these movements with that quality?
How is it torture teaching a horse to do on command what it does IN NATURE? Ever see a stallion showing off to the ladies? They do everything from passage to levade. This isn't torture, this is horse and rider in harmony. A perfect partnership... PARTNERSHIP. Not slave and master, but PARTNERS. And if it was so "torturous" the horse wouldn't be doing it. It's a 1600lb animal... if it didn't wanna do something, it sure as hell wouldnt do it.
o please. so youve never seen or heard of a horse doing something it didnt want to? they might be big but they are not quite as sharp as humans; they give in. hollowing the back and throwing the front legs out in front...never seen that in the wild
Perhaps then you've never seen a stallion at play... or displaying for a mare, because the throwing forward of the legs in this manner, including the hollowing of the back and raising of the head and cresting the neck are all signature movements you tend to see them do.
The movements of Spanish Walk, Trot, etc. Are all natural play behaviors and are part of any breeding stallion's display... many dominant mares will also do it, all of their own accord.
Couldn't agree more with you. The horse and rider is ofc at a very high level but still, the backlegs stay the same while the frontlegs go huge. But again!! Beautiful horse, and good rider.
" the backlegs stay the same while the frontlegs go huge." that is exactly how spanish trot is correctly shown. In extended trot it would be a mistake.
Non, je ne connais pas le titre mais je sais que sur le site de l'école de Jerez, on peut écouter des extraits des musiques, elles sont spécialement écrites pour l'école. Il y a un cd disponible, mais je ne sais pas si celle là en particulier est éditée dessus...
... J'aime beaucoup cette musique aussi, j'aimerais bien l'avoir aussi pour l'écouter lorsque je monte, cela donnerait un peu de fièvre ibérique....A défaut de Verdi.
OK, je vais essayer de voir sur le site de Jerez, je ne savais pas qu'ils en avaient un, je vais chercher, si je trouve, je vous tiens au courrant Merci
i disagree with appaloosa42. not trying to be mean but dont put down quater horses for this stuff. i retrained him from an abussive situation and we were in training for 4th level movements. please remeber there are always exceptions to the rule. but u are very correct about the shoulder movement. it is very difficult to find horses that you stated with an open shoulder.
Yes, there is also a "Spanish walk" and I am hosting a video of an exceptional bay horse named Marduk doing it (same rider, owner,trainer as the horse in this video)... it is impressive when done well. it is RARELY done very well mind you, but when it is, it is amazing! It can even be done from a canter, and I also host a video of this horse doing that!
It is a TRAINED movement by the way, basically you teach the horse to "Shake hands" like a dog, and to do that on every stride.
Mmany horses lack the free-moving shoulder necessary to achieve the elevation this movement requires. Of the horses of American breeding a few with very old American Arabian lines and with TB ancestry tracing to Nasrullah (and particularly those with Secretariat breeding) may be more likely have it. I own an Appaloosa Secretariat-bred Gr.G. daughter and her son who can. Lippet Morgans, Tenn. Walkers may. Other breeds (in the US most are Quarter Horse TB and Polish-derived Arabians) can't.
My Arabians have the shoulders for this, most notably my black mare who is out of a double Bask daughter (Bask is FAMOUS for his "free shoulders" and elevated fronting action in that bloodline).
To find shoulders for it, it helps to look arround for horses bred to the Saddle seat ring, they usually have the front ends for it... rarely the full package, but usually the fronts.
Dear Sir, when you say free moving shoulder are you speaking of the more narrow set bone structure? You won't find my breed of horse mentioned above, she is a Nokota.
it's called the spanish trot. they're trotting, but they're picking their feet up as much as a spanish walk. i heard it's pretty darn difficult to teach.
We do... but its difficult to locate. Wait a few years though, Im working on putting together a place on this hemisphere to see and learn these sort of things...
That's terrible! I never really understood the concept of it until now and it's unfortunate to say that I see that quite often in some of the dressage stables in my area and even at Spruce Meadows. It's too bad people could careless about the horse and only focus on achieving success through these sorts of practices. Thanks so much for informing on this; I really do appreciate it! :D
The engagement of the hindquarters is superb, so unlike the hindlegs dragging behind as usually seen with the 'Spanish Walk'. The suspension of each stride and the overall lightness projects a harmonious relationship with the rider, great athletic ability, and a joy of life. Ole!
