THAT is how i want to see the horses head and neck. natural movements, swinging through the body. pure appreciation.

Dr Klimke called riding his hobby as he worked full-time as an attorney. The "high level riders" nowadays are working full time as trainers/riders and still don't get it right. One of my teachers once said that competition Dressage died with Dr Klimke.

@annawojtkowska3132

3 жыл бұрын

Thankfully we still have Klaus Balkenhol

@thejindoman7471

3 жыл бұрын

@@annawojtkowska3132 Agree. I like that he competed with his police horse. Before the "designer horses" of today, many of the Dressage horses were cavalry/service horses whose riders did Dressage with to learn about the discipline and to extend the rideability of their mounts.

@meibo2831

3 жыл бұрын

We still have his daughter, who rides and teaches like he did.

@thejindoman7471

3 жыл бұрын

@@meibo2831 I personally like Reiner's riding and presence on a horse better than Ingrid's. However it is valuable that she is carrying on her father's schooling.

@jolandameivogel9006

3 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍

Heart warming to see a dressage horse so free and happy!

@doro8856

3 жыл бұрын

Isn't it?

@calador1918

3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful isn't it

This is a proof that something very very sad happened to dressage in the meantime.I wish we were back there again,soon....

@nicitanic

Жыл бұрын

Love your comment. This is exactly what went through my head as I was watching this. WTF went wrong and how could we allow this to happen? (Just watched the championships in Herning)

@verawebb1048

Жыл бұрын

Your right, multiple aspects have changed in all horse disiplines, including dressage. When glory overtook kindness, when money became primary, when cruelty overtook patience, horses have been the fall guy unfortunatley. There are great trainers out there, and many who are not... sad for equines, they've had enough

@fionastommels7168

5 ай бұрын

@@verawebb1048 Well said! I couldn't have said it any better. This is a perfect summary of nowadays top dressage :(

@jackiholland3795

5 ай бұрын

Yes. An awesome communication was turned off.

@harmonywilson1832

4 ай бұрын

The way it should be

A highly intelligent man showing extremely intelligent riding .

And his legacy lives on in his daughter Ingrid Klimke, who´s not only a world class eventing rider, but also an amazing dressage rider with her horse Franziskus. There are some Masterclass videos of her, training young riders and horses. Everything she´s teaching there is about a light contact to the reins and not pulling, being fair to the horse and still getting the best out of it.

@maggiepie8810

Жыл бұрын

Light contact is not uncontroversial with some people, unfortunately, there are still those who think that heavier contact means better acceptance of the bit.

@TheFurryTailFosters

Жыл бұрын

@@maggiepie8810 ja and they don't understand the difference of a horse searching for the bit or pulling on the reins. If your horse needs the bit to lean on it, it's not balanced yet and should'nt compete on high levels.

@ranmakuro

6 ай бұрын

@@TheFurryTailFosters This! A balanced, well trained horse can do dressage without a bridle at all, aids only coming from rider's bodyweight, tension, balance shifting and legs. The seat is what gets you riding, not the equipment. Hence all those years riding without any rein as a beginner. Look at his seat! He's so well centered and down to earth. This is what is meant by invisible aids. This is the art of riding that so, so many people try to achieve and fail. Ingrid Klimke besides teaches her students to use a neckrein also.

My first and only time seeing dressage in person was at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. The first several riders had me wondering whether I had heard correctly about what dressage was. They seemed floppy, jerky, and uncoordinated. My husband and I left the stands to go see a display of horse breeds away from the arena. When we returned to the stands much later, I was glad to see that the quality of riding was obviously better than earlier. The part I remember best, of course, was Dr. Reiner's victory ride around the arena after the competition. He and his horse did an entire lap with one hand on the reins, and a continuous flying change of leads. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen a horse do.

As a Young Rider, I was very fortunate to train with a coach who was an understudy of Dr Klimke. We mostly trained in snaffles - once in a while the double bridle, but mostly the snaffle. I miss those days.

@anneskallerup6081

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

This is my understanding of a suppled and balanced horse. Not the drilled dressage soldiers that can be seen on competitions nowadays.

@jolandameivogel9006

3 жыл бұрын

The riders think a horse is a machine, it is terrible to watch. Reiner is together with John Whitaker and his famous horse Milton one of the best riders I saw in my life and still love watching them.

@pippatheguys1625

3 жыл бұрын

@@jolandameivogel9006 I remember the adorable Milton and his former rider Caroline Bradley. This couple had also perfect bond. I loved to watch their juming rounds. ♥️

@jolandameivogel9006

3 жыл бұрын

@@pippatheguys1625 sadly she died Verry young.

