Wonderful commentary by Michel Kaplan on Caroline Larrouilh's observation:
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Wunderbarer Kommentar von Michel Kaplan zu Caroline Larrouilh’s Beobachtung:
“This is so true. It does stress the difference between the artist and the competitor. Training a young horse to learn is an art. Training a mature horse for competition is a technique in which the horse who had learned well what could be expected from him help. Then and then only, a half halt becomes a hint to the horse to prepare himself to execute whatever his rider intends him to do. And, at that time the horse may perform with precision any movement at the right place in lightness. But, until that is understood and achieved, we will have to witness the gap between artists and athletes; artists that never show and only give demonstrations of their horse's best; and, competitors that seek 10s, but practically never earn them.”
“This is so true. It does stress the difference between the artist and the competitor. Training a young horse to learn is an art. Training a mature horse for competition is a technique in which the horse who had learned well what could be expected from him help. Then and then only, a half halt becomes a hint to the horse to prepare himself to execute whatever his rider intends him to do. And, at that time the horse may perform with precision any movement at the right place in lightness. But, until that is understood and achieved, we will have to witness the gap between artists and athletes; artists that never show and only give demonstrations of their horse's best; and, competitors that seek 10s, but practically never earn them.”
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