Jefferdaughter 1 month ago
millionen mal besser und schöner als totilas !
caseB100 2 months ago
beautiful training with lightness and love
faibishclassical 2 months ago
Wow so beautiful horse!
suppuhi 3 months ago
Cool. :) Andalusian, right?
BarrelsPolesandJack 6 months ago
Its like a grey version of Totilas... Although Totilas looked natural in extended trot, this spanish walk looked trained, and it looks nicer in walk i think
VintageStar385 7 months ago
the white Totilas...
Only this sheems so much trained and with Totilas it looks naturally
QuintyKelly95 7 months ago
I cant wait for the "dressage under the stars" in LA Equestrian Center. One of the best things to experience in LA next to Cavallo show (spelled right?)
bunnykins110P 8 months ago
Not really what I would call Haute Ecole S; But it looks nice though.. I don't think the horse suffers very much.. Though I think bit will always hurt a horse.
Me4everOnly 8 months ago
its amazing at what you can get horses to do.
elouephaley 8 months ago
Do you think that horse live in harmony with their owner? : P
Chamirgullet 10 months ago
that's disgusting..
Chamirgullet 11 months ago
@Chamirgullet erm...how?
IloveCasperxxx 10 months ago
Incredible! What an amazing Spanish trot. The horse moved without a flaw.
KutwrightStablesGA 1 year ago
spanish trot was amazing. very very well done. hope u won :)
thejakeman131 1 year ago
Beautiful !
What does the song in the end called?
dorounn 1 year ago
wow
hulewurelewe 1 year ago
Awesome Spanish trot!!! Wish my horse would do that... :)
charliz365 1 year ago 20
@charliz365 My donkey can
lessiver 9 months ago
@lessiver hmm really. ;)
charliz365 9 months ago
@charliz365 If he would, he could
lessiver 9 months ago
Looks like an Andalusian or a Lippazaner...and passage MEANS a high, suspended, collected trot....spanish trot is synonymous with passage espangla.
taureandoll 1 year ago
i want my horsie to do thissssssss :DD
thebluebot 1 year ago
now if you could teach him to pick his hind legs up more he would have an ah-mazing Extended trot!
jeaninedressage 1 year ago
@jeaninedressage That wasnt extended, it was a spanish trot, like the spanish wask, but trotting. Extended it totally different ;)
CHEVYedsf 11 months ago
can you explain to me the difference between the spanish trot and the passage espangla?
CrazyForLucky 1 year ago
is the horse a lusitano ?
lykkebianca 1 year ago
wish my tb would do that lmao
sk3lt0n 1 year ago
so beautiful! <3
MrMintyk 1 year ago
I'd love to train my horse to do this :)
crazy1coral 1 year ago
armes pferd
Darreliloveyouso 1 year ago
amazing -
ShowponyPoet 1 year ago
thats Passage to Spanish trot ^^ if the horse is already doing the passage he can't be going into it lol :) :) not trying to be rude btw.
QueenoftheCovenant 1 year ago
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calenardhon 1 year ago
this used to be a special "trick" or way of movement (sorry for my bad english or incorrect expression), but soon all dressage horses have to learn to move like this, after Totilas. thanks a lot, professional judges...
calenardhon 1 year ago
wow!
that is amazing!
FearNot1823 1 year ago
wow jsut beautiful i fell in love with this at disneyland in california america all snow white camargue beauties
gensexercises 1 year ago
that is sooo beautiful!!
MrMintyk 1 year ago
That is pretty cool!
UltimateDQ 2 years ago
it's beautiful!(L)
carr461 2 years ago 9
Grauenhaft... Vorne Hui und hinten nix... nur Showtrab...
TheLolobada 2 years ago 2
very nice!
2Ureader 2 years ago
Well said, Enlighteneduk. I've marvelled over the unchanging tempo from the one passage to the next - spectuacular achievement - only wish there was more!
monteras100 2 years ago
No matter what its called, its beatyfull and amazing. I envy him his talent.
