The Dressage Queens Jessi & Dalera are rockin' Riesenbeck! FEI Dressage European Championships 2023 

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I agree, the fact the mare isn’t even tracking up in extended trot is pretty telling

This will be a VERY unpopular comment, but how can you score so highly when your horse is almost constantly behind the vertical? Surely that's a basic error? Why are the judges not penalizing it? And not just with this horse but with many other top-scoring combinations.

Since when is constant tail swishing deserving of a championship? It is an indication of pain and or frustration. When are judges going to look at the scientific facts in peer reviewed published studies AND STOP GIVING TOP MARKS TO HORSES THAT ARE SUFFERING AND ARE UNHAPPY? SPORT NEEDS TO CHANGE IN ORDER TO SURVIVE PUBLIC AND SCIENTIFIC SCRUTINY.

Top gemacht Ladys to sweet to see

I've got to admit I liked her better in the Grand Prix Special. She was more tense today and too often behind the vertical. Jessica von Bredow-Werndl can do better than that. The overall presentation was better two days ago. Of course her passage is as good as it gets, piaffe is amazing and her transitions are a goal, but I missed some harmony today.

First time I've seen a video of them both, before just listening the news and titles they've won. Unfortunately, I can just share critical voices. Too compressed, hectical, not light, round and smooth. The same style as you can see here at poor countryside level competitions, just with more complex tasks. But far away from fine, light and gentle riding. It looks like hard work and you can see every little command. No role model for me.

These transitions... ❤

Extraordinaire tout simplement !!!❤❤❤❤❤❤

breath taking - love the music too

Charlotte fry was the best ❤️

Beautiful horse, beautiful performance!❤❤❤

Spectacular. goosebumps.

First time she took use of the jokerline, this could have saved the title.

These horses say, do I have to do this today. Just want to kick back and do nothing. Pls get off my back people....lol..

So beautiful ❤

The horse looks staccato, not flowing. I hate the swishing tail too.

omg… just wow. amazing

The curb shank is really long, it looks like. Is it legal?

They are the only couple dancing together🤩

Doesn't look like a happy horse to me.

Excellent horse. But the tail switching is very noticeable. And joker line saved it. It was a major mistake.

Masterclass in how ride a horse.

I thought that this was very pretty, but as I am not a dressage rider, I don’t have the knowledge to understand what is correct and what is a mistake. I ride hunters and show jumpers in the U.S., and I DO know that tail wringing/constant swishing is a sign of an uncomfortable/stressed/pained horse. I definitely picked up on that. But it’s very interesting to me to read through the comments, so I can gain a better understanding of dressage. I am a big believer in cross training my horses. I don’t want to take them out into the arena and jump courses every day. I like to have flat days, where I work them in very basic dressage moves…shoulder in, leg yield, half pass, travers, etc. Also counter canter, as that is a part of the equitation skills (equitation is basically jumping a hunter-style course of more natural looking jumps, but with more technical movements and more difficult lines of jumps. Hunters ALWAYS do straight line related distances- outside line, inside line, outside line, inside line. Equitation courses include rollbacks, bending lines, and counter canter. In the equitation the rider is judged on his/her riding ability, not how well the horse moves and jumps, as they do in the hunters. There are many more technical aspects to doing equitation). Lateral movements are actually extremely helpful for any jumping horse, but especially for equitation and show jumping. I also like to just hack my horses in the field, and sometimes jump some low level cross country jumps. We also have days we just take a walk only trail ride. I think the variety is good for both horse and rider mentality. I would like to learn more about real dressage, bc it looks so beautiful and effortless when done well (same thing in the hunters and equitation. It should look like the horse is happily doing everything him/herself, without visible aids from the rider). I had a Dutch warmblood who had a good dressage background put on him before he was imported to the US and trained to jump. I had SO much fun finding all of the different “buttons” my horse had. I actually managed to get him to do two stride Tempe changes, and a decent canter pirouette, in addition to the lateral work I mentioned before. I’d LOVE to have another knowledgeable dressage horse and take lessons in that as well. I personally think it’s fun to try many different disciplines of riding. I’ve taken polo lessons (obviously not on my giant Warmbloods!), and rodeo/gymkhana (again, not on my horses) . All of the barrel racing, pole bending, and other patterns. I even took vaulting lessons. I like to try as many disciplines as I can.

❤ Wunderschönes, harmonisches Miteinander! Wundervoll, einzigartig einfühlsames Reiten! 😍💗😍 Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 🥂🍾💫💫💫🍀🍀🍀

Is there a problem with Dalera' s right front leg?