So beautiful. I was lucky enough to see him in 97 at the Royal in Toronto. After he rode, he was standing in the aisle about 10 feet away from me and my mom pointed him out. I was 17 and will always remember that.

Simply the most stunning "warm up" I have ever seen!

Biotop wasn’t even an easy ride! Klimke just had such a calming manner.

@caramellbonbon

3 жыл бұрын

True that! And it´s said he gave that temper to his progeny. We had a Biotop daughter and damn that was a feisty filly. Needed to have a hand for that one.

Quietest hands I've ever seen 😳🙌

Beautiful! This is a perfect example of what dressage should be, so natural and fluid.

I just love how quiet he was on a horse! Such a legend!

@normawade9426

7 ай бұрын

...and soft hands.

This is so refreshing to see.. today there are so many so called dressage pros where it hurts my eyes to watch them . Greatest dressage rider ever Dr Rainer Klimke and what a happy supple unforced swinging horse.

Love the rein back portion, you don’t see him even move nor do you see any movement in his horses poll, just the slightest message was sent with his seat and his horse responded perfectly. Now they have to keep out the press, build a wall to block spectators so people can’t see how they “warm up” the horses. It’s basically become a version of the big lick Tennessee walkers or saddleseat from what I see, hollow backs, big front leg extensions.

THIS IS DRESSAGE not the bullshit we see today what a disgrace to an absolutely joyful experience 😢 this video has cleaned my eyes and heart thank you for posting

What's wrong with staying in a simple snaffle. This horse looks so free and happy, not overbent either. This to me is pure dressage.

@faibishclassical

2 жыл бұрын

You can ride with double, if you have light hand, and LOVE horse, the horse will be happy.

@joligra

2 жыл бұрын

@@faibishclassical if u have a light hand you don't even need it in the first place

@kittycatdays8719

Жыл бұрын

@@joligra that makes no sense. A double bridle is used for more accurate commands.

@Chxrries

Жыл бұрын

@@kittycatdays8719 so.... pain?

@kittycatdays8719

Жыл бұрын

@@Chxrries no? Just pressure bro. Have you ever ridden in a well-fitted double bridle? It just adds more pressure in some areas of the mouth when you actually work the second rein. If it was pain, every Spanish horse would be gaping their mouth in pain and bucking at any hand movements. Yet look at the Vienna riding school.

Absolutely in love with his ride manner! His daughter is my favourite modern dressage rider. So nice to see Dr Klimke with Russian trakehner Biotop☺️ Klimke had bought him when USSR was over in 90s. Young Biotop was trained by Valeriy Tishkov, Soviet dressage rider, and when the horse was sold Valeriy moved with him to Klimke’s stable in Germany too (for the few year). I’m always glad to see Biotop with Klimke and their success at international shows ❤️

@andreas7937

2 жыл бұрын

Hier: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oZmY1qWjc62soM4.html

The Grand Master of Dressage. Sadest day in Dressage when we lost him way to young.RIP Sir.

OH MY GOODNESS…. Brought tears to my eyes…. ♥️

Synchronicity in every dimension. Not ego driven. Wu wei with a horse. Just divine.

I appreciate you posting this. I have it as well on some VCR tape. Look at his warm up. Exactly as it supposed to be. Relaxed, steady rythm, forward and receiving hand. Let the hands be. Contrast that to Charlotte and the blood on the bit. Just so discouraging. We are going the wrong way. Love this video. ❤

How beautiful! Thank you for showing this. I finally get to see horse and rider together, happy. I don't see that in dressage today.

Thanks for posting this video. Have not seen this for a while. I have it on VHS. So the horse is relaxed and steady. Dr Klimkes hands are independent from His seat. He sits so well and softly. He was the best. We need more like him now to save dressage from the shortcut crowd. The horse’s stride is so nice and even. He is stepping well under the body. Imagine half halts instead of pulling the nose behind the bit.

Absolutely beautiful!!! Very soft, forward ,flowing movement. The way i remember dressage being years ago.

Nice to see a horse that actually stands still at a halt for more than a second. Basic things...........like the reinback which is executed in a rhythmic manner with diagonal footfall as it should be. A pleasure to watch after being subjected to tail swishing, tense and hollow backed, overbent horses you see in the warm-up nowadays. Quo vadis, dressage ? I was lucky to have watched the Pas de Deux of the (last) century, performed by Klimke/Ahlerich and Jensen/Marzog in Stuttgart. What a joy it was ! kzread.info/dash/bejne/qaGOp7iYc6qXk9I.html They practiced two times in between competing.