Lorteskovl 2 years ago
Juan Diego is also an OLympic show jumper, as well as a superlative classical rider. When any of you who are criticising, can ride a fraction as well, and train these exceedingly difficult movements better than him, then, you have the right to comment!
enlighteneduk 2 years ago
Absolutely amazing! For yoy guys, wou are trying to split hairs about - how to call this figure - I could not care less, it is great performance, looks terrific, and I wish I cold do it with my horses. Sure I can't, and I am a bit overaged to ever get close to that, never mind, my horses also do well Hihi!
I love this serie of vids.
Naturalhorse1 2 years ago
wow. i have never seen anyhting like it. sort of... springy and light, yet rediculously unbalanced. not sure whether to like it or not. lol
vixitrixalina 2 years ago
aww beautiful :)
imabananaonweeed 2 years ago
it's hooves barely seem to touch the ground
AnimallvrChick 2 years ago
What is the name of this song???
valentinospitfire94 2 years ago
question:
im training my horse the piaffe and passage and she lifts up her front legs once or twice than stops and keeps walking normally. How do i get her to lift all the legs off the ground and im i teaching it right. When the horse starts to do it you realease the preasue right????? im confused a bit on this one. help me out k
thatperson195 2 years ago
You would do well to purchase the book "Schooling horses in Hand" by Heinrichs. He was headmaster of the Spanish riding school for over a decade, and it is a great road map to how to develop this movement.
Also if you spell it "PIAFFER" and google, there is a great article on a Spanish horse website about how to develop the Piaffe like Anky, as a "Passage in place" which is better suited to sports horses rather than the traditional route of teaching it from the ground up.
EmpressIllyria 2 years ago
Basically if you spend some extra time developing it from the Passage (which can be achieved by doing A whole lot of transitions from collection to extension at the trot, Start BIG and OBVIOUS and then slowly ask for more subtle changes, but basically transitioning a HUGE swinging extended trot down to a collected one and then back again repeatedly... will get the gears going between the horses ears and after a period you will see the most beautiful Passage develop that way!)
EmpressIllyria 2 years ago
Once you have Passage (from extended trot transitions) you simply (which is conceptual, the IDEA is simple the exicution of it takes time!) you can begin to slowly rein it in to a beautiful Piaffe. Before you do that however, it helpls to have the Passage be ROCK SOLID and exicuted on cue easily. SIX months and you can have it, if you train it every day, in many short sessions. I do it on a trail! and can get 5 good trainings in, over less than an hour, all while crossing country
EmpressIllyria 2 years ago
Also, BIG HELP, use MUSIC! Horses are surprisingly musical (their feet make a rhythm every time they move, of course they would be!) if you give a steady rhythm with your voice (or a Metranome) the horse will learn to time its footfalls to your beat. You can then manipulate the speed and scope of your horses motion by altering your beat (speeding it up or slowing it down) Its the simplest thing and it works SO remarkably fast! But youd be amazed how few people will utilize it to reach their goal
EmpressIllyria 2 years ago
poor horse. biomechanicly it gets torn apart..
AngeDK92 2 years ago
with bits you can communicate with youre horse so it isnt evil at all,
JeNachtmerrieRobin 2 years ago
ok, bits are NOT evil!! theyre there to communicate with the horse. yes, some people do use bits as torture-devices, but not everybody does this. in the right hands, bits are a gentle and effective means of communication
chrissyluvhorsey 2 years ago
poor horse, i hate who uses bits!!
because i dont i use halter or rope...
poor horses:(
HannuGirl10 2 years ago
to go completely at liberty, with NO bridle, bit, or restraint of any kind is extremely dangerous and irresponsible in practical terms.
To ride along the side of the road like that, and if the horse gets spooked or stung by a bee, and panicks... there is no way to prevent the horse from dashing into traffic and dying in a very ugly way.
It is a romantic idea that has no place in the reality of a dangerous world. And to an animal that is evolved to have as high a flight response as horses...
