Is it worth going to?
I have seen Cavalia, The Spanish Riding school Lipizzaners as well as Gary Lashinskys Lippizaner show. Am wondering how this show would compare?
Thanks
We had front row seats to the show in Dallas. I think it would be a lot more impressive if you were not a horse person. Specifically as a dressage person - we were not big fans of the show and would not go back.
(Sorry if this is grinchy - only speaking the truth from our point of view!)
ETA: We have had two Lipps from the Famous Lipp show at our farm - one is the famous levade horse from the cover of their show program and the other did the Spanish walk, so we are intimately familiar with the “tricks” they demonstrated in the show.
I would believe this show is geared more to the on horse person than the experienced. Beautiful horses doing cool stuff is going to fascinate even though we all may be more critical! some really good riders in those shows
I saw Cavalia and was entertained but not impressed…LOVED the Spanish Riding school!! Not impressed with the tour group of Lips that I saw 15-20 years ago here in Tampa…maybe it got better?
I tend to be pretty much “snobbish” about these type of things (including non-horse related things like Celtic Women)…so take that into consideration…
I tend to agree that these things tend to be geared towards the horse-loving crowd instead of experienced horse people. Bummer.
I saw it and enjoyed it quite a bit. As a horse person, I particularly enjoyed the part where they brought out horses with different levels of training and showed step by step how they taught them to do some of the movements. I think they did this for the Spanish Walk, the Levade and the Capriole. It was pretty cool because they showed how they gradually moved the cues those delivered from the ground through in hand work to rider delivered. I actually felt like I learned something about riding that I could take home with me.
They have a beautiful brown Lipizzaner that I would have happily have taken home to be my new dressage horse but I didn’t think they’d be any more interested in giving him to me than the trainer would have been in coming home with me to put 30 days training on my horse. Oh well, a girl can dream!!
Thanks all. I was wondering if it could be cringe worthy. I loved both Cavalia shows, and the Spanish Riding school. And Gary Lashinskys tour was a wee bit cringe worthy, but my trainer worked for them in the 70’s so I have a soft spot in my heart for them.
We went yesterday for my daughters 7th bday. It was fun, and our non horse friends were impressed. I am more critical, and there were mistakes, but they identified them and showed the training process and taught the audience about how to train a horse which I thought was really really great. They talked about rewarding the try and all of the things that go into training the horses. It was more than a performance.
Saw Cavalier and the Lipizzaner show (twice). I went with two German ladies who were very much into their dressage and their critique throughout
took away a lot of the pleasure. I tried to go with an open mind, think of entertainment only and not be picky about details as it was not a dressage test or competition.
Looking up at the audience behind us, obviously they were not horse people and their rapt attention and smiles showed how well the shows were appreciated. I expect this show is much the same, for an average audience from the regular population.
If it has a horse in it I will enjoy it.
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Thanks all. I was wondering if it could be cringe worthy. I loved both Cavalia shows, and the Spanish Riding school. And Gary Lashinskys tour was a wee bit cringe worthy, but my trainer worked for them in the 70’s so I have a soft spot in my heart for them.[/QUOTE]
One of the things that I thought was very interesting about this one that you don’t see with some of the more breed-specific shows, was the variety of horses. They had Lipizzaners, Andalusians, an Arabian, a gargantuan black Fresian and what I’m fairly sure was the Unicorn from The Last Unicorn (drool) in the scene where the guy can’t see the horn and thinks she is simply a white mare. It was neat to see how the build of the different horses affected their movements.
P.S., I went with my trainer, her mother (who is an L judge) and my mom (who used to ride saddle seat). We did the meet and greet at the beginning where you get to talk to some of the riders and see/pet a few of the horses up close. The riders/trainers are all very nice and fun and entertainment was had by all.
I went also and enjoyed the meet and greet. I got some nice pictures of the horses close up. The one stallion with that very long mane…he was so sweet. I also liked seeing the different stages of training.
I saw it as a barn outing and while some of it was neat most of it was just okay. A couple of the horses were rather naughty and did some gasp worthy stuff (to experienced horse people, others just clapped). I did enjoy seeing the horses at different levels - that was different from others that I have seen.
I took a jumping clinic from one of the riders a few years ago and he was very good and my horse and I learned a lot from him! Armand
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