Anky van Grunsven Grand Prix Freestyle 2007

Anky van Grunsven riding one of her studs, IPS Krack C, in Oslo Horse Show 2007.

Some bad recording every now and then, sorry about that!

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[horsyfreak]

when was that?

[martevaseng]

A week ago. October 13th ;)

[knhorsegirl]

Wow! You are SO lucky to be seeing the greatest horse rider in Europe!

[martevaseng]

Thanks! It was pretty awsome! Too bad she didn't bother bringing Salinero, though...

[Misahp]

Jah..

[Cowgirlleah]

her horses heads don't touch their chest? They hold them how they're ment to. And her horses love her. Some people just don't know what they're talking about..

[RRhapsodylover]

yes, she has talent to be able to ride Grande Prix and win a bunch, but I hate how she ruins and brings pain upon the horses (by using Rollkur) just so that she can win a bunch of awards and medals.

let me just say this, and give me thumbs down if you want. A classical rider who is fair to his/her horses and trains his/her horses correctly is a million times better than a rider that uses Rollkur but wins every medal out there.

that's just my opinion...

[chazow]

I admire her. She's a good rider, and her programs always impress. Well done Anky!

[MegaFashionStar]

ja genau gleich mal beim reinkommen rollkur super so woll ma den heutigen dressursport sehn ! wie schrecklich..bei der ersten traversale sieht man total das sie voll am zügel hängt und die traversale is total untackt rein und eine bischen nach unten wibt er auch mit dem kopf aber neija rollkur pur kann man nur sagen ! rücken und genick tuts net gut! dem ganzen pferd net!

[Jefrma]

Noiddance: of course the rider must keep the contact to the mouth, but that doesnt mean you never give in to the horse a litte. When the horse reacts correctly to your aids, you should losen a bit, let it carry itself until you notice the effect of the aids losing and you need to correct the horse again.* Horses of that level? What you discribed sounds more like basic ponies at some ridingschool, certainly not pro dressagehorses. If a horse does such, the fault is in the rider.

[Jefrma]

and about "annoyingly" hotheated horses- I´ve seen a few but never did I see the riders "solve the problem" by forcing the horse´s chin to their chest. Instead, they lower their hands, losen the reins a little and do few calm circles to calm the tempo, starting again from what they were doing. It might sound amateur to you, but I´ve never seen it fail on the horse´s half. But of course the rider´s nerves, patience or the lack of it, weights much too.

[Jefrma]

Im not talking about a small lazy try from a horse trying to lift it´s head up for a second (like you see many doing at times, ya know fast lifting their head and again back down?). In the video Im talking about, the horse isn´t trying to move faster, nor is it trying to extend it´s nose. It´s bucking, it´s steps are far away from harmony and finally it just halfway canters/jumps up. My god FORCING a horse with heavy hands is NEVER a way to achieve a relaxed horse, but the opposite!

[Noiddance]

... yes, you're SUPPOSED to keep your reins the -same- length, If you loosen, horses of that level try to fill the rein by moving either faster or takeing too long of stride, even extending their nose. I mean god she won the olympics TWICE if she was such a terrible trainer why are her horses champions? If they hated it they'd not do anything she told them to do. I ride an arabian who has an ego and hot temper, I know quite a bit about what pisses off a horse.

[Jefrma]

Then why have I seen videos of the horse trying to break free from under her hold so many times? and everytime you never see anky losening the reins when the horse does such,no. She keeps the reins same tight from which the horse is trying to get out. When you see a horse acting like that, it´s CLEAR the horse doesnt like it! ** you can always push/force a horse so far.. I´ve seen some horses humbly bearing everything, but some give small signs of their disliking, some bigger.