I just wanted to say thanks so much for all the wonderful comments! I really appreciate the support. Star is not the ideal GP dressage horse and people have voiced that opinion to me. But it has been a wonderful journey and I have learned so much from training him from the beginning. I really encourage everyone to have high goals, as you never know what you might accomplish! Jillian
Serious Two fingers up to the people who told you that Star is not an ideal dressage horse as well as a serious showcase for the versatility of haflingers! This just proves the point that they can turn their hooves to anything as well as being opinionated! You have done a lovely job with that horse. Jill.
Hi! Thanks for the wonderful compliment. Star has lots of "go" and that is what I really feel you need for the upper levels in dressage. I feel personality and willingness play as big a part as confirmation. I think that with dedicated training to dressage, a lot more haflingers could go further than they generally do.
I have a western working Morgan that I am schooling at Prix St. Georges. It is really difficult at times but you have inspired me to keep going. Thank you. :)
Such a cute little guy!! Great job! Such a fancy haflinger. This proves any horse can do dressage. I thought he had a cute little passage and I really like the pirouettes!
You should take extra pride in bringing a horse along that is not the ideal prospect. You both look fantastic and put others to shame. It is amazing what one can accomplish with faith and hard work. You horse doesn't know that some folks don't see him as ideal, he knows you see the potential in him and he rises to your expectations. Good for you! I loved watching you both.
I have always envied dressage riders for the absolute connection with their horse and fluidity of motion that they and the horse display; I agree with the other commenters that this is total proof that you don't need a big warmblood to compete in grand prix dressage. It's also proof that Haflingers can do so much more than pull and do low-level dressage. And by the way- he is absolutely a STUNNING horse!
I own a haflinger that is just starting dressage, and you are an inspiration. All of those people who say that haflingers can only pull carts and do very little dressage, well, they are wrong. GO HAFLINGER!:)
Proof that you don't need a warmblood to compete in grand prix dressage! Your horse is adorable and fun to watch :) Hopefully my Half-Arabian and I can reach this level, we recently started doing dressage
You can do dressage with every Shetland Pony, if you and the pony are talented, you have a good coach and if you can motivate it! It doesn't matter how tall your horse is, dressage is about communication and trust! It's so sad, there are still people thinking in these stereotypes! I know many people with ponies, and they are succesful in dressage!
AMAZING!!! I know how its not always easy to get the right marks with a horse thats not the typical dressage-horse, what percentage did you get for this wonderful ride? greetings from austria :)
Hi: Thanks so much. I use a wide RD Collegiate. They are discontinued and I got mine off of e-bay several years ago. You can still find them once in awhile. It's definitely hard to find saddles that fit Haflingers. Jillian
I really want to start in par dressage, just shows I should slowly start getting my highland ready for the parlympic dressage team! Who needs WB's when you can have amazing ponies!!! Well done :-)
You have done a fantastic job! Such an inspiration, my haffie is similar in confirmation to Star Wars and now at age 5 starting to have more "go" but I don't think I have the talent or determination to get where you are, I only have the very modest goal of Beginner Novice eventing at this point. My gelding is also from TOF.
Love the music choice! I've shared it on the Haflinger Society of Great Britain facebook page as a bit of inspiration for those competing in Dressage to Music at this year's Breed Show!
Hi: Thanks for the compliment. Not sure what you are asking. Are you asking what type of training I did; how many years? Star was green broke when I got him at the age of four and I did all the training myself with instruction from different trainers on the ground. He is turning 16 this year.
Da soll nochmal jemand mit Vorurteilen gegenüber Hafis kommen.. Dem schlag ich das Video um die Ohren xD Haflinger sind halt echte Allrounder ^^ und die Stelle mit den Galoppwechseln im Takt ist ja mega cool *-*
What saddle do you ride in? I have been working with a saddle fitter but I still haven't found one that fits both of us. I have a Duett being shipped to me for trial but would love to hear what you ride in. Also I loved the article in Dressage Today:)
Hey ! can i ask a questiom ? What kind of dressage saddle do u wear on your haflinger ? im having one 5 yearold my sielf , but im having a hard time finding saddles , You guys are doin a great job !!! really inspiering ;0) greetings from Norway :0)
What a wonderful team. Do you feel that he represents what many Haflingers could do with time a training, or do you think he is an exceptional example of the breed? Have you worked with other Haflingers for comparison. He is quite lovely and you are an excellent rider, and I apparently an outstanding trainer too. Inspirational!