EmpressIllyria 2 years ago
thats is so stupid in the right hands the bit is only as harshe as the rider hands. i show my horse in a double and she doesnt mind
jamesandallas 2 years ago
Well said. Very similar to the computer motto. The computer's only as smart as the person using it.
Swallowchllorox 2 years ago
the econemy of phrasing there is a thing of beauty.
It also needs to be said that when one takes the time to teach the horse the subtlties of the bit, one does not need to use much pressure at all, I have known and trained MANY horses to the stage where you can ask for transitions simply by closing your fingers on the reins and not moving the hand at all... a motion so subtle most cant percieve it, and it becomes a private conversation with the horse rather than a display of motions.
EmpressIllyria 2 years ago
some ppl cant use bits bcuz of their horse so its not their fault it dont hurt the horse
COWGURL4LIFE11 2 years ago
Some people can't use bits not because of their horse it is because of the people who do not know how to use them correctly, and who do not know how to properly do bitting training.
boadicea1 2 years ago
well yes that has alot to do with it 2 but it also depends on the horse
COWGURL4LIFE11 2 years ago
When you approach it, the introduction of the bit, properly, in a slow and controlled manner, the horse does not fear or rebel against it. It is all a matter of how you introduce the subject, and approach the subject. If it is a horse who has been mistreated or allowed to become disrespectful and out of hand, those are another matter, but you CAN do anything if you aproach it properly. Which means slowly, gently and CONSISTANTLY.
EmpressIllyria 2 years ago
well it also depends on what ur doing with the horse like if ur working him out in a field or barrel racing him its all different there for the horse will respond differently to the bit soo apparently u dont know what ur talking about all this dressage stuff is totally different from doing cows or something that requires work
COWGURL4LIFE11 2 years ago
Actually, I have eight consecutive years of junior state barrel racing and all arround rodeo titles, as that is the world I grew up in. My current interest is for the MASTERY of the animal that requires artistry, patience, and far greater levels of skill.
I play polo also, as that is far more demanding of technique and precision as well as speed, and many of my clients do barrels, and have me put on clinics for it based on my own past achievements with it, and the very same principals aply.
EmpressIllyria 2 years ago
Which is to say, when one experiences a problem, or wishes to improve... sometimes you just have to go back to basics.
And for the record, in barrels, it is also the most precise horse who wins, not the one with the highest throttle speed.
Even world champion barrel racers start it slow, and often go back to basics on their top horses, because it is POLISH and not the gas pedal that wins, and a polished horse gets that way SLOWLY and steadily! They arent machines, you have to teach them.
EmpressIllyria 2 years ago
Frustrata del cazzo
pupowar 2 years ago
hey what's is the name of this number
valentinospitfire94 2 years ago
wow
stephntilly 2 years ago
Magnifique.
AbbleToBe 2 years ago
wow, exellent !
dresusi 2 years ago
Neat, a Spanish trot. My Andalusian does it all the time, but not so brilliant( when he wants to show off ;) A LOT of response and throttle that team has!!
DressagetotheMAX 2 years ago
Ich find sowas schrecklich unnatürlich o.O
xXTorteliniXx 2 years ago
vous trouvez que ça a la tete d'une allure naturelle comme on en recherche en dressage ?
Pas moi ...
MyHenoso 2 years ago
okay, there is elevation and power, very very nice!
Jaccko14 2 years ago
Excelente jinete español!
Joim100 2 years ago
isnt haute ecole like totally against bits? but this horse is in a double bridle. im confused...?
hunterjumperrr227 2 years ago
"Haute Ecole" means litterally "High School", it is classical and dates back to the Rennasaince (17th century) when bits were far more severe. It is traditionally done with a double bridle as such an aid, when properly used, is an exercise in SUBTLTY, and demonstrates the horse's education and assists in communication between horse and rider.
The NEVZORV stuff is the basic concept without a bridle. But its only a "specialized brand" that is generally impractical for anything outside and arena
EmpressIllyria 2 years ago
ohhh ok sry i thought haute ecole was like parelli. i didn't know it meant high school. thankss!
hunterjumperrr227 2 years ago
Do you mean "Nevzorov" ?
FreddyOgSigrid 2 years ago
stunning!
