Perfect Horse Video

[jacey]

green_knight just gave us a fabulous dog-dressage video. Here's a perfect horse one:

Comments

[charlieallery.livejournal.com]

Yes, I saw this one when matociquala posted it last year. Absolutely stunning - can't stop grinning. That horse is enjoying itself *so* much!

[ferlonda.livejournal.com]

It is an amazing ride but the mare is wringing her tail at almost every step in some places. Is she nervous or is she picking up her rider's nerves? Or is it something else? I always thought that tail wringing was a fault in dressage- though this is strictly speaking not a classical dressage test. Regardless, it's an amazing ride and it makes me miss dressage like crazy. Not that I ever rode any where near this well!

[ferlonda.livejournal.com]

A quick google of "dressage tail wringing" netted me several sites with discussions about this particular performance. One person pointed out that the wringing seems to happen mainly when the spur or leg is being used and it does seem that way. Otherwise the mare seems exceptionally relaxed (her face, ears, carriage, etc) so maybe at some point in her training she was pushed a bit harder than she was ready- associated with the spur perhaps- and it's now a habit. Anyway... what a stunning horse. The rider ain't so bad, either!

[ferlonda.livejournal.com]

PS I just chased down the dog dressage video- what a hoot!!! Very happy-looking dog and I bet that girl is in amazing physical condition doing all that running around in dressage gear... Very good indeed!