Rio Replay: Dressage Individual Grand Prix Freestyle 

pov: you wanna get an idea of what gemma from love island does

I'm at least 2 financial classes away from understanding this sport but still very enjoyable to watch.

Dressage is like ballet. It takes years and years hard training. Tears and sweat and pain. Overcoming yourself and extreme difficulties. Then finally after years of hard work you go on stage and it all looks so beautiful, easy and enjoyable like there has never been any effort to achieve this level. The effort however is intense. You give everything to get there. Every tear is worth that high standart and grand beauty.

It takes years of training to get these horses to Grand Prix standard like Valegro....a good rider and a good horse make it look so easy...as with all the great athletes....but it is anything but easy. The horse has to be very strong, but controllable, and the rider has to have a lot of core strength to handle him...Dressage is so beautiful to watch and so amazing what these horses are capable of, and Charlotte Dujardin is superb, one of our best riders.

The extension and rhythm he manages to get and keep throughout the whole test is insane! The level of accuracy and control is that of the top and I don't think we will ever see another pair like them again

lol, its funny when people say "this sport is easy". Non - Riders will never understand.

Anyone here trying to figure out what gemma owen does

I would have thought that the horse should have been mentioned in the title and description. She couldn't win the medal without the horse!

i laughed out loud when gemma from love island was genuinely confused that liam didn't know what this was... like girl open your eyes you live in a different world than 99% of the humans on earth LMAO

Saw this today... I have never seen Dressage before.. It made me cry!!! Such beautiful and talented horses... so moving to watch... or is it just me being rather soppy????😬❤

Literally here because of Gemma on love island 😂

talk about a team sport..wow..that is awesome..this really showcases the beauty and elegancy of the horse. The way the horse and rider communicate is awesome.

This was so beautiful m! The horse and rider both looked as if they were gliding across the arena!! 🐴❤️

I want to watch dressage in the next Olympics, whenever it may be. It looks fascinating and looks so difficult for the horse to move the legs at different times, especially the crossovers and doing it in place. They're really impressive. I can't see the rider's hand signals most of the time, which also must take a lot of time.

Unreal. Seriously unreal. Yet so perfect it's almost boring. Makes me want to watch some people ride Training Level Test 1 on school horses. The rider might sit the trot like a sack of potatoes. The horse might canter at the wrong time, or just trot real fast when he's supposed to canter and have to be kicked into canter. The horse might go at a snail's pace on the free walk on long rein. The horse might hop out of the arena. They might be off of the center line at the end, and the horse probably won't square up when he halts. The judge might mutter to the scribe "moves like a guinea pig." Heard by me when I was a dressage scribe one time. If people try riding a horse then they will realize the kind of achievement this ride by Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro is.

so beautiful. love dressage.

One of the main goals in dressage is to make it look easy and effortless. But it's a long way to get there. Riding is simple, but it's not easy ;-)

I don't ride horses,but by the look of this,I can ONLY tell you one thing........ dressage is NOT easy!!!

I was lucky enough to watch this when it live streamed, truly a beautiful pair

I wish I'd have been able to hear the music. Wonderful dressage though.

It is hard work and patient that makes a good rider great.

such an absolutely amazing team

He looks like he is just floating most of the time😁he’s so pretty 🥰

The synchronicity of the bow - so adorable Valegro.

such swag and elegance

not into horses, but racing. but this dressage is incredibly beautiful. so masterful control and artistic. communication between the two.

SSOO BEAUTIFUL LITERALLY MAKES ME CRYYY

She makes it look so easy but I know first hand its not both human & horse were amazing x

to think people can really watch olympic dressage and still say "the rider just sits there" is beyond me.

I can't believe that it's over 😢 It seems like he knows that it's his final dressage... :c (Sorry for my English I'm from Germany)

A Sight for the Gods, WHAT a performance..!! /I just cry seeing these 2 working together...

The sound quality on this is terrible other than being able to hear the announcers voices real well. Where can I find a replay of this freestyle where you can clearly hear the music??

