deserthorsewoman
Posted : 3/24/2010 1:41:00 AM
Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank You for pointing it out. And a BIIIIG Thank You for giving me the pleasure of watching Dr. Rainer Klimcke and his Ahlerich again. Brought tears to my eyes.
I've been watching the "scene" for years, noticed it going downhill. I used to love watching dressage, but lately it just made me mad. I don't know about the US, but Europe is getting pretty bad. I live in Italy, and there's only a handful of dressage riders. And they train and work with people who promote the so called new style. And what gets me most, there is no, absolutely no basic dressage training in riding schools. Horses don't get their basics either. It's just plain sad. Horses with hollow backs, the hind end still in the barn, trying to survive the hour of work. People who start riding get one longe lesson, then learn how to post a trot, and about the fifth lesson they jump.
I am German, and I learned the right way, but that was 40 plus years ago. I thought that I maybe was just too old to understand the new principles.
But lately I noticed some sites popping up on the internet about Classical dressage, Classical riding and training in general, even one in Italian. So there's some light on the horizon.
I would recommend to anybody who wants to really learn about dressage, to get the Klimcke books, I know they have been translated into English.
I so much hope many people will get to this site and start seeing and learning, it would do so much good. For the riders and last, but not least for the horses.