My friend told me you should ride a Halflinger and i'm like NO! there ponies I want to ride a horse! But,then I see how tall and beautiful a halflinger is and now i'm like : I WANT ONE! I'm the kind of person who will love there horse until they die because I would never send my horse to horse slaughter for any reason no horse deserves to die like that
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I just wanted to say thanks so much for all the wonderful comments! I really appreciate the support. Star is not the ideal GP dressage horse and people have voiced that opinion to me. But it has been a wonderful journey and I have learned so much from training him from the beginning. I really encourage everyone to have high goals, as you never know what you might accomplish! Jillian
Serious Two fingers up to the people who told you that Star is not an ideal dressage horse as well as a serious showcase for the versatility of haflingers! This just proves the point that they can turn their hooves to anything as well as being opinionated! You have done a lovely job with that horse. Jill.
Hi! Thanks for the wonderful compliment. Star has lots of "go" and that is what I really feel you need for the upper levels in dressage. I feel personality and willingness play as big a part as confirmation. I think that with dedicated training to dressage, a lot more haflingers could go further than they generally do.
I love watching halflinger horses! Yeah I have one too but I only ride western and I do some shows with him in the summer.
Finally a Haflinger in high class! against all this big horses! You are awesome! keep up!
Words can't express how much I love this! I keep coming back to this all the time haha.
I love halflingers so much! I would rather keep my halflinger than give it up for some high priced horse.
If you can learn this to a Haflinger, you deserve a gold medal. Awesome.
lovely tempi changes and awesome passage throughout! he is spectacular and you 2 are a great team!
Oh my, your lead changes made me tingle, they were sooo gorgeous! :)
Das ist der Wahnsinn, sowas tolles hab ich ja noch nie gesehen!
I have a western working Morgan that I am schooling at Prix St. Georges. It is really difficult at times but you have inspired me to keep going. Thank you. :)
So Cute!!! Great job! Hats off to you! Show the big horses how it's done!
AMEN To that!!!!!!!!!!!!! You go halflingers!
Such a cute little guy!! Great job! Such a fancy haflinger. This proves any horse can do dressage. I thought he had a cute little passage and I really like the pirouettes!
Brilliant! Dressage is for every horse! Congratulations on your success. Beautiful ride.
Wow ! This is a good performance. I hope that you're proud of you self and of your horse.
Unglaublich schön! Du Machst das so toll mit deinem Haflinger! Ich bin wirklich sprachlos! Mach weiter so! ;-)
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL
You should take extra pride in bringing a horse along that is not the ideal prospect. You both look fantastic and put others to shame. It is amazing what one can accomplish with faith and hard work. You horse doesn't know that some folks don't see him as ideal, he knows you see the potential in him and he rises to your expectations. Good for you! I loved watching you both.
Nice job! Always get a thrill watching a test with an atypical breed. He's gorgeous!
I have always envied dressage riders for the absolute connection with their horse and fluidity of motion that they and the horse display; I agree with the other commenters that this is total proof that you don't need a big warmblood to compete in grand prix dressage. It's also proof that Haflingers can do so much more than pull and do low-level dressage. And by the way- he is absolutely a STUNNING horse!
I own a haflinger that is just starting dressage, and you are an inspiration. All of those people who say that haflingers can only pull carts and do very little dressage, well, they are wrong. GO HAFLINGER!:)
Wonderful - love seeing you guys get better and better!! The last piaffe/passage at the end was beautiful.
Arlene
Proof that you don't need a warmblood to compete in grand prix dressage! Your horse is adorable and fun to watch :) Hopefully my Half-Arabian and I can reach this level, we recently started doing dressage
To do dressage, you need a huge (at least 16 hands) expensive Warmblood. Or you'll never get to Grand Prix.
This little guy doesn't care!
You can do dressage with every Shetland Pony, if you and the pony are talented, you have a good coach and if you can motivate it! It doesn't matter how tall your horse is, dressage is about communication and trust! It's so sad, there are still people thinking in these stereotypes! I know many people with ponies, and they are succesful in dressage!
Still, my gelding loves dressage as much as I do. But thoroughbreds are the best.
Jaa wenn du es sagst :'D
That´s nonsense.
16 hands isn´t huge and here warmblooded horses can be bought for a very reasonable price. But what you´re saying isn´t true.
