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Evgenia Medvedeva Exibition skate in Pyeongchang :)

One was George of Jungle

@Shiya StormDragon yes please! many more

Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro in Rio please!!

Anyone can sit on a horse; it’s riding that takes effort.

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Ashley Baggett this is awesome

cos it's high culture

Cause some moves she’s doing has heaps of abuse into it. Not many people support dressage

@@skelly0n256 cmon Dorothee is one of the softest dressage riders in the field. She's there with Charlotte, Ingrid and Helen. She's really not abusing her horses

Clarööör if only you knew 😂 if you want to talk about soft and kind dressage riders then you’re missing one of the most important. There’s someone in your short list that really needs to be swapped for Carl Hester

For a number of reasons. It is very expensive to go and watch a live international event at this level especially when it’s the Olympics and the World Equestrian Games. It’s much easier and cheaper to watch a live-streamed event from your tv, computer, or phone in the comfort of your home in the air conditioning. Plus, dressage isn’t very big in Rio and it’s a very long and expensive travel for people who interested . And when you are in the stands it’s very difficult to watch because you are quite a distance away and can only see from one angle. It’s so much better to watch standing right next to the arena but that’s not possible so you settle for the second best option: video. When it’s live-streamed, it is also recorded and posted on KZfaq so you can watch it anytime. And each ride is filmed from several different angles and zoomed in and zoomed out at certain times and video quality is supreme so it’s much better and more practical to stay home and watch. Hope this helps, sorry for long message. Let me know if you have any more questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. Happy New Year!

Remy The reason for the ears being back is if she put her leg on he was just responding to it. Didn’t look like he was rearing any time soon, just doing his job

@@wafflezwolf6142 ahh, got it, thank you ❤️❤️

A lot of dressage horses put their ears back to listen to their rider, if they use vocal commands. Sometimes it's just a subconscious thing horses do when they focus, sometimes horses have very active ears that rotate like a satellite dish, it really just depends on the horse.

sadkremmit your not allowed to use vocal commands you get points off

It was part of the show, the horse was supposed to! ☺️

it depends on the rider if the rider is being abusive and trying to get the horse to do something in a very aggressive way it might bother the horse and maker it uncomfortable.

CeleTheRef some do yes, the horse I ride was bred for jumping but he does dressage because he enjoys doing that instead of jumping

Elise Rémond As I am an equestrian as well, I‘d like to ask you, what you are doing with your horses. In your opinion all horses should enjoy a wildlife at least that‘s what you said. But why do you ride horses then? Or bother them in any other way? Like you said, you‘re an equestrian, too. I honestly don‘t geht this. You can‘t blame other people for riding horses, while you aren‘t any better. And also you cannot speak for every horse. Of course there might be some, who would prefer a so called „wildlife“ but others do enjoy being ridden. Or doing some showjumping, Or groundwork, or libertywork. There are so many options... And why should horses allow us to sit on their back, if they don‘t like it? Just think about it: Horses are much stronger, faster and some cases taller than we are. If they really wouldn‘t like to be ridden, would we even have a chance? I don‘t think so. And that’s where I perfectly After with you: It‘s a gift, that we are allowed to ride them. And we should try pur best, to make it as comfortable as possible for the horse. Greetings from Germany

Elise Rémond why in June and not now? 😅 i‘m sorry but I don‘t get the logic ...

An animal that has so much more power over you... You really need a bond with that magestic creature in order for THE HORSE to let YOU control it

The horse & Rider is grateful

gangselm they had to change it due to copyright and to make it longer

why tf?

Azizi Yippie ikr 😓😭

Azizi Yippie what’s wrong with this?

I understand this reasoning, but allow me to present this argument from the other side. I believe that equestrianism is one of the most dangerous sports there is (though I'm not saying that there aren't other sports that are equally as dangerous). Equestrianism is entrusting your life to an animal who at any time could decide that they don't want to do what they're currently doing. It's different from other sports because you're working with a teammate who doesn't speak your language. While dressage can seem boring, there's more to the sport. Like showjumping. You're hurdling over fences that are taller than you to beat a certain time on the clock. Cross country is another. It's a really thrilling sport that can seem boring from a viewer who hasn't experienced it. While things like wrestling is just what it is, showing raw strength against another human. Equestrianism is showing your strength through a partnership. Again, I in no way mean to say that your argument is invalid, I just thought I'd put in the other side of the argument. :)

@@nataliasilverdaughter4197 Thank you for an excellent explanation. This is an exciting and thrilling sport to me.

Please try to ride a horse just one day, and do 1/10 of what she does, we’ll talk later.

PcCAvioN so you’re also saying they should remove the thrilling show jumping leg of this sport too? Like track and field, this sport has different disciplines. And I quite enjoy this leg of the sport due to the calmness of it.

It looks really easy but trust me it's really hard and requires years of hard training and on the other side it is way too popular

Sport: an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment. Equestrianism is a perfect example of a sport. Showing your skill and strength through a partnership with an animal who could easily refuse to do what it's doing. It looks very simple as a viewer, but underneath all the elegance is years of training. It's much harder than it looks, they make it look so easy because they practice for so long. Dressage is very intricate, despite it seeming like the rider is sitting there. :)

Please try to ride a horse just one day, and do 1/10 of what she does, we’ll talk later.

Israel Gómez this is way harder than it looks. You wouldn’t be able to get on that horse and do that test the same as that rider. Not to mention this requires a lot of physical training and mental training due to the increased level of danger

You don't now how long they had trained for this...lots of years!

No no, I know it’s very difficult to train a horse, but no physical activity is done for it This is not a sport

Belgian Tip-off sure, the shot she’s doing takes 12 years to learn. Football is pissy compared to this. We fall we get bruises like other sports. But we get trampled. Can you control an animal that’s 5x your weight? Or 2x for your sake? I doubt it.

Please explain how this is not a sport.

The Panthers this horse can just decide he doesn’t want to do it. What makes this a sport is that the rider has probably practiced this routine with the horse THOUSANDS of times. If they were to fall off and the horse spooks, she could be killed. Horse back riding: the act or SPORT of riding a horse

You try to do what she's doing and you 100% wouldn't succeed. this is a sport because : 1. It builds your muscles. 2. you need to be able to have good coordination. 3. People get killed, suffer injuries and more due to the risks of the sport. 4. Just like other sports, it takes a lot of time to master.

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