Thank you for making this video in English! I hope to see more of your videos.

Thank you for posting this. The horse that was showing the incorrect movement was behind the vertical as well. I see so many horses whose riders have bulging biceps from holding the horses like that.

This is so interesting and so great explained! Thank you so much for doing these videos! You should keep em coming, maybe the world will understand!

Thank You. We need more of these kinds of analysis and education. Without strong conformation to sustain the work, this is what we get. Pretty, dramatic and broken down is not a good goal.

Thanks for doing the English translation! I'm looking forward to more videos. :)

I finally got to see a proper piaffe in motion - NOW I understand!! I love this video... it's so easy to see why modern dressage is so wrong now... thank you for this valuable education.

Thank you for this great video. I can use the videos very good for my studies. I want to specialise in biomechanics. How can I stay informed if you release a new video? I'm really looking forward

It almost seems like the over thrusting could be harnessed if trained in the classical manner. Teach the horse control and balance and you might get somewhere. It is like if you could help the horse understand that they should bring their hind legs under them, they would have less back and feet troubles. Helping the horse figure it out is one of the most effective ways of training. Maybe with SLOW, STEADY, CORRECT, training it would be possible for these horses to do well. Valegro is 18 and is still doing well as far as I know.

@barbaraproequoev8311

3 жыл бұрын

The "classical manner" does not work with these horses anymore. Their body is so damaged by hypermobility and an altered skeleton, that they need constant physiotherapy. With a training focused on improving the body adapted to the special needs of the individual horse one can improve their posture and movement. But when improved they cannot perform the way dressage judges are looking for. Because the judges do not look for harmony and "correct" movement but for spectacular action especially with the front legs Lucky Valegro does not fulfil the modern requirements of the breeding associations. That is why he was not licensed as stallion and consequently gelded. Nevertheless he has an almost ideal body for dressage work. With this kind of body horses can be successful and healthy for a long time, like Isabel Werth’s Gigolo. See: "Dressage Competition Top or Flop" kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y2ukp7l7YrifZKg.html

@amberblyledge7859

3 жыл бұрын

@@barbaraproequoev8311 Eugh. That’s a lot worse than I thought. Thank you for telling me and educating everyone else! Love your videos!

Hypermobility is highly problematic and there's research coming now that's linking hypermobile paces to kissing spines and other issues.

Hi! I would like to ask why are the fetlocks dropping in such way? Could you explain it in some more detail please? Thanks a lot for these wonderful videos.!

Interesting. I wonder, is the hand stand in piaffe the result of too much thrust from the hindquarters? Or is it the result of compressing and restricting the forehand into a frame the horses are not yet ready for? What would happen to the movement if the horses were allowed more freedom about where and how to carry the head so they could lift the withers and let the forehand float on the thrust from the hindquarters?

@barbaraproequoev8311

8 жыл бұрын

+Allanna Jackson There are more videos to come to explain the complex biomechanics. But yes, the thrust is the main problem! The riders do not recognize the problem. They do not shift the point of balance to the rear. They continue to train their horses in a way that worked well for ages, but not with this altered animals. The traditional or classical way always compressed the horses frame. With the old fashioned, more stable type of horse that was only possible to a limited degree, so not really obvious on the outside.

Thank you so much for these videos (and giving them in English as well)! There are not many people anymore that will speak of horses, their conformation, and biomechanics like this. I am curious if this breeding is happening in show jumping as well?

@barbaraschulte500

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, these changes took longer and were not as obvious, because breeding selection in show jumpers does not look for spectacular gaits. At least in Germany they divided decades ago the warmblood breed into dressage type and jumping type. That is a quite unusual breeding decision. Horses of the dressage type lost most of their jumping ability because of a stronger downward tendency. Because of the strong thoroughbred influence the horses of the jumping type are moving as well with an increased downward tendency. That alters the jumping curve. Horses have to put more effort into catapulting themselves from the ground. Therefore the curve is steeper. They catapult steep upwards and drop steep downwards. There have already been accidents of horse’s stumbling and actually falling after they jumped a fence at a licencing test. And more and more riders encounter difficulties in the landing phase during show jumping contest

These horses are going to have tendon and ligament issues.