 |
Re: [RC] Dressage horses - Chris PausInteresting way to spend the afternoon, eh? I'm sure you saw lots of good things and bad ones, just like every other horse venue. besides the bad feet, my guess is you saw lots of nosebands cranked tight... gaaa, that's a pet peeve of mine.
when you search for a dressage trainer, please try to find one from the 'classical' school, not one of those "zee horse must fit in zee frame" kind.
And after talking to some European equestrians, they kind of laugh at the Americans who import expensive warmbloods for dressage and eventing. The Europeans are not exporting their best horses and get quite a chuckle. In fact, rather than warmbloods, some European riders, particularly the French, are riding Anglo Arabs. There were 5 Anglos in last year's Olympics in eventing. While the American horses were lugging along on the cross country course, breathing hard, the little Anglo mare was galloping for all she was worth, popping over the jumps and finished looking like she'd hardly worked at all.
Before the big warmblood craze hit the U.S., Anglos were a very popular horse for eventing, jumping and dressage.
Interesting the different points of view and the fads that come and go.
chris
agilbxr@xxxxxxx wrote
"Slowee, slowee catchee monkey," Rudyard Kipling, from The Jungle Book
Chris Paus
BayRab Acres http://pages.prodigy.net/paus
Lake Region SWA http://lakeregionswa.fws1.com
|