RE-LIVE | Dressage Grand Prix Amsterdam | FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2017/18

Enjoy the Grand Prix of the FEI World Cup™ Dressage from Amsterdam. Don't miss tomorrow's freestyle competition live on www.feitv.org.
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[@Jesse-ch1nu]

If you think they‘re just sitting there and doing nothing,congratulations,you just made these riders a compliment.Because that is the art of dressage,a good rider will make a complicated lesson look effortless.

[@morganadini9404]

This is not art, it's abuse lol. Dressage is not this

[@cigisvirag_]

@@morganadini9404 why would it be abuse?

[@morganadini9404]

@@cigisvirag_ it's painfull this kind of dressage

[@cigisvirag_]

@@morganadini9404 it's literally high level dressage. Yeah, sometimes the head is a bit too bent, but if you look closely the reins aren't tight they bend

[@morganadini9404]

@@cigisvirag_ the real dressage is not this, is the military one, this is only a circus where horses are ridden with useless stuff that make them suffer

[@kgard43]

This is like watching a horse doing Ballet. It's truly amazing to watch; especially for someone like me who just rides for pleasure.

[@jennyandersson6238]

Hasti Navaiyan dressage is part of all riding styles, if you can’t do dressage your horse is not collected and complete hollow in the back.

[@shamparoy3219]

@@equinegirl369I THINK SHOW JUMPING IS KINDA BETTER 🤠

[@equinegirl369]

@@shamparoy3219 Yes I know. And it's a lot harder too. That's why I love dressage. You can become one with your horse and you can develop a strong bond with them too. It's a beautiful time for you and your horse to connect. So don't be saying that show jumping is better then dressage because I love them both very much. Have a wonderful day!

[@stoneandwood7462]

Beautiful, just beautiful.

[@foodymoody8347]

What beautiful horses

[@ArizonaAirspace]

To me they all, especially riders like Edward Gal, seems to rein in too tight. His horse head wrapped in tight the entire ride. When you look at old dressage masters like Reiner Klimke, Nuno Oliveira, their horses head is never behind the vertical. They are in fact slightly in front of the vertical.

[@amcg7546]

I had hoped to see more improvement. Hasn't come to the sport yet.

[@ArizonaAirspace]

A McG I don't think you and ill ever see it because the art of real horsemanship seems to be lost in the professional Dressage world. The old masters wrote extensively about this, in that even in the old days, bad riders artificially forced their horses neck into a "frame" instead of riding your horse from behind into the frame naturally by engaging from their back to allow their horses to reach into their bit. And if you ride correctly, you can clearly see this happening as your horses neck break at the poll as he reaches into your bit and into your hands. There's no need for harsh pulling at all.

[@coollikegrass2489]

It's the difference between Competition Dressage and Classical Dressage. To make money, a horse is rushed through training and taught to perform movements that vaguely resembles the actual movement. It's just not worth it for Competitive Dressage to spend the few extra years training right and slow to the horses pace.

[@janeforkert8772]

Exactly.. I think they've brought in new guidelines regarding this now... Head behind the vertical.

[@ArizonaAirspace]

@@coollikegrass2489 Excellent observation and sadly I agree. It takes at least 10 years to train a horse correctly in classical Dressage. And it takes more than 10 years to train a human rider to ride correctly. Some never attain that because they are either not built for riding Dressage or they are too arrogant to accept the correct teaching.

[@kaaslikker2635]

can we just plz ride with a rein longer then the vertical? i know they are high trained horses but this is unfair. dressage would look better if some of the horses didn’t have to go trough rolkur . btw why don’t they just use the most simple bit? if they are pros they should be able to ride with a regular bit . the person from 3.04.10 kinda overused the spurs to get to the piaffe, and it kinda looked like she was using the bit for balance. over all, this is my opinion, i do dressage myself. feel free to give ur own comment

[@Aubs12-]

I don't know if I want to keep to show jumping or dressage. I am selling my horse for a more advanced so now is my chance to decide but it's so hard!

[@rnv_colin]

And? How'd it go?

