Comments on Behind the Bit: Totilas: Trash talk

Can I ask a question of the DQ's? I don't...

2009-11-02T16:35:31.621-05:00

Can I ask a question of the DQ's? I don't know enough about dressage to know, but it seems like in the freestyle video that Stacy posted a while ago, something funky is going on with Totilas' hind end when he does tempi changes and in some of his transitions. Am I imagining things?

I think I can make a horse like that... Dutch Harn...

2009-11-02T12:53:37.925-05:00

I think I can make a horse like that... Dutch Harness Horse x Oldenburg. If this catches on, I'll breed my girl and sell her babies for oodles of money.

Well, maybe there's more to it than that. ;-)

This horse continues to arouse controversy. He is,...

2009-11-01T18:35:14.897-05:00

This horse continues to arouse controversy. He is, regardless of training, an incredible natural mover--some people say, a freak.

If he becomes the standard by which all other dressage horses are judged, I shudder to think what might happen with training methods attempting to force horses to look like that.

While that may not have been the right time/situat...

2009-11-01T18:15:55.923-05:00

While that may not have been the right time/situation/approach for a conversation like that, I do think the Dressage world needs to be talking about whether we really want to go down this route of super exaggerated gaits.

Quaterback I like; Totilas makes me uneasy and I really don't like watching his videos. I'd be hard-pressed to explain why I like the one and not the other.<