Anky van Grunsven Dressage at Spruce Meadows 2006

Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage superstar and her stallion IPS Krack C performing a dressage demonstration at the Spruce Meadows Masters Competition 2006.

Just prior to this performance she did a demonstration of different dressage moves and explained the names to the crowd. This was her moment to "show off" those moves. =) I hope you enjoy!

And for those who are wondering, the music is "La Cumparsita", the famous tango song.

If you're curious, I have tons of photos from the Masters '06 at my Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rheall/sets/72157594283227764/
Including many photos of Anky and Krack C! They were such a gorgeous pair.

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[laia94bdn]

could tell me all the songs in this video? thanks

[RheallWolf]

@laia94bdn Please check the video's description. Thank you!

[ThexMinE]

As long as there are still people, who dont understand that those, who are training there horses with methods that are already known for causing long-term damage, shouldn`t be allowed to ride in public at this level, every horse-lover should confront those with the fact that this kind of riding is wrong.

[Boxerlady57]

I was there for this performance and it was simply amazing. The horse looks very relaxed to me and if he wasn't he wouldn't be able to perform as he does.

[LJTEquestrian]

I love Anky, I dont care if she uses rolkur! its just a training method. Ive seen dark sides of so called natural horsemanship.. and i think thats more abusive than rolkur. Im not condoning the use of rolkur as there are somewhat preferred methods. But you cant judge someones training method without riding the horse.

Ive used slight rolkur for my tb mare as she is a shit of a horse, shes gone from a rearing neverous mess to a state champion!

[Mia200970]

This horse seems relaxed to me. I think that she is very talented and i love her riding. I think that if the horse wasnt relaxed, he wont be able to perform such a lovely ride. I have seen not relaxed horse...trust me. He bite his bit and shaked his head. If the horse wasnt relaxed....he couldnt work with his front legs. I think its amazing....i rode a dressage too and i love it.

[Aliceinwonderland49]

I fully agree ThexMinE. This looks great, but unfortunately, the price many of these horses pay is very high. The Roll-kur does not allow for collection, but causes restriction. I would recommend you read Dr. Gerd Heuschmann's book "Tug of War: Classical versus "modern" dressage.

[florful96]

it's a fucking pitty that she's still allowed to ride...

[EncoreDressage656]

Anky is almost my all-time favourite rider, but I just can't get over the fact that she uses rollkur. I used to look up to her so much! Then I heard how she rode and was so disappointed. Ah well, she's still aight. :P

[JoZoLiMe]

can't see how this is entertainment, it's fucking abuse.

[iridemorethanibath]

Ridiculous how her other video where she's literally jumping up and down she's so stiff and jerking the reins has had its comments disabled, isn't it?