Dressage 101 - Steffen Peters

Dressage 101 with Steffen Peters
Dressage (a French term meaning "training") Is a path and destination of competitive horse training, with competitions held at all levels from amateur to the Olympics. Its fundamental purpose is to develop, through standardized progressive training methods, a horse's natural athletic ability and willingness to perform, thereby maximizing its potential as a riding horse. At the peak of a dressage horse's gymnastic development, it can smoothly respond to a skilled rider's minimal aids by performing the requested movement while remaining relaxed and appearing effortless. Dressage is occasionally referred to as "Horse Ballet" (cf. nl:Dressuur). Although the discipline has its roots in classical Greek horsemanship, mainly through the influence of Xenophon, dressage was first recognized as an important equestrian pursuit during the Renaissance in Western Europe. The great European riding masters of that period developed a sequential training system that has changed little since then and classical dressage is still considered the basis of trained modern dressage.

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[Swiningtonshire]

Easy to see how he did so well at WEG, he really knows his stuff and great attitude to work, he and Ravel make it all look so easy!

[GLjumper]

Steffen Peters?!?! he is AMAZING!!!!!!!

[zubbycat]

Ravel is my favourite dressage horse. So beautiful!!

[chedog08]

can it be done bit less?

[liane1004]

I don't care how hard it is i think it's beautiful and i would do almost anything to see them at home, and just to stroke him would give me great joy. Ravel is soooooo beautiful. Brilliant to have a description about how he is built.

[RunninQHsRock]

The one dislike on this video is Anky.

[simonius16]

the horse loves him, so sweet

[MsBarnBum]

Wow, GORGEOUS horse!! Dressage looks fun, but I'd be SOO bad at it! First off, I'm SUPER bad at sitting trot, *laughs*...

[ewolfbalto]

Notice how when Ravel wants to play, Steffen sorta nudges him and gives him a pat like, "Sorry buddy, can't play right now!" and Ravel actually listens! A lot of riders would just smack there horse on the nose and horse would be ruled by fear instead of kindness. You can tell that Steffen is a true horseman just by that little action, I'd like to see what Edward Gal would do with that!

[XxXjazzwazzerXxX]

WOAH, my horse has a way thinner neck and more of an eventers build because he's a thoroughbred but we seem to do well in dressage and hacking?

[GLjumper]

@picklesRscary

I cant pick a fav, I have 2 many! But he is AMAZINGLY GOOD!