Thank you for uploading

Oh I get emotional when I see this, I have a trakhener stallion and when I see todays dressage (most of it at least) I cant help thinking what a disaster that kind of riding would be for him. This is how you do it. I would love to have Klimkes seat and possiture, its fantastic

Harmony this is how it should be done a pleasure to watch 👌

Wow! Finally, some true classic dressage!❤❤❤

Thank you for this. It heals me a little.

This is a beautyful clip, and very nicely commented, too!

I can't even begin to describe how much I admire and respect this guy. He makes sheer perfection look as relaxed and easy as your favorite sweater on a cool day. I just wish we could somehow get back to this beautiful ideal.

What a treasure this is! I bought all his books back in the early 90s!

Reiner is one of the best dressage riders ever! I wish that all riders every day watch this movie so the can learn how to ride a horse properly, than every horse will have confidence, is safe and HAPPY!!!! Watch how Barry Hook training horses, the all are confidence, safe and happy.

This may be an older video,but this is the way Dressage is meant to be

No pressure. Harmony. That is how it is done.

Beautiful and so this is how it should be!

What joy to watch!

You can talk about his daughter, brilliant in eventing! 🤩

@anniebaker6763

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! She’s also an awesome dressage rider

This is the beauty of the Scales of Training, it can be used after completion of each level wether it's a 4yr old or a GP horse. Here he is working to achieve losgelassenheit before the working phase when he brings the horse up and the back is warm stretched and without stiffness or tension, this is not Rollkur as a lot of people are confusing it with. The amount of stretch from the horse will be dependent on its age physical development and where it is in the start of warming up. Young horses will take longer that is why good German masters do not do sitting trot under 5/6 years or lateral work under 6/7. Nowadays it's a very different picture. It's the difference between developing a horse and having a strong back or having a horse going into GP with a hollow weak a dipped back that depends on over articulation of legs to maintain forward balanced movements.

As a young girl, I watched 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. I was drawn into Klimke. That day I decided to learn to dance with horses.

I saw him and his daughter live at HOYS. Magical!

To me he is still the gold standard.

@catrionagarde4410

3 жыл бұрын

Yes proper beautiful dressage, not the show clowning we see today.

My heart is singing.

The best dressage instructor and horse ridder for me. I was a geust in 1976 in his house and stables

Can't wait to see them riding bitless, best thing I ever did.

The master at work

Amazing ❤

A true legend!

I'm so sad that he died. I had no idea. He was an amazing rider. I've ridden with him on multiple occasions as he was very close with my trainer. I've sadly not ridden in a long time.

So so beautiful to watch!! Makes your heart melt really. I don't like watching dressage anymore and our dressage here in Australia is just terrible.

Perfection

I still consider him to be one of my idols

What I would give to be able to learn to ride like that, to learn to ride in this method, and frankly, point of view of what truly is the art of dressage 😍

The good old days!!

Riders today feel compelled to rush and to force rather then taking the time and bringing it along slowly and relaxed like Dr. Klimke did.

Amazing :) I saw him win the European Championships in the early eighties (major competitor was a Annegret Jensen on Marzog)

Only withba snaffle! I have never seen this in the actual times. Great

it's so nice to watch him ride. I remember watching him and Harry Boldt riding in Germany. It is so sad to see the artificial movements today. I know a lot of that is breeding but a dressage horse is supposed to be in all things a riding horse, not necessarily a carriage horse. I will say, and I'm not necessarily a fan of the person, but I do like Steffen Peters' seat and hands. His hands are 100% correct when he shows. What the artificial movements have done to dressage is produce a lot of riders that actually can't ride the horses because the movement is so big and so powerful. I think it's nice when the horse looks pretty and is ridden correctly, but it has reduced the sport to a very rich segment of people; mostly people who really can't ride, but who have trainers who sometimes can. The good rider with an average horse, even if the horse is very correct does not get anywhere. The horse Dr. Klimke is writing would be today considered substandard.

Super, daß es solche Aufnahmen gibt, die pisitiven UND die negativen, so daß die heutige Generation, nicht nur im Reit- oder Dressursport, unglaublich viel hinzulernen kann😊 - so ihr die Lernfreude, nicht vorzeitig ausgetrieben😢 wurde.

