In order to fully explore the comparisons
between Warmbloods – also commonly referred to as “sport horses” – and
Lusitanos, it is important to establish “dressage” as the baseline.
There was a time when I ate, slept, breathed and trained to compete. ..Around that time I remember hearing about an
apparently excellent rider and trainer who refused to show, and I
wondered why she bothered to train at all? It almost seemed like a
weakness to me then.
“The same reason that makes it difficult for the rider to ride
correctly at the canter, makes it difficult for an unschooled horse to
go correctly at this pace, and quite impossible for the rider, however
good or expert he may be, to make him do so.” Wynmalen
In order to fully explore the comparisons
between Warmbloods – also commonly referred to as “sport horses” – and
Lusitanos, it is important to establish “dressage” as the baseline.
“The same reason that makes it difficult for the rider to ride
correctly at the canter, makes it difficult for an unschooled horse to
go correctly at this pace, and quite impossible for the rider, however
good or expert he may be, to make him do so.” Wynmalen
One of the most profound and frightening of my lessons happened on an otherwise quiet Sunday afternoon last year
Pictorial "Ballet on Horseback" All Photos by Christina Turissini
The best mammalian athlete.