Danish Olympic Dressage team 2008

The Danish Team that won bronze at the Beijing Olympics 2008.

The team consists of:
Anne van Olst - Exquis Clearwater
Nathalie zu Sayn Wittgenstein - Digby
Andreas Helgstrand - Blue Hors Don Schufro

Results in the Grand Prix at Olympics:
Nathalie was the best of the Danes with a score on 70.417%
Andreas was second best with a score on 68.833%
Anne had a score on 67,375%

Music:
Mozart (had to change the original music)

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Equestrian
• Olympic
• Games
• 2008
• Andreas
• Helgstand
• Blue
• Hors
• Don
• Schufro
• Digby
• Nathalie
• Wittgenstein
• Danish
• Horse
• Dressage
• Denmark

[quarterhorse631]

Does dressage hurt the horse? I heard that from my friend that it does, but I know a lot more people on here would now so if some one could answer my question that would be awesome saucey :D XD

[Lyllerh]

@quarterhorse631 There's a lot of discussion within the dressage world wether it hurts the horse or not. The movements are natural, and doesn't as such hurt the horse. The question then is wether the horses is trained correctly. If a horse performs the movements incorrectly, it can be create a lot of tension and pain. A horse that're well trained and correct is happy and relaxed. Try and look at the body language of the horses and judge for youself what you think.

[Firenze0521]

@savanna0325 Have you ever watched horses in the wild? These moves are based off stallions showing off to mares and other stallions. You must ride beginning western pleasure ( no offense to you real western riders) because no part about riding dressage is easy. Spurs can be used correctly and incorrectly, there are also spurs that I have seen that I think whoever uses them should be shot. These horses go for hundreds of thousand of dollars-they don't want to hurt the horse.

[gingermist21]

@savanna0325 I just looked at some of these responses and found these observations and conclusions you make are extremely off. You should do more research on things you don't know about. Of course the average horse wouldn't know how to respond to a rider who's not trained in Dressage. That's why they can do this on their own but the art is when the rider can make the horse do these things on command. That's the art in all disciplines.

[RainingTragedy]

@AgilityLover14  flying changes. the horse is cantering and changing leads. looks like....every other stride?

[RunLikeAFilly]

@laurenblake1998 how? lol

[TheMathgirlz]

@agilitylover14 I think its just trotting in place

[Lyllerh]

@AgilityLover14 It's flying changes. It is when the horse changes the lead in the canter. Basically meaning changing which front leg is put to the ground furhter ahead of the other. At the highest dressage level they make changes for every 2 strides and for every stride. But also at lower levels and in other disciplines you'll see flying changes. If you watch showjumping you'll also see flying changes, though they aren't as obvious. Hope it answered you question :D

[AgilityLover14]

@AgilityLover14 Oh and also at 4:27

[AgilityLover14]

What is the move called at 2:08, 2:21 and 2:27

[12Movick]

they make it look easy

[theVander6]

That's the level I want to reach someday!