Month: January 2016 – Dream Sports Horses

DEBATE: Spectacular Gaits vs. Health

Recently a video titled “The Million Euro Coup In Horse Breeding – Spectacular Gaits vs. Health” has been circulating quite widely on social media. The short documentary questions the impact of modern day breeding on horse health as overly extravagant movement is preferred in young horses today at licensings, auctions and competitions.

Read the full article on Eurodressage. That has set out to talk to the author, Barbara Schulte, who published “Vom Fluchttier zum Desingnerpferd” (From flight animal to designer horse)
in 2012, as well asbiomechanics expert Dr. Hilary Claytton, to further discuss the theory behind the video.
Read the full article on eurodressage.com

For Grand Prix rider Christian Zimmermann the road to Rio leads through Wellington, Florida. The German born dressage rider competes for Palestine and seeks to consolidate his number one position on the Olympic Riders Ranking in Group F by competing at the 2016 Global Dressage Festival.

Zimmermann represented Palestine at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Caen, France, and now seeks to be the first Palestinian dressage rider to make it to the Olympic Games.

Zimmermann’s main iron in the fire is the experienced, 17-year old American bred Holsteiner gelding Cinco de Mayo (by Coriander x Alcatraz). With 700 points they are leading in Group F (Africa/Middle East) on the Olympic Riders Ranking. The Cologne based entrepreneur and his dark bay gelding last proved their form at 2015 CDI Salzburg in December, where they scored 66.400% in the Grand Prix and 68.875% in the Freestyle.

After an intensive winter training campaign with coach Henri Ruoste, they aim to up the ante in Wellington, Florida.

The Million Euro Coup Video: The One Legged Trot Debunked

Christian Zimmermann’s Road to Rio Leads Through Wellington

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