>>> I personally think spanish walk is horrible no matter who, what >>> Nationality, >>> what country, what type of breed of horse etc etc...
I agree that Spanish Walk is a pretty useless thing for a horse to know how to do. Same with levade like I saw Halldor trying to perform. Worse still though, is when these difficult moves are performed incorrectly, in the wrong form. They are difficult and potentially damaging to the horse even when done the right way. Very few horses have teh conformation to perform them correctly, even with prior conditioning and doing them without conditioning, or with the wrong conditioning seems riskier still. >>> its unfortunate that some of the Icelandic trainers are getting mesmerized >>> by this kind of stuff..taking after the Americans I suppose. I don't think it's an American thing at all. I haven't seen many Americans teaching either Spanish Walk nor levade, not in my area, and there's a strong dressage crowd here. I suppose that Spanish Walk is more common in the Spanish breeds, but I sure don't see many trying to teach it. Karen Thomas, NC