[@patriciakwast2817]

So Graceful

[@christinestill5002]

Be nice to hear the music here.

[@timvanleeuwen1945]

Its so beautiful I love it! Thank you for sharing ~ yours sincerely A horse lovar

[@toksoluwasanjo6405]

How long does it take for them to come into the ring? For me it seems like an eternity

[@theresonly1deano]

terrible use of spurs: 3:04:08

[@eliisesadepihkva4059]

YES, watched her performance, and she was just poking her horse a lot:(

[@coragreer4426]

Agreed that is horrible

[@chxrryblsms]

I’m back inside your stable. The sun sinks neath the gables; when the glue man comes to find you these are the things that you must do: hide under hay, wait until day, don’t make a peep, never ever fall asleep. Glue man please leave horses be!

[@palindrome__3746]

I'm confused

[@barbaralana3363]

Bello

[@biddiemutter3481]

A random and unimportant question...why do we pat horses instead of rubbing or scratching which more their language? And do horses recognise 'their ' music?

[@laetitiaserrano3278]

Si ont tapote,c'est un signe de respect envers le travail du cheval : le cheval comprends que son cavalier est fière de lui. T'es autre question je sais pas.

[@biddiemutter3481]

I long for rubber or leather bits to be allowed in competition

[@patriciakwast2817]

How do they teach them that

[@elfieelderberry8857]

Zanardi👍👍👍👍

[@mariereidy5253]

Where's the sound?

[@kamilzima6529]

What I miss to see dressage riders wearing the hat :-(

[@alicewanman3241]

9:22

[@muckingkid]

I'm riding the grey horse mouse, and only just cantering. Wow I really want to do that.

[@spiritualbadbabebossbitch]

Done

[@spiritualbadbabebossbitch]

I'm not sure I'm supposed to ridergidc

[@stinelolholmandreasen454]

Ballet for Horses...

[@janeforkert8772]

True! And horses suffer the same pain as a ballet dancer. Except they don't get to sit in ice baths to alleviate the pain. They suffer in silence.

[@kkmt9824]

señor Gal por poco deja caballo sin menudillos de atrás , no esperaba de este jinete tanta espuela abusiva , desde luego con ningun bocado o espuela se hará otro Totilas

[@horsecrazykelly3940]

cant complain bcus peeps will hate on me . i just have to ignore it .-;

[@jennywalker2251]

I hate the bits they use,but amazingly preformed!

[@morganadini9404]

if you call this dresasge you probably don't have eyes. the TRUE dressage is not this

[@bronwynkeyes1596]

then go ahead tell us what “true” dressage is 🙄

[@morganadini9404]

@@bronwynkeyes1596 ohoh sure. Let's start from the name: dressage mean "training" and NOT "forcing", true dressage rejects any coercive harness such as flashes, double rains , heavy bits and so on (so modern dressage doesn't follow this "rules"). Second thing, the position of the horses are completey wrong, the head is to "streteched", the first and the second vertebrae shoul be the higher one, but in this video, for example, is the 4th one, and this position creates problem to the back and compromises the breathong. the movements are too exagerate beacause they are "forced" to do that. if you want to see TRUE and respectfull dressage you should look for Philippe Karl.

[@janeforkert2663]

Poor horse, how much pain is he/she in with their neck so tightly pulled in. Not even able to relaxed it fully at the walk. I detest these dressage riders.

[@hannawikborg3939]

dont watch it then

[@emmarachaner2711]

I think it's beautiful so if you have a problem with it why are you watching it and btw I do dressage and I let my dressage horse put her head like that and her own so just don't watch it

[@princessdolly1169]

It’s called the horse is on the bit it doesn’t cause pain to the horse because it is used to doing it

[@caitlinhargreaves145]

its the correct head frame for the horse

[@julia-uf3fm]

All The Greys yes it is so beautiful to watch at a horse in pain

[@toaster._stroodle]

You can tell the horse is scared that the ears were basically straight up the whole time and went moving and the head was down toward the neck

[@emkine6564]

No it is not. That is a sign of a well looked after happy horse.

[@coragreer4426]

These horses are quite happy not scared in the slightest