The Anky thread that has nothing to do with anything but has a whole lot to say about alot

[Cactuskate]

Reminded me of a H/J clinic I rode in years ago. Some of our horses were a bit too fresh for the outing. One let go with a “Calgary Stampede” quality buck, unseating the rider rather firmly in the sand, then proceeded to gallop the arena.

My kind soul school horse humped his back and spun right out from under me. I am now in the dirt.

Another rider very quickly and gracefully dismounted as she saw the writing on the wall, much sooner that most of us.

There was one schoolhorse that just stood in the middle of the arena, didn’t move a muscle. The clinician commented, “Now that is the one that would have been eaten by the cougar.”

Then informed those of us that “dismounted”, we owed him a bottle of wine each.

Point being they all have some “spook” in them, they should. It is their instinct. The task seems to be the level of focus we instill in them to continue with their task at hand. I always appreciate a good horse that wants to save his own butt.

“The older I get, the better I used to be, but who the heck cares!”

[Velvet]

I’ll just repeat myself. REAL DQs use surgery so they don’t flop. Real trainers at the upper levels will sometimes flop because that is the nature of riding trots that were never meant to be sat upon…but rather only driven from a carriage. It’s the nature of the beast. Now, if they would all just quit training fantastic horses and instead would learn to sit like perfect little dolls riding those perfectly trained horses at a casual crawl around the arena, like every DQ who is worth her salt…um, well, I guess we wouldn’t have any perfectly trained horses anymore now would we? Thus…

Oh, no! I’ve figured it out! Jen West is trying to remove DQs from the planet! Someone abolish her!

[Kathy_Johnson]

Suzy, schatze, why is it so undesirable that the horse stands up? After all, my singing horse always stands up when he goes into his rendition of “Mammy, How I Love Ya.”

Teaching the horse to stand up was easy through the use of the modified connecting half halt. Teaching him to stay on pitch was another thing entirely.

Kathy Johnson Dressage

[Kathy_Johnson]

but here are the 4 extended trot pix in order: Reiner, Nuno, Anky, Alexa.

http://www.theequinejournal.com/issue33/lmckee.html

http://www.if-wishes-were-horses.com/NunoExTrot.html

http://www.junior-riders.com/reports/99adam/psg.html

http://www.dressageexcellence.com/alexa.html

Kathy Johnson Dressage

[Kathy_Johnson]

I really wanted to be #500 on this thread. But, now like Suzy’s going to get it. Wah.

Kathy Johnson Dressage

[suzy]

LIU, I’m sure she really is a lovely person. I bought her newest tape - I think it’s called “Her Winning Formula” or something like that. It is very good, and Sjeff and Anky come across as very down-to-earth nice people. There are a lot of unkind things said on the Internet about their deep training technique, and some of us like to spoof it. This is definitely NOT a criticism of her, but a good hard poke at her critics. Just the term “Spanky Anky” is hysterical because she is actually so quiet and gentle with her horses. Anyway, I can’t in my wildest dreams imagine Anky wasting her time reading internet BBs.

[system]

Thanks for the welcome Cortez. I believe you and Coppelia among others are spot on.
Anky may not be the most flawless rider in the dressage universe but she is likey the most ‘real’ person in that universe. She deserves praise for bringing dressage to the masses

[coppelia]

http://www.eurodressage.com/news/dressage/europe/2001/gdf.html

This just in! Discussion & demonstration without frying pans or catfights!

[Velvet]

Don’t you know that throwing up is passe? Long ago suzy and I discovered that liposuction was much more simple and also allowed us to continue our natural eating and drinking habits–while being able to fit into our size 20 (european size) breeches.

[rescuemom]

Ya know, it does my heart good to know that this thread is still alive. Louise is probably less thrilled.

BUT HEY! No fair sneaking in actual dressage tips! Cut that out! Kathy, your list cracked me up.

And jl, could you change the phrasing on that so it comes out haiku?

[Velvet]

It’s interesting to armchair QB, but as they say, opinions are like a** h****s. Everyone has one, but not everyone wants to hear them. So, we go to shows and pay for opinions from those we DO want to hear from and what we are doing out here really doesn’t mean much. (This is for all of you neophytes who are being confused by this display of AR DQ-ness.)

Velvetwhoadmittedlyhasone

It’s all about ME, ME, ME!!! (The only signature worthy of a real DQ.)

[suzy]

I’m currently working with an Irish TB gelding that does the same thing! Athletic little bugger as he does his spit-stomp-wipe. He lifts his back so beautifully in the wipe moment of this movement. That vaseline idea is very clever.

[cortez]

Anky is a gorgeous rider. I think that the picture that PaulaM posted of Junior was typical of how Anky had to ride him with all of the hubbub going on around her. There were sponsors out looking around the course, riders walking the lines, and kids rolling down and running up the grass hill in front of the stands. Junior did not put a foot wrong, he was obedient and did his job------he just looked very strong. She reassured him but he is a young stallion and the atmosphere was alot for him to handle. On the Wednesday that we watched Spruce Meadows gave her NO time to warm him up so she did it in the ring!!! If you have ever been to Spruce you know that’s a holy sh&% experience for anyone. So back off the slagging of Anky and appreciate what she did and will continue to do. Show Dressage at it’s top level.

[Jen_West]

A helicopter landed beside Podjhasky and he kept the horse in one place. DUH!
Helicopter/jump crew. Helicopter/jump crew. Duh. I hope to freaking god that anyone showing a horse in a discipline created for the training of WAR HORSES can hold a horse to ground while an aircraft lands. s Too bad he’s not alive today. If we had to count on US dressagers to win this one for us we’d just get the same excuses they’ve been giving all along. "Too distracting. "

[Velvet]

sigh Yet again, I must teach you a DQ lesson. No, we do not use French manicures, we use red nail polish. If we didn’t everyone would be able to see the blood under our nails after all of our gentle little “scratches” we give DQwannabes.

(Oh, and of course I’m getting all the love. It’s all about ME, isn’t it? I think I was told this a time or two on Off Course… )

[cortez]

Hee hee, figured I could get this all going again! Does that make me a troll or just a garden variety gnome?

Personally I was wowed by the power of movement in that picture. The hindquarters on that horse are something else. That was the FIRST thing that caught me and then I looked further at his head and neck position.

www.thistledown.net

[Velvet]

Booger, booger, booger, booger,
booger, booger—BOOGER!! BOOGER!!!

Booger.

(Pick the tune. )

It’s all about ME, ME, ME!!! (The only signature worthy of a real DQ.)

[slc2]

he said sparky does not like to work hard, and for this reason, like small child, is rubbing the nose.

it is not snot that perturbs my beast, he actually has some mild allergies when the mares are in bloom, and this produces other behavior, such as a dramatic ‘‘kehhh!’’ that launches me onto his ears, and a long ‘‘ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh - KAHHHH!!!’’ trot-stride-timed groan and cough in which he does what my veterinarian referred to as ‘‘clearing out his pipes’’. as in, ‘‘oh THAT! he’s just clearing out his pipes!’’

[Checkers324]

You know, I’m really tired of hearing about Anky, competition, deep vs. not deep, etc. I’m not even reading this thread anymore. I just hope at least some of you guys have some common sense. Bye y’all.

–Checkers324, forever faithful in the classical methods… The old masters’ knowledge cannot be denied!

[Maria]

Jen West, do you even ride dressage?