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Thoughts on this test?

2K views 12 replies 8 participants last post by  NittanyEquestrian 
#1 ·
Lovely mare cleans up at CDI Bremen

I am interested in opinions on this test. I personally think it looks lovely and the horse looks relaxed, happy, and well prepared for it's job. But hey, I don't know much about dressage.

Hence i'm curious whether dressage people think it is a good test?
 
#5 ·
Exactly lol.
What's the expression.. "Legs for days"?? Very nice horse.

The mare is obedient and has enough talent but needs more collection, imo.

She only got a 71.375%. Ashley Holzer, Steffen Peters, etc.. are all getting scores above that. There are plenty of mistakes in the test and the piaffe/passage tour was not very strong.
Watching the video of Edward Gal on Totilas at the World Cup in 09, I get goosebumps. Watching that test I get a strong urge to fast forward. Not big enough mistakes to be entertaining, but not polished enough to be enthralling.
Give her a year.
 
#8 ·
But you'll get 4 leaf clovers and pennies EVERYWHERE!!!
 
#9 ·
Considering this is St Paddy's day you could be right Kevin!

But seriously careful breeding of Warmblood and Sporthorses is what produces animals like this. I realize that this forum is more geared to western breeding and it is a shame that those that want to know how horses like this come about need to go elsewhere or try to find the odd posts buried among the breeding of paints and quarter horses.
 
#10 · (Edited)
It is no different then any discipline. Breeding plays a big role in the end products. As a breeder I look very hard at pedigrees and what crosses with what. Just like any breeder should. It is not a western thing or an English thing it is a good breeding thing.

If you do not post your questions or thoughts on the breeding of what ever your choice is then there will be no threads on it. Just like when a person has a specific question about breeding reiners they put it in the western area over the breeding area that way it gets the attention of the people who breed and show reiners.

Also there has been discussion about adding other areas and sub forums. However until someone PMs a Mod or Administrator and makes a good argument for it then all we have to go on is OUR thoughts on it and how we post, ask and see similar questions. Posting on threads like this does nothing to help.
 
#12 ·
I am the same, but I just don't bother with the breeding section anymore unless a thread has a very standout title.

The only problem I have with the other places is that certain stallion owners feel that they need to derail any thread about a competator or they spam the board with hundreds of threads about their wonderful stallion.

I personally feel this would not happen here due to the make up of the forum members and mods and that is why I feel it could fly here, but again I suppose I could be mistaken as there seems (by the other thread) there is no interest.

A horse like the one in the video is a product of selective breeding just as top reiners and other western (and english ) disciplines are also.
 
#13 ·
I also thought she could benefit from more collection in the hind end. It was apparent to me in that she just didn't quite follow through with her hind end in her extensions. I think she kind of sold herself short with her hind end engagement but overall a really nice mare and I agree in that give her a year or two to grow and wait and see. I was also a Blue Hors Matinee fan and I deeply regret that she did not get the time to grow and mature into herself as a dressage horse as I think she could have been great as well. IMO, she was another young mare that needed time to grow, learn and mature to really shine.
 
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