Wow das Genick als höchster Punkt *_* eine Rarität!! Schön zu sehen könnte gern mal wieder die Regel werden.....

rest in peace, Josef. that was a beautiful ride.

this is so perfect I just wanna cry. they didn't know a word 'rollkür' existed then, they didn't have 'modern' dressage, they didn't look flamboyant, and aggressive even. it was the correct way of riding, used not by many still today. a shame, I say. oh, what I would give to have seen this live........

Ich sehe zum ersten Mal ein "alter Meister" ohne Stuhl/ Spaltsitz. Und auch zum ersten mal ein Pferd eines alten Meisters das nicht mit verspannten Rücken und Holztritten geht. Ein sehr sensibler und intelligenter Bursche, dieser Neckermann... kein Wunder dass er so erfolgreich war.

Exquisite! Dear god, to ride like that.

Beautiful, truly classical training. MS Kempner, please look at the videos of past masters like Nuno Oliveira and Reiner Klimke. There is a huge difference in today's horses, their backs, tightness in poll, and training methods being employed harshly in many cases. What exactly is terrible about the posted video? Please be specific. Thank you.

Wunderschön geritten, viel besser als ich heute die ganzen Sporen & schärfsten Kandaren auf den Abreiteplätzen sehe, von Rollkur ganz zu schweigen. Erinnert mich ehrlich gesagt ein wenig an das Pferde PC Spiel "Abenteuer auf dem Reiterhof 6" ;D

Wow, ein Pferd, das so ehrlich piaffiert gibts nicht oft!

What a perfect piaffe. Wow.

Was für eine schöne Piaffe... SOWAS unglaublich harmonisches sieht man heutzutage nicht mehr. Am ehesten bei Ingrid Klimke...

@FemaleFreedomSeeker I agree! Today, it's all about short-cuts. Such a shame.

Aah, finally some good riding... How graceful, fluent, relaxed... How CORRECT! Where has it gone nowadays...? :(

At that time, they still knew how to ride!! Today, about 85% of the dressage horses aren´t ridden in the right way I´d say. It´s a shame! It takes longer to ride a horse in the right way, but therefore it is more "sustainable" and will "last" longer without being damaged. Besides it is much more comfortable for the horse to be ridden in the right way - everything else means pain and is just more convenient for the rider.

Super Aufrichtung.

das pferd geht harmonisch, mit einer schönen aufrichtung...ist ja heute nicht mehr "Modern".

Could as well be Holstein or any other light breed. You have horses being bred all over Germany, not just at the barns which are the origins of those breeds. ;) Plus, Verden was (and is) quite a big events with numerous breeds being sold.

what breed is this horse?

Eva maria pracht's dad?

Very good ride, and great rider....but not perfect people.....this ride would not be competative today....if you look, the walk pirouette was not a 10, the passage would be considered weak today, and there were moments of irregularity, the piaffe was well done...the walk was correct, but not the best natural walk I've ever seen.....the point I'm trying to make is this.....riders today have learned from these great masters and have done what they were trying to do....take it to a whole new level.

"... training and non-warmbloods .." dann also Kaltblut? oder Pony? oder Zebra? Vollblüter in der Dressur sind ja wohl eher eine jüngere Erscheinung.

Asbach was a Hannoverian

Au Weia!

Same goes for all these brutal bits, gags and twinned/spiked bits are imo the worst.

This is TERRIBLE! Anyone saying dressage should be more like it was in the old days needs to get a dollar, go down to the store and buy a clue. "The training in those days was better because the horses lasted longer". Laura Bechtolsheimer's Alf won 2 Olympic medals in 2012 at 17.

Naja, zumindest seine frühen Bücher sind ja gar nicht so schlecht. Solange man nicht sein Geld zum Fenster rausschmeißt, um Sektenurlaub auf seiner Insel zu machen, warum nicht :)?