Beautiful horse. Why can't the Tenn. Walking horse be treated like these people treat the Morgan horse. These horses or just asbeautiful and do not have those awful things on there feet and do just as well without them. Oh yes , and the riders look like normal people not outdated bent over people so not to slide off the backof the poor mistreated horse.

Since when is riding with full contact on a shanked bit acceptable?

The sawing hands are a BIG no no

Can anyone tell me what year this was?

Would be a nicer demo if the horse we not so over flexed, can u say rollkur. Chin to chest. Ugh!

Congratulations, I know this was 5 years ago but still.

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Thx this helped alot

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Nice head set when she releases the tight hold on the reins after they've stopped. Too bad that's not how she has him travel.

Stunning horse, tack is beautiful too.

Dressge is beneficial to all horses any breed. The western saddle is alot cheaper and then the dressage saddle and the guys arent't afraid of dressage in a western saddle. I love all horse disiplines and breeds.

Neat! This is my mare's great great grandfather. Amazing to be able to see him on video! Thanks for posting.

That said, morgans are amazing horses.

any rider with a massive port and mile long shanks can make a horse overbend. Wake me up when the next nothing happens.

just to add, that just my nick horse or whatever its name almost is reckless because of the way the horse is trained. my horse won the jumpers and also showed in hunter trail and western.

couldnt have said this better myself!! I showed at the 2009 morgan grand national jumpers and when someone wrote an article in an american morgan magazine they didnt bother to mention how far from Edmonton ab canada we traveled, instead called me reckless and focused on the girl that took reserve champion after me. this comment made my day!

The horse is BEF Ivan and maybe you need to do a little research before hauling off...if you want a flat lope stick to quarter horses Morgans have a lot more action and natural collection hence your "choppy unnatural stride"...Im sure you think regular dressage horses are overly collected as well

Typical. Head tucked so close to the chest he/she probably can't breath. No fluid movement, but a choppy, short stride due to the way the horse is incorrectly put on the bit. Not impressed with "western dressage"

The Emperor has no clothes. Don't tell anyone, though. ;)

wtf is a full birdle?

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More confusion of terms: collection is NOT a slower tempo!

You want your horse to "look" like hes free in the shoulders? Don't you mean you want your horse to be free in the shoulder? Oh no not in WD crap

don't see the point of video . It doesn't give any helpful info at all.

I love morgans, western and dressage.....

Well this is very interesting and exciting! I know Western doesn't get enough recgontion and this will definetly bring some new light on the discipline! I live in Nebraska and all we do is ride Western and so adding this might make both the disciplines morph into one or at least bring the two communities closer together! Can't wait to see how this dicsipline fairs in the future! :D

I love how the guy closes up on the riders boots when the woman is talking about the horses boot haha

I just loved this horse would drool anytime I saw him.

what breed would you say that horse is?

@jjjjjokerface The "snobby" bit is totally a stereotype, I'm an English dressage rider and I'm probably one of the most laid back people you'll ever meet. It is expensive, though... but then again, so are all Equestrian disciplines!

never knew full bridles were allowed. lol

A Morgan Horse is of course more than a horse! Because it is a Morgan Horse Of Course!

I'd LOVE to do this. I currently ride hunters but I love reining and dressage. Regular dressage is just too expensive (and a bit snobby, lol) for me, and reining is kinda fast. This looks like an excellent mix; I hope that I can one day try it!!

Western dressage ? How sweet ! I'm a western rider how love western saddle and loose rein, but dream at the same time about all the cool thing done in dressage too ! Nice to know that now both of my favorite can be put together ! :)