spellbound
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You don't have to do dressage to appreciate this video. This horse is amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKQgTiqhPbw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKQgTiqhPbw
spellbound said:You don't have to do dressage to appreciate this video. This horse is amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKQgTiqhPbw
barncat said:The tail swishing was very distracting, I wonder how the judges marked him with all that tail swishing. While the horse kept a very relaxed face, everytime he did passage or tempis and more spur was used the tail was swishing away.
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The collective score was 81.50, they placed second. Are freestyles judged differently where the tail movement doesn't matter so much?
fredsaid2 said:barncat said:The tail swishing was very distracting, I wonder how the judges marked him with all that tail swishing. While the horse kept a very relaxed face, everytime he did passage or tempis and more spur was used the tail was swishing away.
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The collective score was 81.50, they placed second. Are freestyles judged differently where the tail movement doesn't matter so much?
Very impressive score, I watched part of Anky's video and her horse had very little tail swishing, I wonder how they did, I guess I will have to do a little research and find out.
I'm not sure if the freestyles are judged differently, never did one. I've never even showed FEI (is it still called that?) so I'm not sure what the score sheet looks like. I know when I was eventing I received comments like grinding teeth, tail swishing and what not on the individual movements and then again under horse's obedience.
spellbound said:You don't have to do dressage to appreciate this video. This horse is amazing.
What an amazing performance!!!!
2baymares said:INCREDIBLE......could Alvin be next!?!spellbound said:You don't have to do dressage to appreciate this video. This horse is amazing.
What an amazing performance!!!!
barncat said:The tail swishing was very distracting, I wonder how the judges marked him with all that tail swishing. While the horse kept a very relaxed face, everytime he did passage or tempis and more spur was used the tail was swishing away.
For those who don't know, the dressage world is that anal, tail swishing could definately bring each movement's score down by 1/2 to 1 point.
I also noticed in the extended gaits the frame did not change at all so the foot fall didn't really extended as far as it could. The old saying the feet can only strike as far as the nose definately holds true for this horse's extended work.
I have pictures of a friend working on passage and a few shots where she used the whip to get more lift and the horse's hind end went way up, as in bucking instead of higher lift.
fredsaid2 said:barncat said:The tail swishing was very distracting, I wonder how the judges marked him with all that tail swishing. While the horse kept a very relaxed face, everytime he did passage or tempis and more spur was used the tail was swishing away.
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The collective score was 81.50, they placed second. Are freestyles judged differently where the tail movement doesn't matter so much?
$150 tail job would fix that...I found it very distracting too I would have taken care of that very easily...
SerenitStables said:I agree the tail swishing was distracting. It shows that the horses is annoyed, as far as most judges are concerned.
She is an amazing horse though. Very pretty.
I did some dressage stuff on Madhi on Saturday...he was so funny. He was like "I don't know what the heck this stuff is....I do hunters now!"
Pasofever said:$150 tail job would fix that...I found it very distracting too I would have taken care of that very easily...
DQ2B said:That would be forbidden.
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DQ2B said:That would be forbidden.
The tail swishing was most likely penalized in the collective remarks scoring section at the end of the test under "submission" so there would not be a deduction for each movement of the test. Freestyles also have an artistic quality score which regular, non-Kur test do not and I am guessing that this is where this particular score excelled and provided much of the basis for the 80+ score.
Pasofever said:No sait???????????????????? So when would it be allowed? And why are there so many tail jobs done? :shrug: