Harry Callahan American Saddlebred Dressage horse
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I love how she openly pats him on the neck after the tempis. Obviously a compassionate trainer that can produce a happy horse. It would be nice if the same could be said for more dressage riders these days.
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A double bridle is a requirement at the FEI levels of Dressage. This is not Saddle Seat.
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Just lovely
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I have a cremello saddlebred mare.. she is my dressage prospect. She is a fantastic mover and i cant wait to see how she will do in training. She is 6 and we just broke her out and she never makes a big deal out of anything. Ive loved saddlebreds for a long time. I trained a National show horse for alta escuela recently. He learned the spanish walk FINISHED in 2 weeks no lie he just picked it up so fast naturally. They love thier frontends so getting them to work on it is just EASY.!
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Saddlebreds are my fav breed. They are so under-recognized. I have a half-saddlebred doing 4th level that I have to sell to help pay for my degrees. But he is so great! I love saddlebreds!!
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beautiful!
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this saddlebred looks like a warmblood!
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What a lovely dressage horse. What ignorant comments you got from people who assume a PSG horse in a double bridle is doing saddle seat. I rode a saddlebred as a dressage horse when I was a kid and he was VERY talented.
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Awesome dressage horse!
I have a saddlebred that I want to do dressage with and Harry has given me confidence that it can actually be done with a saddlebred! :D
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what a trot! Love that ASB!
This is absolutely beautiful! I love the way the rider rides this horse, they make such a beautiful pair. They are absolutely stunning to watch! I know a lot of people don't use Saddlebreds for dressage because of their extra gaits but this goes to show you that Saddlebreds really are the ultimate horse! :)
EiffelForParis 4 months ago
@EiffelForParis Some saddle seat show Saddlebreds are taught the extra gaits of slow gait and rack. Harry only has walk, trot, and canter. Harry made it all the way to Grand Prix level by 2008. He now lives with his new amateur owner on the West Coast. He was a wonderful horse for me and I am so lucky to have found him and found Chrissa to train him. :)
LindaC42 4 months ago
You are entitled to your opinion, but this horse went on to finish in the top 1/3 of all PSG horses in the United States this year with his high scores in traditional Dressage competition of 68.75% and 67.5%. He is never going to the Olympics but he did qualify for Dressage at Devon this year and yes, he can collect.
LindaC42 5 years ago
This was an exhibition ride in an unfamiliar arena with blasting music with a Freestyle he had only been through once before. He is not perfect but it is still a beautiful horse and rider combination.
LindaC42 5 years ago