AMAZING!!! I know how its not always easy to get the right marks with a horse thats not the typical dressage-horse, what percentage did you get for this wonderful ride? greetings from austria :)
So beautiful!!!
Hi: Thanks so much. I use a wide RD Collegiate. They are discontinued and I got mine off of e-bay several years ago. You can still find them once in awhile. It's definitely hard to find saddles that fit Haflingers. Jillian
I really want to start in par dressage, just shows I should slowly start getting my highland ready for the parlympic dressage team! Who needs WB's when you can have amazing ponies!!! Well done :-)
I luv it
I LOVE THE HORSE HE'S SO GOOD AT DRESSAGE!
Der Hammer!
You guys are my heroes!!! Seriously inspirational to me and my haffie.
Super! Beautiful! :)
You have done a fantastic job! Such an inspiration, my haffie is similar in confirmation to Star Wars and now at age 5 starting to have more "go" but I don't think I have the talent or determination to get where you are, I only have the very modest goal of Beginner Novice eventing at this point. My gelding is also from TOF.
he's got the cutest pirouette ever!
So perfekt!!! *-*
That was really awesome! Congratulations to both of you! Great work!
i was there, and fell in love. watched both of your performances :) fabulous
Beautiful
Ihr seid eine Inspiration! Da sag noch mal wer, Haflinger sind schwerfällige Kinderponys.
Glückwunsch!
Amazing
Wonderful !!!
Tolle Reiterin und sehr schön ausgebildeter Haflinger das macht spaß zu schauen
Love the music choice! I've shared it on the Haflinger Society of Great Britain facebook page as a bit of inspiration for those competing in Dressage to Music at this year's Breed Show!
Beautiful horse and rider! *-*
beautiful!!
Amazing! Lovley work!
Outstanding1 I really enjoyed watching this test. :)
Respect! Your pirouettes are AMAZING!
Thanks!
that was SO cool. I didn't know you could use music with lyrics! You're an amazing rider.
Wie lang hast du dafür geübt? :0
SUPER!!!!!
Hi: Thanks for the compliment. Not sure what you are asking. Are you asking what type of training I did; how many years? Star was green broke when I got him at the age of four and I did all the training myself with instruction from different trainers on the ground. He is turning 16 this year.
Da soll nochmal jemand mit Vorurteilen gegenüber Hafis kommen.. Dem schlag ich das Video um die Ohren xD Haflinger sind halt echte Allrounder ^^ und die Stelle mit den Galoppwechseln im Takt ist ja mega cool *-*
Haflinger
What saddle do you ride in? I have been working with a saddle fitter but I still haven't found one that fits both of us. I have a Duett being shipped to me for trial but would love to hear what you ride in.
Also I loved the article in Dressage Today:)
Hey ! can i ask a questiom ? What kind of dressage saddle do u wear on your haflinger ? im having one 5 yearold my sielf , but im having a hard time finding saddles , You guys are doin a great job !!! really inspiering ;0) greetings from Norway :0)
Beautifal
Wow! Thanks so much!
What a wonderful team. Do you feel that he represents what many Haflingers could do with time a training, or do you think he is an exceptional example of the breed? Have you worked with other Haflingers for comparison. He is quite lovely and you are an excellent rider, and I apparently an outstanding trainer too. Inspirational!
wooooooooow! i love haflingers
Very good! Pretty horse!
Thanks so much!
Great! :)
wooooooooow! Haflinger
YOU ARE AMAZING :D
Wow on all the nice compliments! Thanks. :o)
Hi! Thanks. :) I think we got a 66% with this ride.
Thanks Steph. :o)
Amazing :)
WOW !
what a rating did you get?
How awesome! You never see a Haflinger at that level! Is this his first GP year?
i love the horse
wow :)
Wonderful ^^
very nice team :)
Thanks! Allowing lyrics is pretty new. Still not common.
My friend told me you should ride a Halflinger and i'm like NO! there ponies I want to ride a horse! But,then I see how tall and beautiful a halflinger is and now i'm like : I WANT ONE!
I'm the kind of person who will love there horse until they die because I would never send my horse to horse slaughter for any reason no horse deserves to die like that
Das schaut ja niedlich aus
"What do you mean I'm not a 17hh KWPN?"
So so so cute :3
Geil *-*
beautiful!
Amazing
Thanks!