Love this, the horses are balanced, in full control of their hind quarters, the riders arent fumbling around with their legs or hands and are very ''silent'' in how they give cues, while still pertaining the look of perfection. They are all infront or on the vertical, which is very hard for most spanish breeds, especially the stallions, to maintain given their huge necks. Not alot of tail swishing or bit chomping which is a breath of fresh air. At the end, the horses look up at the crowd, knowing they did a great job, i especially love that you can see the second to last rider praising his horse as they exit out the gate.
This was an incredible performance. I hoping to see The Spanish Riding School in person one day. Great recording, it shows all of the great movements on the horses.
Wie im Traum. Was für ein Zusammenspiel von Reiter und Pferd, Gänsehaut pur. Man weiß gar nicht wem mehr Hochachtung zollt Reiter oder Pferd. Was für eine Ästhetik. Meine HOCHACHTUNG.
Something to hold still in time. A moment of grace and beauty. These are beautiful, graceful, intelligent, humorous as in funny humorous. Elegant, one of a kind, in this world! These are not easy to describe to the general public, they are so very rare, special, one of a kind even! It is more than just beauty,or how smart, or pretty they are. Sometimes it's just not what's interesting to what is happening in the mind.
Dynamics between the Stallions interesting some get a little annoyed but never follow through as stallions are apt to do. High precision with such communication between horse and rider stunning to watch.
This too too beautiful and the music as well but I know that it takes a lot of time patience and lots and lots of tlc tender loving care high 5 and beautifully done all of you and the horses too thank you so much for sharing the beautiful video Spanish Riding School in Vienna
I'm so happy to have seen the Spanish Riding School 35 years ago. There I could see high quality riding. Today the level of most riders at that school is not worth to see.
I don't think so. The rider's have to learn for year's to get to this level. Night and day. They have their horses: they are feeding them, taking care of them,..the create a real bond. These are all stallion's in this small place.
@@jennyandersson6238 - sorry, but the first anti-cruelty laws were passed in the United States in the 19th century. Hitler wasn't even *alive*. He also had no qualms at all about having his dogs put down before he shot himself, plus of course there's the 10 million Jews, Roma, Sinti, POW's, and political prisoners he murdered.....
No, these are the Lipizzaner Stallions of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. The name reflects the bloodlines of their horses. Look them up, wonderful breed and the only one i have ever had such a deep bond with.
Interesting. Other than the color, as I understand that Orlov trotters are also often grey, I see very little similarity between the Lippizan and the Orlov trotter.
I wish, before the exit, that the riders would totally drop down their reins and allow the horses to stretch their necks and look relaxed as they move out. It's just a way of saying, "Well done." Love the performance, although those gaits and movements are "trained into the horse." I understand it is getting harder and harder to train the horses. The horses are getting smarter and smarter. The second last orchestral piece and dance of the horses is exquisite. The rider must love his horse or he won't last long. Just an armchair critic.
They are very traditional, the school used to only perform infront of royalty so breaks and praise arent done until they are out of the arena. They do get plenty of praise and love when not performing.
I am sure these horses are neglected, starved, whipped, beaten and otherwise abused every single day. And twice on Sunday. That explains why they are so thin, nervous, cowed and covered with whip and spur marks, blood coming from their mouths and nostrils. Right?
@@DoubleDogDare54 I actually wanted to write the same. These horses would very much prefer to be wild horses somewhere between an autobahn and a deforested area full of snow, high water and hurricanes. Horses must hate culture, they prefer being hunted by wolf packs, having nothing to eat and so forth.
@@u.v.s.5583 Exactly. There are plenty of videos on YT to show how the Lippizaners of the Spanish Riding School are raised, trained and live out their lives. At the school the stallions have grooms, riders and instructors waiting on them hand and foot, the stables are beautiful and the horses get the best of everything. At the breeding stables the mares, foals and colts/fillies past weaning live freely in huge pastures, get the best of care, want for nothing. Every horse should be treated as well. Clearly the crybabies on here screaming about "abuse" don't have a clue what they are talking about. YEEEESH!!!!!!
The bits are there to support the horse, the necks are exaggerated because these are stallions, they have very thick necks and keeping their body in balance takes power. When comparing a proffesional dressage rider and these, these guys have much quieter aids, their legs arent all over the place, their hands are still and not shaking with the horses movements.
That is a crupper which is a leather strap that goes under the tailbone. It doesnt hurt the horse and keeps the saddle from sliding onto the horse's shoulders
The cropper is a leather strap that is usually used to keep the saddle or harness in place. It is an outdated tool that usually is only used on illfitting saddles. The SRSV only use them because they have a certain ''dress code'' to follow, most of these look quite loose.
gawd what an idiot you are-- would you rather have boots whacking cobblestones? if you want a symphony concert, go to a concert hall where clapping is prohibited.
While beautiful, I would be disappointed paying a ton of money to see a bunch of side passes and trotting. The only difficult move was the passage but not a single piaffe! Why no jumps or airs above the ground which is classic Spanish school riding? This is an eh for me...
Julie Hare That’s just the „Schulquadrille“. It’s kind of the easiest version of the show and also for the „younger“ horses. In the other parts they show more difficult things like the long reining or airs above the ground, which means the show is longer than 15 minutes 👍🏻 And when I talk about younger horses I mean between 7 and 11 years. Each of the horses has a special qualification for the Levade, Courbette or Capriole and so on. And because certain things are so difficult to do and learn, not every horse can do it and they can’t show it every single minute. Every horse has just one rider, all the things they are showing, is the training from their own human. And of course they are alle stallions and of different age so that’s also some kind of difficulty in doing a quadrille 😉 Greetings from Austria, Maren 😙
@@o0Nai0o I understand all.of that and that's what I would pay to see. If this didn't represent the whole show but merely part of it...then that would be acceptable.
@@juliehare3403 It doesn't represent the whole show. Schmidt London 's channel has other videos from the same show showing solos, duos and airs above the ground.
