There is no tolt in dressage Blessi--Icelandic horse dressage show

Danelle is riding Blessi (Veigar frá Búðardal), my 14-year old Icelandic, in his first dressage test at a Level B, local schooling event. They scored a 72.0 on this introductory level test and won blue ribbons in both of Blessi's classes. Not bad for a furry, short legged, thick necked, round pony! Blessi achieved a 9 out of 10 on his trot circle to right movement on this test and he did not tolt. We need to work on developing an overstep and some momentum in his walk. Go Blessi and Danelle--show those non-gaited horses how it is done. Blessi's sire is Jarl frá Búðardal, who was exported from Iceland to Sweden.
You can read more about Blessi at his very own blog http://blessiblog.blogspot.com/

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• icelandic
• horse
• dressage
• pony
• icelandic pony
• islänger
• dressur
• Isländer
• icelandics
• pferde
• trot
• test
• exhibition
• dressage test
• training
• level
• riding
• lesson
• gelding
• tolt
• islandshäst
• tölt
• klassisk
• dressyr
• Blessi
• gait
• gaited
• fei
• islandpferd

[blessiowner]

If you look at my other video Blessi's Got the Blues, you will see Blessi tolt on the last movement.  He lost points but still won the blue ribbon.

[blessiowner]

Icelandics (unlike most gaited breeds) are bred to both trot and tolt. Icelandics also canter and some have a fifth gait called flying pace. When asked to pick up a speed faster than a walk, some Icelandics will prefer to pick up a tolt; some, a trot. It is a matter of teaching them the proper cues under saddle to pick up the correct gait. As my dressage instructor said, "It is like learning to drive a 5-speed sports car rather than an automatic."

[TheDreamgirls95]

Yeah ! I'm riding an icelandic at the moment. He has no tolt but his talents are dressage and jumping :) He loves it :)

[Lucky80026]

I love this! I Is it hard to teach a gaited horse to trot? Would they normally want to tolt?

[TheSmilesmile123]

cute pony :)

[TheSpiritProject]

Very nice!