Viewers should also note this is a youngish horse, not more than seven, given how dark his gray. Beautiful. The schwung in the piaffe and passage actually made me weep. No resistance anywhere in his body or mind. This used to be the BEGINNING of horse training, the driving manual, so to speak. Breathtaking. Heartfelt thanks to this poster.
What a treasure this film is. How it should be done. Rider is completely tuned in, controlled and exquisitely balanced. Horse is beautifully trained, conditioned, relaxed, willing, and all natural, effortless, correct, FORWARD movements. Yes, I was trained in classical dressage as a young person. What has happened in modern dressage we used to call "circus riding".
Watching this is eye opening for someone who doesn't ride and comparing the two riding styles. I have seen this style of riding only a few times out here of maybe 3 pairs... Sad indeed
Magnificent. So fluid. No appearance of driving the horse from the rider's seat. Makes me feel calm to see a horse so relaxed. I taught myself to ride to the Prix de St. George on a Morgan named Frenesee. A visitor saw us enjoying ourselves at that level and called us over. He was stunned when he found out the horse and I had no coach. He offfered me a chance to ride for the USET but I turned it down. Grateful, yes. But I wasn't interested in chasing someone else's dream. Frenners and I did it for FUN.This is how dressage should be. Thanks!
Great to see a horse correctly use the hind leg and not be ruined by modern methods. I never saw this horse go behind the bit. The horse looks thoughful instead of stressed.
Das Genick immer der höchste Punkt,auf Trense ein fein gerittenes Pferd. Nie hinter der Senkrechten. Wunderbar anzusehen. Da sollten sich viele Reiter ein Beispiel dran nehmen.
Wonderful footage: no fancy high tech saddle and performed with a simple bridle, he is one with his beautiful mount. Such skill and dual commitment. Wow!
Thank you very much dor this video. There are imperfections, sure, but the overall impression is great. There is not a forced movement and the horse is natural, not animated. The body is fluid, the horse is looking upfront. The most telling is the purity of gates. Two-beat trot and a 3-beat canter. So rare to see these days. Another interesting point is the riders' seat. The saddle allows movement of his body, which many dressage riders would not be able to withstand without holding on the tight reins as if their life depends on it. This rider does not need to do that. He moves in the saddle, sure, more than what we have been seeing these days, but you can see occassional slack in his reins. He does not hang on it to keep himslelf deadly stoic.
Your observations are so accurate. I don’t watch dressage anymore because it looks painful and forced. Today’s riders and instructors should study classical riders of the past. In this film the rider isn’t stiffly leaning back, but moving his in harmony with the horse. He and the horse are in tune and attentive, but not mechanically manipulated.
Was für ein tolles Paar! Eine tolle Selbsthaltung vom Pferd und weit VOR der Senkrechten👍 Besonders interessant finde ich die Trabverstärkung, unglaublich, wie die Hinterhand schiebt und das Pferd am Widerrist optisch wächst. Zudem zeigt die Nase, anders als bei den neumodischen, hypermobilen Beinewerfern auf das Fessel- statt auf das Vorderfuß Wurzelgelenk. Bemerkenswert empfinde ich auch die Entwicklung der Piaffe. Bei der ersten dachte ich noch " uiii...dass der die Hinterhand so hängen lässt, hätte ich nicht vermutut" , aber in den darauffolgenden Sequenzen forderte der Reiter mehr Hinterhandaktivität und die folgte prompt. Echt Klasse! Generell hatte der Reiter einen stabilen, sehr guten Sitz, der aber im Gegensatz zu vielen heutigen Profis, eine gesunde Körperspannung hatte, ohne zu verkrampfen. Ich musste an die Legerte von Philippe Carl denken. Es sah zwar nicht mühelos, aber dafür harmonisch und motiviert aus. Da können sich Mal ganz viele eine Menge von abschneiden👍
Really great horse and Rider and not one single sign of roll cur in the whole exercise. What a joy to see with all of the overflexion and horses being ridden the way they are today by most writers
We need to reform modern severe dressage techniques. The riders of the past should be studied and emulated. I no longer enjoy watching modern dressage. It almost looks abusive and forced.
I don't know how this got recommended but those 1- time tempi's were out of this world. Alright, they're not as 'expressive' as seen in modern dressage but they look far more pleasing and literally effortless
More enjoyable experience than the cruel, nut-job, abusive practices pushed by today's corrupt and soulless horse world. Don't see foaming and drooling tortured horses with blue tongues hanging out...and heads and mouths pulled back so tight horses' eyes are completely disassociated and tormented. Movements are much more balanced and humane. How did modern dressage become a massive abusive and ugly show of cruel riders and tormented horses?
A joy to watch. Virtual perfection. This is dressage as it should be. Not like today's abusive and bullying tactics that the riders and judges seem to enjoy.
Das stimmt leider. Oft ist auch kein Interesse mehr da. Ulrich Raulff hat es 2015 in seinem Buch "Das letzte Jahrhundert der Pferde. Geschichte einer Trennung" beschrieben.
@@nmd3132 If you absolutely want to ride absolutely correctly, Jean Luc Cornille of Science of Motion breaks everything down according to current science. He's brilliant.
Was mir als Laien sofort auffällt ist, dass die Nase Vor der Senkrechten ist und nicht wie heute, wo die Pferde so zusammen geschraubt sind... Toll!!! Das sollten die Reiter heutzutage vielleicht mal wieder anschauen
Are the people commenting about how wonderful this is even watching the video? In the changes the horse is WAY behind the vertical. By your standards you should be livid haha.
I'm going to get killed for this but I've got to call it the way I see it. I'm very disappointed in this video. I first got involved in dressage a bit over half a century ago and Shulties was considered one of the Gods then. Had I seen that video then at one of our Saturday night potluck dinner and film festivals (Hi PRRC if any are left) I would have made essentially the same comments that I'm reading here now. And, just like the present day comments I read here, they would have been correct - as far as they go. The problem is the horse is not raising or bending his back at all. In a phrase, he's a leg mover. Making things worse, or probably making things the way they are, Willy is pounding the poop out of that poor horse's back with his seat. Please don't take these remarks as disrespectful of the great Shulties. I would like to imagine that if I should find myself magically standing next to him watching the best of today's best, I would have the good sense to whisper in his ear, “We stand on the stage you built for us."
And look at the saddle. I think he had his own saddle and it was flat. None of the padding today that helps you stay in the better. On the other hand, horses today, do have more movement.
More movement but at what price? Less free, more stressed, tight, unpleasant to watch. Is more movement really worth the price the horses pay? The movement is all in the front end, little hind end engagement. Hollow backs. Goes against everything dressage is supposed to be about.
Grand Prix W. Schultheiss/17th Dec. 2020: W. Sch. sometimes leans back and is behind the vertical line. While the horse is in extended trot or in passage he seems to have difficulties to stay close to the saddle as Joef Neckermann. you can see this very clearly because of the the slow motion - a difficulty for the judges or not?!
