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Comment by Liz Keane on January 20, 2011 at 1:41pm

Yes Ellin, it is PrixS t George. Well, thats what it says on You tube. Great to see Edward with new horse, his training system seems to work for him!

Comment by Ellin McGinley Daum on January 20, 2011 at 12:24pm

Lovely horse!  Glad to see Edward on another potentially great horse since Totilas was sold.  The test looks like a Prix St. George, not Grand Prix.  Note the absence of piaffe and passage, the large half-pirouettes and the four and three tempis.  Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, have lost track of the FEI tests recently.

Comment by Barbara F. on January 20, 2011 at 12:01pm

Here's the video of Edward Gal and Voice winning their first GP. Who's the horse? What's the background?

Comment by Liz Keane on January 20, 2011 at 10:13am

Why fix or change anything, if it ain't broken! Horses have not evolved since the last Ice age, unless this winter has change something about the old equine! Its all a bloody money racket!

Comment by Elizabeth J. Chilcott on January 20, 2011 at 9:40am

Years ago here in the USA in what was then called Combined Training (Eventing) the recognized competitions started at what is now Training level. Unrecognized competitions began offering PreTraining for those not quite up to that level yet. Eventually this was added as a recognized level and became Novice. Later the same thing happened with Beginner Novice. My advice is to start out at small unrecognized shows to gain a base of support. Change always seems threatening. I can also remember when Dressage started out at First Level and those advocating Training Level had a hard time convincing the Dressage "purists" that it would be a good thing.

Comment by vickie lawson on January 20, 2011 at 2:06am

i agree totally mary! there just isn't enough time. with training, showing and some 'alternative' work thrown in- ie jumping, hacking. there just isn't the time available. or the extra doss to put into transport, training etc.! i think possibly people not interested in showing regd classes might find it interesting.

Comment by Mary McGuire Smith on January 19, 2011 at 10:45pm

E. Allan...please don't get defensive.  All I am saying is that our horses are trained classically at home, which incorporates all the "fun" stuff that you are proposing in a new form of competition, but in a non-pressure situation. Our choice of "recitals" as we at IRIDE call them are the mainstram dressage competitions.  As for adding another form of "recital" being too much; yes, it would be.  We show, on average, once or twice a month in rated and unrated dressage competitions through the season, and half that in the off-season.  To ask a horse to perform more than that would be unfair to the horse.  We train at home year-round for the foundation which is used to show, but the environmental pressure of the sessions are much different at home than at a show.  So why should we add more pressure situations to our horses?  We shouldn't.  :-)

Comment by Ellin McGinley Daum on January 19, 2011 at 9:49pm

I agree with Mary McGuire-Smith.  We have a very good classical system for showing and improving in place.  Add your classes to unrated or open shows if you wish, but those of us with students participating in dressage shows would find it a hardship in terms of both time and money to add another division.

Comment by SUSIE-SOLOMON-MABE on January 19, 2011 at 8:13pm

different roads, different systems, the only thing  important is that balance for the horse should always be the priority.

 I start my youngsters on the  trails- they spend one yr doing  work in walk and trot and canter, learn to shift and move up and down and off my leg and have fun. Lets face it- 12000 circles suck.

Comment by Mary McGuire Smith on January 19, 2011 at 8:07pm

For me, E. Allan, it does not.  My students and I train in the classical system, and show in the USDF/USEF/FEI competitions, as well as local, unrated shows.  To add another entire competition division would be too much. But maybe some others would....

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