It was really amazing at the London Games, looking at the top twenty horses, there were really only about five or six in that top fifteen that looked tense and stressed. The rest all looked comfortable in what they were doing. RIo was not quite as good, but still progress is being made in elite dressage to consider horse welfare.

@2:13 if I could get the horse at the farm to do this, everyone would adore me

Wow, love her and him.

amazing .. does anyone know what music she uses here? :)

So beautiful 😍 I love Valero! He is the best!

This is the first time I've watched Dressage and all I can say is... IT'S SOOOOOOO CUUUUUTTEEEE 🥺🥺🥺

As in every other sport, there is world-wide competition, so to do this very well as "very well" is define by top human performance, it is as difficult as any other sport if not more. Horse lameness is quite an issue, finding the right horse is another and spending lots of money (often meaning living like a poor person for a large part of your life) a third one.

That was the m0st amazing ridding i have ever watched

Go go go!!

OMG she is so good

They're so wonderful

That horse is gorgeous… I don’t even know or own horses but that horse is beautiful

Красиво!

OMG AMAZIINGGGGGGG SOO BEAUTIFUL 111😭😭😭😭😃😃😃😄😄😄🥰🥰

جميل واسمر. ♥️

évitez les commentaires pendant une rlm, qu'on puisse profiter des musiques...

The more I think about it, the weirder dressage gets. "Lets see if we can train a horse to walk in a really weird way."

This is my dream event, I would pay so much money to get my own horse for dressage, cross country, show jumping.

I think we found our next Valegro

nice

that horse does a very nice piaffe

How'd they get the horse to do that?

agreed i ride but im still in lessons they just got cancelled because covid 19

I really want a horse it’s not just like a “I want a white pony” cliche I actually want a proper horse but my mum doesn’t have enough money but I swear on my life I will get the money someday and I will get a horse I’m determined

I'm literally just curious, does it hurt the horse?

PEOPLE A FOAMING MOUTH MEANS THE HORSE IS RELAXED

What breed was her horse I forgot?

😍

This is my dream...

Is it just me or is she doing the same test she did in London but with different music

Dressage is like the horse version of running man challenge

I do jumping

all he pressed horse dancers in the comments HSHDHDH

difficult or not, sorry i just find this ridiculous. Training a noble animal to dance like a wimp is a disgrace to these beautiful animals who are supposed to be warriors....just my opinion, don't want to offend anyone

What a horse Vallegro!

Can anyone tell me the point

three horses in the grand prix are valegro lorenzo and arlando lol

I ride a horse in dressed GUYS its not easy!

Extremely limited attendance as indeed were most other sports I hear.

🤐🤐🤐

Me : shows this video to my horse asking if he would do it Him: yeah good luck staying on with my retired racehorse man skills When I make him try it : runs off gets the horsey zomies then bucks for 5 mins straight Me : good boy so close

why is the first horses the owner wearing spurs

In my opinion I find dressage quite boring to watch but very interesting and a brain tester to ride

Poor horse 🐎

What a bunch of horseplay! 😉

This is the least understanbable sport in Olympic

Bei Charlotte Dujardin ist es so das Musik zu ihrer Kür läuft bei Liselott linsenhoff ist es umgekehrt da Piaffierte das Pferd im Takt zu derMusik

Empty ranks

Horse cripwalking

I looking best salivation horse dressage on you tube

It's hard to train a horse to act like that

Why is this a sport?!

How is this an Olympic sport?

This really is amazing... But I don't think this should be an Olympic sport. Its not that different to advanced dog shows or ballet. And yet squash is not an Olympic sport?

Sorry I can only think how hot is it in that outfit, if it were me I'd be sweating.😂

I didn't know this is a sport nowadays, it's just a horse modeling

I hate dressage

Goofiest sport on planet earth.

Not a happy horse

If the training of these horses were in public view, would this "sport" be legal? Is training a horse to do dance moves actually training or beating-into-submission a prey animal that is faced with torture or dance moves?

awful event. not even an actual human sport

Why is this a sport? A horse walking in circles hahaha

This really stretches the definition of "sport".

By far the most boring and uninteresting Olympic sport