In the past, you might have ridden good classical dressage at the Olympics, with the aids invisible and a sense of merging with the horse. Today the competitions have degenerated into a sporting spectacle, the figurehead of classical dressage, Anja Beran, harshly criticizes the Olympic equestrian circus. It would only be about excellent horses; you could no longer compete with an average horse.
She is annoyed that even the judges tolerate mistakes that have nothing to do with horse-friendly riding. This includes a noseband that is strapped much too tightly, so that the horse can no longer even swallow the saliva, let alone move its tongue. “If a piece of cheek or tongue slips between the teeth, the horse will bite
on it because it just can't help it and then it bleeds. What is being done? The molars are ground shorter so that it cannot bite its cheek. These are all manipulations that actually don't work," says Anja Beran indignantly, "but you see, the veterinarians are also playing along and the solution would be so simple. There is the two-finger rule: there should be space for two fingers positioned between the noseband and the horse’s nose.”
The noseband was never intended to force the horse's jaws together, making it unable to swallow, chew or move its tongue, and so the horse becomes a recipient of commands and the rider can do anything with a rough hand .
She also hates the fact that tasks in the tournaments are carried out in a stupid manner. The fixed tasks are often drilled into the horses during the application phase two years before the Olympics. “It’s addressed like in a circus. If I could make improvements, I would give every Olympic candidate a piece of paper in the morning telling them in which order the lessons should be ridden.”
The reins also need to be easier to control and that should also be checked. You should actually be able to ride the piaffe with a loose rein in this high class. “At the moment of the highest meeting we should shake hands
let yourself sink, give up contact, be passive with your thigh and prove that we only have the horse on the seat. This means we have to keep the body tension naturally and the horse must not lose its posture.”
Her list of unsuitable riding practices by professionals who should know better is long. More about this in the current AUF TRAB podcast episode. “I think we are on the absolute fast track that equestrian sport will definitely be eliminated from the Olympics sooner or later. “Above all, we have to be very careful that we are still allowed to do sports with horses,” says Anja Beran, calling for greater intervention in horse-unfriendly practices.
Although she doesn't condemn equestrian competitions at the Olympics per se: "There are certainly riders who treat their horse with a lot of respect and don't just use it to get fame and medals."
Olympia is ideal for eye training. In order to clarify this, Anja Beran's foundation has invested a lot of time and money in filming the warm-up areas of tournaments and large international competitions and creating animated images from the real templates. You came out
Bestseller: Eye training: Recognizing horse-appropriate training.
If you want to learn sustainable, classical dressage in practice or improve at it: A three-day course in classical dressage with Horst Becker will take place from August 16th to 18th in the beautiful Schlosshof castle in Marchfeld in Lower Austria. Spectator tickets and an active participant place are still available.
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