Raleigh, NC. Training level dressage rider
Jeanette Woodall spent last Saturday studying videos of the individual
dressage competition from the 2008 Olympics. She critiqued all of the
riders, but was especially hard on individual gold medalist Anky Van
Grunsven. “She’s using too much spur—see how Salinero is swishing his
tail?” Her husband, Gregory, watching with her, nodded in agreement.
Woodall continued her critique, “Did you see him drop behind the
vertical there? She needs to soften the reins and let him stretch into
the bridle. She is riding him front to back.” Woodall described Van
Grunsven’s horse Salinero as ‘pretty nice’ but indicated that she would
have trained him more correctly.
After spending the day critiquing Olympic level rides, Woodall headed to the barn and groomed her horse, but did not ride.
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