Behind the vertical throughout nearly the entire test, goat on a hill piaffes, hollow back, flashy front legs but no hind engagement. Disgusting that this is what would win. We need a new discipline for true classical dressage without the FEI behind it where it won’t be this gross over tempo compression that wins. “Harmony”? What a joke. More like a death grip on the reins. DO BETTER FEI. UPHOLD THE ORIGINAL DRESSAGE RULES AND STOP LETTING RICH PEOPLE RIDE HOWEVER THEY WANT BY CHANGING RULES TO LET THEM COMPRESS THEIR HORSES

I liked Glamordale better, less tail ringing!

Love how the FEI are helping us animal rights activists out! Such a great example of how dressage trashes horses. Notice the overbent head, the underengaged hind quarters, the thrashing tail, the hollow back, the choppy gaits - rewarding this test with one of the highest scores in dressage history is a fantastic way to prove that the sport is rotten from the inside out.

Well-done & well-deserved.

At this point I am CONVINCED FEI is corrupted. That was not a 92!! Yes the pirouette was nice and the hind legs were doing something… but Jesus Christ that was not a 92! She had severe mistakes and the horse was constantly tense and uncomfortable! Look at its tail. What is this nonsense?! This is NOT what top Dressage means. Ridiculous!

Stop with the Rollkur please, that horse is uncomfortable with her neck in that position, and clearly stressed.

Only seen this test and Charlotte Fry's.. not seen any other but what a difference between overall impression. Jessica's horse lovely and obviously talented but far from happy and rhe tail swishing spoils the pleasure of watching for me. Charlotte's horse appeared to be LOVING LIFE and looked like it was dancing rather than performing. I felt pity for one horse and watching the other made me cry emotional tears after the 2 tempi to one tempi change diagonal.. it was sensational. Not forced, just asked for politely and given gracefully. Jessica is clearly an excellent rider but Charlotte and her horse were far, far better in this competition, imho.

How can a rider win with a horse soooo horrible short in the neck nose behind the vertical and without "upwards"in front and permanent switching the tail (showing permanently that the back is not working correctly an freely)

Das ist Perfekte😍🥹

Great test but dont care for the music. The beat seemed to be working against them.

Hi

Fantástica !!!!❤❤❤❤

so wonderful, it brought tears to my eyes, this is dressage at its best

JMO......The mare is talented...but not at all happy. Her tail; swishing, stress sweat lather forming on her neck.....she just appears very tense. The horse could use some time off and the rider needs to try less spur...or even switching to dummy spurs. This is a talented mare that could use less competitions, even less schooling and more time in turn out and pleasure type trail rides. She might be heading down the same sad rode as other talented dressage horses. Pushed too soon, too much. Mental stress as well as physical . This mare's body language is her way of saying she is suffering stress. Remember tail swishing is not desirable in dressage..and there are many top horses competing that do not constantly swish their tails while competing.....

🏇🥇 ♥♥

Edith Piaf is an unusual choice for dressage, but it seems to work alright, not great, but alright.

How is it possible to ride like this?!

Goosebumps and tears in the eyes. What a perfection and choice of music 😁😁

Delusional dressage with horse in distress.

She looks like she's floating!

Overbent the whole time. sigh.........

Ein Zauberhaftes Reiter.&🐴-Paar🎩🍀🐴diese zaghafte kaum sichtbare Hilfengebung👍🏻 Jessica und Dalera❤Schade dass es keine Deutschenunterteil gab 😮ich verstehe leider keine Englisch

Wow. This was the winner? Just shows how low the quality of true riding has gone down hill. This horse is behind the vertical and clearly hating it’s job with all that tail swishing. This was painful to watch and is the so called ‘winner’. Where has the quality of riding and true/proper bend, flexion, willingness and move ability of the horse and rider as a pair gone? The sport of dressage has gone down hill so far. I hope it can recover and we can see my real riding of true horse/ rider partners

That is not humane dressage

Looks horrible 😢

I think they did a beautiful job. You guys sure are critical for people sitting on their a$$, holding their phone. 😂

Over-bent neck, swishing tail, hollow back, hind legs not engaged... And judges overrate them again and again... Give titles to those who deserve them FFS!

Any grand prix dressage video on RU-vid is a great place to see comments from some of the worst riders on the planet haha

I see Daddy bought daughter a very expensive horse.