Comments on: Popular Olympic Dressage Horse Breeds

By: Bailey

Bailey — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 20:32:14 +0000

In reply to Sara. As a person who goes to an Arabian barn I can disagree. I've seen 6 year olds control an Arabian better than I have. I don't think Arabians are wild and crazy at all once you get to know them. They all have an amazing character and are some of the sweetest horses I have ever met. Go right along and do dressage on an Arabian, along with every other discipline there is! :)

By: Alysha

Alysha — Tue, 06 May 2014 19:26:04 +0000

I am currently working on dressage with my instructor’s 15.1 Chestnut American Saddlebred. He’s 25, but he’s a really sweet. I would call him a gentle giant. A lot of people (usually people who have never been on a horse or don’t know anything about them) think that Saddlebreds can do only saddle seat but that’s not necessarily true. My teacher’s Saddlebred does saddle seat, western, hunt seat, driving, and I’m currently training him to do dressage. He hasn’t done dressage in about 4 years and we’re only at intro level right now, but I hope to at least get up to to Training Level or First Level with him. The ASB is my favorite breed, and I wanna to see where how far I can go

By: Kat Weaver

Kat Weaver — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 16:37:55 +0000

I would just like to state that I have a 14.2hh Tennessee Walker mare whom I show in all styles of riding. I jump(and have won several grand and reserve champions with her), show in contest, reining, gaited and dressage and we have won in all. People may think that gaited horses cannot show in ‘trotting’ shows, but that is not true. I will admit I have taught her to trot and gait so I can easily switch her to each type of gait as is needed for the particular show that we are competing in. I would also like to say that my sister is the owner of Stormy(also now being refered to as Stormy the Blind Horse) and he has competed in 2 Equine Affaires and the Versatile Horse and Rider Competition and the Extrememe Cowboy Race. So that just goes to show that any horse, dispite the breed or any sort of ‘handicaps’ they might have, they are still extrememly capable of competiting and being an overall amazing horse for any style of riding. After Stormy went blind he was taught to pull, and he can even jump smaller obstacles on voice command. Look up “Stormy the Blind Horse, Extreme Cowboy Race” on YouTube, and you can see that any horse can truely do anything they set their mind and heart to!

By: Cassidy Gage

Cassidy Gage — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 02:33:30 +0000

OK! I think that Arabians are just as good if not better at Dressage than Warmbloods! Not all Arabians are high strong and mischievous! Arabians are smart and Loyal to their owners, especially Stallions! Some Stallions can be so come a toddler can ride them, some geldings can act like a frisky Stallion sometimes! Same goes with mares! Warm-bloods can be just as high strong or even more! The bigger horses are probably harder to train as well as they are big and bulky and DON’T want to move a lot of times! Arabs are forward and can be VERY graceful! I recent the fact that these Olympians just want the bigger better horse that has LONG strides and covers more ground quickly. Yes I Love Friesians and Hanoverian but Arabians are and always will be my Favorite Breed! I ride Dressage and hope to get to grand prix and the Olympics, and I will do it with an Arabian! Arabians are one of the first if not the first breed of horse and I will NOT let them be put at the bottom of the line for Dressage! Most BIG Western riders have Arabians! Western is very very similar to Dressage if not almost the same just with different tack , clothes, hand placement, Etc! They can see how good Arabians are! Why can’t we? All horses are different and all have different faults. Arabians can be the sweetest breed of horse, They are the most unique and Breathtaking of all the breeds and I support them fully.They have the most heart and mind and can do anything with them If you let them.

By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:54:25 +0000

My old employer has oldenburgs but mostly trakehners and she does dressage :).

By: caperpony

caperpony — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:03:14 +0000

In reply to samena. yes they are good horses 4 dressage there are some really famous ones

By: Kyla Equistria

Kyla Equistria — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:58:00 +0000

so pretty! and helpful!