Cowboy Dressage World Champion Holiday Compadre and Free Style Reining

Cowboy Dressage
Holiday Compadre returns to Morgan World Championship in OKC after winning the WC Western Pleasure to win (1993) the World Freestyle Reining the following year. (1994)When Dressage suits your needs but a Stetson suits your lifestyle. ebh
The Dressage is my discipline and the Cowboy is my Freedom ebh
Famed horseman and clinician, Eitan Beth-Halachmy, well known and respected for his unique style of horsemanship shares his Cowboy Dressage on video. Eitan is a popular horseman here in the U.S. and abroad. Just a little bit different Eitan has long combined the discipline of classical dressage and western riding to create what he has coined as Cowboy Dressage. It is not all dressage, not is it all western. It is a combination of both resulting in an artful and sincere partnership with the horse.
In this video segment from Eitans very popular Dances With Cows DVD Eitan and his two equine companions, his beloved Morgan Stallion, Holiday Compadre and the beautiful palomino Saddlebred Stallion, Galahads Golden Warrior perform to music at select events and in the great outdoors. True to Eitans reputation this is artistically done with beautiful scenery, music and masterful horsemanship.
Eitan teaches all over the US and abroad. Two places you can be sure to find him in 2010 are The World Equestrian Games in Lexington, KY and Light Hands Horsemanship. www.lighthandshorsemanship.com.
You can visit Eitan and his horses at: www.cowboydressage.com or email him at: [e-mail]. On his website you will be able to find out more about, DVDs, Books, Lessons, Clinics, Competitions, Horse Sales and Training Tips.

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Thank you for your comment. Because of Compadre's age he was not allowed to wear a snaffle bit during the competition. Horses shown under the USEF reining rules are only allowed to use a snaffle if they are a junior horse (3 years of age and under).

[@HunterJumperMorgan]

Its amazing that so many people think Morgan Horses cant Rein or do Dressage but in all reality they can do it all perfectly and at the same time!!! Holiday Compadre shows us that!

[@BizStamm]

Beautiful horse! I'm loving the pirouettes that transition into spins.

[@peekfreak14]

Holy Crap he can slide!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@eventer275]

8 your look great! :D

[@robin218]

That's one unhappy mouth. Like, embarrassingly so. The backup looks like rewinding a car wreck. I thought this was supposed to show finesse.

[@XrunlikethewindX]

Gorgeous horse, but body language..he def doesnt look very happy.