Jumping 3'9 with my dressage horse! Read Description

I am shocked by the amount of people who have posted comments such as: "Wow! That's amazing! I did not think a dressage horse could jump. But thats great that you do both, dressage can get soo boring."

First of all, WHAT DO YOU THINK EVENTING IS? Number two, all Grand Prix jumpers have their horses trained to at LEAST 3rd lvl dressage. Interesting hmm? So of COURSE dressage horses can jump. They have all the basics of slowing down, speeding forward, lengthening stride, shortening stride, balance, and bending. All that's needed is for the horse to learn to go over a jump. Not hard.

If you ride correct dressage, it becomes anything but boring! And take this from the wild child, anti-dressage, jumping Nazi I was back a couple of years ago. Dressage, I believe, is the hardest equine sport, and while I may get flamed for saying that, it is the truth. It is the foundation for ALL equine sports, (yesh even barrel racing) and without it you CANNOT go far in any other sport. Why is it so hard? Because of the impossible goal you search for, perfection.

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Sports

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• Jumping
• Freetime
• Piper
• 3'6
• 3'9
• Dressage
• Horse
• PiaffeQueen

[Gingerlylovexox32]

@PiaffeQueen

lmao nice one! It wasn't advice it was simply a very good opinion on your riding... My advice to you would be to stick to dressage.

[PiaffeQueen]

@Gingerlylovexox32

Well your "very good" opinion is not needed on a video over two years old. Thanks

[Gingerlylovexox32]

I think u lean waaayyy to far forward before and after the jumps... If your horse stopped u would be on the ground.

[PiaffeQueen]

@Gingerlylovexox32

I think you have bad grammar. Pro tip: if you're going to give advice to someone, learn how to capitalize and correctly spell 'you'

[okeydokey545]

true, but in order for an eventer to do well in his/ hers dressage test, they must be able to compeet at a much higher leaver of dressage. same goes with show jumping. so u must b able to do piaffe/passage and canter pirouettes

[PiaffeQueen]

@okeydokey545

i really doubt eventers school much over piaffe and passage, and certainly not to the same extent that is required out of grand prix dressage horses. lets just end this with an agree to disagree. both disciplines are incredibly hard and take a ton of training.

[PiaffeQueen]

@MiseryMare

Try riding dressage above first level and tell me its the 'easiest'. Also I am aware that he used to jump early. Did you check the date on the video? Obviously not. And yes, when this was filmed I was 13, before that I was eventing at age 12, competing at 3'3-3'6 jumpers. (I have video and pictures to prove it). I'm 16 now, been riding my whole life.

[PiaffeQueen]

@sassykellie123

In my personal opinion dressage is the hardest of all equestrian sports cause you are aiming for you and your horse to be perfect, which is ultimately impossible. I respect barrel racers loads, as it is a very exhilarating and impressive sport. One of my best friends is a barrel racer and I ride western myself on my arab. Please, I don't want to get in a western vs english debate, its just stupid, like Pepsi vs Coke.

[lanaloveshugs]

guys its not worth fighting over im sure you and your horses specify in different things thats what makes all horses beautiful!! i know cause i make the most of my horse when sometimes he throw me of at a 40cm metre jump!

[TheWingnut09]

LOL!! I love it!! Whatever your form is in this video you have not touched your horses mouth over the fences!! Thats awesome!! Good for you!!

[Breyer411]

i dont evin do larg amounts of dressage but i still think it is the hardest sport. my friend and her horse are going up into the higher levels and when they train she gets so frustrated with the passage. eventing dressag is not above passage maby piaffe but grant prix dressag is by fare the hardest of all equestrian sports.

[FameDuD]

You need to sit more back and not take your arm on the neck on your horse beacus when it is been higher then the horse will stop to the end :) but you are pretty god to dressage a horse!! :D SORRY BAD ENGLISH :(

[horselovernotfern]

your horses is so pretty

[EemzMiller]

Great video! I agree about the difficulty of dressage. It does not take away from the skill required for other disciplines but at the end of the day if you cant ride between the jumps you're in a tough spot ;) I had a coach a long time ago that used to say that jumping is just the fundamentals of dressage but with jumps in the way....in many ways shes right.

Regardless of the discipline all equine sports require an unbelievable amount of skill and training.