MeAndMyHoss 2 years ago
Wow-Wish i could do that=)
I'm just starting to learn dressage and was wondering what Haute Ecole was?
OlympianGonnaBe2020 2 years ago
It is the term used to describe the training of the horse taken to the form of "HIGH ART". It differs from competition dressage in that it is intuitive and interpreitive and based on individual TALENT rather than simple "cold hard math" to quantify the quality and beauty of its movements and achievements.
Just as the term "Dressage" means "to prepare/train" the term Haute Ecole literally means "High School"
EmpressIllyria 2 years ago
You make a good point. It reminds me of how are a lot of aspects to competitive judging that seriously need improvements.
Cristinabel7 2 years ago
That is beautiful
HorsePsycho 2 years ago
The guy rides beautifully! Very nice seat and aids.
Does anyone know what music this is?
SpringbokRider 2 years ago
what breed is this horse? lipizzaner?
37001218 2 years ago
It's very pretty. I think the rider just wants to let you know how much action is under the throttle(saddle) if he wants to. The horse is super responsive.
LastTree 3 years ago
Actually, in the CLASSICAL tradition -rather than the modern SPORT of dressage- the Spanish trot was developed to increase elevation of the front action in other gaits as well as to develop a lightness on the front end. Heinrichs (over a decade head of the Spanish riding school) gives a breif history of it and its purpose in his book on the art of schooling horses in hand to improve their performance under a rider.
EmpressIllyria 3 years ago
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I wouldn't say that's quality movement.. It's not classical dressage.. The front legs of the dressage horse should never be elevated to that extent.. This is as bad as ROLLKUR in my eyes..
ubrilliant1 3 years ago
Hunh, a WB person. Stick to watching those petty little TBs doing dressage crap
Bayleyfan 2 years ago
Ha ha ha.. That's the kind of remark I can expect from a KID/child.. You've got a LOT to learn yet my dear.. Yes, I am a warmblood (Westphalian and a Swedish WB)owner who also happens to own a Lusitano too.. So what??Exactly WHAT does your snide comment supposed to mean really??
ubrilliant1 2 years ago
I agree! as light and pretty as it looks, the horse's front and hind legs should be parallel in the extended trot. And the horse in this vid is somewhat uneven in his efforts to flip out his toes.
merryoxox 2 years ago
To that end, no animal is flawless. Sometimes, rather than search for the smallest details in what is not absolutely flawless perfection, we should endeavor instead to take a moment to appriciate when something is extraordinary in its beauty for what it is, and not obsess over what it "isnt quite"
EmpressIllyria 2 years ago
so, since I agree with an opinion that isn't yours, I am obsessive and can't apprecciate anything beautiful? I believe I said that this video was pretty but incorrect. That horses need to be parallel in an extended trot is a fact, not an opinion. stop pontificating.
merryoxox 2 years ago
That is not what I am saying at all, you are fully entitled to your opinion as I am mine, However, what I am saying is, while it is easy to criticise, that is ALL alot of people do, and in the process they loose sight of the beauty of what it IS. YOU may or may not, but if you go back and read some of the long history of comments here, you may be surprised with just how many people try to DISCOURAGE displays such as this.
I will pontificate as I darn well please, it appears you do also.
EmpressIllyria 2 years ago
hah, hardly.
merryoxox 2 years ago
He's not doing extended trot
xXWarrenbabeXx 2 years ago
excuse me? then what is he doing? it's not passage either... not a working trot, not collected trot.... so what is it?
doxwr 2 years ago
the author wrote transition from passage to passage... yeah he's passaging in the beginning, but then...? god, you people are so irritatingly argumentative. All I did was agree with *someone else* that this is not "correct." no need for you to pipe in. @_@
doxwr 2 years ago
As the author, please note that it says Passage to Passage Espangola (i.e. the so-called "SPANISH TROT", which simply is the Passage with extended "Spanish" action of the forelegs)
EmpressIllyria 2 years ago
It looks like passage with very high front legs, or like spanish trot. It's hard to say what it really is, but it's definitely not extended trot, as extended trot is faster and with bigger strides, and this is very collected.
xXWarrenbabeXx 2 years ago
It is Spanish Trot
EmpressIllyria 2 years ago
That's a spanish trot.
