Thursday, November 1, 2012

CYOA: Create your own auction

Okay, so you're at an auction in Germany or somewhere else in Europe, and these are your choices. Which one do you bid on, and why?

Ampere - Gribaldi


L'Espoir - Sandro Hit
Ampere - Damon Hill



9 comments:

  1. The Ampere/Gribaldi first choice.

    I prefer the hind end and canter. #2 has a pretty use of the hind end but doesn't seem to power from it as naturally. #3 moves a lot more like a jumper - hocks not necessarily as under it, and hind legs kind of circle. Not as much the type of ride I prefer. I actually liked #3s canter best from the small amounts we saw, but I didn't like that one's willingness to stay in a cross-canter.

    They're all far nicer than any horse I'm likely to ever own, so it's a comparison at that stellar level, where if compared to horses I would be able to buy I couldn't come up with anything negative about any of them. :)

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  2. Ampere for me. I liked his canter best, and the overall sense of his personality (confident but alert) that comes through in his clip. All three horses have fancy trots, but I like a horse that willingly takes up the canter, like Ampere.

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  3. The damon hill ampere.

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  4. Depends on what you want to do. For straight dressage, the middle one. I love his trot the best. Balanced, front and back with nice elevation. I notice he is a bit more uphill. For eventing, the first one. more extension, flatter canter, he looks very scopy.

    Of course I wouldn't kick any of the out of my barn if they showed up!

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  5. Ampere. He has power in his movement and what I would def. consider "schwung." Plus, I love bays. :)

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  6. I am a Damon Hill fan, so it would be the gorgeous specimen in Video #3. ;o) Love the action, love the manners.

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  7. Ampere. He has great hock action and his gaits look easy to sit.

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  8. There are two amperes? I like the first, the black one -- round action and sit-down gaits...

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  9. I like #1 the best, although I might like to see more of #3; his video was pretty short. I chose #1 because I liked his fluid movement, transitions between canter and trot and willingness to flying change!

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