La decontrazione si percepisce, bellissimo video, c'è molto da ammirare ed imparare. Chi monta a cavallo dovrebbe ambire prima di tutto a questo e non a vincere premi

❤️❤️❤️

Aah the good old days, when dressage was supposed to express lightness, gaiety and harmony, and the rider's aids were supposed to be almost imperceptible to the eye. No sweating, frothing mouth, anguished eye rolling, sawing hands, nagging spurs and rider generally looking like they are mashing a large bowl of undercooked potatoes. Although I am involved in other equine activities I have mostly given up watching televised dressage unless it involves a Spanish or Portuguese rider on a P.R.E or Lusitano horse, at least they still express some gaiety. The ruling body should have a big rethink, all warm-up areas should be open to the public and filmable, crank nosebands should be banned, a tack check should be undertaken regarding bit comfort/correct fitting, and rules set for tightness of curb chain. One of the best books on schooling, dressage and high school is Equitation by Henry Wynmalen published in the 1930's, my elderly neighbour gave a copy to me years ago and it is still relevant today.

please repost this video❤❤❤❤ alot of ppl need to see it

Ein Hochgenuss da zuzuschauen. Wenn man heute so abreitet, vorallem in der Vorwärts-Abwärts-Phase, riskiert man, dass einem der Vogel gezeigt wird.

Wow that is amazing riding. What a harmonic partnership, you don't notice him doing anything. Isn't that what dressage's about rather than lots of forcing & harshness to the detriment of the horse??

Dr Klimke bekam, als er jung war, Reitunterricht bei dem Vater von meiner Freundin =)

Dressage died with this legend here

A legend, a myth, the man of Dressage. A man of talent. Expertise and balance. Isabelle could learn something from Dr. Klimke instead of changing her panties after every ride.

gal and co need to watch more of this... and think about the abominable way they ride now🤔🤔🤔

Dumb question…why do we have to use double bridals in the upper levels? I am new to all of this and I have seen horses do fine like this example with a snaffle etc. sorry about being not well versed.

See, it’s possible. Gold standard

Defying gravity

Maybe someone can explain to me the reason why a well-known local dressage trainer used draw reins on her upper level horses in a recent clinic. I was mortified and left immediately. I may be sheltered but I've never seen this done before...

@sedg03

2 жыл бұрын

Heather. Draw reins. Its ALL a learning curve. We ALL want to be good riders and to get the best out of our horses. Many many of us try and just dont kno how to obtain that "best". Many dont cant or wont pay to learn from our masters. Ans the pressure we put on our master craftsmen n women!!?!! We want lessons from the gokd medalists and yet they have money issues if they take on anyone who wants to learn, not to mention other issues theyd take on as well. Its not so simple..... ive had a lot of help from some very talented people. Bless them. Itsjust not always so easy... draw reins can seem like a way to gelp a horse learn- if u dont kno other, better ways. Thatsthe short n simple answer. Its best solution they had for that horse that day w that problem. Learning curve... we all gothat route ;)

@heathercollins4432

2 жыл бұрын

@@sedg03 - I've seen draw reins used quite often in other disciplines, (especially hunter/jumpers) but I had never seen them used by dressage riders. You'd think that by the time they've gotten to that level that they would know that forcing a headset on a horse never works...

And this is how dressage should be ridden!

I still have one of his dressage saddles from the '90's! GREAT RIDER!!!!! Dressgae needs to change the bits/bridle combinations! The bits are too harsh!!!!!!

Many thanks to Bill Woods for shooting this video and excellent narration.

When I trained in Germany they held the provincial championships at out reitverein in 93 I think Auf Der Hube in Niederfischbach. He was there for three days and we had very little to do so we rode the school horses about in the mornings. He did what he preached by taking the horses out twice a day for some easy training and walking in our lovely area. Ingrid was the same. Now however if you look carefully she too is cramming the trot into something not quite correct. When I went for my state exam in Münster (where Klimke did his too!!) we had long discussions regarding Nicole Uphoff and her rollkür. Also the thigh block saddles. Horrible inventions.

We must quit placing Rolkur riders. This is how to ride correctly.

nose in front of the vertical! The way it should be all the time!

Nevrozov, a dressage master against horse sports: train horses to do dressage with no bit, no bridle, no saddle, no spur, litearly nothing but a crop and neckrope.

Wow what a difference in comparison to today's horses. This is a beautiful thing to watch. Now they just want machines with unnatural movement.

Demondemon

Li

No helmet…

This is glorious to watch, such purity of movement, softness.