get over yourself all of you this is the 3 time olympic champion youre looking at, not to mention 9 time world cup champion! grow up

Parfait! Très caractéristique et mémorable! Bon travail! Joie!

There has been so much focus on Totilas that I forgot jst how incredible Salinero is!

Completely agree, but he is such a performer.. you can tell he loves his work. shame he is older now

I agree... but no one can deny he was an amazing dressage horse.. i just think he is nearing his time.. and co no longer compete with the younger horses coming in.

If you watch this video you will see that Salinero was incapable of performing a square halt , especially at the beginning of the Kur ! It is obvious that Anky uses methods of Hyperflexion or Rollkur , because her horse is very tense and hence cannot halt properly. Nevertheless, Anky is still a four time Olympic Gold medallist , and a 9 time world champion , I respect her regardless of all the controversy that surrounds her reputation. We still love you Anky !!!

Even though I can't stand that she uses rollkur, this is still my favorite freestyle. The music and choreography is great and suits the horse so well.

No, salinero might not have the knee action like totilas or parzival but anky achieves the "oness" with him and looks more in sinc with her horse than anyother

I am also not sure why Anky used already 19 yo Salinero, he clearly was not up to it, and also his left hind leg was bugging him throughout the program, making extended gaits impossible... poor old chap, it is sad to see this, especially after their breathtaking performance in the same program in WC 2006. Does anyone know what happened to other horses of Anky: Painted Black and especially Krak C? Surely they could do better than Salinero here, I agree that he was over scored for this program.

Krack C has been retired, I am not sure what the deal is with painted black. salinero is also 15, not 19.

@CrazyForLucky I mean I beg to differ that his hind end is disengaged, i dont agree with rolkur though, i just think he really doesnt look that bad as you all are saying

Meh, i just thought hed seen his better days. He still wont halt at the beggining of the test, but he never has, i should think that would give an immediate impression of tension. Great horse though, very correct, maybe not as flashy as MT, but hes scooped medals despite the contraversial training methods, which i cant make my mind up about.... still, lovely horse...

Well said!! The question does it foster the happy athlete? I think the answer has to be no!!

yeah i agree, in his hay day he was good, but i guess dressage has moved on and horses like parzival and totilas are surpassing his results?

Thank you so much fo uploading this!

Oh mann , da fehlen mir die Worte -.- Die hat aus Salinero eine perfeckt funktionierende Maschine gemacht , Dieses Pferd ist eine maschine geworden dieses rumgehüpfe sieht nicht mal mehr Pferdeartig aus einfach nur traurig sowas..

is it me or did he look really touchy with his (if you are looking him in the eye) right hind especially at the piaffe, he was lifting it really high and twitching it a little and wasnt doing that with the other. And personally I dont know much about rolkur but you were saying it disengages his hind end and i beg to differ.

@dressagelover234 - wow. sos for giving an educated opinion..... anky can ride, i didnt say she couldnt, im not up there doing what shes doing because i do eventing...not dressage XD and thirdly...if youd read the comment, i mainly stated that i thought hed seen his better days...hes been on the block a while now

totally agree with you :)

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