Just like spanish walk, but then trotting ;)
bizzybijtje 2 years ago
close enough, it is actually more of a Passage than a trot., but your correct that is the basic idea :)
EmpressIllyria 2 years ago
@EmpressIllyria No it's not ;) This is really an spanish trot, looks alot like passage but it's definitly not.
bizzybijtje 2 years ago
PASSAGE ESPANGLA (please note the second word) IS the "spanish trot"! It says so in the title which as not been altered
I descried it as such because Spanish trot is NOT simply trot wth Raised legs, it is ACTUALLY a Passage with the knees extended instead of rounded. Whch is how it is classically taught.
Hence Passage ESPANGLA is in point of fact the more accurate term for it
EmpressIllyria 2 years ago
i think it is called spanish trot
it is not something gymnastical accomplished, not real dressage, but nice zircensic.
nothing to do with collection or either extended trot, look at the hind legs.
(sorry for bad english i am german)
go6go6go6 2 years ago
It's not an extended trot, merryoxox.
UltimateDQ 2 years ago
yeah, I know. I agreed with another comment like, 7 months ago, who was saying this wasn't classical dressage, and I assumed they thought it was an extended trot. I don't think they were saying a spanish trot is not part of dressage, but its not like its in any usdf test. sorry you looked at my comment out of context, ultimate DQ.
merryoxox 2 years ago
Ya, sorry, it was a long time ago and I didn't read all the comments. Sorry!
UltimateDQ 2 years ago
what a great horse! and for all the people dissing this movement, get a life. dressage is a beautiful sport, and the horses enjoy it too.
amsilverny 3 years ago
Opinions are like booties... it seems everyone has got one! :)
it is easy for people to condemn something they have little knowledge of rather than simply accept that within the world there are other points of view and motivations. But everyone is entitled to think and feel what ever they like.
Personally i think all this fighting over the internet is alot like that saying: "Fighting on the net is like winning the special olympics, even if you win, your still retarded"... crude but acurate
EmpressIllyria 3 years ago
well said
amsilverny 3 years ago
beautiful, what an athletic animal and excellent partnership.
equestrian161 3 years ago
Those of you criticising this superb rider, clearly know little about training the horse. If you haven't seen stallions showing off to mares, performing all of these airs, then you havent experienced horses!
The art is to train the horse to do it when you want him to, through partnership and trust, still maintaing the air of pride and joie de vivre. This is how we train all our horses, and in fact, just try and stop my Hispano Arab gelding doing Spanish walk when he has an audience!
enlighteneduk 3 years ago 5
egasserd888 grow up & get some world-view!
Firstly, this is an ex-Olympics rider (show jumping), which at the very least qualifies him as able. Have you got anywhere near that level of experience and hard work?
Secondly, watch some other of his videos
Thirdly, have you lived with the people who do this and teach it? Well I have, and to get a horse who reacts like this can't be done by cruelty.
arcanovas 3 years ago 3
I won't believe all those torture things, without reliable sources..
It is possible to achieve this without torture, and I even believe it is impossible to achieve this by the use of torture.
Clijntje 3 years ago 2
wow that is amazing.
And i don't give a shit if there is 'cruelty' because there really wasn't. People don't treat their 50,000 dollar plus horses cruelly. that horse probablly lives better than most people.
MercuryJokerCasino 3 years ago
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Well, I am sorry to rain on everybody 's parade but the level of cruelty that was used to train this horse to this level is not even
imaginable. Just make some researches, people, I is very common , and I mean very very common to see bloody horse side due to heavy use of spur ... especially this rider, this rider has a very bad reputation even in his country
egasserd8888 3 years ago
There's cruelty in every sport.
But could you post some links about this rider. You know, just to back up what you're saying.
c140075 3 years ago
There are more ways to teach a horse something like this. I made her clear that when she raises her leg, she gets a carrot.
Then she needs to raise her leg higher to get one, and now she can walk 20 meter like that. she even likes it...
