I’ve ridden in Lucinda clinics and volunteered to assist as well. That’s exactly the kind of thing Lucinda would say (“knees up trot”). She’ll set up a line and tell you to “just have a bash at it”. My impression is that she eschews formality. But she is VERY knowledgeable, thoughtful and a fabulous horsewoman.
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Many years ago, my husband and I attended a clinic she gave. He is not horsey, but really enjoyed her teaching. She was pretty down-to-earth. Interesting fact: her father was a Viceroy of India.
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She’s just very, very British 
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Olympic equestrian sports, according to kids 
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Did anyone hear Lucinda talk about the side of horse being a control panel?
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That’s better than the description I believe it was NBC, in 2004 for the Olympic dressage put on screen explaining piaffe to the masses as “Stamp the ground”.
I think about it every time I watch a dressage test that includes piaffe now, as well as Snoop’s “crip walking” comment for half-pass.
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Yes.
And that riders were looking for/finding the ‘buttons’. Sigh.
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I didn’t mind that comment because the general public - and even uneducated horse people - tend to think of the reins and bit as the control panel. Far better to dispel that notion by alluding to the legs, etc., as being more important than the hands, although she could have taken it a step further and discussed the use of the seat. Of course, that discussion would have been so far over the heads of most people their eyes would have glazed over.
Also, in a highly trained horse, where and how you touch it with your heel, spur, calf, etc. can impart different signals, so the analogy to a control panel is not far off the mark.
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Agreed. Heck if the buttons and control panel commentary is so offputting just watch in silence. It will almost feel like you are there in person 
I don’t mind watching golf and I’m not a golfer. If they talked about the technical bits too much I’d turn it off. A murder of DQ crows is not their target audience, they are going for broad appeal.
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I don’t know if anyone posted this already, but I found it intelligent and thoughtful. I admit that in watching the Olympic tests, I had to ff through many of the tests because I couldn’t stand to watch the swishing tails and open mouths of obviously tense and unhappy horses. What happened to relaxation and harmony in our sport?
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Just putting this here to lighten things up 
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“Behaviour Specialist”;
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Hi, I’m Shelby and I’m a 27 year old professional horse trainer residing in British Columbia, Canada. I am almost finished my Equine Science Certificate through Guelph University and recognize the important of behavioural science in my training of horses. In early 2021, I received my equine behaviour consultant certification through the International Association of Animal Behaviour Consultants. I predominately work with Thoroughbreds on and off the track, along with rescue horses and more! Follow along on my riding and training journey with my personal horses and client horses.
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I didn’t find it off putting, I just it was interesting. I do see where it gives non-riders an understanding of the complexity of dressage.
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Oh. Shelby 
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I just want to be the actress who got to “act out” the scenarios—she was terrific!
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