tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post8979049448394113323..comments2024-03-01T06:49:59.106-05:00Comments on Behind the Bit: Bo Jena Bonus: The levadeStacey Kimmel-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498926535389535263noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-53578544913527482122011-02-24T22:38:03.391-05:002011-02-24T22:38:03.391-05:00"She described it as being tightly wound enou..."She described it as being tightly wound enough with energy and high jinx and excitement as to make the rider not sure if the horse will actually stay in the ring long enough to complete the test." Quoted from HLS.<br /><br />I love this. And I swear my horse has it, even if he was a pasture ornament before we found each other. Electric is the word.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335385366138424092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-44043449017438069692011-02-24T17:16:45.206-05:002011-02-24T17:16:45.206-05:00Well, I have several horses that passage and piaff...Well, I have several horses that passage and piaffe naturally, all on their own, in turn out or on pasture. They are broodmares and have never gone beyaond leading, tying, and loading in the trailer in their training. I guess someone forgot to tell them the movements must follow a certain order!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-27932385618135666422011-02-24T12:10:17.351-05:002011-02-24T12:10:17.351-05:00Well as I undersatnd it from reading experts on co...Well as I undersatnd it from reading experts on collection, the airs are not natural for a horse. Piaffe is not natural to the horse and it is piaffe that precedes all the airs. And I mean the collection necessary for a horse to perform the airs is not something a young horse can do. Just look to the training at Spanish Riding School, horses that perform the airs are generally older and they Annenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-84291796525806259402011-02-24T11:48:32.433-05:002011-02-24T11:48:32.433-05:00Hi Anne,
Aren't all of these things horses do...Hi Anne,<br /><br />Aren't all of these things horses do naturally in an exuberant horse? If things have to occur in a particular order I'm not sure anyone told this horse, or Bo Jena, because he joked about it.Stacey Kimmel-Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498926535389535263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-88712723397711983742011-02-24T11:41:02.625-05:002011-02-24T11:41:02.625-05:00Looks like a levade to me too. Beautiful.Looks like a levade to me too. Beautiful.Rochester Trail Ridershttp://www.rochestertrailriders.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-66995707537871741252011-02-24T11:05:59.427-05:002011-02-24T11:05:59.427-05:00That horse is freakishly huge... In contrast to th...That horse is freakishly huge... In contrast to the handler on the ground, he just looks like a goliath of a horse. <br /><br />Which, I suppose, he is.SprinklerBandithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948487857418394022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-34480017271976694872011-02-24T09:06:55.529-05:002011-02-24T09:06:55.529-05:00He's a gorgeous boy. One of my former instruct...He's a gorgeous boy. One of my former instructors said that the most talented horses have a particular feel under saddle. She described it as being tightly wound enough with energy and high jinx and excitement as to make the rider not sure if the horse will actually stay in the ring long enough to complete the test. I remember saying, "Wow. I would hate that." She replied something HLShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13695818095406866154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-46444519128267837862011-02-23T17:58:35.476-05:002011-02-23T17:58:35.476-05:00Very pretty. Looks like a levade, not a resistant...Very pretty. Looks like a levade, not a resistant rear.<br /><br />I am not surprised that the exuberant horse is also a talented one. You need that extra energy and thoughtfulness to find the icing on the cake, so to speak.<br /><br />I, however, will pass on the 18 hand exuberant horse; I have my hands full at times with a 15 hand exuberant horse!Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335385366138424092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-18154875404819939422011-02-23T17:40:11.542-05:002011-02-23T17:40:11.542-05:00If he isn't already doing piaffe, then this is...If he isn't already doing piaffe, then this is not a levade. Piaffe is necessary to get the collection needed to perform the airs. Probably he just did a controlled rear. Dr Hilary Clayton has a video study of Paul Belasik 's horse St Graal doing a levade and he does it coming out of the piaffe. Belasik's book ..A Search for Collection:Science and Art in Riding..is a great read on Annenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-20345014761786391742011-02-23T17:25:34.119-05:002011-02-23T17:25:34.119-05:00That does look like a lovely levade.
Some horses...That does look like a lovely levade. <br /><br />Some horses just naturally offer the airs above the ground, sort of proving the concept that all the dressage moves are actually quite natural for a horse. <br /><br />Brazil does look like a big boy.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029423500476995817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-17067909410047788332011-02-23T17:25:03.755-05:002011-02-23T17:25:03.755-05:00He looks great! I have an 18.1h Han/TB and "e...He looks great! I have an 18.1h Han/TB and "exuberant" is a pretty good description of his character. Huzzah for the moose! (I sure wish mine would collect as nicely, though...)Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08311833402211622624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-29605137532074762912011-02-23T16:55:36.584-05:002011-02-23T16:55:36.584-05:00I would call that a levade - front legs are parall...I would call that a levade - front legs are parallel throughout their length with the toes very elegantly pointed at the ground, and the hocks are deeply flexed. Rearing horses usually have much less hock flexion and uneven, tightly curled forelegs.<br /><br />He's a big 'un for sure!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com