Titamakesmefly 3 years ago
Precisely! The "Possitive reinforcement" method is very successful, and often with species that cannot be enticed to perform through punishment or abuse (i.e. DOLPHINS... who can simply REFUSE any time they wish, without any real way to punish them for non compliance.)
It has a very long and well respected history for achieving results.
EmpressIllyria 3 years ago
you realise that most riders in english disciplines use BLUNT spurs right? And that no amount of cruelty could force a horse to perform these movements with that quality?
TwistedTemptress 3 years ago 2
totally agree.
I'd like to see anyone force an animal to do something that beautiful
allsmiles3215 3 years ago
what an idiot who sits on a horse without helmet..
anniizk 3 years ago
alot of people
pleatec13 3 years ago
He used to be my jumping trainer!
omarSkarabi 3 years ago
Thats so amazing!
haflingers10 3 years ago
That is very cool but pure torture to the poor horse
Shana4t5 3 years ago
How is it torture teaching a horse to do on command what it does IN NATURE? Ever see a stallion showing off to the ladies? They do everything from passage to levade. This isn't torture, this is horse and rider in harmony. A perfect partnership... PARTNERSHIP. Not slave and master, but PARTNERS. And if it was so "torturous" the horse wouldn't be doing it. It's a 1600lb animal... if it didn't wanna do something, it sure as hell wouldnt do it.
lexxwolfen 3 years ago
o please. so youve never seen or heard of a horse doing something it didnt want to? they might be big but they are not quite as sharp as humans; they give in. hollowing the back and throwing the front legs out in front...never seen that in the wild
2BeatTempis 3 years ago
Perhaps then you've never seen a stallion at play... or displaying for a mare, because the throwing forward of the legs in this manner, including the hollowing of the back and raising of the head and cresting the neck are all signature movements you tend to see them do.
The movements of Spanish Walk, Trot, etc. Are all natural play behaviors and are part of any breeding stallion's display... many dominant mares will also do it, all of their own accord.
EmpressIllyria 3 years ago
moo? lol well you can learn it yourself. =] have fun lol..
hipersonhello 3 years ago
Are You KIDDING me?? I will give a KIDNEY for that horse... PM ME....
LOL
onelasssttime 3 years ago 5
i have to tell you, that you're Horse school is respecting..there isn't a lot of people that love horses like that and respect them! great!
Tiiina01 3 years ago 4
Wery good!
malino09 3 years ago
handsoffmysaddle,
Johanna Batista teaches classical dressage. She is from Spain and does clinics in the US. Her specialty is the Baroque horses.
boadicea1 3 years ago
In which states does she do clinics?
lexxwolfen 3 years ago
wow
astreaker 3 years ago
magnifique
fantasiamar 3 years ago
Lots of front-end movement..nothing in the back
ropefast 3 years ago 2
this is what u call proper riding.
tp1992tom 3 years ago
I now, but the rider si not in question here.
ropefast 3 years ago
Couldn't agree more with you. The horse and rider is ofc at a very high level but still, the backlegs stay the same while the frontlegs go huge. But again!! Beautiful horse, and good rider.
thadufuzz 3 years ago
" the backlegs stay the same while the frontlegs go huge." that is exactly how spanish trot is correctly shown. In extended trot it would be a mistake.
brujanegra 3 years ago 4
really neat
bellabelliboo 3 years ago
This video is awesome,is it possible to get it longuest ,and is there anybody can tell me what is this music .Thanks
yawalat 3 years ago
Il me semble que c'est la musique qu'ils utilisent pour les spectacles à Jerez de la Frontera....
jim71310 3 years ago
Merci de l'info, connaiteriez-vous le titre par hasard?
