Friesian Amateur Western Pleasure Class 2005

Friesian Western Pleasure Class at the Nationals in Lexington Virginia. It's kind of long but if you are a Western Friesian person you'll like it!

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Pets & Animals

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• Friesian
• Western
• Pleasure
• Nationals

[HarmonicNature]

Hmmm...I would have given you first place if I had been the judge! The horse that won was fighting the rider when it was time to canter (sorry, lope in the western world!). Your horse was the most beautiful one in the class, and also the most well-behaved and trained, I believe. :)

[CallyMatherly]

Well thankyou so much! I remember that day- it was my 3rd time ever showing so I was a little nervous! But if you watch again- the gal who won 1st waited for me to go by her, then asked her horse to canter- as the first time her horse would not canter when cued. My husband trained Cervantes and he did do a nice job keeping him light. If I were a better rider it may have looked better but I tried! Check out "Sailing Friesian Style" video- same horse- GREAT rider who was 16 years old- bareback!

[horsegabn]

Luvd this video! I wish more footage was captured of the other 2 horses tho. Who knew Fresians could perform like such marvels in wp? Wonderful movers! Even though footage was limited, I chose the winner correctly, but I put the predominately filmed one on the bottom as it broke gait in the 2nd direction at the lope. Ah well, it probably stayed more correctly on the vertical than the true #3. It's good to see the criteria is consistent, but I'd agree that too low head carriages are detrimental

[CallyMatherly]

The winner wouldn't canter unless someone cantered right in front of her- watch again and you'll barely see her wait for number 2 to go past first. I was happy with 2nd place for my 2nd time ever showing personally- and it was on a 5 year old stallion. He's quite a good little horse now. I'll put a video link to the same horse the following summer with a much better rider.

[swNapoleon16]

low and slow doesnt look natural... western pleasure should be the horse at his natural look moving nice and easy.... low head with a cripple looking gait isnt nice looking or comfy to ride.. how is that pleasureable??

[DK578]

I dont know what western pleasure horses everybody has been watching but they must not have been very good ones lol. I will agree that some western pleasure horses do have funky, crippled-looking gaits but those are not TRUE western pleasure horses.......You can look up western pleasure classes from qh congress or paint/quarter world and the winning do not move that way at all!!! You dont want their head down by their knees.....you want them to carry it level from their withers.

[sophiecheval]

The horse is magnicient

[XXXxQueenyxXXX]

i like it :)

[ExpectingStorms]

Oh and what? Tails that move?! Awesome!

[ExpectingStorms]

WOW! A WP class that the horses actually look like a pleasure to ride! Very easy to watch!! **LOVE**

[horsesLcool]

@AQHAluverr exactly, WP is supposed to be on a loose rein and its supposed to be quiet.

[AQHAluverr]

This is not western pleasure...I don't care what breed you are, when you look out of control and have to keep a tight rein, it's not western pleasure....

[CowgirlUp303]

I also wanted to add that these horses are beautiful. I love to see different breed standards for the same discipline. From arabian to stockhorse to friesian, western pleasure takes on many different shapes. :)

[CowgirlUp303]

From the comments about stockhorse western pleasure here, people seem to think they are too slow and carry their heads too low compared to these friesians. I must ask these people, have you ever trained a good stockhorse western pleasure horse? Because I have trained many champion western pleasure horses, and I have never once forced a horse to put his head into a position that was unnatural for his conformation. In addition, all of my horses enjoy going slow. Stock horses are bred for this.