Lipizzan mare and foal in the pasture of Temple Farms. This is where GGW got his Lipizzans for his liberty act.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Temple Farms--Wadsworth, Illinois
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Wade G. Burck
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7 comments:
The video leaves me not very impressed with the trainers or training program. I felt sorry for the horse that was on the end of the long lines. A very crude way of doing any movements. I am sure that horse has a ver sore mouth. Or ruined mouth would be more to the point.
I guess its a pet peeve of mine, but for years I have seen every Lippizan show bing out the horse in a bunch of srcingles, caveson, bridle, with some guy on long lines hanging on behind and one or two guys leading, all with whips and they proceed to get the horse jumping up and down until finally in desperation it makes a leap of some sort to eventually do what they call a Capriole. The guy on the long lines being drug thru the whole thing by the nhorses mouth. Just like this video. Obviously this is not horse training and if you can't get the horse to do these and other things free and without restraint then you are not a horse trainer. Again I have trained Caprioles at liberty with a number of horses, ponies, mules, etc. as have other circus horse trainers before me. I did not see this type of maneuver with the Spainish riding school show when it appeared here. I note the same with the "corbette". Again I have had liberty horses jump on their hind legs. So much for this type of training and showing. Glad I got that off my chest.
I just watched that video for the third time. Why aren't these idiot so-called trainers doing these maneuvers between the pillars. I would not feel bad for the horses if they kicked the crap out of those goofs.
I was in Wisconsin for a couple of years but was unable to attend the Temple Lipizzan Show due to show scheduling conflicts. It looks to me like the horses have the movements and training however the goofs handling them is a disgrace. This show is on the way out with the rest of the horse entertainment facilities simply due to amateur management and staff
Wade G. Burck said...
Tanglefoot,
The show at Temple Farms which was quite good, has been poor and amateurish the last few years. They lost a major number of their aged Stallions 8 years ago due to a tragic illness, and a number of the "old school" trainers left. They don't seem to have recovered from the losses. Last year when I went there was only 2 completely greyed horses in the show. There rest looked like they ranged from 4 to 9 given their color.
Sage Brush
Tanglefoot,
I think Henry would have been great "secret weapon" in mounted battles of old.
"We have to get the Commander off of his charger if we are going to win this battle."
"We can't, your Highness. Every time we get close, Steel Heart caprioles somebody in the mouth and takes their head off."
"That's because you are not planning it right. Go up the side of that little mule he is holding, that's his blind side, and use it to block Steel Hearts capriole ."
"It didn't work, your Highness. We ran up beside the little mule like you ordered us to, and it caprioled Alfredo and Juan in the nuts." They would have made statues of Henry and put them in the town square if he had been born 400 years ago.
Sage Brush
Dianne,
Speaking of which. I am sure you heard about the "newest" horse theater/show in the Mid West in operation for 4 years, that had to sent out internet invitations to past costumers, offering "buy one ticket, get one ticket free" in an effort to fill the 300 seating capacity theater for their annual Christmas Gala. I think they also have that "amateur management/staff" problem that has become prevalent in the industry.
Wade
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