Cette équitation est vraiment du grand art.
yawalat 3 years ago
Non, je ne connais pas le titre mais je sais que sur le site de l'école de Jerez, on peut écouter des extraits des musiques, elles sont spécialement écrites pour l'école. Il y a un cd disponible, mais je ne sais pas si celle là en particulier est éditée dessus...
jim71310 3 years ago
... J'aime beaucoup cette musique aussi, j'aimerais bien l'avoir aussi pour l'écouter lorsque je monte, cela donnerait un peu de fièvre ibérique....A défaut de Verdi.
jim71310 3 years ago
OK, je vais essayer de voir sur le site de Jerez, je ne savais pas qu'ils en avaient un, je vais chercher, si je trouve, je vous tiens au courrant Merci
yawalat 3 years ago
oui, oui, oui...Merci
jim71310 3 years ago
i disagree with appaloosa42. not trying to be mean but dont put down quater horses for this stuff. i retrained him from an abussive situation and we were in training for 4th level movements. please remeber there are always exceptions to the rule. but u are very correct about the shoulder movement. it is very difficult to find horses that you stated with an open shoulder.
countrygirls047 3 years ago
Yes, there is also a "Spanish walk" and I am hosting a video of an exceptional bay horse named Marduk doing it (same rider, owner,trainer as the horse in this video)... it is impressive when done well. it is RARELY done very well mind you, but when it is, it is amazing! It can even be done from a canter, and I also host a video of this horse doing that!
It is a TRAINED movement by the way, basically you teach the horse to "Shake hands" like a dog, and to do that on every stride.
EmpressIllyria 3 years ago
yeah it looks beautyfull..
But somehow, I can't stop thinking, do the horse like to walk like that?
Louisedamsbo 3 years ago
Mmany horses lack the free-moving shoulder necessary to achieve the elevation this movement requires. Of the horses of American breeding a few with very old American Arabian lines and with TB ancestry tracing to Nasrullah (and particularly those with Secretariat breeding) may be more likely have it. I own an Appaloosa Secretariat-bred Gr.G. daughter and her son who can. Lippet Morgans, Tenn. Walkers may. Other breeds (in the US most are Quarter Horse TB and Polish-derived Arabians) can't.
appaloosa42 3 years ago
My Arabians have the shoulders for this, most notably my black mare who is out of a double Bask daughter (Bask is FAMOUS for his "free shoulders" and elevated fronting action in that bloodline).
To find shoulders for it, it helps to look arround for horses bred to the Saddle seat ring, they usually have the front ends for it... rarely the full package, but usually the fronts.
EmpressIllyria 3 years ago
Dear Sir, when you say free moving shoulder are you speaking of the more narrow set bone structure? You won't find my breed of horse mentioned above, she is a Nokota.
Freerunningtwo 3 years ago
wow
youla94 3 years ago
ït isn´t haute ecole
MagicLoveismylove 3 years ago
WOW AWSOME!
mykittencookie 3 years ago
Absolutely stunning. Trevijano is one of the masters of the Art.
SweetSaccharine 3 years ago
wow that was cool
i really want to take up dressage soon =3
AmyLavinEyah 3 years ago
What WAS that?
It was like a combination of passage and spanish walk. I have never seen anything like it.
nelsonreed 3 years ago
it's called the spanish trot. they're trotting, but they're picking their feet up as much as a spanish walk. i heard it's pretty darn difficult to teach.
Ima09er 3 years ago
Soon he'll fly! :D Lovely horse..
Kristinebest 3 years ago
wow..that was so cool! i want to ride like that someday...
ponieluver 3 years ago
Geez.... I need to go to Portugal. We have nothing good on this side of the puddle.
Cheyenne17124 3 years ago
We do... but its difficult to locate. Wait a few years though, Im working on putting together a place on this hemisphere to see and learn these sort of things...
EmpressIllyria 3 years ago
when you do, PLEASE tell us. haha
Ima09er 3 years ago
thats amazingg !!
AbiiAndDarcy 3 years ago
That's terrible! I never really understood the concept of it until now and it's unfortunate to say that I see that quite often in some of the dressage stables in my area and even at Spruce Meadows. It's too bad people could careless about the horse and only focus on achieving success through these sorts of practices. Thanks so much for informing on this; I really do appreciate it! :D
jinxedcm 3 years ago
Gosh, at least one person is 'saved' from that:)
a lot of usefull articles at bitlessbridle dot com -> Dr. Robert Cook articles (there is that reseach on rollkur as well..)
fleur4198 3 years ago
wow that horse is a wonderful athlete, and obviously LOVES to preform! awesome video!
ranix721 3 years ago