ANDREAS HELGSTRAND - WEG2006 Freestyle Final

The WEG2006 Freestyle Dressage Final performance of ANDREAS HELGSTRAND on BLUE HORS MATINE

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[Lidea Raser]

That was the best dressage I have ever seen in my life

[cshotter]

I would love to see all the people who make stupid comments try to ride like this. You people have no idea what sort if skill it takes.

[naffyo]

wrestling was removed from the olympics but this shit is still in what the fuck

[Shannon Wilson]

What does any of that have to do with riding a horse of the superb performance above? Horses are a basic part of history and have been used in many different contexts from war horses, plow horses, cart pullers and companions. I am not downplaying human strife or the abuse(s) that many have received. What I was stating was fairly plain, I believe, that horses are an integral part of our history if we like it or not.

[Majition]

Sorry that was so long, but there is so much going on here that is just cruelty

[Majition]

I watched this video last year and thought it was amazing. But now I've learned so much and realized how wrong I was. That tail is going crazy from stress and pain. That head is in a rollkur position, meaning she is going through hyperflexion the entire show. And anyone who wants to call themselves a horse rider or trainer should never be putting this much metal in a horses mouth. One bit is bad enough, and with the riders hands so stiff and forcing, this poor horse has got to be in pain.

[tanjexlovex]

is that alan rickman his voice O_O

[tanjexlovex]

RIP Dancing Angel

[Anna Zhukova]

a passagey trot is a result of tension in the horse's back, the hind legs are too behind and the tail is swishing, diagonal pairs are not parallel. Notice the "pseudo-piaffe" , the horse nods it's head, drops it's back but does not lower the croup and the hind legs trail too far behind.

[Anna Zhukova]

the walk gate without suspension, with a 4 beat rhythm in eight phase. The horses relaxation can be accessed by it's tail. this is an unnatural kind of dressage where the horse shows tension all over the body. The pirouette is tense: notice the horse does not lift hind legs properly. unfortunately this horse still wins the competition, this brutal method of horse training accepted by the judges.This is a good example of horses suffering because of human ignorance.

[Anna Zhukova]

poor horse

[jag305]

Most countries also had a pretty violent start with any native populations, shall we carry on with that tradition too? Shall women revert to pre-personhood? The problem with trotting out the 'tradition' or 'history' argument is that is falls apart pretty rapidly if that is actually an underlying principle you wish to act on.