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FEBRUARY 2007 • VOLUME 18 • © HORSES For LIFE™ Magazine FEBRUARY 2007 • VOLUME 18 • © HORSES For LIFE™ Magazine
Extreme Harmony or Extreme Movement? When we watch top competitors and see who the judges are supporting, it may not come as a surprise to anyone that the horses that are winning are the ones who the judges and the audiences find to be the most brilliant. It is easy to admire the brilliance that the horse can display. Think of watching the stallion rear on his back legs in the pasture, his mane rippling in the wind, his two legs raised ready to strike, his hindquarters - the muscles bunching, representing a wildness and a power unleashed. It is so beautiful to behold. The galloping racehorse - forelegs extended as far as they will go, driving, reaching for the next stride, nostrils flared wide, is a racing machine with incredible power. Both of these represent the incredible power that makes our horses so beautiful, so incredibly brilliant. It is this brilliance that all of us hope to capture when we sit upon our horses. Power and brilliance combined are absolutely breathtaking. It is this power, this brilliance that we expect, that we hope to see when we go to watch the very best riders in the world. Today when we watch the riders and horses that are winning at the very top competition levels, we see brilliance. But some are beginning to ask one question: how correct is the movement that we are seeing in front of us? We see power, we see brilliance, but something just doesn't look quite right.
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