WEG_DRESSAGE EN GAIT.wmv

2010 Alltech World Equestrian Games Exhibition of Dressage En Gait. Dressage As Applied to Gaited Horses. This video highlights Gait Descriptions of the similarities and differences between a Trotting Horse (Cathy Fox) and a Gaited Horse (Jennie Jackson) as descrbed by USDF Judge Betty Ortlieb.
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• Gaited Horses
• Gaited Dressage
• Tennessee Walking Horses
• Jennie Jackson
• Nathanael Jackson
• Champagne Watchout
• Dressage Freestyle
• Dressage Musical Freestyle
• World Equestrian Games
• Equine Village

[nanakla]

@rednekfordgrl Gaited horses are firstand foremost horses. They need the suppleness and training just as much, if not more, than other horses to stay sound and healthy, and to maintain a good, sound gait.

I have a gaited horse on which I train dressage in walk, flatwalk, saddlerack, trot (passage) and canter. Why shouldn't gaited horses train dressage?

[deb1417]

I have no problem at all with Gaited Dressage; however, this horse is not on the bit; he's consistently slightly above the bit, not quite relaxing into the contact. Stallion or not, he's way overdeveloped in that under neck muscle and lacks the muscle along the top that would tell you he'd been correctly trained to relax into the contact. He's better in the running walk, but walk and canter are not correct. They could have found a better representative.

[63Malda]

Agree with deb1417. This horse's gaits are all over the place. His walk isn't square at all, he goes back and forth between a stepping pace and a running walk. There are much better gaited horses out there. Dressage isn't about doing circles and lines, it's about proper training which this gaited horse lacks.

[02Lemonhead]

The basic principles of dressage can be applied to the training of ANY breed of horse to encourage suppleness, obedience ,calmness and effective communication between horse and rider. I give this person credit for trying it on her TWH. However, certain breeds maybe limited by their line-bred physiology for their originally intended purposes which may not make them suitable for the discipline of dressage in competition. Gaited horses are intended to have high head carriages .

[horsesLcool]

@rednekfordgrl ;; So why not train for something you love? If you try hard enough you can accomplish it and I'm sure this girl knows that she won't compete in the Olympics or anything- she could make a guest appearance but I'm sure shes happy at where shes at. And even if you can't go to the Olympics you can go to your breed's organization shows and do that and possibly be a champion.

[horsesLcool]

@rednekfordgrl ;;compete with the warmbloods in the Olympics or even in the WEG. There is NO SUCH disipline that is made for only a selective group of horses. ITS FOR ALL HORSES. Like if you want to do Saddle Seat with a WB you can- but if you want to get into the higher grade of SS you would need a TWH or Saddlebred (btw I hate the big lick but I think you know where I'm going with this). Do you see my point? ANY HORSE can do it but they won't get as high as the WBs.;;

[horsesLcool]

@rednekfordgrl Okay I'm going to try and end this saying that Dressage is not about smoothness of the horse, if that was true than Dressage would be PERFECT for TWH. But its not. Its about team work. Its about masturing the gaits of a horse. I don't think people understand gaited horses. I think that they are another kind of animal and not a horse. Especially when people say that gaited horses can't jump. Thats bullshit they can jump. And then people say they can't do dressage- they won't;;

[rednekfordgrl]

@horsesLcool ;; my point exactly. dressage should have no head bobbing at all. Thus is why I say dressage is not for gaited horses. Why train a horse to do a discipline they can never show in? well, you could show dressage with a giated horse, but chances are you wont place. Just make yourself and your horse look like an idiot. It is what it is. That would be like doing HUS with a saddlebred...lmao. doesnt work!! I could list so many

[horsesLcool]

@rednekfordgrl Oh the head-bobbing is just the horse's breed. If the horse dosen't bob his head when he gaits then he isn't doing it correctly-and of corse they aren't going to do it as well as the warmbloods-they do it with ease. But they can do it. But some of the breeds have certain things in them that makes it look different.

[rednekfordgrl]

@horsesLcool ;; Dressage is all about being smooth and elegant. Watch the video. The gaited horses head is all over the place. Bobing and such. Looks very messy. While the warmbloods is still. Perfect. What dressage IS and SHOULD be. :-)

[rednekfordgrl]

@horsesLcool ;; I never said they cant do it. You can anything you want with your horse. You can do dressage with your gaited horses, they will just never look as good as your typical non-gaited dressage horse. Just like a draft would never be as good as working a cow as your typical stock horse would be. And I agree with you, dressage is good to work with on any horse. However;;;

[horsesLcool]

@rednekfordgrl Why shouldn't they? Why can't they? Because you say so? Its not stupid, do you know what dressage even is? The actual definition is the art or method of training a horse in obedience and in precision of movement. So why can't gaited horses do that? ANY HORSE can do dressage, you just will have to work your ass off sometimes, but your dedicated you can. But if you still believe its stupid, you lack in horsemanship, and you lack in the understanding of horses.