KFPS Stallion Ielke 382 Dressage

Ielke 382 and his rider Ester Liano performing a musical freestyle at the Stallion Show in Friesland (Netherlands) January 2007. I am unsure of Ielke's level at the time of this video, but I think it is Grand Prix (program says he qualifies for the "Heavy Tour"). He was really lovely and I liked the yellow accents. Sorry I missed the very start and very end. His rider was thrilled and at the end petted/praised him for a long time.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• KFPS
• Friesian
• Stallion
• Ielke
• 382
• Dressage
• Prix

[hinkeluv]

what score did he get

[jeverhart99]

@hinkeluv No score. This was just an exhibition.

[NinaaKid]

That doesn't look very good, the horse head is touching it's chest.. :o doesn't look comfortable or relaxed at all.

[danawayviceroy]

wow, that doesnt look comfortable for that horse at all :S The neck is totally pulled together and the horse isn't relaxed any minute of the whole performance :/ Thats not what i call dressage, thats torture :(

[buttercupbabyx001]

@danawayviceroy if you knew anything at all about friesians then you would know that well bred friesians have an extreemely high head carriage that, when collected, often causes them to look overbent. clearly you know nothing, so you really shouldnt be commenting on it..if this horse and rider were not doing proper dressage do you think they would be at that level?

[PPandTLLC]

It is disgusting to read so many unprofessional critiques There is nothing wrong with having an opinion when it is stated with tact and class. So many of the comments posted about this video say much more about the authors than merely the stated and intended opinion.

[esrlia]

This is show dressage, not classical.

[Kaalasen]

This looks awful!!! OMG, if I ever see a rider doing that to their horse i will... årgk...

[cdn071]

@NinaaKid and @danawayviceroy Do you know anything about this sport? If a horse didn't enjoy what they were doing, they wouldn't do it! Trust me, a horse that's in top level dressage must enjoy what they're doing or they wouldn't be there! Besides, getting the head to flex like that is a skill, not torture!

[lauraraffertytrow]

Bitting the chest :( OK so it's no technically hyperflexion/ rollkur, and yes friesians are short in the neck, after all the are carriage bred, but the horses should be 'up to the bit' or 'forward to the bit'. This horse looks backward in the contact and the hindlegsare not underneath the thorax enough to propel him forwards into the hand. Shame

[ilovehorsess123456]

ouch. not collection. that's called pulling on the horses mouth to it's chest.

[thebeastie14]

@NinaaKid dressage is a controlled type of riding, to get that type of perfection. The horse is fine it is called Collection

pick up a book on riding, knowledge is power if you are going to comment on videos, especially if you dont know what your talking about..k sunshine?